Royal Canadian Air Force

 

De grote groepen bommenwerpers die tijdens de tweede wereldoorlog over Nederland vlogen richting Duitsland werden geleid door Royal Air Force Bomber Command. 
Naast Bomber Command coördineerde Fighter Command de jagers zoals de Spitfires en Hurricanes. Deze vliegtuigen werden ingezet voor de verdediging van het luchtruim, verkenningsvluchten, aanvallen op gronddoelen en als escort ter bescherming van de bommenwerpers.



429 Squadron personnel with Lancaster (foto:Library and Archives Canada)

De bemanning van de vliegtuigen bestond met name uit mannen van de Britse Royal Air Force (RAF), de Royal Canadian Airforce (RCAF), de Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), de Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) en daarnaast uit andere landen van het bezette Europa zoals Polen, Fransen, Tsjechen, Noren en Nederlanders.
In Nederland kwamen in totaal naar schatting 5600 geallieerde en Duitse toestellen neer waarvan 48 in een straal van 10 kilometer rond Zutphen.


Van de Royal Canadian Air Force herdenken wij op deze website de volgende bemanningsleden:

The large groups of bombers that flew over the Netherlands during the Second World War towards Germany were led by Royal Air Force Bomber Command.
In addition to Bomber Command, Fighter Command coordinated the fighters such as the Spitfires and Hurricanes. These aircraft were used for airspace defense, reconnaissance flights, attacks on ground targets and as an escort to protect the bombers.
 

429 Squadron personnel with Lancaster (photo:Library and Archives Canada)


The crew of the aircraft mainly consisted of men from the British Royal Air Force (RAF), the Royal Canadian Airforce (RCAF), the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as well as other countries of occupied Europe such as Poles, French, Czechs, Norwegians and Dutch.
An estimated 5600 allied and German planes came down in the Netherlands, 48 of which were in a radius of 10 kilometers around Zutphen.


On this website we commemorate the following crew members of the Royal Canadian Air Force :

Image Byron McGie
Flying Officer - bomb aimer
Gracie, Byron McGie
Royal Canadian Air Force
✝ 1943-06-23
Age 23
Image Harry Pliley
Flight Sergeant - Air Gunner
Heximer, Harry Pliley
Royal Canadian Air Force
✝ 1943-06-23
Age 29
Image William Wallace
Flight Lieutenant
Kennedy, William Wallace
Royal Canadian Air Force
✝ 1944-10-28
Age 23
Image Norman Frederick
Flight Sergeant - Air Gunner
Notley, Norman Frederick
Royal Canadian Air Force
✝ 1943-06-23
Age 20
Image Armand Alphonse
Flying Officer - Navigator
Pariseau, Armand Alphonse
Royal Canadian Air Force
✝ 1943-06-23
Age 31
Image Norman Duncan
Flying Officer - Pilot
Reid, Norman Duncan
Royal Canadian Air Force
✝ 1943-06-23
Age 28
Image Lawson Frederick
Sergeant
Sparling, Lawson Frederick
Royal Canadian Air Force
✝ 1943-06-26
Age 22