28 - Beyond Winged Warfare: Canadians in the Air, 1914–1918
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28 - Beyond Winged Warfare: Canadians in the Air, 1914–1918
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Canada entered the First World War without an air force; not a small one, not a token one; none.
Yet, somehow produced some of the most extraordinary fighter pilots of the entire conflict.
This episode tells the stories of five of them: Billy Bishop, whose Victoria Cross action may have been embellished; Raymond Collishaw, who outscored almost everyone and came home almost unknown; William Barker, Canada's most decorated serviceman, now largely forgotten; Wop May, the rookie from Edmonton who accidentally outran the Red Baron; and Alan McLeod, who climbed onto the wing of a burning aircraft at five thousand feet to save his observer's life.
Featuring archival audio from actual veterans of the air war, recorded while they were still around to tell their stories.