General Resources

Barker, Ralph. The Royal Flying Corps in World War I.
Constable & Robinson; 1995

Birrell, Dave. People and Planes: Stories from the Nanton Lancaster Air Museum.
Nanton Lancaster Society, 2006

Cosgrove, Edmund. Canada’s Fighting Pilots.
Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, 1965

Digest, Readers. The Tools of War 1939/45
Readers Digest, 1986

Nijboer, Donald. Gunner: An Illustrated History of World War II Aircraft Turrets and Gun Positions.
Boston Mills Press, 2006

The War Amps. The Boys of Kelvin High – Canadians in Bomber Command
The War Amps, 2005

Lloyd, James. RCAF/RAF Aircraft at War
Aviation Videos (Div. of AV House), 2007

Fleet Air Arm Archive: Website detailing Canada’s contributions to the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm and the Commonwealth between 1939-1945.

WWII Air Craft: An online forum discussion link with details of the Lancaster bomber’s turrets.

Digger History: Sitemap of a website dedicated to the history of the Diggers – the Australia and New Zealand Armed Services.

RAF Bomber Command and Royal Air Force: Websites dedicated to RAF’s Bomber Command and their actions in World War II.

Century of Flight: An extensive history of aviation through the 19th century and beyond. Features timelines, images, and extremely detailed stories and histories.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission: pays tribute to the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars.

Veteran Affairs Canada: a guide to teaching resources and learning materials.










