I am lost in admiration when I think about Willa Walker. At the age of 28, her husband in a German prison camp, having just lost her baby son to...
Named for the future British prime minister, Winston Parker Churchill of Okotoks, Alberta joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, served as a...
I collected a few odd stories that really struck my fancy this month -- starting with this photo of Samantha Kot of Orangeville, Ontario, who...
WARTIME WEDNESDAYS -- A group of young men from Cranbrook, B.C. built a cabin in the woods for their own enjoyment. Then World War Two happened....
Dorothy Garen of Canmore, Alberta, is 95 years old, and she recently shared with me some snaps from her photo album. Visit my Wartime Wednesdays...
After a four-year search, the owner of a mysterious Royal Canadian Air Force bracelet has been located! Read the whole heartwarming story on my...
Jim Milne of Invermere, British Columbia, now 97 years old, served as a navigation instructor with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War...
On Windswept Heights II | RCAF | Historical | Royal Canadian Air Force | The Second World War | 1939-1945 | Fighter Command 1936-1943 | Marion Orr...
Canadian Ben Scaman was one of the two Spitfire pilots who escorted a surrendering German aircraft back to base. He later went on to tip over...
WARTIME WEDNESDAYS -- Visit my blog to see some wonderful old photos of Royal Canadian Air Force women performing their duties. this woman is...
I'm still absolutely staggered when I think about the effort being made by the museum volunteers from a tiny town in Alberta, who are raising...
When this Manitoba farm girl joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, she proved to be such a whiz at Morse code that she was assigned to instruct the...
Ruth Eva Owen Whitelegg trained as a photographer for the Royal Canadian Air Force and served at RCAF Centralia, Ontario, during World War Two....
People, I just had to share with you the news that my novel Bird's Eye View was named a Canadian Bestseller last week by both the Toronto Star,...
One of the most beautiful poems ever written was composed in a Spitfire, 75 years ago. The poet John Gillespie Magee Junior was only 19 years old....
There’s a reason why it’s called The Greatest Generation – and Yvonne Valleau Wildman of Kindersley, Saskatchewan, is a shining example. She had a...
Eugenie Francoeur served at a bomber base in Britain, where she witnessed horrific crashes, dodged bombs, and worked around the clock on D-Day. It...
Ron Jenkins of Calgary, Alberta, is probably the only guy in history to have purchased the Lancaster he flew during the war. Here he tells in his...
Now 96 years old, Georgina Harvey was a young woman from a well-known family in Kelowna, British Columbia, when she joined the Royal Canadian Air...
This is a photo of Georgie Harvie, who served as a photographer with the RCAF. Today I'm launching a new idea on my blog, Wartime Wednesdays. Once...