Double Threat

Double Threat
Author: Ellin Bessner
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2019-01-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1487533624

"He died so Jewry should suffer no more." These words on a Canadian Jewish soldier's tombstone in Normandy inspired the author to explore the role of Canadian Jews in the war effort. As PM Mackenzie King wrote in 1947, Jewish servicemen faced a "double threat" - they were not only fighting against Fascism but for Jewish survival. At the same time, they encountered widespread antisemitism and the danger of being identified as Jews if captured. Bessner conducted hundreds of interviews and extensive archival research to paint a complex picture of the 17,000 Canadian Jews - about 10 per cent of the Jewish population in wartime Canada - who chose to enlist, including future Cabinet minister Barney Danson, future game-show host Monty Hall, and comedians Wayne and Shuster. Added to this fascinating account are Jews who were among the so-called "Zombies" - Canadians who were drafted, but chose to serve at home - the various perspectives of the Jewish community, and the participation of Canadian Jewish women.

Canadian Warplanes

Canadian Warplanes
Author: Harold A. Skaarup
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 642
Release: 2009-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1440167583

This aviation handbook is designed to be used as a quick reference to the classic military heritage aircraft that have been flown by members of the Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army and the present-day Canadian Forces. The interested reader will find useful information and a few technical details on most of the military aircraft that have been in service with active Canadian squadrons both at home and overseas. 100 selected photographs have been included to illustrate a few of the major examples in addition to the serial numbers assigned to Canadian service aircraft. For those who like to actually see the aircraft concerned, aviation museum locations, addresses and contact phone numbers have been included, along with a list of aircraft held in each museum's current inventory or on display as gate guardians throughout Canada and overseas. The aircraft presented in this edition are listed alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type. Although many of Canada's heritage warplanes have completely disappeared, a few have been carefully collected, restored and preserved, and some have even been restored to flying condition. This guide-book should help you to find and view Canada's Warplane survivors.

Canadian Warplane Heritage

Canadian Warplane Heritage
Author: Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
Publisher: Mount Hope, Ont. : Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2001
Genre: Airplanes, Military
ISBN: 9780968893609

Canada's Warplanes

Canada's Warplanes
Author: Dan McCaffery
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781550286991

Canadian pilots flew with great distinction in the First and Second World Wars and the Cold War. This book focuses on 24 outstanding warplanes flown in those conflicts by Canadians.

Canada

Canada
Author: Dorling Kindersley, Inc.
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2010
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 075666103X

Presents a guide to the national parks, museums, historic sites, and other attractions in Canada, and offers recommendations for hotels, restaurants, and activities.

Aircraft

Aircraft
Author: Christopher Maynard
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780822524854

Presents the design, performance, and statistics of a variety of high-speed aircraft, including the Blackbird, F-117 Nighthawk, and Concorde.

Canadian Warbird Survivors

Canadian Warbird Survivors
Author: Harold A. Skaarup
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2000
Genre: History
ISBN: 0595122167

The purpose of this handbook is to provide aviation enthusiasts with a handbook on where to find the surviving retired military aircraft preserved in Canada. The majority of the Canadian Warbird and War Prize Survivors are on display within a significant number of aviation museums. Many others are displayed as "gate guards" on or near a number of Canadian and Allied Armed Forces Bases and installations. There are also a few in the hands of private owners and collectors that have been restored to flying status. These include a number of foreign warbird survivors that were brought back to Canada as War Prizes. The museum staffs and volunteer organizations such as the Canadian Aviation Preservation Association (CAPA) have done tremendous work in preserving military and civilian aircraft that have been a major part of Canada's aviation heritage. A few of these aircraft are illustrated in this book, along with a short description of the aircraft flown by Canadian servicemen and women. The aircraft are listed alphabetically, along with a city or museum location, the manufacturer, aircraft serial number and call sign where known. Canadian Warbird and War Prize Survivors is part of a series on aircraft used by the Canadian Forces throughout its history.

Backstory

Backstory
Author: A.R. Willems
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2015-11-24
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1460275047

A candid account of life as a fly on the wall in the corridors of power, Backstory recounts stories from a different perspective. Working in the background to ensure that the principal players achieved their goals, Backstory is a fascinating account of encounters, experiences and a lifetime of public service.

Day of the Flying Fox

Day of the Flying Fox
Author: Steve Pitt
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2008-06-09
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1770703322

Commended for the 2009 Best Books for Kids & Teens Canadian World War II pilot Charley Fox, now in his late eighties, has had a thrilling life, especially on the day in July 1944 in France when he spotted a black staff car, the kind usually employed to drive high-ranking Third Reich dignitaries. Already noted for his skill in dive-bombing and strafing the enemy, Fox went in to attack the automobile. As it turned out, the car contained famed German General Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, and Charley succeeded in wounding him. Rommel, who at the time was the Germans’ supreme military commander in France orchestrating the Nazis’ resistance to the D-day invasion, was never the same after that. Author Steve Pitt focuses on this seminal event in Charley Fox’s life and in the war, but he also provides fascinating aspects of the period, including profiles of noted ace pilots Buzz Beurling and Billy Bishop, Jr., and Great Escape architect Walter Floody, as well as sidebars about Hurricanes, Spitfires, and Messerschmitts.

Contractions

Contractions
Author: United States. Federal Aviation Administration
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1997
Genre: Aeronautics
ISBN:

Contains the approved word and phrase contractions used by personnel of the Federal Aviation Administration and other agencies in the use of air traffic control, communications, weather, charting, and associated services.