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Collection of The RCAF Overseas Fifth year 1945 and Sixth Year 1949, hardbacks. The R.C.A.F. Overseas is a three-volume official history series published by the Oxford University Press for the Royal Canadian Air Force. The Fifth Year (1945) covers the period from September 1943 to August 1944. Content: Details bombing raids, fighter operations, coastal command duties, and anti-submarine activities. It details the operational activities of RCAF squadrons overseas and highlights the contributions of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The Sixth Year (1949) is the third and final volume of the trilogy, covering the concluding months of the conflict and the final surrender of the Nazis in 1945. Based on unit diaries, this volume documents the Allies' final surge forward, detailing the concluding triumphs and sacrifices of Canadian airmen in the global conflict.