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On this day in Canadian Aviation History June

Page history last edited by John Low 14 years, 9 months ago

On this day in Canadian Aviation History

 

01 June

1927

Western Canada Airways inaugurated weekly air service from Winnipeg to Long Lake, Manitoba via Lac du Bonnet.

1944

North West Air Command was formed at Edmonton under the command of A/V/M

T.A. Lawrence.

1953

No. 423 Squadron was reformed at St. Hubert, Quebec and equipped with Avro Canada CF-100 fighters.

02 June

1917

Captain William Avery Bishop, 60 Squadron, flying a Nieuport 17, made a single-handed attack on a German aerodrome and shot down three enemy aircraft.  He was awarded the Victoria Cross for this action.

1942

Nos. 8, 111 and 118 Squadrons moved to Alaska to join No. 115 Squadron already there, to work with the US Forces against the Japanese threat.

03 June

1941

RCAF 405 Squadron Wellington bombers made the first raid on Germany.

1944

F/L RE McBride and crew in a Consolidated Canso of No. 162 Squadron sank the German submarine U-477 north of the Shetland Isles.

04 June

1942

No. 417 (Fighter) Squadron arrived in Egypt to serve with the Desert Air Force.

05 June

1950

RCAF Colours were presented to the Force by the Governor-General, Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis, at Ottawa, Ontario.

06 June

1931

Barker Field was opened at Toronto by Mrs. W.G. Barker and L/Col W.A. Bishop.

1944

Thirty-seven RCAF bomber, fighter and coastal squadrons took part in operations for the invasion of Normandy.

1964

The historic aircraft collections of the Canadian War Museum, National Aviation Museum, and the Royal Canadian Air Force were displayed together for the first time at the Rockcliffe RCAF Station.  The three collections together were designated the National Aeronautical Collection.

07 June

1942

No. 119 (BR) Squadron and No. 128 (F) Squadron were formed at Sydney, N.S.

1944

Nos. 401, 411 and 412 (Fighter) Squadrons of No. 126 (RCAF) Wing destroyed 12 enemy aircraft and probably destroyed or damaged five more over the Normandy beaches.

08 June

1978

Wardair became the first operator of the de Haviland Dash 7. The aircraft C-GXVF was named Don Braun after a famous Canadian bush pilot.

1940

No. 1 (F) Squadron, augmented by personnel of No. 112 (F) "City of Montreal" Squadron, sailed from Halifax, NS for Liverpool, England.

1944

F/O K.O. Moore and crew of a Consolidated Liberator of No. 224 Squadron (RAF) sank two German submarines (U-629 and U-373) in 22 minutes off the French island of Ushant (Ouessant).

1991

          The "Herc" LAPES exercise was held at Mountain View.

09 June

 

10 June

1944

RCAF fighter wings 144, 127 and 143 moved to France.

1999

Canadian CF-188 Hornets began Operation Joint Guardian during the Kosovo Air War.

11 June

1940

No. 1 Fighter Squadron shipped Overseas with its Hurricanes in time to take part in the Battle of Britain.

1944

F/O L. Sherman and crew in Consolidated Canso of No. 162 Squadron sank the German submarine U-980 north of the Shetland Isles.

12 June

1941

First RCAF bomber attack was carried out by No. 405 (Bomber) Squadron against Schwerte, Southeast of Dortmund Germany.

1944

While attacking Cambrai, France, an Avro Lancaster of No. 419 Squadron was shot down in flames.  P/O A.C. Mynarski, the mid upper gunner, made repeated attempts to free the tail gunner trapped in his turret.  With clothing and parachute on fire, Mynarski finally gave up and jumped; he succumbed to his burns.  Miraculously, the tail gunner survived the crash.  Mynarski was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.

13 June

1914

W.M. Stark flew his float-equipped Curtiss pusher biplane from Burrard Inlet to English Bay, Vancouver, BC.

1944

W/C CGW Chapman and crew in a Consolidated Canso of No. 162 Squadron sank the German submarine U-715 north of the Shetland Isles.

14 June

1919 

Capt. John Alcock and  Lt. Arthur Brown  made the first Trans Atlantic flight from St. Johns Newfoundland to Ireland. The flight took 16 hours 12 minutes.

1957

HMCS Magnificent was paid off and returned to the Royal Navy.

15 June

1931

Canadian Airways pilot E.W. Stull in a Fokker F.14A, flew the first radio beam from Winnipeg to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

1942

No. 135 (Fighter) Squadron was formed at Patricia Bay, BC.

1942

No. 147 (BR) Squadron was formed at Sea Island, Vancouver, BC.

1943

No. 434 (Bomber) Squadron was formed in England.

1946

No. 437 Squadron was disbanded.

1959

A monument was unveiled at Alexander Graham Bell Museum in Baddeck, N.S. commemorating the flight of the Silver Dart in 1909.

16 June

1941

No. 441 (Fighter) Squadron was formed in England.

1945

The RCAF accepts its first Victory Aircraft built Lancaster X (FM101).

17 June

1940

A detachment of five Douglas B-18 Digby's from No. 10 (BR) Squadron at Dartmouth, commenced operation from Gander Airport.  This was the first RCAF Operation in Newfoundland.

1941

No. 409 (Night Fighter) Squadron was formed in England.

18 June

1920

The first aircraft were taken on strength by the Canadian Air Force.  They were four Avro 504Ks, registered G-CYAA to G-CYAD.

19 June

1918

Major W.A. Bishop, O/C 85 Squadron, was credited with five enemy aircraft destroyed on this date.

1976

Maj Rudy Willhauk, 414 Squadron North Bay, reached 3000 hrs on a CF-100 Canuck aircraft.

20 June

1951

First Orenda-powered Avro Canada CF-100 was tested at Malton, Ontario.

1983

First flight of Bombardier Dash 8. 

21 June

1950

RCAF's 412 Squadron accepted Canadair C-5 VIP transport aircraft.

1954

No. 428 Squadron was reformed at Uplands, Ontario, and equipped with Avro Canada

CF-100 fighters.

22 June

1946

No. 436 Squadron was disbanded.

23 June

1985

A terrorist bomb explodes aboard Air India Flight 182 from Toronto.   It crashes into the North Atlantic off the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 on board. Airport security is subsequently tightened across the country. The crash becomes the subject of the longest criminal investigation in Canadian history.

24 June

1910

J.A.D. McCurdy crashed attempting a flight in the Canadian Aerodrome Company's Baddeck No. 2 biplane at Lakeside, Que.

1918

Airways go postal: Carrying 120 letters in envelopes specially postmarked for the journey, Capt. Brian A. Peck makes the first airmail flight in Canada, from Montréal to Toronto, piloting a Curtiss JN-4. Canada would wait until 1924 to establish regular airmail, when Laurentide Air Service introduces delivery between Haileybury, Ont., and the goldfields around Rouyn, Que.

1940

The first four Elementary Flying Training Schools (EFTS) were officially opened: No. 1 at Malton, Ontario; No. 2 at Fort William, Ontario; No. 3 at London, Ontario; No. 4 at Windsor Mills, Quebec.

1941

No. 408 (Bomber) Squadron was formed in England.

25 June

1910

The Hubbard monoplane, also referred to as 'Mike', was entered in the Montreal Air Meet  of 25 June-5July, 1910.

1942

No. 425 (Bomber) Squadron was formed in England.

26 June

1943

331 Wing, comprised of Nos. 420, 424 and 425 (Bomber) Squadrons and commanded by G/C CR Dunlap, commenced operations in Tunisia.

1946

Air Cadets were renamed the Royal Canadian Air Cadets by permission of H.M. the King.

27 June

1914

Lincoln Beachey completes the first loop-the-loop and inverted flying in Canada during an exhibition at Maisonneuve Park in Montréal.

1930

Canadian Airways Ltd., formerly Western Canada Airways, was incorporated.

28 June

1944

A/C AD Ross, Sgt JR St Germain, Cpl M Marquet, LAC MM McKenzie, and LAC RR Wolfe made repeated attempts to rescue the crew of a burning bomber of No. 425 Squadron in spite of bomb explosions.  All of the crew were saved.  Ross, St Germain and Marquet were awarded the George Medal; McKenzie and Wolfe the British Empire Medal.

29 June

1927

Flight Lieutenant G. E. Brooks, flying in an Avro 504K conducts the first flight test of Wallace Turnbull’s variable-pitch propeller, a major Canadian innovation in aviation technology.

30 June

1920

A provisional establishment of 1340 officers and 3905 airmen for the CAF was authorized by Order-in-Council.

1941

No. 410 (Night Fighter) Squadron and No. 412 (Fighter) Squadron were formed in England.

 

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