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Korea, 1950-1953. A company of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry moves in single file across rice paddies as they advance on enemy positions across the valley in March 1951. Photo: Library and Archives PA-171228 Year of the Korean War Veteran Remember their sacrifice 2 • LOOKOUT November 4, 2013

TThehe wwinnerinner ooff tthehe Local sailor to stand guard at Ottawa vigil Shawn O’Hara couldn’t be more honoured CCANUCKSANUCKS TRIPTRIP Staff Writer to be a part of it.” wwithith BBEE A FFANAN iis...s... To prepare for the cere- An HMCS Winnipeg sail- mony, in which LS Oldland or will be in the spotlight and the other sentries will for the whole of the Royal present arms and stand Canadian Navy (RCN) this guard for around an hour PO2 James Sheffar, NOC PO Remembrance Day. and a half, some training has LS Amber Oldland will ship been scheduled upon arrival. out to Ottawa for the coun- However, LS Oldland says try’s largest Remembrance at this point in her life she is Day Vigil, standing guard used to long parades. for the RCN as one of four “On top of being in the ceremonial sentries along navy for nine years I was a We with representatives from Sea Cadet as well,” she says. the Army, Air Force and the “Not a lot of people know Royal Canadian Mounted this, but being a cadet makes Remember you a pro at standing still Police (RCMP). “It’s a very exciting oppor- for hours. They do it all the tunity obviously,” she says. time.” “This is a big deal for me. I get LS Oldland’s excitement to represent the navy I love so is one born from military much on the national stage.” pride. As a member of the The selection came as a Canadian Armed Forces, shock, as LS Oldland was ini- as well as a member of a tially nominated in secret by military family, she says it’s With honour, respect and Winnipeg Deck Officer Lt(N) important for Canadians of thanks to all the men and Anthony Morrow. all stripes to show respect to women who served and “He came up to me and those who serve. continue to serve this told me to write a bio and get “Even if you don’t serve, Remembrance Day. my ceremonial dress ready,” everyone knows some- she says. “We got some pic- one who does,” she says. tures taken, it was all sent off, “Throughout our history the and I kind of forgot about it.” military has done so much Above: LS Amber Oldland. Last month the good news for the people of this coun- Below: The national televised Remembrance Day came in: she’d been selected. try, and showing the prop- ceremonies will take place at the National War “The feeling was indescrib- er respect is our duty and Memorial, which stands in Confederation Square, childrenshealthvi.org responsibility.” able,” she says. “I’ve been begin Ottawa, Ontario. ging to get on a Cenotaph team for Remembrance Day since I joined, and now I get to go to the biggest vigil in Canada. It means so much to me.” LS Oldland will fly out and spend a week in Ottawa with her two-year-old son and parents, who live in Niagara Falls. From there they will be put up in a hotel and tour the various military and historic sights around Ottawa, including a luncheon at the Royal Canadian Legion, a tour of the War Museum, and a visit to the House of Commons. “It will just be so interesting to see the ceremony from the inside,” says LS Oldland. “I

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Convoy PQ-17: The Art of History Remembrance Day Ceremonies NEW EXHIBIT OPENS AT THE MARITIME MUSEUM Nov 3 at 2pm The exhibit shares the story of one of the biggest maritime South Island and Vancouver tragedies in the Second World War, convoy PQ-17 which carried relief supplies to the Russians and how the event Personnel from Maritime Forces of Operations, 1 Canadian Air Division Commander Jason Boyd, inspired art in Canada generations later. Pacific/Joint Task Force Pacific will Headquarters Detachment Esquimalt Commanding Officer, Venture, The be participating in ceremonies, with • VICTORIA - Legislature Naval Officers Training Centre those laying wreaths on behalf of the Building, 501 Belleville Street • SOOKE - Sooke Royal Canadian Canadian Armed Forces identified as Commodore Bob Auchterlonie, Legion, 6726 Eustace Road applicable, at the following locations: Commander, Canadian Fleet Pacific Captain(N) Brian Costello, Chief 9:00 a.m. • VICTORIA - Ross Bay Cemetery, of Staff Halifax Class Modernization, We remember, WEST SHORE - Aboriginal 1495 Fairfield Rd Maritime Forces Pacific Headquarters Remembrance Day Ceremony – Commander Martin Drews, • DUNCAN - Charles Hoey Park, Goldstream Park Commandant, Canadian Forces Fleet Canada Avenue respect & honour 9:45 a.m. School Esquimalt Captain(N) James Clarke, Chief of • ESQUIMALT - Veterans’ • ESQUIMALT - Memorial Park Staff Plans and Operations, Maritime Cemetery - 1190 Colville Road Cenotaph, 1229 Esquimalt Road Forces Pacific Headquarters our veterans. Lieutenant-Colonel Joane Simard, Captain(N) Luc Cassivi, Base • LADYSMITH - Ladysmith Royal Commanding Officer, Canadian Forces Commander, Canadian Forces Base Canadian Legion, 621 First Avenue Health Services Centre Pacific Esquimalt Commander Ryan Tettamanti, 10 a.m. • WEST SHORE - Veterans Commanding Officer, HMCS • COBBLE HILL - Cobble Hill Memorial Park located at the inter- ALGONQUIN Community Hall, 3550 Watson section of Goldstream Avenue • LANTZVILLE - Lantzville Royal Avenue and Veterans Memorial Parkway Canadian Legion, 7225 Lantzville Followed by ceremony behind the (Millstream) Road community hall at the Liberation Park Captain(N) Christopher Earl, Commander Byron Derby, Base cenotaph Commanding Officer, Fleet Information Services Officer, Canadian Captain Stephen Galipeau, Adjutant, Maintenance Facility Pacific Forces Base Esquimalt 741 Communications Squadron • SIDNEY - Town Hall, 2440 • VANCOUVER - Victory Square We Support Our 10:50 a.m. Sidney Avenue Park, 150 West Hastings Street NANAIMO – Cenotaph, 85 Front Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Prelude begins at 10 a.m. service Street MacNamara, Commanding Officer, begins at 10:30 a.m. Canadian Forces Captain William Cessford, Second 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron Rear-Admiral Bill Truelove, in Command ‘B’ Company , The • SAANICH - Municipal Hall, 770 Commander Maritime Forces Pacific/ Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Vernon Avenue Joint Task Force Pacific Mary’s) Lieutenant-Colonel David Myles, • VANCOUVER - Royal Vancouver 10:55 a.m. Commanding Officer, 11 Field Yacht Club, 3811 Point Grey Road • OAK BAY - War Memorial, Beach Ambulance (Victoria) Lieutenant-Commander Bryan Drive, Uplands Park • SAANICH - Royal Oak Cemetery, Price, Executive Officer, HMCS View Royal Fire Rescue Colonel Carl Wohlgemuth, Director 4673 Falaise Drive DISCOVERY

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Petty Oﬃ cers’ Mess IAFF - Local 730 CFB Esquimalt Victoria Fire Fighters Union 4 • LOOKOUT November 4, 2013 ofOPINION WHO WE ARE mattersLookout asked this question: MANAGING EDITOR People Talk How do you celebrate Remembrance Day? Melissa Atkinson 250-363-3372 [email protected] STAFF WRITER Shawn O’Hara 250-363-3672 shawn.o’[email protected] PRODUCTION Carmel Ecker 250-363-8033 [email protected] Francisco Cumayas 250-363-8033 [email protected] I go down to a local ceno- I observe the ceremonies, I go down to the Esquimalt Before I came to CFB I usually go to about ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT taph, listen to the speech- give thanks to those who cenotaph and give thanks Esquimalt I was always in three or four different cer- Kate King 250-363-3014 es, watch the parade served. I’m not just remem- with everyone else. As part the Remembrance Day emonies on the day. I play [email protected] and speak to veterans at bering the Canadian sol- of the military we have to parades, so I still love to go trumpet, so I bugle for a ACCOUNTS/CLASSIFIEDS the Legion. We need to diers who died, but the remember the people who and watch. We wouldn’t be few of them. I love being Laura Spence 250-363-3127 remember what it was like Russian soldiers who died came before us. here without the sacrifices able to contribute to such for them. of military members in the [email protected] as well. an important tradition in a LS Chris Foulon past, and people serving significant way. SALES REPRESENTATIVES LS Johnny Peters LS Denis now. Ivan Groth 250-363-3133 Poddoubtchenko Pte Joe Menard [email protected] LS Gillian Mills Joshua Buck 250-363-8602 [email protected] WHAT SAY WE EDITORIAL ADVISORS Capt Jenn Jackson 250-363-4006 Sara Helmeczi 250-363-7060 Loose tweets sink fleets: effects of social media Published each Monday, under the authority of Capt(N) Luc Cassivi, Base Commander. Larissa Johnston YouTube and Flickr, information that comments or posts by sol- harm the United States and its Le LOOKOUT est publié tous les lundi, sous and Valerie Froud has become available to all. The ders and/or spouses could be military. The Manchester Papers, l’égide du Capt(N) Luc Cassivi, Commandant world has turned into a network used negatively by media or ter- an Al-Qaeda terrorist training de la Base. MARPAC PA of global connections, and with rorist organizations. Even shar- manual found in England in The editor reserves the right to edit, abridge Do you recall the phrase “loose the increase in social media use, ing trivial information online 2000, showed that more than or reject copy or advertising to adhere to lips sink ships”? The phrase was the warning is as relevant as can be dangerous. Many small 80 per cent of information gath- policy as outlined in CFA0 57.5. Views and used as Second World War pro- ever. pieces of information lead up to ered was through unclassified opinions expressed are not necessarily those Today, the U.S. Navy uses the a big picture, so critical informa- material, according to U.S. Army of the Department of National Defence. paganda by the United States, to warn people that casual conver- slogan “Loose Tweets Sink Fleets” tion needs to be protected. Garrison Bamberg security offi- Le Rédacteur se réserve le droit de modifier, in its social media handbook. The U.S. Army also shares a cer Tonya Heinbaugh. de condenser ou de rejeter les articles, sations about sensitive informa- photographies, ou annonces plublicitaires tion could tip off enemies. This modern take on “Loose similar message in its handbook: The message around “Loose pour adhérer à l’0AFC57.5. Les opinions Seventy years later that mes- Lips Sink Ships” still conveys the America’s enemies scour blogs, Lips Sink Ships” is still the same, et annonces exprimées dans le journal ne sage is still relevant. With the potential consequences of open forums, chat rooms and per- and we all need to remember réflètent pas nécéssairement le point de vue proliferation of social media communication on operations sonal websites to piece together that in all our conversations, be du MDN. sites such as Facebook, Twitter, security. The U.S. Army warns information that can be used to they in person or on-line.

Circulation - 4,800 plus 1,000 pdf downloads per week FREE CONCERT TICKETS One year subscription - $35.31 The Victoria Symphony is offering complimentary tickets to Canadian Armed Six month subscription - $17.66 Prices include tax. Forces members, DND employees, and their families for its performance at UVic’s A Division of Personnel Support Programs Farquhar Auditorium on November 10th. CFB Esquimalt, PO Box 17000 Stn. Forces, Convoy PQ-1, performed by the Victoria Symphony and guests, commemorates Victoria, BC V9A 7N2 the sailors who, in 1942, fell victim to a German attack in the waters north of E-mail: [email protected] Murmansk, Russia. The challenges and dangers of war at sea are portrayed in this Web: www.lookoutnewspaper.com historical requiem composed by Christopher Butterfield, in collaboration with the Fax: 250-363-3015 Canadian Mail Product Sales Agreement 40063331 Maritime Museum of British Columbia, the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy, and Pacific Opera Victoria. For your complimentary tickets, please contact Ryan Shore at ryan@victoria symphony.ca or 250-412-1978. Tickets are first-come, first-served. The perfor- CANADIAN COMMUNITY mance begins at 2:30 p.m. Military personnel are encouraged to attend in uniform. NEWSPAPER AWARD 2012

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Veterans and serving members gathered at the Esquimalt Legion for this year’s Poppy Campaign official kick off.

Left: Pte (Ret’d) Larry Smith (left) and Cadet Sgt Connor Malloy raise the Remembrance Day Flag at the Legion. The place to be

Middle: Base before downtown Commander Capt(N) Luc Cassivi (left), Poppy Campaign When our perils are past, Chair Silvia Vink, and Maritime Forces shall our gratitude sleep? Pacfiic Sailor of the Year LS Dale Armstrong sport the first poppies. Lest we forget

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PMC 363-3918 • Bar/Van 363-6028 Lower lounge open Tues-Sat 6pm-late 6 • LOOKOUT November 4, 2013 Online archive sheds light on Victoria’s war history Shawn O’Hara before World War One,” “Forgetting about it past.” History and English double during World War One,” Staff Writer says Kempling. “Many peo- doesn’t make it go away,” In assembling the site, major at UVic currently in says Hurworth. “They took ple in Victoria have forgot- he says. “If we’re going to Col Kempling had help her fourth year. me on and I spent my sum- An in-depth look at ten that, but it’s a big part learn from our mistakes from a number of under- “My professor told me mer putting together con- Victoria during World War of our history.” and make a better future graduate and graduate stu- about the project following tent.” One is now just a click The website, besides we have to be aware of dents. One such student a paper I’d written about The content was assem- away. being an online archive, what happened in the was Kirsten Hurworth, a English/Canadian children bled through extensive A new website titled also offers a teaching pack- interviews and research “A City Goes to War” was age aimed at educating with the Canadian Scottish conceived by University of high school students on and Artillery regiments at Victoria (UVic) PhD stu- The Great War. The pack- Bay Street Armoury, Alden dent and retired Princess age includes assignments to Armoury, and Fort Rodd Patricia’s Canadian Light encourage students to make Hill. Infantry (PPCLI) Colonel what’s called a “Fakebook”, Hurworth’s articles are Jim Kempling. essentially a fictional social included in the site’s pack- “I thought about how media page for a historical ages, as well as interviews a lot of Victoria’s his- figure. and research papers on fac- tory from World War “We want kids to be ets of the city’s history. One has been forgotten,” aware of the history of their “Victoria has such a rich says Col Kempling. “On town,” says Col Kempling. and strong history a lot Remembrance Day, we “Hopefully this will be an of people have forgotten all say ‘we will remember effective way of making it about,” says Hurworth. them.’ The truth is we have more appealing to them.” “It was a pleasure, and an forgotten. I wanted to help He says while certain honour, to be a part of people remember what portions of Victoria’s his- the efforts to preserve and happened in Victoria.” tory may not paint the city share it with the commu- The website comprises in the brightest light, it’s a nity.” historical articles, timelines, part of our history none- The website can be found and service records that the-less. at www.acitygoestowar.com show the many significant events, both good and bad, that took place in Victoria during the conflict. “We always talk about how Canada was ‘born on the bloody slopes of Vimy Ridge’, but we never talk about how there were anti- German riots in Victoria,” says Col Kempling. “Racism was rampant at the time. The Asian population in British Columbia wasn’t even allowed to join the military, they had to make their way to Alberta or further. These are things we’ve completely forgotten about.” Victoria was also home to significant figures during the First World War, another fact often forgotten. Image Courtesy of Craig Cotter at the Museum of the 5th (BC) Regiment Royal Image Courtesy of Craig Cotter at the Museum of the 5th (BC) Regiment Royal “Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian Artillery - Room 401/Box A1/28 Canadian Artillery - Room 401/Box A1/28 Commander of the Victorian troops aboard the SS Princess Sophia, leaving for Troops march down Government Street to the CPR Dock, en Canadian Corps, was a Valcartier on Aug. 28, 1914. This would have been one of the route to Valcartier. school teacher and real first overseas contingents to leave Victoria. estate agent in Victoria

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Staff Writer lives,” says Lt(N) Matthew honour our role as sailors,” We’ve always been very close Clark, Commanding Officer We wanted to look at the art and says Lt(N) Clark. “We’ll also in one way or another, so it’s The Naden Band of the (CO) for the Naden Band. history of Victoria, and how the sea be playing music from Jaws, a pleasure to work together Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) “It’s obviously a huge part of because well everyone likes and foster the relationship will pay homage to one of our culture and history, and influences our lives. the theme from Jaws.” further.” Victoria’s most prominent as the Navy it’s something we -Lt(N) Matthew Clark The show is just one The show is an evening features on Nov. 8 at the should acknowledge.” Commanding Officer, Naden Band of the RCN event in a long history and concert at 7:30 p.m. McPherson Playhouse. The series, a first of its relationship between the “I think everyone will be The concert is part of a kind, is a collaboration Naden Band and the Victoria able to appreciate the eve- series sponsored by the between the Naden Band, pieces. to be doing something new.” Symphony. ning,” he says. “We’ve been Victoria Symphony, entitled the Victoria Symphony, the “This is a very exciting The show will feature a “When the Naden Band practicing hard and we’re “Victoria and the Sea”, and Maritime Museum of British opportunity for the band,” number of military tunes, as was stood up in the 1940, the very excited to bring the will feature a number of piec- Columbia, and the Pacific says Lt(N) Clark. “This is the well as more contemporary Victoria Symphony formed show to Victoria. It’s going to es honouring the connection Opera. first time the band has had pop culture pieces, all in rela- not too long afterwards,” be a great concert.” the region has to the ocean. Tanya Miller, conductor for the Maestro of the Victoria tion to the sea. says Lt(N) Clark. “When it Information and tickets for “We wanted to look at the the Victoria Symphony, will Symphony as a guest con- “We’ll be playing piec- formed, the nucleus of the the show can be found at art and history of Victoria, and lead the Naden Band for two “ductor, so we’re very excited es like the Russian Sailor’s Victoria Symphony was www.rmts.bc.ca. Resonance of remembrance: Take your kids to work touring world war battlefields “Take Our Kids to Work Day” is an ini- Dress of the day requirements for stu- tiative supported by local Victoria school dents: Shoes that cover feet fully (i.e. no • 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 7 examining how sites of “standing in the footsteps” of districts as part of an annual nation-wide flip-flops or open-toed sandals). • Hatley Castle, Drawing memory are established with those who fought. The “sense program for Grade 9 students to job Other events happening on this day Room memorials and the preserva- of place” associated with shadow at their parent’s workplaces on include: Join School of Tourism tion of landscapes and relics cemeteries and battlefields Nov. 6. • Ship tour of HMCS Regina from and Hospitality Management of war. is investigated both in terms Those interested in having a “kid” shad- 9-10:15 a.m. Location will be emailed Professor Geoff Bird for his In examining how these of how wars are commemo- ow them need supervisor’s permission out before the event. presentation that explores sites are interpreted by muse- rated, what is remembered prior to the day. Approval is up to the • Guided FMF Tour, from 10:30 a.m.- the experience and mean- ums, battlefield tour guides and how war memory evolves discretion of individual managers. noon, begins and ends at FMF main ing associated with visiting and guide books, we gain from generation to genera- Pre-registration is required for your entrance, D250 by the top of C1 Jetty 20th century battlefields and interesting insights into the tion. Grade 9 student to visit CFB Esquimalt • Fire Hall Tour, from 1:30 -3 p.m., war memorials such as Vimy significance of war heritage in You must register in advance and attend the activities. For registration, meet at the New Fire Hall on Esquimalt Ridge, Ypres, the Somme and the 21st century. at http://cstudies.royalroads. please contact: Meghan Fodor, Workforce Rd. Normandy. He will also discuss the ca/courses/PEDE3373-Y13. Planning Assistant meghan.fodor@forces. 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Thanks to our generous supporters November 4, 2013 LOOKOUT • 9 Langham Court Theatre production unites humour and sorrow Shawn O’Hara really bring a huge amount working with them and the Keith says the importance of ber combat and war change and maybe entertain people Staff Writer of talent to the production.” experience they present is this play is bringing attention lives forever,” he says. along the way.” The show will run from incredible.” to lives of veterans following “Hopefully with this play we Ticket information can An upcoming stage pro- Nov. 14 to Nov. 30 at the While the last of the World active service. can bring attention to the be found at www.langham duction looks to give Langham Court Theatre War One veterans has died, “It’s important to remem- hardships of our veterans, theatre.com. Victorians a skewed and and focuses on the lives of hilarious look at the lives of three World War One veter- World War One veterans. ans who are living out their The production, called remaining days in hospice. “Heroes”, is a translation of While the subject matter a play by French playwright is emotionally heavy, Keith Gérald Sibleyras. Originally says the play itself is a com- opening in London in 2005, edy, and it shows in the cast. Langham Court’s produc- “The characters are hilari- tion is a first for Victoria ous, they spend so much and director Don Keith, who time together, they’re like says he couldn’t be happier three uncles who do nothing to bring it to the community. but bicker,” he says. “We did “It’s such an intelligent, our best to do the characters witty play,” he says. “The cast and the source material jus- is just delightful and they tice, so it was important for us to get the relationships right.” While the original London Hopefully with production featured English this play we can heavy hitters Richard Griffiths, John Hurt, and bring attention to Ken Stott, Victoria’s pro- the hardships of duction features three new local talents. Bill Cristie, our veterans, and Alan Omerod, and Thomas maybe entertain Holder will take the stage as veterans Gustave, Henri, and people along the Phillippe. “We’ve got an Englishman, way. an Irishman, and a Scot, so -Don Keith you can imagine the conver- David Lowes / Art Studio 21 Photography Director sations they have,” says Keith. The cast of “Heroes”, Thomas Holder plays Philippe, Alan Ormerod plays Henri, and Bill Christie plays “ “It has been such a pleasure Gustave.

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Story courtesy of the Maple Leaf and the birth of special operations Major Robert Rogers and exploited his fluency morale and fighting spir- in French, allowing him to it. Thus Rogers created a was considered one of the question captured prisoners brotherhood in the Rangers. most feared military com- and use that knowledge to But they were a highly manders fighting through- his immediate advantage. mobile and lethal broth- out northern New York Rogers became a master erhood capable of living and New France during of the lightning raid and a off the land while moving highly- valued intelligence silently amongst the enemy, the Seven Years War, and is interpreter. He was also observing their intentions thought to be the father of adept at leading scouting and operations while strik- special operations forces in and reconnaissance missions, ing with impunity. North America. and gained a notable reputa- No likeness of Rogers sur- Rogers practiced his tion, given his bold lead- vives today, but we can imag- unique interpretation of ership and unconventional ine that he – like his Rangers war with his Ranger units tactics, often conducting – was sleek, agile, tough, rugby conducting daring operations under the cover ged and weathered, while guerrilla-style operations of darkness and during the bearing the physical scars of against French, Canadian, winter when conventional close combat. and Indian forc- In 1757, es during the Rogers drafted Seven Years Although Rogers didn’t invent a manual of War, fought forest fighting from 1756 to ranger warfare, he blended his that he includ- 1763. own tactical innovations to those ed in his pub- The Seven lished memoirs. Years War, a con- practiced by the Indians, instilling Rogers’ prin- flict between ciples provide alliances of the these lessons with his insistence on an intriguing great powers high group morale. and revealing of Europe, is glimpse into considered by the operations many to be the first “global” forces retreated to quarters. of the Rangers. war. This conflict resulted Clad in dark green uni- Rogers’ Wars in territorial exchanges in forms reflecting the lush On March 13, 1758, at North America that shaped eastern woodlands (an early the Second Battle of the settlement in the decades form of camouflage), the Snowshoes, Rogers’ Rangers that followed, “ultimately Rangers were invisible strik- ambushed an enemy col- influencing the present-day ers in the bush warfare prac- umn, but were subse- boundaries and cultures of ticed by their enemies. quently ambushed them- the continent. Occasionally, Rogers’ selves during the fighting. Painting courtesy of Gary Zaboly Unforgiving Youth expeditions produced mis- The Rangers lost 125 men An artist’s depiction of Robert Rogers at Detroit. Rogers grew up in an leading intelligence and with eight wounded and 52 unforgiving environment he was beaten in a hand- survivors. Rogers estimated sacking and burning the New Hampshire. tion quickly diminished. surrounded by violence, ful of engagements, but the 100 enemies were killed Abenaki village and killing This was the high-point A man of great energy and retribution and a warrior’s Rangers scored key strategic and nearly 100 wounded. nearly all of its inhabitants. of Rogers’ military career. vision, he was unable to pull code embedded in blood victories unachievable by Rogers’ most daring – and Ranger efficiency was Yet, there is a tragic side to his life together and died in revenge. He was exposed conventional forces. infamous – raid took place immediately telling as his personal story. an English prison in 1795, a to Indian raiding parties and Innovative Tactician in the fall of 1759 when he Abenaki raids along the Following the 1763 Treaty divorced and impoverished served as a boy in the New Although Rogers didn’t was ordered to destroy the frontier diminished. On of Paris, which ended the alcoholic. Hampshire militia, par- invent ranger warfare (the Abenaki village of Saint- their return journey through Seven Years War, Rogers An extraordinary warrior, ticipating in armed combat first Ranger Company of Francois-de-Sales, a primary Vermont, Rogers’ unit ran was left with a huge finan- Rogers’ legacy survives into during King George’s War British-American colonials staging ground for raids into out of provisions. In des- cial debt. Commanding our time. This is worthy from 1744 to 1748. served under John Gorham’s New England. This would peration, he left his starv- officers at the time were of his reputation owing With a marvellous sense command in Nova Scotia in be the Rangers’ most dan- ing troops encamped along responsible to pay, clothe to his record in battle and of topography sharpened 1744), he blended his own gerous mission as they infil- the Connecticut River and and feed their troops; how- his authoritative observa- on the frontier settlements, tactical innovations to those trated well behind enemy returned a few days later ever, the British promised to tions on irregular warfare, Rogers ruthlessly applied practiced by the Indians, lines deep into western with food and relief forces compensate Rogers for his the foundation of con- his knowledge of bush war- instilling these lessons with Quebec. The Rangers did from the nearest British fort expenditures. The British temporary special forces fare as a commando leader his insistence on high group this with brutal efficiency, at present-day Charlestown, failed and Rogers’ reputa- soldiering. 12 • LOOKOUT November 4, 2013 Memorial Ribbon a compliment to the Memorial Cross for family members

No one suffers more Memorial Package, which from the death of a also includes the Memorial I know everyone in my family will PAYDAY Canadian Armed Forces Cross, the Memorial (CAF) member than the Scroll, the Memorial Bar, cherish the Memorial Ribbons. I am U member’s close friends and the Sacrifice Medal, and LOANS P family. inscription in the Seventh thankful to the [Memorial Ribbon] only $17 on $100 S Now a memento is being Book of Remembrance. program for their efforts in facilitating T offered to close family and This Ribbon comple- A friends of deceased CAF ments the Memorial Cross the receipt of these ribbons. I 250-384-1001 R members for their personal by expanding eligibility to -Mark Marin #204-941 Esquimalt Rd S loss and sacrifice. a greater number of family Lic. #49745 The Memorial Ribbon, members and close friends, which was announced in as well as to those who Force during the Second there understands the November 2012, has been were previously ineligible World War. “I am thankful importance of their efforts given to more than 70 to receive the Memorial to the [Memorial Ribbon] and what this token of rec- family members or close Cross. This also presents program for their efforts ognition means to our fam- friends of fallen CAF mem- the opportunity for chil- in facilitating the receipt ilies,” said Major-General bers with more applica- dren to receive a special “of these ribbons for our David Millar, Chief of Weir Canada tions being processed daily. token to remember and family.” Military Personnel. honour their loved one. Marin’s family received The Ribbons will be The Ribbons five Ribbons in Flying issued automatically for remembers These Ribbons are Ribbon Recipient Officer Pasichniak’s hon- deaths that occurred on assembled by hand at the “I know everyone in my our in February 2013. The or after Nov. 6, 2012, and Directorate of Honours family will cherish the ribbons were distributed when the death is clearly our Canadian and Recognition with the Memorial Ribbons,” said between Flying Officer attributable to service such care and attention befit- Mark Marin, whose father, Pasichniak’s closest rela- as in the case of direct hos- ting the sacrifice of the Flying Officer Boris tives: his widow, his son tile action, accidents while heroes. families of our fallen. Jaroslav Pasichniak, served (Mr. Marin), his two on training, and other simi- They are now part of the in the Royal Canadian Air daughters and a nephew lar circumstances. with whom he shared a For deaths that occurred Weir Canada mutual appreciation of the between Oct. 1, 1947 and Air Force. Nov. 5, 2012, application forms must be sent to the se souvient Issuing Ribbons Directorate of Honours Memorial Ribbons may and Recognition (DH&R). be issued in commemora- Ribbons will not be issued de nos héros tion of every CAF member until the Directorate has whose death is attributed validated the information. to duty-related injury or For more information Canadiens. illness sustained on or after on the Memorial Ribbon Oct. 1, 1947. This date or to access the online coincides with the first application form visit the date inscribed in Veterans Directorate of Honours Affairs Canada’s Seventh and Recognition’s website Book of Remembrance. or contact the Memorial The new memorial ribbon (inset) is now part of POWER & INDUSTRIAL “When I visited the Ribbon project directly the Memorial Package given to families of the Directorate of Honours at ribbon.ruban@forces. fallen, which also includes the Seventh Book of and Recognition, it was gc.ca or at 1-855-433- Remembrance, pictured here. evident that everyone 2976. November 4, 2013 LOOKOUT • 13 WESTSHORE WESTSHORE U-LOCKU-LOCK MINIMINI STORAGESTORAGE Second World War MILITARY DISCOUNT OFFERED plane takes its last flight ca Capt Petra Smith off from grass landing Auster Mark V while Royal Canadian Air Force strips, the Auster Mark V acquiring another aircraft. flew from various locations Its previous owner Karl A vintage Auster Mark V, behind the front. 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The 16 Austers in action by Canadians in loaded onto the Hercules from 665 Squadron were the Second World War.” by RCAF traffic technicians maintained by RCAF tech- The Auster Mark V will for its final flight over the nicians. be on temporary display Atlantic Ocean to 8 Wing From 1947 to the late at The Royal Regiment of Trenton, Ontario. 1960s, the Auster tail Canadian Artillery Museum Once on Canadian soil, number TJ398 was used in Shilo in February and the aircraft was loaded in by Air Services Training March 2014. With the Local - Reliable - Safe in the south of England recent acquisition of the a Canadian Armed Forces 2925 DOUGLAS STREET Also serving the WESTSHORE COMMUNITY transport truck for delivery and in Perth, Scotland. 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American invasion of 1812-15 been British cause. of Montreal prevented. 3960 Shelbourne Street Unit #6 successful. Statues of Major-General Sir Isaac Without the alliance with First Victoria, BC V8N 3E2 The end of the war laid the founda- Brock, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Nations during the war, the defence 250-477-3166 tion for Confederation and the emer- Michel d’Irumberry de Salaberry, of Canada would probably not have gence of Canada as a free and indepen- and Laura Secord—all important been successful. First Nations played www.edwardjones.com dent nation. Canadian figures in the War of 1812— instrumental roles in many important Member – Canadian Investor Protection Fund Under the Crown, Canada’s soci- are part of the Valiants Memorial in victories including Michilimackinac, ety retained its linguistic and ethnic Confederation Square in Ottawa. Detroit, Queenston Heights, Beaver diversity, in contrast to the greater con- Major-General Sir Isaac Brock was Dams, Chateauguay and Crysler’s formity demanded by the American appointed to the Order of Bath for Farm. off on adult bikes Republic. his success in the capture of Detroit, In Canada, many Black volunteers Up to 50% but died at the Battle of Queenston fought in the defence of Canada fear- starting at $199.99 Establishing borders in North America Heights before learning of his new ing that the invading Americans would honour. return them to slavery. One notable Cycles West Huge Bikes Blowout The Treaty of Ghent re-established While Tecumseh is the best-known unit was the “Coloured Corps” which the borders between British North Aboriginal leader of the War of 1812, fought at Queenston Heights and was America (Canada) and the United until Dec 24th Mohawk War Chief John Norton often partially made up of persons who had Nov 1st States to their 1811 configuration. The led more warriors into battle. escaped slavery in the United States. Treaty called for a joint British-U.S. The defeat of the American invasion 100A Burnside Rd. W. boundary commission that would con- Economic consequences would not have succeeded without the (250)474-2477 firm the border between Canada and Throughout the War of 1812, many combined efforts of the British army the United States in the years follow- gunboats and large warships were con- and Royal Navy, assisted by English- ing the war. This boundary between structed at the Kingston Naval Yard, and French-speaking militiamen and neighbours is now the world’s longest an important British warships building First Nations allies. undefended border. facility on Lake Ontario. Other dock- The Treaty of Ghent did not imme- yards were located in York (Toronto); Building a peaceful North- diately end the war. It did not come Amherstburg, in Upper Canada; and American relationship into effect until it was ratified. Since Île aux Noix, on the Richelieu River in The end of the War marked the overseas communications were slow Lower Canada. beginning of two centuries of peaceful and carried by boat, it took several During the War, the British and relations, close cooperation and friend- weeks for the document to reach the Americans issued “letters of marque,” ship between Canada and the United United States, where it was ratified on which allowed private ship owners to States. February 16 and came into effect on become privateers to prey on enemy February 18, 1815. In the meantime, Historical Legacies commercial shipping. Many ship own- battles were fought in New Orleans The War was an important chap- ers made a fortune selling the ships and at Fort Bowyer, in Alabama. ter in Canada’s military history, with and cargoes they captured. There were no anaesthetics dur- many modern reserve regiments from Other interesting facts ing the War of 1812. Many soldiers Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada The British purposely chose to dress wounded in battle had arms and legs tracing their origins to this conflict. their soldiers in red coats so they could amputated by army surgeons while The Rideau Canal was conceived be seen by the enemy from a long being held down firmly as the limb after the war as a military supply distance. Enemies had to wait until the was cut off with knives and saws. To route linking the Ottawa River with MILITARY redcoats were 100 metres away before prevent the injured man from biting Kingston and providing a more secure shooting at them with the day’s inac- through his tongue in pain, a lead mus- DISCOUNT means of transportation for troops and curate firearms. Untrained foes were ket ball or bullet was held between his supplies from Montreal to reach the OFFERED intimidated by the advancing redcoats, teeth. The phrase “biting the bullet” forts and dockyards of Upper Canada. usually overestimating the size of the originates from this practice. Important figures advancing British force. A trip from England to Canada that Laura Secord never made chocolate. Many of the Upper Canadian mili- takes several hours today by plane, She was a Canadian heroine of the War tiamen who helped defeat American could take as long as three months by of 1812. Her warning British forces of invasions were recent American immi- sea in 1812. November 4, 2013 LOOKOUT • 15 Passchendaele - blood bath on the Western Front Courtesy Maple Leaf 35,000 soldiers. It was a grim set on both sides. fired continuously on these The Legacy of Passchendaele of circumstances. Gen Currie objected to the efforts, killing or wounding hun- Canadians demonstrated As the single-most horrific British, New Zealand and battle, fearing it could not be dreds. unprecedented valour during contest during the First World Australian troops were thrown won without fearful losses but Gen Currie launched a delib- the Passchendaele campaign War, the Battle of Passchendaele into the melee in the first months Sir Haig was desperate for a erate or ‘set-piece’ attack on with nine soldiers receiving the resonates in history as the tough- of the campaign. Severe rain, symbolic victory and insisted on Oct. 26, the first of four phases Victoria Cross for their actions in est campaign fought by soldiers huge artillery bombardments and the effort, believing that even in a battle he estimated might just over two weeks. of the Great War. a high water table turned the a limited victory would help cost 16,000 Canadians killed or But the human cost was over- Waged between July and battlefield into an endless morass salvage the campaign. Having wounded. whelming. November 1917, two mas- of mud. no choice but to attack, Gen The Corps’ Third and Fourth Total British losses were esti- sive armies slogged it out in Preparation and Attack Currie prepared for the fight, divisions attacked first. Theirs mated at 275,000 casualties to the trenches around the Belgian After three months of unre- understanding that deliberate was a terrible experience char- the German’s 220,000, mak- village of Passchendaele where lenting death and destruction, preparation, especially for his acterized by slaughter, drowning ing it one of the war’s costliest British Expeditionary Force the British Expeditionary Force artillery and engineers, was the and death. After three days of battles. Although a victory for (BEF) commander Field Marshall had worn itself out. It was at key to advancing over this shat- hard fighting and with 2,500 the Allies, the battle delivered a Sir Douglas Haig sought a break- this moment of the battle that tered landscape. killed and wounded, Gen Currie blow to the collective morale of out around the Ypres salient to Sir Haig ordered the Canadian When the Canadians arrived, called a halt just shy of his initial the British Expeditionary Force capture German submarine bases Corps, a 100,000 strong fighting relieving Australian and New objective. and is typically remembered as on the Belgian coast. formation, to the Passchendaele Zealand troops, they were On Nov. 6, the First and the low point of the British war For three years, the British made front in mid-October 1917. shocked by the terrible battle- Second Divisions resumed the effort. little headway along their sector General Sir Arthur Currie, field conditions. Gen Currie advance. The Canadians attacked Passchendaele remains synony- of the line on the Western Front, the Canadian Corps command- ordered the construction of new so quickly that German artil- mous with the terrible and costly while the death toll was beyond er, wrote in his reconnaissance roads, the building or improve- lery rounds landed behind the fighting on the Western Front comprehension. Average month- notes, “battlefield looks bad, no ment of gun pits, and the repair advancing infantry. But in three but unlike many other battles ly casualty rates for soldiers in salvaging has been done and very and extension of light railways. hours of fighting, the Canadians in the First World War, this one the First World War were appall- few of the dead buried.” Horses and mules transported suffered 2,238 casualties. would go down in infamy as a ing. The British Expeditionary The initial objectives set by Sir hundreds of thousands of shells On Nov. 10, the fighting was futile effort. Just six months after Force’s “normal wastage” statistic Haig hadn’t been met, and three to the front preparing for the all but over and Passchendaele the village was taken, the British – of which the Canadians were a months into the fight there was infantry’s attack. The Germans was in the hands of the Canadian abandoned the position without part – reported monthly losses at nothing to show but 10,000 dead sitting atop Passchendaele ridge Corps. a fight.

The battlefield as it looked in 1917 was devoid of any recognizable geographical landmarks, save for a few charred tree trunks.

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Free Tickets R First come first served at Lookout, 1522 Esquimalt Rd. November 4, 2013 LOOKOUT • 19 Norma Watts remembers Dominique Boily some fire bombs!’ They would give us RCAF PA some shovels and kick us out the door to go out looking for flames and put Norma Zelia Watts (née Tilley), for- them out.” merly from Coventry, England, served Most of the time, however, her duties as a radio telephonist with the British were much more serious. The loss of Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF). comrades was especially hard to bear. During the Battle of Britain, she was “That was a hard part for us girls, as the ground contact for the aircrew that radio telephonists. We were in direct fought back the German Luftwaffe in communication with the aircrew, han- the British skies. dling take-off and landing telecommuni- She first served with Fighter Command, cation with them. You would hear them and then with Bomber Command, which coming back, and if there was a problem is where she met her husband, Flight you would hear them. They would be Lieutenant Jack Vincent Watts, a Royal asking for ambulances, but of course Canadian Air Force navigator. there would always be one on stand-by During the Battle of Britain, the because you never knew what was going Luftwaffe attacked airfields and radar to land.” stations on the southeast coast of Emergency situations might include England. loss of an engine, control problems, or “I started at Fighter Command Biggin wounded on board. Hill, which the Germans bombed the “The ground crew have to know. So hell out of and killed 30 of us WAAFs, at you were waiting for these guys to come which point [our leaders] decided they back and you may hear something, but would move us off the base,” she said. you may hear nothing. You just knew The WAAFs then moved to a beautiful there would be fatalities, you couldn’t home a few miles away from the base. avoid it. You would just read the board “It was wicked, the planes would come in the morning to see the names that over and would shoot up those Spitfires were crossed out. … you hated to see it…you just hated to “For the WAAFs, it was personal. When see it. However, it happened.” they heard a call sign for a landing, there The day to day duties of radio tele- was relief. If they didn’t hear a call phonists were mainly to keep radio con- sign, it meant an aircraft was missing. tact with the aircrew, but the WAAFs Everyone on the ground shared in that were also involved in other activities. fear. You had to face it, it was a deadly “You would be in bed asleep and be kind of business. awakened by some officers: ‘Get up! Get “It was a war. Period,” Mrs. Watts con- Norma Zelia Watts (née Tilley) served during the Battle of Britain as a radio up! We have to go out there and put out cluded. “The tears came later.” telephonist.

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LCdr Michael Lawless, from HMCS Malahat, gives a quick briefing to members of the CFLC aboard PO2 Albert Van Akker directs Marina Jaffey on how an Orca. to steer a ship.

PO2 Shawn Goodine, a Clearance Diver with Fleet Dive Unit (Pacific), gives a demonstration of equipment used by clearance divers to members of the CFLC. Truly grateful, forever in your debt. We remember today, and every day.

PO2 Lee Bickerstaffe demonstrates how to use a fire nozzle to a member of the CFLC while sailing in the Strait of Juan de Fuca in an Orca. Lt(N) Leslie Ewart directs Sonia Dhaliwal as she steers the Orca training vessel. Prroudoud ttoo ssupportupport See it oourur ttroopsroops ALL

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HMCS Algonquin and HMCS Vancouver hand out awards, medals and promotions

Cdr Jeffrey Climenhaga, Commanding Officer of Bravo HMCS Vancouver, presents Bravo SLt Zhang with his Certificate ZULU of Competency Naval Combat Systems Engineering.

Cdr Climenhaga is assisted by PO1 Aubin in the LCdr Coulombe is assisted by Lt(N) Salzer in the Cdr Climenhaga is assisted by PO1 Nichol in the promotion of LS Stone. promotion of LS Connors. promotion of A/LS Jahraus.

LCdr Coulombe is assisted by Lt(N) Pang in the LCdr Coulombe is assisted by Lt(N) Pang in the LCdr Coulombe is assisted by Lt(N) Sleen in the promotion of AB Eustace. promotion of AB DeBresser. promotion of AB Blunden.

AB Passy is promoted to her current rank by Cdr Ryan Tettamanti, Commanding Officer of HMCS LS Blatchford is presented with her CD by Cdr LS Wood is promoted to his current rank by Cdr Algonquin. Tettamanti. Tettamanti.

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By the end of March, Canadian However, to truly understand what impact into the country’s future. troops were in the Gapyong Valley and in that service has had on the peaceful nation Remembering and reflecting on the sig- A NEW THREAT TO WORLD PEACE? mid-April UN Forces were again north of of Canada and on the Canadian way of life, nificance of the contribution they made, The year is 1950. The Second World War the 38th Parallel. we must capture and extend the signifi- and continue to make, strengthens the com- is over. The United Nations (UN) has been Western politicians debated invading cance of Remembrance Day to other com- in place for just five years, and is working to mitment to preserve the values that they China at the risk of expanding the war, memorative activities, events and projects promote global peace and security. Canada fought and died for—truth, justice, peace, but decided against such action and in late throughout the country all year long. 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Randall, Lise, André, and Sylvie Fillion (who Commissioner Drake said the ceremony was passed away in 1990) were children the day they more than just handing over a piece of beautiful learned their father had been killed in an air- Canadian artwork to Flight Lieutenant Denny craft training accident at Royal Air Force Station Fillion’s family; it was also an opportunity to reflect Kinloss in Scotland, where they lived. on the courageous sacrifice a young Canadian Flight Lieutenant Fillion and eight others per- made in defence of his country while on exchange ished when their Shackleton Mk 3.3v crashed into with the Royal Air Force over 40 years ago. “Your Prime Minister Stephen Harper has stat- the North Atlantic on Nov. 19, 1967. There were Cpl Vicki Lefrançois two survivors. ed that the Canadian economy floats on salt “I remember it as though it was yesterday,” water and this was no different 40 years ago. says Lise, who now lives in Vancouver. “A knock To ensure that Canadian and British Merchant Above: Lise Fillion, LCol came at the door to tell us that Daddy wasn’t Fleets enjoyed freedom of navigation on the high (Retired) Peter Giles coming home. It was horrible. We were whisked seas and to deter the possible first strike capabil- and André Fillion dis- off to Glasgow and then to Canada and that was ity of the Soviet Union, Denny [Fillion] and the play the painting that it. Mom was left with four young kids under nine brave aviators of the Royal Air Force and Royal was commissioned by and no husband. Because his body was never Canadian Air Force undertook perilous sorties in their mother Laura in found we had no funeral, no celebration of life, all weathers to track and contain any submarine memory of their father, no grave, no way to say goodbye, nothing. It was a threat. Flight Lieutenant Denny very difficult time.” “To allow them to be effective in this highly Fillion. Lieutenant-Colonel (retired) Peter Giles, who important task they also had to hone their skills in Left: Flight Lieutenant served with Flight Lieutenant Fillion at Kinloss, training missions against submarines of the Royal Fillion, a Royal Canadian remembers that day very well. and Royal Canadian Navies. These training mis- Air Force navigator, per- sions tested the very edge of what aviators call ‘the “I was the one who had to tell Laura she was ished in an aircraft train- a widow,” recalls LCol Giles. “I brought my wife envelope’ and were highly dangerous, undertaken in the harshest of weather conditions over some of ing accident on Nov. 16, with me, which was sort of standard procedure 1967, near Royal Air back then and it kind of softened the blow. Still, the roughest seas in the world. Force Station Kinloss in for Laura to be so far away from home, herself an “It was on one such mission over the dark cold orphan from Newfoundland, with four children waters of the North Atlantic that the aircraft Scotland. – she had married her Prince Charming and it Denny was navigating, Whiskey Romeo 976, from all blew up. Except for having four children with 121 Squadron [from Royal Air Force Station] Denny, her life ended there really.” Kinloss, crashed with the tragic loss of nine lives. A year later, still mourning the loss of her hus- “Between 1951 and 1991 over 140 young men Photo courtesy of band, Laura Fillion, who settled in Ottawa, com- lost their lives protecting the sea lanes of the Fillion Family. missioned a painting of Canadian maple leaves in North Atlantic a sacrifice which we are all duly memory of Denny, which she presented to the grateful,” said Commissioner Drake. officers’ mess at Royal Air Force Station Kinloss After accepting the painting, and wiping tears where it hung for many years. Sadly, when the from his eyes, André explained what the day truly station closed in 2011, the mess closed too. There meant to him and his sister, who said the cer- was no record of the painting or its whereabouts; emony was almost like the funeral they never had. it was as though it had never existed. The Fillion “I know my Dad is here with us today and I children were devastated. hope he’s smiling,” said André. “And I just want The mystery set in motion a chain of events that to say ‘Daddy, I got your painting back. I did this would see military and civilian volunteers on both so you’d always be remembered and I hope I’ve sides of the Atlantic Ocean work together with made you proud. I don’t know if having made the André and Lise to find the painting and bring it ultimate sacrifice in service of your Queen and back to Canada. country makes you a hero, but you’ve always been Initially, everyone thought the painting was lost a hero to me. Je t’aime Papa.’” forever until a member of the Royal Air Force her- The painting now hangs in André’s home in itage close-out team, Frank Antley, found it among Ottawa. He hopes to retire in Comox, British some artefacts. Upon hearing the news, LCol Giles Columbia, home of his father’s last Canadian and retired Royal Air Force Wing Commander posting, and donate the painting to the officers’ Derek Straw suggested the painting be returned mess there. Photo courtesy of as soon as possible to the Fillion family. The Royal In addition to Flight Lieutenant Fillion, the oth- Fillion Family. Air Force agreed and the long journey back to ers who died in the crash were Squadron Leader Canada began. Brian Campbell Letchford, Flight Lieutenant Squadron Leader John Foster of the Royal Frank Raymond Hollins, Flight Lieutenant Edward Air Force drove the painting from Scotland to Thomas Spicer, Flight Lieutenant Peter John Wiltshire, England; from there, LCol Art Agnew, Stowell, Flying Officer Keith Robert Gordon, a Royal Canadian Air Force officer, and the Flight Sergeant John Francis Gent and Sergeant Canadian Defence Liaison team at the High Arthur Brown. The normal crew number was Commission of Canada in London began oversee- 10, but there was also a naval officer onboard, ing the project. Lieutenant-Commander Christopher Brian David Malleson, from the United Kingdom Schofield. Department of Trade and Industry, arranged Sergeant E. Bradshaw and Sergeant R.M. Collins for the Royal Air Force Museum to restore survived the crash and were picked up by Her the painting while Patrick Shepherd from DHL Majesty’s Ship Brighton. International Logistics volunteered to ship the painting to Ottawa free of charge. Right middle: André Fillion (left) kisses his father Ft Lt Denny Everyone knew they were participating in some- Fillion at RAF Kinloss shortly before the crash that killed him. It thing special. was the last photo of the two ever taken. “So many things we do in our careers, and in Right: Laura and Denny Fillion on their wedding day. 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November 4, 2013 LOOKOUT • 27 CT-114 Tutor celebrates five decades of service Joanna Calder officially be celebrated modified for used by the RCAF next year to mark the Golden Centennaires aircraft’s first operational team to celebrate The iconic CT-114 flight; planning for the Canada’s centennial. The Tutor aircraft – soaring celebration is now under- team flew for just one and wheeling through the way. year, but in 1970 pilots at skies at air shows and fly The CT-114 Tutor was 2 Canadian Forces Flying pasts across the continent designed and manufac- School in Moose Jaw, – is a source of nation- tured by Canadair Limited Saskatchewan, began fly- al pride and pleasure to to Royal Canadian Air ing the Tutor again as a Canadians of all ages. Force specifications. The demonstration aircraft. As well as being flown by first delivery took place In 1971, the team was the Snowbirds aerobatic on Oct. 29, 1963, and dubbed the “Snowbirds” team, located at 15 Wing the aircraft were put to and in 1975 the Snowbirds DND photo Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, use as the RCAF’s basic became the Canadian Air to air view of the Golden Centennaires (Tutor Aircraft) flying in formation. Tutors are also used for jet trainer. By 1967, 190 Forces Air Demonstration aircraft testing by the aircraft, designated CL-41 Team. Three years later, modified versions of the Canadian flag. providing Canadian air Aerospace Engineering by Canadair, had been they were organized training model. In addi- In February 2012, the demonstration capability, Test Establishment at 4 delivered to the RCAF. as a squadron: 431 Air tion to show features, Government of Canada but no decisions have yet Wing Cold Lake, Alberta. Canadair built one other Demonstration Squadron. the modified version awarded a contract to been made. 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They are three-year contract, with ambassadors for the Royal first delivery to the Royal Tutors were first used the CT-155 Hawk. also painted in the famil- seven one-year extension Canadian Air Force, the Canadian Air Force. as an aerobatic aircraft The Tutors flown by iar red and white colour options, is for routine Canadian Armed Forces The anniversary will in 1967, when 10 were the Snowbirds are slightly scheme that reflects the preventative maintenance and Canada, at home and and associated repairs. across North America. The Tutor is expected The team members Technical Specifications to continue flying as an embody the high level Length: 9.75 metres air demonstration aircraft of professionalism, team- Wingspan: 11.12 metres until approximately 2020. work, excellence, disci- The Royal Canadian pline and dedication that Height: 2.84 metres Air Force is examining are demonstrated by the Weight: 2, 575 kilograms options, including poten- men and women of the (empty) tial cost, to continue Canadian Armed Forces. Power: General Electric J85-CAN-40 turbo jet Thrust: Reaches 18,000 feet (5,486 metres) in Truly grateful, fewer than six minutes; can carry out 2G turns at 25,000 feet (7,620 forever in your debt. metres) Service ceiling: 11,850 We remember today, metres Range: 648 kilometres and every day. Crew: Two

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Many of the sailors maritime operations as with massive help from tonnes of cargo to sustain the larger Allies simply had aboard merchant vessels had survived a result of enemy action Canada—from its navy, the United Kingdom and no other source of escorts. and flying accidents in the its airmen, its merchant made possible the libera- The RCAF’s Eastern the mines and submarines of the First unforgiving environment. marine and from its civil- tion of Europe. In the pro- Air Command reached a World War and chose to sail again, The Book of Remembrance ian population. cess, Canadian warships peak strength of 21,233 for the Merchant Navy A Victoria Cross, the and aircraft sank, or shared personnel, including 1,735 some two decades later. lists by name nearly British Empire’s highest in the destruction of some members of the Women’s 1,600 Canadians and gallantry medal, was post- 50 U-boats. Division, at the end of of about 290,000 tonnes 1945, Canada produced Newfoundlanders, or humously awarded to a Beginning the war with January 1944. Of this total, and manned by approxi- three hundred fifty-four those who served on member of the RCAF for a mere 13 vessels and more than 1,200 were air mately 1,450 Canadian 10,000 tonne dwt cargo ships of Canadian or his courageous leadership 3,500 personnel, the Royal crew. The rest managed seamen. Following the ships; forty-three 4,700 Newfoundland registry. during the Atlantic cam- Canadian Navy grew to the bases, communications, “outbreak of war, captured tonne dwt cargo ships; and It includes the names of paign. Flight Lieutenant become, for a brief time navigation systems and enemy ships and ships of six 3,600 tonne dwt cargo eight women. Many other David Hornell, of Mimico, at least, the third largest other services needed to occupied nations were ship. Simultaneously, they Canadians, whose names Ontario, was pilot of a of the Allied navies. At operate multi-engine air- added to the roster. There turned out astonishing are unknown, were lost Canso amphibian aircraft war’s end, the RCN com- craft over the vast expanse was also a large Canadian numbers of naval vessels; serving on ships of Allied which came across a sur- prised 373 fighting ships of the northwest Atlantic. Lake fleet, and in the des- 281 escort ships (destroy- merchant marines. faced U-boat north of the and more than 110,000 At this same time, nearly perate wartime situation ers, corvettes, frigates), 206 Those who fought in Shetland Islands in June members, including 6,500 2,000 RCAF air crew were even they became ocean- minesweepers, 254 tugs the Battle of the Atlantic 1944. Although his aircraft women who served in the serving in both Canadian going vessels. Yet, over and 3,302 landing craft. achieved and sacrificed had been hit by anti-air- Women’s Royal Canadian and British squadrons of the course of the next six The remarkable achieve- much in their efforts to help craft fire, and was burning Naval Services. the Royal Air Force Coastal years, the wartime world’s ment by the Allied ship- bring peace and freedom and vibrating violently as The principal Canadian Command. fourth largest merchant yards was an important to the people of Europe. a result, Hornell managed anti-submarine forces at The main objective of navy would emerge, almost reason for the turn of the These combatants were to destroy the submarine that time included 261 sea- Canada’s Atlantic forces all of it built in Canadian tide in the Battle of the among the more than one and land the aircraft on the going escorts (Bangors, cor- was always the protection shipyards. Atlantic. By mid-1943, it million men and women water, where it soon sank. vettes, frigates and escort of shipping. The outcome The number of ships that was clear that no matter who served in Canada’s Having only one small din- destroyers). Hundreds of the war was depen- poured from Canada’s ship- how many merchant ships armed forces during the ghy among the eight of of other craft—Fairmile dent on the success of the yards during the war was German U-boats still could Second World War. More the plane’s crew, Hornell launches, tugboats, coast- Atlantic convoys—on the extraordinary. In fact it was send to the bottom, tor- than 42,000 Canadians gave up his seat in the raft al tankers and the other merchant ships reaching described by an official of pedoings could no longer gave their lives in the war. to a wounded crew mem- kinds of transports—pro- the United Kingdom. the British Ministry of War outpace the production of Canada recognizes the sac- ber. Two Canadians died of tected Canadian waters, In 1939, Canada had Transport as “remarkable,” new ships. rifices and achievements exposure, and the rest were serviced the fleet and kept only 38 ocean-going mer- “astonishing” and “magnifi- With this expanded par- of all the Canadians, like rescued 21 hours after the bases running. All but a chant ships averaging little cent.” From the first deliv- ticipation came a high those who fought in the crash-landing. Hornell, handful of the RCN ships, over 6,000 deadweight ery in December 1941 to cost. Approximately 2,000 Battle of the Atlantic, who blind and exhausted, died moreover, were built in tonnes (dwt), with a total shortly after war’s end in members of the RCN were accomplished so much and shortly after his rescue.

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This Commission. bullets and bombs and the war- invention is credited with saving Ionospheric sounding stations, time research programs came up many ships from torpedo attacks. installed during the war to help with many important develop- The technique of cathodic pro- predict optimum frequencies ments to help give the Allies tection of ships’ hulls against salt for long distance communica- an advantage in the struggle. As water corrosion (a technology tions and for direction finding with many other aspects of the that is still in use today and has against enemy submarines, led Allied war effort, Canada played saved millions of dollars in ship directly to the development after an important role. damage) developed from work the war of the Alouette satel- Much of the research found done in Canada during the war. lite, Canada’s entry into satellite civilian uses after the war and Anti-fog windshield fluids, technology. has helped shape today’s mod- developed for service vehicles, The National Research Council ern world. Whenever you heat were a Canadian invention. pioneered the use of nylon for food in a microwave oven or use The first patent for artificial parachutes. washer fluid to clear off a car fur arose out of Canadian work Electro-thermal de-icers for windshield, to name just two in developing improved Arctic aircraft propellers were devel- examples, you can credit the clothing for the military. oped by Canadian scientists, an Wever. 111-SC-178198 groundbreaking work done by Canadian companies and scien- invention to improve the safety Blood serum was made available at the front lines through Canadian scientists during the tists played a leading role in the of air travel that is still in use research by Dr. C. H. Best of the University of Toronto. Second World War. development of synthetic rubber. today. Research and Development Although a completely synthetic In response to food shortages personnel who worked on large made such important contribu- Canada was a great centre of rubber was still not developed in Britain, the National Research British warships were Canadian. tions to the scientific war effort wartime research. The National by war’s end, a fully satisfac- Council developed successful Medical Developments 1939- were generally quite young. In Research Council, the Armed tory product was in production processes to manufacture bet- 1945 1944 and 1945, the 300 National Forces, and various Crown cor- that was 90% made from wheat ter powdered eggs, powdered Canadian researchers carried Research Council staff who were porations undertook research in derivatives. milk and preserved bacon. These out studies on seasickness and working on radar research had weapons, atomic energy, radar, A technique developed by helped solve some of the prob- motion sickness. This research an average age of about 26. It nutrition, medicine, and other prolific Canadian scientist and lems of food transportation and led to the development of drugs is evident that Canadian youth, areas which both helped win the inventor George Klein provided led to the development of some to help cope with these ailments. when they put their mind to it, battle and improved the life and a means of testing and quanti- of the powdered and condensed Important contributions were can work wonders. well-being of people in the years fying snow conditions. He also foods still in use today. made to the development and The Legacy that followed. developed aiming systems for Radar improvements in production of Remembering and reflecting Extensive research on magne- artillery and anti-submarine During the war’s early years, penicillin. Canadian scientists on the significance of the many tism was conducted to learn how mortars and carried out research Britain essentially passed all overcame the problems which contributions Canadians made, to degauss (or demagnetize) the on high velocity projectiles and microwave radar development had stood in the way of mass including those who participated hulls of ships to protect them their fuses. As well, he developed over to Canada. Canadian scien- production of the life-saving in wartime scientific research, from some types of mines and an anti-roll stabilizer for an anti- tists developed the Plan Position drug. during the Second World War to detect submerged submarines. submarine weapon. Indicator, still in use today. Blood serum, in great demand is important. The research and This research would pay divi- Nuclear energy research ini- Canada provided some 9,000 to help the large number of discoveries made during this piv- radar sets (worth hundreds of people injured in the war, was otal time in history still live on millions of dollars) to the Allies. made available as a result of in much of the technology we At one stage of the war, the work done by Dr. C.H. Best of use daily. National Research Council built the University of Toronto. Canada Remembers Program and installed submarine detec- The Banting Institute also built The Canada Remembers tion radar in the St. Lawrence the first decompression chamber Program of Veterans Affairs River in just seven days. in North America, built a human Canada encourages all Canadians Early on, Canada had estab- centrifuge, invented the “Anti-G- to learn about the sacrifices and lished specialized electron- suit” which is still used by pilots achievements made by those ics training initiatives to meet of high performance aircraft, who have served—and continue the need for skilled scientists made improvements to aircrew to serve—during times of war and technicians that forward- equipment like oxygen masks, and peace. As well, it invites thinking leaders realized the new and conducted research into the Canadians to become involved technologically-oriented war effects of fatigue and cold. in remembrance activities that would demand. As a result, our Research on night vision led to will help preserve their legacy country produced a large num- red lighting being adopted by the for future generations. ber of people skilled in elec- Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal To learn more about Canada’s tronics during the war, people Navy, and for some aircraft with role in the Second World War, who helped meet the great need the United States Navy. please visit the Veterans Affairs Plan Position Radar, still in use today, was developed by in Britain for electronics techni- It is interesting to note that Canada website at veterans.gc.ca Canadian scientists during the Second World War. cians. Indeed, many of the radar many of the Canadians who or call 1-866-522-2122 toll free.

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Lest we forget.

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch, be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

— Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae