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Did You Know
The last Canadian killed in action in World War I was
Private George Lawrence Price, of the 2nd Canadian
Division, Canadian Infantry. He was killed at Mons at
Question: What percentage of the combatant force in RAF
10.58 on November 11th, two minutes before the
Bomber Command was killed in accidents?
armistice. Officially, Price was the last Commonwealth
Answer: "Air traffic control was primitive at best and air soldier to be killed in World War One.
traffic congestion incessant. For example, the overlapping
World War II was the most destructive conflict in
traffic patterns at the 6 Group stations have already been
mentioned, and with only the most rudimentary navigational history.
aids, mid-air collisions and ground impacts caused by spatial It is estimated that 1.5 million children died during the
disorientation were common place. Holocaust.
"Also with thousands of young, relatively inexperienced air The Korean war was the first war with battles between
men at the controls of complex, multi-engine aircraft, there jet aircraft.
were a huge number of crashes very likely due simply to pilot The truce talks lasted two years and 17 days.
error.
There has never been a peace treaty, so technically, the
"RAF bomber command had nearly 6,000 airmen killed in
Korean War has never ended.
training accidents alone during 1943 and 1944. For the entire
war period, accidents killed nearly 12 percent of the Vietnam War may have been America's war but Canada
combatant force." was heavily involved — for and against. Canada
harbored roughly 30,000 American draft dodgers. But at
Source: No Prouder Place the same time, about 30,000 Canadians volunteered to
fight in Southeast Asia. Canada was also involved in
secret missions, weapons testing, arms production, and
the supervision of ceasefires.
