Suddenly however a plane came down circling around with its engine heavy smoking. We noticed at once when it came out of the damp that it was a British fighter. The lower it came the more scared we got because we didn’t know where it should come down, because of its circling around. ..

During the Second World War, more than 72,000 young men served as pilots, navigators, air gunners, bomb aimers and flight engineers with the Royal Canadian Air Force, but following the end of hostilities, the vast majority never flew again.

Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, plus de 72 000 jeunes hommes ont servi comme pilotes, navigateurs, mitrailleurs, viseurs et ingénieurs de bord au sein de l’Aviation royale canadienne. Toutefois, après la fin…