A colourful board game, airmen in training and the Royal Canadian Air Force. How does a board game fit in with WWII wartime efforts to train new pilots? Please read this fascinating story from Vintage Wings of Canada (click here to view website) to find out. This is indeed a very important part of Canadian history.
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| Owen Cathcart-Jones (left) designed "Be an Airman" board game, Edie Cross (middle - my father-in-law's mother) and friend (right) Helen Herbert. Photo was taken at Cowichan Bay, 1942. |
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| Owen Cathcart-Jones as Chief Flying Instructor in the film "Captains of the Clouds". Photo from Vintage Wings of Canada |
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| This painting was done by Squadron Leader Owen
Cathcart- Jones when he was an advisor on the movie 'Captains of the Clouds'. He also played a part in the movie. The painting shows the Hudsons Bay Co. trading post where the movie was filmed. When my father-in-law was ten years old, Cathcart-Jones gave him this lovely painting. |
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| WWWI Pilot - Artist Owen Cathcart-Jones |
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| WWI Pilot Cathcart-Jones Fighter Attack, Artist Owen Cathcart-Jones |
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| WWI Pilot Cathcart-Jones Fighter Formation |
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| WWI Pilot Cathcart-Jones Pilot Solo |
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| WWI Pilot Cathcart Jones Fighter Pilot |
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| WWI Pilot Cathcart-Jones Shot Down |
Websites of Interest:
Captains of the Clouds
A Fleeting Peace
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