Elinor Florence of Invermere, who wrote the bestselling wartime novel Bird’s Eye View, will be one of the guest speakers at a special event in…
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High Flight celebrates 75th anniversary
By Elinor Florence On August 18, Magee family members and countless fans around the world will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the writing of one…
Fred Sutherland: The Last Canadian Dambuster
By Elinor Florence Fred Sutherland of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, is now Canada’s last surviving Dambuster – one of only two men left in the…
‘Morale Squadron’ kept wartime mail on the move
By Elinor Florence Imagine not seeing your son or husband for years – maybe forever! That’s why the mail delivery in the Second World War…
D-Day: The unhappiest man on the beach
By Elinor Florence Seventy-one years ago today, Arthur Bradford’s Spitfire was shot down over Normandy, and he parachuted into the sea where he was promptly…
Boat-Busting in Burma
By Elinor Florence Jim Ashworth of Invermere yearned to fly fighter planes, so when the Royal Air Force ordered him to become a flight instructor,…
Flying Fortress offered glimpse back to WW2
Howard Hollands’ eyes, glassy from reminiscence and age, stared at the B-17 Flying Fortress parked on the field adjacent to hangars at the Canadian Rockies…