Pilot G.R. Webber
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Flight Sergeant Pilot G.R. Webber waits on “readiness duty” at an RCAF station in northwestern Alaska during World War II. The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) had five squadrons in Alaska between 1942 and 1943 to assist with the United States North Pacific defence. Between 1939 and 1945, the Royal Canadian Air Force enlisted approximately 232 000 men and almost 17 000 women including some 260 women from Newfoundland, and operated 86 squadrons, including 48 overseas. 26 997 Canadian airmen including ground crew perished during the war. By the end of the war, the RCAF was the fourth largest air force in the world.
Picture and text sourced from Canada Air Force.