Richard de Boer Richard de Boer

FLEETING GLORY

The VE Day sounds of celebration, revelry and relief were given new life when the stirring base tones of two Merlin engines at full power caught the attention of Canadians in Calgary, Alberta on the afternoon of 9 May 1945….

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Richard de Boer Richard de Boer

Warbird Relic Hunters of the Wild West

There are many things that make up the recipe for the heady cocktail that is powered or unpowered flight – history, technology, speed, brotherhood or perhaps the extreme test of human reflex …

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Flying Officer (Retired) Hugh Bone, RAFVR Flying Officer (Retired) Hugh Bone, RAFVR

A CLOSE SHAVE

A day or so after rejoining the squadron, a number of army officers were attached to us for ten days, while some of our fellows went on exchange to see how the army functioned….

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Doug Deaton Doug Deaton

BITTEN BY A MOSQUITO

In the summer of 1964, as a young fellow of 16, it was commonplace to come in contact with one of nature’s more disagreeable manifestations, especially when fishing with my grandfather. But, on one hot summer day,…

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Flying Officer (Retired) Hugh Bone, RAFVR Flying Officer (Retired) Hugh Bone, RAFVR

LONG WAY TO THE WAR

Throughout the years since the Second World War, I have read many accounts of the sterling service given by so many. Many gave their lives in the service of their country while some survived …

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