The Creation of a National Air Force : : The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Volume II / / William A.B. Douglas.
From a small militia organization the Canadian air force had grown by 1945 into one of the country's three major autonomous military services. In this second volume of the RCAF's official history, covering the years from 1918 to 1945. W.A.B. Douglas chronicles the force's rapid growth...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019] ©1986 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Heritage
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (826 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps and Illustrations
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part 1: Between the Wars
- Introduction
- 1. The Birth of the RCAF
- 2. The RCAF and Civil Aviation
- 3. Bush Pilots in Uniform
- 4. Towards a Military Air Force
- Part 2: The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
- Introduction
- 5. Origins
- 6. Building the Plan
- 7. Mid-War Modifications
- 8. The Plan in Maturity
- Part 3: The Air Defence of Canada, 1939-45
- Introduction
- 9. Policy and Procurement
- 10. Eastern and Central Canada
- 11. The Pacific Coast
- Part 4: The North Atlantic Lifeline
- Introduction
- 12. The Beginnings of Anti-Submarine Warfare
- 13. The Battle of the St Lawrence
- 14. Ocean Operations, I 942
- 15. Defeating the Wolf Packs
- 16. Securing the Lifeline, 1943-4
- 17. The Dawn of Modern ASW, 1944-5
- Appendices
- Notes
- Index