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Forces with History

Robert W Mackay

"Forces With History" is published via email every two weeks. It deals with issues of interest regarding Canadian armed forces, modern and historical.

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Forces With History #258--Canada's Naval Aviators (Part 6)

HMCS BONAVENTURE was, from 1957 to 1970, the star of the RCN’s antisubmarine fleet. Supported by the Canadian designed and built St. Laurent class destroyer escorts, she could dominate a large swath of ocean. Here are the aircraft she carri...

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Forces With History #257--Canada's Naval Aviators (Part 5)

HMCS BONAVENTURE was definitely on the small side compared to contemporary American and British carriers in the 1950s and 60s. That was never more obvious than when the Royal Canadian Navy opted to buy jet fighters.

The aircraft of choice...

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Forces With History #256—Canada’s Naval Aviators (Part 4)

In 1966 I was a Sub-Lieutenant and bridge watchkeeper in HMCS SAGUENAY, a St. Laurent-class Destroyer Escort which had recently been converted as a helicopter-carrying DDH.

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Forces With History #255--A Look Back 108 years

108 years ago today Lt Gordon Flowerdew led C Squadron of LSH(RC) into withering German rifle, machine gun, and artillery fire. Many of his men were killed or wounded, and Flowerdew himself died of his wounds shortly thereafter. He was awar...

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FWH #253—Canada’s Naval Aviators (Part 3)

The last time I served at sea in a Canadian surface ship was during Operation Maple Spring in 1966, when we showed the flag in the South Atlantic. A large flotilla of RCN ships cruised as far south as Buenos Aires, Argentina, with stops in...

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