September 2019 – 408 "Goose" Squadron Association

Consul General of France honours a World War II Bomber Pilot at Victoria’s Veterans Memorial Lodge

September 30, 2019October 21, 2019 association

September 29, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Consul General of France honours a World War II Bomber Pilot at Victoria’s Veterans Memorial Lodge. September 29, 2019 Victoria BC – Broadmead Care’s Veterans Memorial Lodge was host this afternoon to Consul General of France for Western Canada located in Vancouver, Mr. Philippe Sutter, as he acknowledged resident Mr. Edward Vaughan for his contribution in liberating France during the Second World War. At 96 years old, Mr. Vaughan has been inducted into the French Legion of Honour. The Legion d’Honneur is the highest…

The Lost Halifax NP711; A Documentary Film Crew Examines the Story of the Crew of NP711

September 29, 2019April 25, 2022 association

To Support the documentary, you can Visit the GoFundMeYou can see their webpage @ https://flyinggoosefilm.wixsite.com/mysiteYou can see their IMDB entry @ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17447734/?ref_=nm_knf_t1 Dear Madam/Sir My Name is Erik Wieman. I am co-founder of IG Heimatforschung Rheinland-Pfalz/Historical Research Community Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. We are connected to the archaeological services of Speyer. I am a dutch national, living in Germany since 1992. I want to inform you about the fact we have found the crash site of Halifax NP711, 408 Sqn. RCAF/Royal Canadian Air Force. It…

408 Squadron RCAF: The Rockcliffe Years, 1949-1964

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 association

The story of the 408 Squadron, RCAF during its time in Ottawa at RCAF Station Rockcliffe has never been told in its entirety. Such an omission, perhaps understandable given the other events that took place at the same time, has denied the public a knowledge of the great achievements this Squadron accomplished for Canada, namely completion of the photography used for the first complete and accurate maps of the country; maps that in some of Canada’s remote regions replaced those originating in the Mid-1840s with the Franklin Expedition or the…