CS2F Tracker 1557 at Shearwater Aviation Museum, Nova Scotia. First flown with the RCN and later taken over by the RCAF. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL44371)
Dover Harbour UK
HMCS TRENTONIAN approaches the harbour entrance at Dover in the English Channel in 1944. From the Straits of Dover the crew of TRENTONIAN could see the British coast with the radar antenna and AA guns from one side of the ship and from the other side, the German occupied French coast with the large artillery […]
HMCS GOOSE BAY at Prescott
HMCS GOOSE BAY underway in the St. Lawrence River at Prescott, Ontario as she enters the Great Lakes for a tour on 27 June 2016. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL78881)
Iceberg Alley
A sailor from HMCS MATAPEDIA watching an iceberg while the corvette escorts a convoy through the Strait of Belle Isle. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy William Belling, RCNVR. (RTL-WB025)
HMCShips PRESERVER and FREDERICTON
HMCShips PRESERVER and FREDERICTON alongside at Halifax on 5 September 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53667)
HMS PUNCHER RCN Sailors
RCN Sailors from HMS PUNCHER pose on the escort carriers foc’s’le. Howard Abbott in in the back row, second from right in the light shirt. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA092)
Mk 44 Torpedo -HMCS SASKATCHEWAN
A sailor from HMCS SASKATCHEWAN with a Mk 44 practice torpedo in 1965. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Brian Rideout. RTL-BR016)
Corvette Launching -Kingston Shipbuilding Yard
The completed hull of HMCS TRENTONIAN is ready for launching on 1 September 1943 at Kingston Shipbuilding, Kingston, Ontario. Several members of the shipyard can be seen below the corvette ready to knock out the timbers, releasing the ship to the fresh water of Lake Ontario. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Hank Winsor. (RTL-HW002)
HMCS ORIOLE
The oldest ship in the RCN, HMCS ORIOLE passes astern of HMCS VILLE DE QUEBEC. Both ships are attending the Battle of Atlantic Ceremony off Point Pleasant Park in Halifax on 5 May 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-RTL59687)
Catalina Coastal Patrol Aircraft
Catalina Coastal Patrol Aircraft taking off from unknown location or date, #WWII. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Raymond Leslie Reid, RCNVR. (RTL-RLR030)