On Windswept Heights II

Historical highlights of the Royal Canadian Air Force

Revised Edition

• History
• Key dates in Air Force history
• The First World War (1914-1918)
  • The RAF and the RFC
  • Captain Wilfred May
  • William "Billy" Bishop
  • Birthplace of the RCAF
  • William George Barker
• The Air Force between the Wars (1918-1939)
  • The Birth of the RCAF
  • Civilian Flying Clubs and Training
• The Second World War (1939-1945)
  • RAF Commands
  • The Canso, Lancasater and Handley Page Halifax planes
  • The Bomber Command Monument
  • The Battle of Britain
  • The Battle of Britain: The Spitfire
  • William McKnight
  • The Aerodrome of Democracy
  • Allan Bundy
  • George Frederick "Buzz" Beurling
  • Leonard Birchall
  • Women in the War-Era RCAF
  • Hollywood and the RCAF
  • Harold (Gus) Edwards
  • The Mosquito plane
  • James "Stocky" Edwards
  • "Wings Abroad"
  • The Battle of the Atlantic
  • David Hornell
  • The Guinea Pig Club
  • The Great Escape
  • D-Day
  • Charles W. "Charlie" Fox
• The Cold War begins (1945)
  • Operation Leap Frog
  • The F-86 Sabre and the CP-107 ARGUS
  • Syd Burrows
• The RCAF in Korea (1950–1953)
  • Andy MacKenzie
  • Omer Lévesque
  • Claude LaFrance
• The Golden Years (1950-1964)
  • The Radar Lines
  • Duke Warren
  • The CF-105 Arrow
  • Grace MacEachern
  • Acrobatic Teams
  • " Centralia Sam "
  • Sgt Shatterproof by Ray Tracy
  • Unification
• Air Command (1975-2011)
  • Air Command Groups
• The Cold War ends and the campaign against terrorism begins (1989-Present)
  • Operations
  • The First Gulf War (1990-1991)
  • The Kosovo Air Campaign (1998-2000)
  • Domestic Operations
  • The Afghanistan Campaign Begins
  • The Libya Mission
  • The RCAF Redux
• Air Force heritage
  • Air Force life
  • Victoria Cross recipients
  • Air Force ranks (old and new)
  • Honours and awards
  • Ceremonies and celebrations
• Bibliography and further reading