Brian, don't miss the controversial account of Royal Canadian Air Force culpability in civilian deaths in the Allied bombing of Germany when you visit the war museum in
Ottawa. Many air crew survivors and the Legion want it changed but the museum is standing firm on the evidence.

As hard as it is to read, I believe it because my father, a newspaperman and editor turned bomber pilot who was there, told me of the ops briefings. Canada had a big air role and our navy provided 316 of the 444 warships, including minesweepers, for the D-Day landings. The destroyer HMCS Haida sank two of six defending German destroyers in the days before the invasion and another three weeks later.