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These articles by Rich Thistle © define the history in his military and general aviation aircraft paintings. Many have been published in Canadian and American magazines. Please enjoy reading them and be aware they are protected by Canadian copyright law and may not be copied, published, altered, used by or linked to from any other site without permission from the artist. Rich is generally happy to oblige when asked, and if appropriate credit is given along with a link back to www.richthistle.com  CONTACT US

1 357 Squadron Burma Drop
2 Canadian Airmen Fly in the Battle of Britain - WW2
3 Bushplanes - The Great Canadian Beaver
4 Memphis Belle 324 Bomber Squadron Boeing B17F
5 Fairey Swordfish - WW2 Stringbag
6 CF-18 Hornets in the Gulf War
7 Manfred Von Richthofen WW1 Ace The Red Baron
8 W/C Lloyd Chadburn DSO & Bar, DFC - Dieppe Spitfire
9 Channel Islands Adventure - WW2 RCAF Mustangs
10 Canadian Maritime Air Command - CF Aurora
11 Canadian Fighter Aircraft of WW 2
12 WW2 Aircraft Lost in CWHM 1993 Fire
13 Legendary Canadian Avro Arrow Interceptor Aircraft
14 Buzz Beurling WW2 Canadian Flying Ace
15 Sopwith Camel & Fokker Triplane
16 Manned Missile F-104 Starfighter
17 Billy Bishop WW1 Canadian Ace - SE5a & Nieuport 17
18 Snowbirds 30th Anniversary Reunion 2000
19 Rhino Charge F-4 Phantom Viet Nam War A Pilot's Story
20 RCAF 6 Group Halifax Bomber WW2
21 438 Sqn Typhoons Looking for Trouble
22 British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Canada
23 Supermarine Spitfire MkIX Canadian Airforce D-Day
24 Golden Age of Flight Waco 10
25 The Legendary Lancaster Bomber WW2
26 Nervous Energy - P-51 Mustang
27 Victory Over Kiska The Aleutian Campaign WW2
28 Bushplanes in Canada's North
29 David Ernest Hornell VC, RCAF WW2 Canso
30 Victory at Sea WW2 B24 Liberator K.O. Moore
31 Robert Hampton (Hammy) Gray VC, DSC WW2 Corsair
32 Creating an Airshow Poster
 
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