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Canadian Airmen Lost in Wwii by Date 1943
CANADA'S AIR WAR 1945 updated 21/04/08 January 1945 424 Sqn. and 433 Sqn. begin to re-equip with Lancaster B.I & B.III aircraft (RCAF Sqns.). 443 Sqn. begins to re-equip with Spitfire XIV and XIVe aircraft (RCAF Sqns.). Helicopter Training School established in England on Sikorsky Hoverfly I helicopters. One of these aircraft is transferred to the RCAF. An additional 16 PLUTO fuel pipelines are laid under the English Channel to points in France (Oxford). Japanese airstrip at Sandakan, Borneo, is put out of action by Allied bombing. Built with forced labour by some 3,600 Indonesian civilians and 2,400 Australian and British PoWs captured at Singapore (of which only some 1,900 were still alive at this time). It is decided to abandon the airfield. Between January and March the prisoners are force marched in groups to a new location 160 miles away, but most cannot complete the journey due to disease and malnutrition, and are killed by their guards. Only 6 Australian servicemen are found alive from this group at the end of the war, having escaped from the column, and only 3 of these survived to testify against their guards. All the remaining enlisted RAF prisoners of 205 Sqn., captured at Singapore and Indonesia, died in these death marches (Jardine, wikipedia). On the Russian front Soviet and Allied air forces (French, Czechoslovakian, Polish, etc, units flying under Soviet command) on their front with Germany total over 16,000 fighters, bombers, dive bombers and ground attack aircraft (Passingham & Klepacki). During January #2 Flying Instructor School, Pearce, Alberta, closes (http://www.bombercrew.com/BCATP.htm). -
Airpower in the Battle of the Bulge: a Case for Effects-‐‑Based Operations?
Journal of Military and Strategic VOLUME 14, ISSUE 1, FALL 2011 Studies Airpower in the Battle of the Bulge: A Case for Effects-Based Operations? Harold R. Winton ȱ ȱ dzȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ throughout are those of a campaign on land in which the primary problem at the time is the defeat of an enemy army in the field.1 J.C. Slessor, 1936 ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȃȱ work, Air Power and Armies, the published version of lectures he presented to his army brethren at the Staff College, Camberley in the mid-ŗşřŖǯȱ ȱ Ȃȱ ǰȱ ȱ paper is focused historically on an air effort to defeat an enemy army, or in this case an army groupȯField Marshal ȱȂȱ¢ȱ ȱǰȱȱȱȱ to which Adolf Hitler entrusted his last, desperate gamble to win World War IIȯa campaign that became known in history as the Battle of the Bulge. But in keeping with ȱ ȱ ȱ ȃ ȱ ǰȄȱ t will relate the course and consequences of that campaign to an ongoing doctrinal debate in the American armed forces over a concept known as Effects-Based Operations, or EBO. The issue on the table is to determine the 1 J.C. Slessor, Air Power and Armies (London: Oxford University Press, 1936), p. xi. ©Centre of Military and Strategic Studies, 2011 ISSN : 1488-559X JOURNAL OF MILITARY AND STRATEGIC STUDIES extent to which the evidence of using airpower in the Bulge confirms, qualifies, or refutes the tenets of EBO. While this question may seem somewhat arcane, it is not without consequence. -
Dispersals Nov 2013.Pdf
2nd TACTICAL AIR FORCE MEDIUM BOMBERS ASSOCIATION Incorporating 88, 98, 107, 180, 226, 305, 320, & 342 Squadrons 137 & 139 Wings, 2 Group RAF MBA Canada Executive Chairman/Newsletter Editor David Poissant 242 Harrowsmith Drive, Mississauga, ON L5R 1R2 Telephone: 905-568-0184 E-mail: [email protected] Secretary/Treasurer Susan MacKenzie 406 Devine Street, Sarnia, ON N7T 1V5 Telephone: 519-332-2765 E-mail: [email protected] Western Representative Ken Wright (Pilot • 180 Sqn) 2714 Keighley Road, Nanaimo, BC V9T 5X8 Telephone: 250-756-3138 E-mail: [email protected] Eastern Representative Darrell Bing 75 Baroness Close, Hammond Plains, NS B4B 0B4 Telephone: 902-463-7419 E-mail: [email protected] MBA United Kingdom Executive Chairman/Liason Leonard Clifford Fayre Oaks, Broadlane, Tanworth-In-Arden, Warwickshire B94 5Hx Telephone: 01564 742537 Secretary/Archivist Russell Legross 15 Holland Park Drive, Hedworth Estate, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear NE32 4LL Telephone: 0191 4569840 E-mail: [email protected] Treasurer Frank Perriam 3a Farm Way, Worcester Park, Surrey KT4 8RU Telephone: 07587 366371 E-mail: [email protected] Registrar John D. McDonald 35 Mansted Gardens, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex RM6 4ED Telephone: 020 8590 2524 E-mail: [email protected] Newsletter Editor Peter Jenner 13 Squirrel Close, Sandhurst, Berks GU47 9Dl Telephone: 01252 877031 E-mail: [email protected] MBA Executive - Australia Secretary Tricia Williams PO Box 16, Ormond, Victoria, Australia 3204 Telephone: 03 9578 5390 E-mail: [email protected] DISPERSALS is published February ● May ● August ● November On our cover: James Bradley runs up Canadian Warplane Heritage’s B-25 Mitchell ‘Hot Gen’; Liberty Aviation Musuem’s Mitchell ‘Georgie’s Gal’ at 2013 Geneseo, NY airshow. -
A HISTORY of IV (Army Co-Operation) Squadron
A HISTORY OF IV (Army Co-operation) Squadron 1912 - 2009 1 CONTENTS Battle Honours Page 3 Motto Page 4 Foreword Page 6 The Formative Years Page 7 World War 1 Page 9 The Inter-war Years Page 14 World War 2 Page 19 The Cold War Page 27 The Cold War – Harrier I Page 30 Post-Cold War – Harrier II Page 33 Post-9/11 Conflicts Page 35 Post Script Page 38 Members’ Recollections Page 39 Gate Guardian Page 50 Affiliations Page 51 Award of IV(AC) Sqn Standard Page 53 IV (AC) Sqn Bases Page 54 IV (AC) Sqn Aircraft Page 57 IV (AC) Sqn Commanding Officers Page 59 Age vs Seniority Page 60 Squadron Origins Page 61 2 BATTLE HONOURS IV(AC) Squadron Western Front 1914-1918 Mons Neuve Chappelle Somme 1916 Ypres 1917 Lys Somme 1918 France and Low Countries 1939-1940 Fortress Europe 1942-1945 France and Germany 1944-1945 Normandy 1944 Arnhem Rhine Iraq 2003 3 MOTTO IV(AC) Squadron The motto “In Futurum Videre” (To see into the future, or forward looking) refers to the Squadron’s reconnaissance role. The badge: ‘A sun in splendour divided by a flash of lightning’ was approved by HRH King Edward VIII in May 1936. The red and black segmented sun suggests “round the clock” operations while the lightning flash indicates speed and is also a reference to the unit’s early use of wireless telephony for artillery co-operation. 4 Squadron Personnel l914 Squadron Personnel 2009 5 FOREWORD By OC IV(AC) Squadron Wg Cdr H Smyth ‘…the man who looks back at history, goes forward with one eye blind; he who looks only to the future, goes forward blind in both eyes.’ (Russian Proverb) On the 16th September 2007, No IV(Army Co-operation) Squadron celebrated its 95th Anniversary. -
Airpower in the Battle of the Bulge: a Case for Effects-Based Operations?
Journal of Military and Strategic VOLUME 14, ISSUE 1, FALL 2011 Studies Airpower in the Battle of the Bulge: A Case for Effects-Based Operations? Harold R. Winton It should …be clearly understood that the conditions envisioned throughout are those of a campaign on land in which the primary problem at the time is the defeat of an enemy army in the field.1 J.C. Slessor, 1936 These words were penned in the introduction to Wing Commander Slessor’s work, Air Power and Armies, the published version of lectures he presented to his army brethren at the Staff College, Camberley in the mid-1930s. Like Slessor’s work, this paper is focused historically on an air effort to defeat an enemy army, or in this case an army group—Field Marshal Walter Model’s Army Group B, the operational formation to which Adolf Hitler entrusted his last, desperate gamble to win World War II—a campaign that became known in history as the Battle of the Bulge. But in keeping with the theme of “New Perspectives,” it will relate the course and consequences of that campaign to an ongoing doctrinal debate in the American armed forces over a concept known as Effects-Based Operations, or EBO. The issue on the table is to determine the 1 J.C. Slessor, Air Power and Armies (London: Oxford University Press, 1936), p. xi. ©Centre of Military and Strategic Studies, 2011 ISSN : 1488-559X JOURNAL OF MILITARY AND STRATEGIC STUDIES extent to which the evidence of using airpower in the Bulge confirms, qualifies, or refutes the tenets of EBO. -
Mémorial Memorial Cimetière Cemetery
BRUXELLES MÉMORIAL DU MARDASSON C4 MÉMORIAL DE BANDE B4 J/M Les dates clés DES PLAGES D/M Mémorial Mémorial en étoile en hommage aux soldats amé- Dédié aux 34 jeunes civils victimes de la Gestapo, Dyle Key Dates ricains morts au combat. Une terrasse au sommet la veille de la Noël 1944. DE NORMANDIE 1944 offre une vue panoramique sur les champs de ba- Dedicated to the 34 young civilian casualties of the taille. Crypte ornée par l’artiste cubiste Fernand AUX FORÊTS AACHEN Memorial Gestapo, on Christmas Eve 1944. 6/06 Opération Overlord : Débarquement des Alliés en Normandie Léger. D’ARDENNE Operation Overlord : landings of the Allied forces in Normandy route Nationale 4 – 6951 BANDE (Nassogne) LIÈGE A star-shaped memorial honouring the American Libération des villes belges et du GD de Luxembourg soldiers who died in combat. A terrace at the top V corps 2-16/09 UK Line of Defense EUPEN Liberation of towns in Belgium and the GD of Luxembourg offers a panoramic view of the battlefields. Crypt Meuse MONSCHAU decorated by the Cubist artist Fernand Léger. MÉMORIAUX DE STAVELOT C3 Le 6 juin 44, les Alliés débarquent en Normandie et en- VERVIERS tament leur percée à travers la France. En septembre, ils XVIII corps Opération Market Garden pour le contrôle des ponts aux Pays-Bas Dédiés aux 132 civils assassinés par les soldats de 17-25/09 Colline du Mardasson – 6600 BASTOGNE libèrent villes et villages belges et luxembourgeois. Du 2 I D Operation Market Garden for the control of bridges in the Netherlands Peiper en décembre 44, aux unités américaines 16 décembre 44 à la fin janvier 45, dans un nouveau dé- HUY Ourthe SPA et au 5e Bataillon de fusiliers belges qui met le luge de feu et de luttes acharnées, soldats et population NAMUR ELSENBORN Bombes volantes V1 et V2 sur Liège et Antwerpen MONUMENT AUX INDIENS C4 feu aux réserves de carburant indispensable aux civile vont revivre l’enfer sur le front ardennais. -
Winter Fireside Readings Leadership and High Technology Battle of the Bulge: Air Operati Professional Military Educati
Winter Fireside Readings Leadership and High Technology Battle of the Bulge: Air Operati Professional Military Educati v Secretary of the Air Force Dr Donald B. Rice Air Force Chief of Staff Gen Larry D. Welch Commander, Air University Maj Gen David C. Reed Commander, Center for Aerospace Doctrine, Research, and Education Col Sidney J. Wise Editor Col Keith W. Geiger Associate Editor Maj Michael A. Kirtland Professional Staff Hugh Richardson, Contributing Editor Marvin W. Bassett. Contributing Editor Dorothy M. McCluskie, Production Manager Steven C. Garst, Art Director and Illustrator The Airpower Journal, published quarterty, is the professional journal of the United States Air Force. It is designed to serve as an open forum for presenting and stimulating innovative think- ing on military doctrine, strategy, tactics, force structure, readiness, and other national defense matters. The views and opinions expressed or implied in the Journal are those of the authors and should not be construed as carrying the official sanction of the Department of Defense, the Air Force, Air University, or other agencies or departments of the US government. Articles in this edition may be reproduced in whole or in part without permission. If repro- duced, the Airpower Journal requests a courtesy line. Leadership and High Technology Brig Gen Stuart R. Boyd, USAF 4 Air Power in the Battle of the Bulge: A Theater Campaign Perspective Col William R. Carter, USAF 10 The Case for Officer Professional Military Education: A View from the Trenches Lt Col Richard L. Davis, USAF 34 Antisatellites and Strategic Stability Marc J. Berkowitz 46 The Bekaa Valley Air Battle, June 1982: Lessons Mislearned? ClC Matthew M. -
Royal Air Force Historical Society Journal 51
ROYAL AIR FORCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL 51 2 The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the contributors concerned and are not necessarily those held by the Royal Air Force Historical Society. First published in the UK in 2011 by the Royal Air Force Historical Society All ri hts reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical includin photocopyin , recordin or by any information stora e and retrieval system, without permission from the Publisher in writin . ISSN 1361 4231 Printed by ,indrush -roup ,indrush House Avenue Two Station .ane ,itney O021 40, 3 ROYAL AIR FORCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY President 2arshal of the Royal Air Force Sir 2ichael 3eetham -C3 C3E DFC AFC 7ice8President Air 2arshal Sir Frederick Sowrey KC3 C3E AFC Committee Chairman Air 7ice82arshal N 3 3aldwin C3 C3E 7ice8Chairman -roup Captain 9 D Heron O3E Secretary -roup Captain K 9 Dearman FRAeS 2embership Secretary Dr 9ack Dunham PhD CPsychol A2RAeS Treasurer 9 3oyes TD CA 2embers Air Commodore - R Pitchfork 23E 3A FRAes ,in Commander C Cummin s :9 S Cox Esq 3A 2A :A72 P Dye O3E 3Sc(En ) CEn AC-I 2RAeS :-roup Captain 2 I Hart 2A 2A 2Phil RAF :,in Commander C Hunter 22DS RAF Editor & Publications ,in Commander C - 9efford 23E 3A 2ana er :Ex Officio 4 CONTENTS AIRFIE.D CONSTRUCTION 3Y THE ROYA. AIR FORCE, 1 1939 TO 1966 by A72 9ohn 3rowne A3A7 FIE.D FORCE ,IN- by 9ohn 2arsh 17 SHIE.D FORCEC A3A1 ,IN- AND THE .I3ERATION OF 32 HON- KON- by 3rian Corbett (presented by , Cdr Dick Turpin. -
Air Intelligence Symposium
Air Intelligence Symposium Bracknell Paper No 7 Sponsored jointly by the Royal Air Force Historical Society and the Royal Air Force Staff College, Bracknell ii AIR INTELLIGENCE Copyright ©1997 by the Royal Air Force Historical Society First Published in the UK in 1997 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the permission from the Publisher in writing. ISBN 0 9519824 5 1 Typeset and printed in Great Britain by Fotodirect Ltd, Brighton. Royal Air Force Historical Society AIR INTELLIGENCE iii Contents 1 Welcome by the Commandant 2 Introductory Remarks by Air Marshal Sir Frederick Sowrey 3 Introductory Remarks by the Chairman, Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Armitage 4 The Organisation and Sources of RAF Intelligence Mr Sebastian Cox 5 RAF Scientific Intelligence Professor R V Jones 6 USAAF Intelligence and the European War Dr D Putney 7 A Luftwaffe View of the Intelligence War Dr Horsdt Boog 8 The Achievements of Air Intelligence Mr E Thomas 9 Synopsis of Afternoon Discussions 10 Strategic Air Intelligence Post-War Mr R Jackson 11 RB-45 Operations Squadron Leader J Crampton 12 Chairman’s Summing Up 13 Sir Frederick Sowrey iv AIR INTELLIGENCE AIR INTELLIGENCE 1 1. Welcome by the Commandant AVM M Van der Veen MA CEng FIEE Sir Michael Beetham, Air Chief Marshals, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased to welcome so many members of the RAF Historical Society to Bracknell once more. -
Maps, Figures, and Tables
Maps, Figures, and Tables Maps Royal Canadian Air Force Operations Overseas, 194~ endplates RCAF Bases and Targets during Circus and Ramrod Operations in 1941 2 11 RCAF Bases and Targets during Circus and Ramrod Operations, January- August 1942 219 'Operation Jubilee' - Dieppe Raid, 19 August 1942 234 No 417 Squadron, June 1942 - May 1945 252 Fighter Ranges (from Tangmere) and Group Boundaries for Operation Overlord, 6 June 1944 301 RCAF Wings in Northwest Europe in Relation to the Front Line on Specific Dates, 6 June 1944-7 May 1945 (between 328 and 329) Operation Bodenplatte, 1 January 1945 342 No 413 Squadron Area of Operations, 1942-4 385 Maritime Air Operations in Northwest Europe, 1941-5 (between 392 and 393) RCAF Anti-shipping Operations, Dutch Coast, 1941-5 425 RCAF Anti-shipping Operations, Norwegian Coast, 1943-5 451 German Night-Fighter Defences and Bomber Command, May 1940 543 German Night-Fighter Defences and Bomber Command, December 1940 544 German Night-Fighter Defences and Bomber Command, March 1941 563 German Night-Fighter Defences and Bomber Command, February 1942 564 The German Defensive System, 31 December 1941 588 No 6 Group Bases in the Vale of York (between 616 and 617) No 331 Wing Operations in the Mediterranean, 26 June-6 October 1943 645 German Night-Fighter Defences and Bomber Command, September 1942 662 German Night-Fighter Defences and Bomber Command, July 1943 663 Kassel 22/23 October 1943, Position of Bomber Aircraft at 20:40 Hours, Outward Route 723 viii Maps, Figures, and Tables Luftwaffe Radar Installations, -
The European Campaign: Its Origins and Conduct
The European Campaign: Its Origins and Conduct Visit our website for other free publication downloads http://www.StrategicStudiesInstitute.army.mil/ To rate this publication click here. Samuel J. Newland Clayton K.S. Chun About the Cover: The backdrop of the cover is a photograph of the 28th Infantry Division on August 29, 1944, as they marched down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France, with the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile in the background. Their celebration was short, because upon the conclusion of the parade, they proceeded through Paris and moved eastward to main- tain contact with the retreating Wehrmacht. The inset photograph is of the key leadership of the European Campaign. It was originally released by the Office of War Information in 1945 and it was captioned: “This is the Brass that Did It.” The photo was taken at the 12th Army Group Headquarters, Bad Wildlungen, Germany, May 11, 1945, three days after the German surrender. Front row left to right, William H. Simpson, George S. Patton Jr., Carl A Spaatz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar N. Bradley, Courtney H. Hodges, Leonard T. Gerow. Rear row, left to right, Ralph F. Stearley, Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Walter B. Smith, Otto P Wey- land, Richard E. Nugent Source: U.S. Army Military History Institute THE EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN: ITS ORIGINS AND CONDUCT Samuel J. Newland Clayton K. S. Chun June 2011 The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the -De partment of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. -
Chronology of Events: 1933–45
Chronology of Events: 1933–45 1933 30 January Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany 22 March First concentration camp for political opponents is set up at Dachau 27 April Hitler appoints Rudolf Hess his offi cial deputy for all matters concerning the NSDAP 14 October Hitler announces on German radio his intention to leave the League of Nations 1934 2 June Hitler orders the C-in-C of the German Navy, Admiral Erich Raeder, to keep the construction of U-Boats a secret 6 June Hitler orders the expansion of the Reichswehr from 100,000 to 300,000 men 30 June ‘Night of the Long Knives’ leading SA fi gures such as Ernst Rohm and opponents of the Nazi regime are murdered by Himmler’s SS in a bloody purge 25 July Austrian Nazis attempt a coup d’état in Austria during which Chancellor Dollfuss is murdered 2 August President Paul von Hindenburg dies 2 August Soldiers of the Reichswehr ordered to swear an oath of personal allegiance to Hitler 4 August Hitler appoints himself Supreme Commander of the Reichswehr 13 December Hermann Goering appointed Hitler’s deputy and successor in the event of the Führer’s death 1935 9 March Th e existence of the Luft waff e is revealed 16 March German military conscription is reintroduced in fl agrant breach of the Treaty of Versailles 18 June Anglo-German Naval Agreement signed limiting German Naval construction to 35% of total British tonnage for the Royal Navy 9978144119635_FM_Final_txt_print.indd78144119635_FM_Final_txt_print.indd vviiiiii 33/6/2012/6/2012 11:23:04:23:04 PPMM Chronology of Events ix 1936 7 March