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TODAY IN CANADIAN MILITARY HISTORY
1940 - Flying Officer E. A. McNab becomes the first member of the RCAF to shoot down an enemy aircraft.
Today's Honour Roll
L. N. Tetlock, W. G. Berger, V. C. Stordy, P. Evans, D. K. Carmichael, W. H. Garbutt, J. A. Miller, G. A. Corbett, W. H. Slatter, G. J. Boverd
These are 10 of the 1332 Canadians who fell on this day in history.
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