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Title: Comrades in Arms: Second World War Canadian soldiers, sailors and airm...
 
Type: Sound
Description: The CBC program "Comrades in Arms", which debuted in 1942 and continued till the war's end, dramatizes the life of soldiers in the Army, Navy and Air Force. This 1943 episode features the exploits of the RCAF Wolverine Squadron as they search out and destroy German U-boats in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: From Defensive to Offensive: Canada Joins Combat in Gulf War
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: Report on Captain Steve Hill and Major David Kendall, CF-18 fighter pilots stationed in Qatar during the Gulf War. For the first time since the Korean War, Canadian forces fire offensively in combat and successfully attack an Iraqi ship.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Second World War: Living in a Wet Tent
 
Type: Sound
Description: A CBC reporter in France gives a vivid account of an airman's day in an RCAF airfield camp as torrential rains cause flooding, wet tents, mud, and dampness everywhere.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Second World War: Rescue at Sea
 
Type: Sound
Description: A young French Canadian airman describes his adventures at sea when his plane is shot down and he and his fellow Coastal Command crew members are set adrift in cold ocean waters for nearly three days.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Second World War: Dawn Patrol
 
Type: Sound
Description: CBC correspondent in Normandy reads a letter written by a young RCAF Spitfire pilot to his girlfriend in Canada. In it, the airman describes how he executes an early morning aerial patrol.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Canada's CF 18s - Canadians in Combat in the Gulf War
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: Canadian forces are in combat for the first time in decades. Four Canadian fighter jets flew into Iraqi airspace, escorting allied attack planes in Operation Desert Storm.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: The Gulf War: Operation Scimitar
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: Just days after the U.S. requests additional support from allied forces, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney announces a plan to expand the role of the Canadian military in the Gulf War. A squadron of CF-18s will be placed on active duty in the Persian Gulf, providing air cover for Canadian ships and other coalition forces.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Female Officers Take Charge - Canadian Women in the Second World War
 
Type: Film and Video
Description: Two women who were officers in World War II recount their experiences of working in a very male-oriented environment. Wing Officer Willa Walker, RCAF Women's Division, and Captain Adelaide Sinclair of the Navy Wrens (WRCNS) each had her own challenges to face.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Women Who Serve that Men May Fly - Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Di...
 
Type: Sound
Description: This 1942 radio clip recounts the story of early Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division recruits - Canada's first servicewomen. Originally created in 1941 as the Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force, the branch was renamed a year later and was the first to accept women.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: RCAF Women's Division Grows From 150 to 8,000 Recruits - Second World ...
 
Type: Sound
Description: This 1942 radio broadcast features testimonials from airwomen of the Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division (WDs) who are proud to be serving their country in the ground jobs that keep men flying. The WDs played a vital role in the operation of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during WW II.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
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