During the beginning of World War 2, the probability of who the victor would be scared the entire world. Hitler dominated many of the first battles in the Second World War. He had carefully crafted battle plans and the gained supporters needed to carry out his master plans; to take down the world, starting with Europe. The reality of how powerful he truly was became obvious right before the Battle of Britain commenced. Canada’s participation in the Battle of Britain played a significant contribution to its efforts during World War 2 because at that time, Canada was Britain’s only ally, they supplied Britain with war equipment, and Canada was able to prove their ability of being a strong air force. This was so prevent the success of the German’s
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They proved that their army was a strong force that could act without much instruction from the British, even though they were a beginner groups of pilots. The 42 Canadian fighter pilots of No. 1 RCAF and 242 Squadron were able to destroy about 60 German aircrafts and had destroyed or damaged another 50 of the total 1733 German aircrafts. Late summer, the commanding officer of the No. 1 Squadron, Squadron Leader Ernest McNab, shot down a German aircraft while in the air with the British pilots. After this, his own squadron was declared operational and were taken out of training and moved to RAF Station Northolt. The Canadian Encyclopedia notes that, “[T]hey became the first RCAF unit to engage enemy planes in battle when it came across of a group of German bombers over southern England on August 26, 1940.” The Canadian squadron battled with the German aircrafts and they ended up destroying three and damaging three of the aircraft 's. By the beginning of autumn, the squadron were the reason of the destruction of 31 German aircraft. The Canadian pilots had many accomplishments during the Battle of Britain. The Canadians were able to take down enemy planes by themselves and proved their ability and skill to the British. Their ability to fight on their own allowed them to go off and fight their own battles rather than staying by the British and only taking down half of the German planes. Once this battle was over, the amount of Canadian pilots increased
They proved that their army was a strong force that could act without much instruction from the British, even though they were a beginner groups of pilots. The 42 Canadian fighter pilots of No. 1 RCAF and 242 Squadron were able to destroy about 60 German aircrafts and had destroyed or damaged another 50 of the total 1733 German aircrafts. Late summer, the commanding officer of the No. 1 Squadron, Squadron Leader Ernest McNab, shot down a German aircraft while in the air with the British pilots. After this, his own squadron was declared operational and were taken out of training and moved to RAF Station Northolt. The Canadian Encyclopedia notes that, “[T]hey became the first RCAF unit to engage enemy planes in battle when it came across of a group of German bombers over southern England on August 26, 1940.” The Canadian squadron battled with the German aircrafts and they ended up destroying three and damaging three of the aircraft 's. By the beginning of autumn, the squadron were the reason of the destruction of 31 German aircraft. The Canadian pilots had many accomplishments during the Battle of Britain. The Canadians were able to take down enemy planes by themselves and proved their ability and skill to the British. Their ability to fight on their own allowed them to go off and fight their own battles rather than staying by the British and only taking down half of the German planes. Once this battle was over, the amount of Canadian pilots increased