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American Eagles | 2022 | Volume 49 | Number 3
AMERICANS IN THE
RCAF & RAF
www.commemorativeairforce.org THE DISPATCH 1
EDITOR
Leah Block
CORRESPONDENTS
Karl Kjarsgaard
John T. Stemple
David Townsend
ART
Farrah Underwood, Designer
PRINTER
Knight Abbey
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r b a e t c e l i n g American Eagles
EDITOR Leah Block CORRESPONDENTS Karl Kjarsgaard
CONTENTS COLUMNS FEATURES FLIG
He CA nry “Hank” Coates F President/CEO FLIGH
OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE OF THE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FOR
COMMITTED TO THE CORE
RECRUITING POSTER FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF
8 Stanley “Mike” Kolendorski, a naturalized Amer
Patches Top: A reproduction of the King’s Crown
Training of the Civilian Technical Corps at RAF R
1941’s “International Squadron,” which starred fu
American WWII Volunteers in the Royal Cana
TOM WITHERS (Richmond, Virginia) wrote letters to
14 Colorized image of the Handley Page Halifax B
especially those already in England, were given t
Side view Squadron Source: In https://ibccd
of a Halifax Daisy Mae MZ540 from the RCAF 420
18 SIX RCAF & RAF-AMERICANS TO KNOW
WILLIAM FISKE III (JUNE 4, 1911 – AUG. 17, 1940)
20 W AT C H I N G THE WINGS COMANCHE PEAK SPON
AIRCRAFT LIMELIGHT The CAF’s Fleet Finch is
SEEKING THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL FOR THE WWI
GONE WEST As of January 2022 David E. Carr . .
24 Honouring all those associated with Bomber Co