CANADIAN SQUADRONS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 257, 27 September 1940, Page 7

CANADIAN SQUADRONS.

FINE ACHIEVEMENTS. (British Official Wireless.) EUGBY, Sept. 25. The reputation of the Royal Canadian Air Force is further enhanced by details of its participation in to-day’s battles over England given by the Air Ministry News Service. “One of the German bombers, a Dornier 215, was attacked by two Hurricane pilots of a It.C.A.F. squadron, ’ states the bulletin. “When they came back to their base they found AirMarshal Bishop, V.C., the famous Canadian fighter pilot of the last war, and now Director of Recruiting in the iR.C.A.F., waiting to meet them. The two Canadian pilots were slightly disappointed : They could not say they had destroyed the enemy because they had not been able to see it drop into the sea, hut a few minutes later a message came through from a coastguard station that the Dornier had been Seen to plunge into the Channel. “Six times during the past fortnight Canadian pilots fighting with the R.A.F. have helped to save London from attack. Between them these Hurricane squadrons—the original “all Canadian’ squadron of the R.A.F. formed in England, and a squadron of the R.C.A.F. formed in Canada, have already destroyed more than 100 of the enemy. Well as all the Canadians did over Dunkirk, much of their fine fighting has been over the streets, docks and houses of London. “The squadron which came into action in August has done all its fighting in home defence, in their last six fights the all-Canadians have now destroyed 55 of the enemy against a loss of only two of their own pilots. The squadron more newly arrived is proud that it came to England as a complete unit with Canadian-built Hurricanes, a full supply of ‘spares,’ and their' own motor transport. Eighty-three of their ground staff had learnt their knowledge of fighter aircraft under the Empire training scheme. Like all Canadians, the squadron is proud to have fought for London.”