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Canadian Fliers Ready for Pacific, Slemon Reports Ottawa, July 8 (CP).-Air Vice- Marshal C. Roy Slemon of Win- nipeg and Bowmanville, Ont ., re- . .. Gently named air officer command- ing the RCAF's Pacific force, ar- rived at Rockcliffe Airport today after a flight from' overseas, Aix Vice-NIarshal Slemon, the first pilot to be trained and to fly solo in the Canadian Air Force after the first Great War, was met at the airport by Mxs, Slemon, Air Marshal Robert Leckie, chief of air staff; and other ranking officers. He said in an interview that he was "thoroughly glad of the oppor- tunity to serve in the Pacific until the final job is done." 'Uppermost in his mind at this time, he said, was Canada's shyre in the war in the Pacific . Men Prepare For Tasks "Canadian airmen are volunteer- ing to serve in that theatre and now are preparing themselves for their tasks. They are determined to see that Canada helps in finish- ing that job properly. But for all - tliat, their willingness and devo- tion to duty are not the only things needed, They must have your backing-the same `full-out' backing that carried them to victory in Europe." He spoke of the "outstanding accomplishment" of Canadians at . home and overseas in welding to- gether during six years of war a - "highl3=-efficient, hard-hitting force" -the RCAF. It was no "special- ist" force but an "all-round force embodying aII types.'of operations." ; "Mighty Weapon" "Out of al.l this rises one great impression-that is, a Royal Cana~ than Air Force which now ranks fourth amangst the United Nations and, though operating as part of ', an even greater force, the' magnifi- cent RAF, this RCAF of ours has , in fact become a complete and mighty' weapon of war. The build- I ing of this weapon arid its achieve- ments ~ are now, and will continue to be, one of the prominent reasons ~~=hy Canada now finds her voice and ideals carrying their due weight in the coUncils -of the world. "The men and women who com- prise our RCAF, the great majority ~ of them in their youth, are coming home. Although many of them left you as mere S~ouths, they return not much older in years but tempered and tested by the experiences through which they have passed. The fact that thousands of our finest men and women are coming home, confident in their own ability, mature in their judgment far be- yond their years, and anxious to play their part in the development of Canada, is, I consider, one af~the, few great dividends of this war..

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