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The Canadian Aerospace Artists Association is a group of Question :What was the total number of personnel who
artists, photographers, aviation historians and art served with the RCAF during World War II, how many
collectors who all share a love of aviation, art and history. served overseas and how many lost their lives.
While the CAAA provides members with the opportunity
to participate in exhibits and to display their work on the Answer: "For a country the size of Canada, with a
CAAA website, it does not directly promote, market or population of only 16 million, it was quite an impressive
sell members' artwork. contribution: 249,662 personnel served with the RCAF
during the war, of which a total of 93,844 served
overseas. 17,100 people lost their lives, of which 14, 544
occurred overseas"
Source: Canadian Combat and Support Aircraft- Page 31
Question: What was the name of the company -- which,
with its name on elevators all over the prairies --
confused British student pilots and navigators?
Bristol Bolingbroke and '4 Stacker' - by Geoff Bennett Answer: "After cross-country flights on the prairies,
British students often returned in confusion and abject
fear of being washed out because of poor map-reading.
Ogilvie Oats had grain elevators sprinkled all over the
prairies with the name 'Ogilvie' standing distinctly tall.
British student pilots and navigators checking landmarks
invariably saw Ogilvie, but failed to find it on a map.
Confusion grew by the second because there were few
other landmarks as distinctive as the elevators, and if
they flew on they came to another Ogilvie.
"Canadian trainees would nod sympathetically as the
distraught Britishers later told their story, but there is no
record of anybody ever actually telling a Brit that Ogilvie
was a guy who made oats."
Three Canadian Fighters - by Geoff Bennett Source: From Baddeck to the Yalu – page 98
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