Chronicles

In 1942, the Royal Canadian Air Force adopted a tartan. Flight Colonel Elmer G. Fullerton, Commander of the 9th Military Flying Training School at RCAF Station Summerside, was responsible for the birth of this tradition.

In early summer 1940, the situation was critical for the Allies. The United Kingdom is the last European power standing up to Hitler. Hitler was considering Operation Sea Lion, which called for a major landing on English shores.

No. 12 Radar Detachment carried out aerial surveillance starting on August 1, 1942 from facilities located near the Bagotville military base.

When the war started, English was the language of the Royal Canadian Air Force. A number of people felt this hampered enlistment of French Canadians.

On arrival in Europe, many Canadians joined the Royal Flying Corps. The airmen's key role at the start of the conflict was aerial reconnaissance.

At the end of World War II, Korea was occupied by the Soviet Union in the north and the United States south of the 38th parallel. In June 1950, armed North Korean troops invaded the south in an attempt to control the entire peninsula.

Arvida's first ingots of aluminum were poured in 1926 and the plant rapidly became the largest in Canada.

In July 1942, No. 130 Panther Squadron headed for Bagotville to provide air protection in the skies over the Saguenay―Lac-Saint-Jean region.