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In Search of Lost Values

It’s New Year’s Eve 2015. It is a time for reflection and gratitude. For men and women of my parents’ generation, New Year’s Eve holds a special meaning. As they worked their way through the deprivations of the …

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CANADIAN SPITFIRE UPDATE

In 1967, just 22 years after the end of the Second World War, when the producers of the epic motion picture Battle of Britain contracted with the legendary Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie,…

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DEAR ARNOLD — A Letter to the Soul of a Spitfire

Dear Arnold, My name is Dave O’Malley. We’ve never met before. In fact, I was born 6 years and 5 months after that terrible day over Saint Martin de Mailloc, France. But, I must admit, sometimes I feel I know you. Well, maybe not well …

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LE HÉROS COMMÉMORÉ PAR LA RESTAURATION DU ROSELAND SPITFIRE

En 1999, les membres du Comox Air Force Museum, sur l’île de Vancouver, ont entamé un projet de 10 ans visant à reconstruire un Supermarine Spitfire IX à partir des cendres d’une ancienne épave de l’armée de l’air sud-africaine. Une fois terminé, ce Spitfire…

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