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The Waugh Family
The Waugh Family during World War II
Camp Borden, Ontario
Jock Waugh enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on November 29, 1943, and was immediately transferred to Camp Borden, Ontario, for training as a Flying Officer (Navigator) aboard the Lancaster bombers. His father (John "the Joker" Waugh) died on December 3, 1943. Camp Borden was the most important training facility for the Canadian military during World War II. Ron Russell was also stationed at Camp Borden with the Canadian Army Tank Corp. Jock was later transferred to London and fought in the Battle of Britain on bombing runs into Germany. He was awarded the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal is granted to persons of any rank in the Naval, Military or Air Forces of Canada who voluntarily served on Active Service and had honourably completed eighteen months ( 540 days) total voluntary service between September 3, 1939 to March 1, 1947. Jock served from November 29, 1943 until he was honourably discharged on May 8, 1946.
London, England
The bomber offensive mounted by the Royal Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the air forces of other Commonwealth countries during the Second World War has been described as the most continuous and gruelling operation of war ever carried out. It lasted for some 2000 days - and for four long years, while the world waited for the tide slowly to turn, Bomber Command offered the only weapon capable of waging war against Hitler's European fortress: "Strike Hard - Strike Sure". Brussels, Belgium
See the names on Dedication Service, Brooks High c 1946 (pdf) The Waugh Family after World War II ©
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