One of the most talked about shows currently available is Masters of the Air. A program detailing the lives of American bomber crews serving in the US Army Air Force during WW2. In today’s episode, I bring on a past guest of CCH, historian Alex Fitzgerald-Black, to talk about the Canadian version of Masters of the Air. While the Americans bombed during the day, at night Canadian crews also took the bomber war to Germany and Axis powers. In today’s discussion we trace the beginning of the Canadian bomber fleet, the formation of No. 6 Bomber Group (one of Canada’s largest national formations of the entire war), the various operations that Canadian bomber crews participated in and finally we talk about the legacy of the Canadian bomber contribution and spend a bit of time sharing our own thoughts on Masters of the Air.
Alex Fitzgerald-Black is the Executive Director at the Juno Beach Centre Association, the Canadian charity that owns and operates Canada’s Second World War Museum on the D-Day landing beaches in Normandy, France. He holds a Master of Arts in military history (University of New Brunswick) and a Master of Arts in public history (Western University). His first book, Eagles over Husky: The Allied Air Forces in the Sicilian Campaign, 14 May to 17 August 1943, was published in 2018. He has co-written multiple exhibitions at the Juno Beach Centre, including most recently Rising to the Challenge: The Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.
The Juno Beach Centre is preparing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy in summer 2024. Veterans Affairs Canada will be organizing the Canadian overseas ceremony on Juno Beach outside the Centre. For more information about the anniversary and to access further resources, please visit www.juno80.ca and junobeach.org.
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S6E5 John Labatt’s and the Windy City
S6E4 Bert and Ernie Eh? The Canadianization of Sesame Street
S6E3 A Century of Service: The Life of Nova Scotian Provo Wallis, Admiral of the Fleet
S6E2 Clio’s Treats: Culinary Connections to Canadian History
S6E1 Chaos in the Cariboo Sky: The Crash of Canadian Pacific Flight 21
S5E20 The Underground Railroad
S5E19 A Lost Cause? Canada’s Diplomatic Involvement in the Vietnam War
S5E18 Nuns on the Frontier – The Ursulines of Quebec
S5E17 The Dutch Food Crisis and Operation Faust
S5E16 The Wabanaki Confederacy
S5E15 The Coloured Corps and the War of 1812
S5E14 – Un-Canadian Content? Bryan Adams and the Waking up the Neighbours Controversy
S5E13 Leo Major – A French-Canadian Rambo
S5E12 Kicking in the Door – Canada Invades Nazi Germany
S5E11 The Mad Trapper of Rat River
S5E10 An Uphill Skate – The Women of the Hockey Hall of Fame
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S5E9 Cougar Annie – The Wild Woman of Vancouver Island
S5E8 Little Stalingrad – The Battle for Ortona, December 1943
S5E7 Tricky Bob and the 1917 Federal Election
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