An airman receives a fire extinguisher from the equipment assistant, a member of the RCAFWD

A member of the RCAF Women's Division does welding work on an aircraft

Princess Alice, Chief Commandant of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, shakes the hand of a WAAF member

RCAF mechanics look over a Consolidated Canso PBY outside its hangar

An RCAF aerial photographer checks over his camera before flight

An Air gunner of the RCAF's

Air gunner belonging to the RCAF's

An RCAF navigator of the

A Halifax bomber somewhere overseas

An armourer for the RCAF's Blenheim Fighter Squadron fits guns into the rear turret of his aircraft

A Flight Sergeant of the RCAF Blenheim Fighter Squadron of Coastal Command poses at his plane's tail

An RCAF fighter-bomber squadron's Douglas-Boston aircraft christened

Members of the RCAF Women's Division at work in an operations room in Eastern Canada

An RCAF Women's Division airwoman polishes her uniform buttons using a button stick before a parade

An equipment assistant of the RCAF Women's Division helps an airwoman try on a tunic

A section officer of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force is presented to Chief Commandant Princess Alice

The first of the RCAF Women's Division leave for the Atlantic coast carrying their dunnage bags

The 5000th recruit to enlist in the Women's Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force

An aircrew in front of a Bolingbroke bomber gun turret

An RCAF air gunner checks over the gun of a Stranraer flying boat

An RCAF air gunner in the stern of a Lysander

A member of the RCAF Women's Division working in the parachute packing station at an Air Force base

A member of the RCAF Women's Division hands flying gear to an airman in station stores

A Royal Canadian Air Force Kittyhawk fighter from underneath

A Royal Canadian Air Force Wellington bomber in flight

A Royal Canadian Air Force Catalina flying boat patrols Canada's coast

A squadron of Harvards in flight at a training school

Two RCAF crew members place flares in the flare chute of a Stirling bomber to light up their targets

Kittyhawk fighters lined up at a Royal Canadian Air Force fighter station

Royal Canadian Air Force Fighter Squadron pilots plot the day's course

A Flight Sergeant climbs out of a gun turret on the tail of a Wellington after testing his turret mechanism

The crew of an RCAF Coastal Command

RCAF pilots double checking a course to ensure that there are no problems once they are in the air

Four RCAF members affix a fused bomb to a Hurricane bomber's bomb rack at an RCAF Bomber Squadron

RCAF night fighter pilots wait in their dispersal huts wearing goggles to adjust their eyes to dark

Aircrews of an RCAF Blenheim Fighter Squadron of Coastal Command read a new RCAF overseas newspaper

These graduates of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan belong to an operational squadron

An RCAF Catalina flying boat floating in water

An RCAF Hudson skims over the water looking for a torpedo bomber aircraft forced to land in the sea

RCAF Avro Ansons fly in formation through the mountains

Flight Sergeant Gunners pose for a photograph before take-off

An Air Gunner at the side gun of a four-engine bomber at a Royal Canadian Air Force Bomber Squadron

Three Royal Canadian Air Force Army Cooperation Squadron pilots scan a map before take-off

An RCAF crew returning from an operational flight over enemy territory

Members of an RCAF Stirling Bomber Squadron crew stand behind bombs brought for loading into a Stirling

Canadian and American Air Gunners attached to an RCAF Squadron test the guns and turret of a bomber

An Observer in a Wellington bomber inserts a flare into the flare chute of his aircraft

The Wing Commander , C.O. of a Canadian Intruder Squadron giving a lesson in cartography