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Thanks Journeyman I have added another 200 books to List-if you or anyone else interested- email me for updated List at [email protected] I will not be undersold by any dealer and I am NOT a dealer -I HAVE to downsize -moving to retirement apt from my home

You are quite right about coverage - we even had a difficult time even procuring picures of Buffalo #461 aircraft until these Forum was able to put me onto 2 pictures! All UN Peacekeeping photos -not just of aircraft - but of people who served - living and deceased are hard to find - Yemen ...

Thanks both for data error - "senior moment" Also thanks for tip on National Archives

NINE Canadian UN Peacekeepers were killed when a Canadian UN Buffalo aircraft #461 was shot down over Syria on 09 AUG 1974. This is the largest single loss of Canadians on UN duty to date in Canadian History. A Buffalo aircraft is being restored in the UN markings of BUFFALO 461 by a...

I am now up to 700 mostly Canadian military books catalogued and have decided to give 20% off for any ONE book on my List and 40 % for any order of more than three.  The prices on the List I will send you are from www.abebooks.com aka book dealers . My books therefore are 20%  to 40 % lower...

References added!1 check out http://www.buffalo461.ca/atu115.htm [email protected] ps now starting on 116 ATU and 117 ATU RCAF -anyone got any info/stories/references /photos please

In answer to a number of questions and a suprising number of orders the prices shown are those if you puchased on line from an Antiquarian Book Dealer -i.e. found on thier web page  www.abebooks.com I am NOT a book dealer -give me a decent offer and book is yours!!

Of my 1200 to 1400 military books- here are the Regimental ones you asked for - I have not grouped them by Units /Regiments all together  -or seniority! If you want the List of 600 I have catalogued ,please Email me at [email protected] Canadian Regimental Books including Regimental...

Twelve to fourteen Cdn Regimental books - I can Email you the List -also none on 48th alas

Yes I will incorporate more reference facts in future draft - good comment - appreciate

I am downsizing from house moving into an apartment. I have over 800 military books of which this winter I have catalogued 600 to date using prices on Antiquarian Book dealer website - www.abebooks.com   aka "Abe " (I am working on the other 200!) The books are all hardcover -have been...

For those interested check out Draft 5 of History of 115 Air Transport Unit RCAF 1957 to 1967 at http://www.buffalo461.ca/atu115.htm Comments/corrections /pictures welcome [email protected]

The History of 115 ATU is coming along nicely-thank you for your valuable contributions -boh photos and stories.Check out for further info and what has been found to date on 115 ATU at http://www.buffalo461.ca/atu115.htm Please keep those pictures and stories coming

Not my project really - they are doing a super job -there was NO pictures till now of 461 working from "official specifications 'which might or might not have been 'actual case' Official site is http://home.cogeco.ca/~bou2crew/theme.htm Thanks for help Gord

Anybody that has been in the field knows that what CFHQ specifications say the plane should look like and what the planes markings in field really are are not always the same. Thank you DND Archives for finding the two pictures - which are 461 as one can read on the tail of both pictures...

Buffalo 115461 (Buffalo 461) was shot down over Syria on 09 August 1974 resulting in the deaths of nine Canadians. A replica is being restored in Hamilton - but there does not appear to be any clear photos of 461 before. Does anyone have a photo or slide please. A clear photo would help the...

artists can be fanciful cant they ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- as for the 'Vimy so called flag' The Red Ensign was presented to this Museum in 1918 to commemorate the Canadian achievement at Vimy Ridge by Lieutenant Colonel Lorn Paulet Owen Tudor...

Gord jenkins is wrong that the flag on the podium in the 1936 dedication ceremony at Vimy was a Union Jack. This photo shows clearly that it was a large post-1922 Canadian Red Ensign. snip I am ALMOST sorry I started this post on Red Ensigns 2000 plus entries ago:>) My initial post was two...

Reference to 'hijack"- very interesting Actually this is called "Crest and Crown" The crest is based on the Royal Crest of England but differenced in Canada -except for this example - by the addition of a maple leaf, and appears on the Governor General's blue flag denoting that the Governor...

This website might be of some importance for our Army Veterans that spend their time in Germany. If you click on the guest book, you might find some of your friends. They have 38 pages of them!! Possibly some areas ot faces or names are familiar here. http://ruhrmemories.ca/4cibg/