Category: RCAF

• Lieutenant Omer Lévesque, DFC (U.S.), Air Medal (U.S.): Canadian Pilot Who Flew during World War II and the Korean War

  

  Image: Sergeant Pilot Omer Levesque is assisted into his parachute prior to flying a mission while assigned to No. 401 Squadron, RCAF, on July 7, 1941, during World War II. Omer “Trottle” Lévesque served as a pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during the Second World War. He flew many sorties over France and…

  September 23, 2024

  1940s, 1950s, Battle of Britain, Battle of France, British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), Canadian Pilot, DFC, F-86 Sabre, History Daily, Korean War, Omer Levesque, Prisoner of War, RCAF, Stalag Luft III, Supermarine Spitfire V, USAAF, World War II

  1940s, 1950s, Battle of Britain, Battle of France, British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), Canadian Pilot, DFC, F-86 Sabre, History Daily, Korean War, Omer Levesque, Prisoner of War, RCAF, Stalag Luft III, Supermarine Spitfire V, USAAF, World War II

• The Dieppe Raid August 19, 1942

  

  August 19, 2024

  1940s, 1942, Calgary Regiment, Canada’s Military History, Canadian Army, Dieppe Raid, History Daily, Operation Jubilee, RCAF, Royal Canadian Navy, World War II

  1940s, 1942, Calgary Regiment, Canada’s Military History, Canadian Army, Dieppe Raid, History Daily, Operation Jubilee, RCAF, Royal Canadian Navy, World War II