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RCN Hawker Sea Fury FBII

December 13, 2023 by Roger Litwiller

RCN Hawker Sea Fury FBII

Hawker Sea Fury FBII on display at the Naval Museum of Alberta in The Military Museums at Calgary. Seventy-five Sea Fury Fighters flew with the RCN many from the aircraft carrier HMCS MAGNIFICENT. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL20898)

Filed Under: Photo of the Day Tagged With: Aircraft, Canadian Naval Aviation, Cold War, Fighter, Hawker Sea Fury, HMCS MAGNIFICENT, Naval Air, Naval History, Naval Museum of Alberta, Navy, RCN, Roger Litwiller, Royal Canadian Navy, The Military Museums

HMCS IROQUOIS Exploits After VE Day

January 23, 2018 by Roger Litwiller

HMCS IROQUOIS Exploits After VE Day

Great detail has been recorded of the Royal Canadian Navy’s ships during the Second World War, including the Battle of the Atlantic, Operations in the Arctic, Mediterranean and many other ocean battlefronts. Sadly very little has been written about what happened to our ships after VE Day? Recently I have received a large collection of […]

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