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A celebration and a tribute to the warriors of the air who as young men served their country with unselfish devotion. Hear their words. Join these young Canadians in combat.

AN EXCERPT FROM THE ACCOUNT OF GROUP CAPTAIN RAYNE SCHULTZ, 410 SQUADRON.

It was heading home very fast, a Junkers 188, in thin cloud, well out over the North Sea. We hit it badly, and it was flaming, two-three hundred yards [of] flames streaming behind... my navigator, being a serious-minded individual said, "Let's get in closer and take a good look at it, as it is a different type of aircraft and I can report on it when we get down." So I closed in, which was the stupidest thing I ever did....

The mid-upper gunner was not dead; he was sitting inside of the flames. The next thing I saw the gun traversing down toward us. I broke as fast as I could, but he put forty to forty-four 13mm cannon shells into us. I had pistons blown out of one engine and the constant speed unit blown out in the other. We were going to bail out! We jettisoned the door and the navigator was halfway out when the chap came back from the Ground Control Intercept (GCI) and said, "There is a Force 9 to 10 sea and we will never be able [to rescue] you."

So we brought that aircraft back to Bradwell Bay and I can tell you it near flew again. My navigator was wounded, bleeding from the face. I could see the engines running red hot, one was actually running on molten metal... the whole thing glowing inside. The air bottles were shot away and I had no brakes for landing. The Mosquito was in ribbons.

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  • Title Aces, Warriors and Wingmen: The Firsthand Accounts of Canada's Fighter Pilots in the Second World War
  • Author Ralph, Wayne
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley, Mississauga
  • Date 2005
  • ISBN 9780470835906

About the author

Wayne Ralph was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, and served as a pilot in the Canadian Armed Forces between 1965 and 1973. From 1981-1983, Wayne w2as a Dept. of National Defence Strategic Studies Scholar at the University of Calgary. he is the former editor of Wings Magazine, past president of the Air Force Officers Association of Greater Vancouver, and a member of the Air Force Association of Canada. He published a biography of William Barker, the air ace from the First World War, and Barker VC became a bestseller in Canada and the UK, won the McWilliams Medal of the Manitoba Historical Society, and was the basis for two television documentaries.
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