Bidspirit auction | The Royal Canadian Air Force

The Royal Canadian Air Force At War 1939-1945 by Larry Millberry and Hugh A Halliday, hardback. First published in 1990 by CANAV Books, this comprehensive 480-page hardcover volume provides an in-depth pictorial and textual chronicle of the RCAF’s crucial contributions during the Second World War. The book maps the dramatic evolution of Canada's air military power. It details how the RCAF transformed from a tiny, ill-equipped force of roughly 4,000 personnel in 1939 into the fourth-largest Allied air force in the world by 1944, boasting over 215,000 personnel and 86 squadrons. The book is widely celebrated for containing one of the largest compiled galleries of Canadian wartime photography, featuring more than 1,500 archival black-and-white photographs. Because of its physical size and wealth of data, it remains a foundational reference text for historians, genealogists, and military aviation enthusiasts alike.