{"id":26868,"date":"2020-11-07T23:31:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T04:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heritagelsl.ca\/they-served-in-the-skies\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:47:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:47:47","slug":"ils-ont-servi-dans-les-airs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heritagelsl.ca\/fr\/ils-ont-servi-dans-les-airs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ils ont servi dans les airs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Au d\u00e9but de la Premi\u00e8re Guerre mondiale,<\/strong> 11&nbsp;ans seulement apr\u00e8s le premier vol avec \u00e9quipage enregistr\u00e9, le 17&nbsp;d\u00e9cembre&nbsp;1903, les Canadiens se sont pr\u00e9cipit\u00e9s pour rejoindre le <em>Royal Flying Corps<\/em> (RFC) et le <em>Royal Naval Air Service<\/em> (RNAS) britanniques. \u00c0 leur cr\u00e9dit, de nombreux futurs pilotes canadiens prirent l\u2019air comme un canard prend l\u2019eau \u2013 et le vol. Un certain nombre d\u2019entre eux se sont rapidement r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9s \u00eatre des as, des aviateurs reconnus pour avoir abattu cinq avions ennemis ou plus lors de combats a\u00e9riens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En fait, les comp\u00e9tences de vol et de tir au combat de certains Canadiens servant dans les forces a\u00e9riennes britanniques \u00e9taient si impressionnantes qu\u2019ils ont re\u00e7u plus de 800&nbsp;d\u00e9corations. Trois Canadiens ont re\u00e7u la Croix de Victoria, la plus haute d\u00e9coration militaire, pour \u00ab&nbsp;\u2026 une bravoure remarquable, ou un acte de vaillance ou d\u2019abn\u00e9gation audacieux ou pr\u00e9\u00e9minent, ou un d\u00e9vouement extr\u00eame au devoir en pr\u00e9sence de l\u2019ennemi.&nbsp;\u00bb Lorsqu\u2019en 1917, le premier ministre Borden fit pression pour obtenir une escadre canadienne pour le service dans le Corps d\u2019arm\u00e9e canadien en France, la Grande-Bretagne aurait r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 limiter le nombre d\u2019escadrons canadiens afin de garder les pilotes et le personnel au sol canadiens de talent au sein du RFC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dans l\u2019entre-deux-guerres,<\/strong> plusieurs pilotes de chasse v\u00e9t\u00e9rans de la Premi\u00e8re Guerre mondiale sont devenus les pionniers du vol de brousse au Canada. Les pilotes de brousse auraient \u00e9t\u00e9 populaires aupr\u00e8s des recruteurs de la Marine, car il \u00e9tait presque certain que ce qui allait devenir la Seconde Guerre mondiale allait commencer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale,<\/strong> il allait falloir beaucoup plus de pilotes, et ils avaient besoin d\u2019avions et d\u2019\u00eatre form\u00e9s dans un endroit s\u00fbr, loin des grandes populations. En 1939, le premier ministre Mackenzie King fit un r\u00eave qui, selon lui, \u00e9tait signe que \u00ab&nbsp;la puissance a\u00e9rienne serait d\u00e9terminante dans la victoire finale \u00bb dans la guerre. Ce r\u00eave se concr\u00e9tisa sous la forme du Plan d\u2019entra\u00eenement a\u00e9rien du Commonwealth britannique (PEACB). \u00ab&nbsp;\u00c0 la fin de 1941, le Canada \u00e9tait d\u00e9j\u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9picentre de l\u2019entra\u00eenement a\u00e9rien britannique et du Commonwealth, produisant des aviateurs comp\u00e9tents en aussi peu que six mois.&nbsp;\u00bb&nbsp; Mais \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque, les \u00e9quipages de bombardiers n\u2019avaient que 25&nbsp;% de chance de survivre \u00e0 leurs 30&nbsp;premi\u00e8res missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019Aviation royale du Canada est devenue la quatri\u00e8me plus importante force a\u00e9rienne au monde. Elle a jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le de premier plan pendant la guerre froide en tant que membre de l\u2019Organisation du trait\u00e9 de l\u2019Atlantique Nord (OTAN) et partenaire conjoint du Commandement de la d\u00e9fense a\u00e9rospatiale de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique du Nord (NORAD), qui assure la d\u00e9fense a\u00e9rienne de ce continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.veterans.gc.ca\/fra\/remembrance\/history\/second-world-war\/british-commonwealth-air-training-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Le Plan d\u2019entra\u00eenement a\u00e9rien du Commonwealth britannique (PEACB)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ancien.heritagelsl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Fallen-Airmen-in-Metis-Cemetery.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aviateurs du Commonwealth qui ont perdu la vie dans des accidents d\u2019entra\u00eenement<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Britanniques, N\u00e9o-Z\u00e9landais et Australiens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca\/fr\/article-modele-standard.page?doc=honorer-une-ecole-du-peacb-et-renouer-des-liens-avec-la-collectivite\/iumuvumv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">La 9e\u00a0\u00c9cole (PEACB) de bombardement et de tir \u00e0 Mont-Joli<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bcatp.wordpress.com\/author\/mpierrela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rendre hommage<\/a><\/strong> \u00e0 ceux qui sont rest\u00e9s pour former ceux qui ont combattu \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tranger, avec la permission de <a href=\"https:\/\/bcatp.wordpress.com\/about-the-author\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Pierre Lagac\u00e9<\/strong><\/a> (Collection de photos, recherches et contes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bcatp.wordpress.com\/2020\/11\/08\/ecole-de-bombardement-et-de-tir-no-9-mont-joli-quebec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Photos et recherches<\/strong><\/a> de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bombercommandmuseum.ca\/chronicles\/clarence-simonsen-mr-nose-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Clarence Simonsen<\/strong><\/a>, aimablement traduites par <a href=\"https:\/\/bcatp.wordpress.com\/about-the-author\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Pierre Lagac\u00e9<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ancien.heritagelsl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Farmboys-Experience-becoming-an-airman-at-BCATP-Mont-Joli.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">L\u2019exp\u00e9rience d\u2019un gar\u00e7on de ferme:<\/a><\/strong> Devenir aviateur au BCATP Mont-Joli, Garnet Robertson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Qu\u2019est-ce que c\u2019est?&nbsp;<\/strong> Ce b\u00e2timent de forme \u00e9trange est une tour d\u2019observation situ\u00e9e \u00e0 Sainte-Flavie pr\u00e8s de Mont-Joli. Il a permis la surveillance des exercices de tir par des stagiaires d\u00e9pliants attach\u00e9s \u00e0 la 9e \u00c9cole de bombardement et de tir de Mont-Joli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Le saviez-vous\u2026 ?&nbsp;<\/strong> En 1939, le premier ministre Mackenzie King aurait fait un r\u00eave qu\u2019il croyait \u00eatre un signe de \u00ab&nbsp;la puissance de l\u2019avion pour d\u00e9terminer la victoire ultime&nbsp;\u00bb de l\u2019effort de guerre. Le r\u00eave est devenu une r\u00e9alit\u00e9 avec Le Plan d\u2019entra\u00eenement a\u00e9rien du Commonwealth britannique (PEACB). Le PEACB a \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9 lorsque l\u2019Australie, le Canada, la Grande-Bretagne et la Nouvelle-Z\u00e9lande ont sign\u00e9 un accord dans les bureaux du premier ministre Mackenzie King \u00e0 Ottawa, \u00e0 minuit, le 16&nbsp;d\u00e9cembre&nbsp;1939.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Les as canadiens de la Seconde Guerre mondiale provenant de la r\u00e9gion de M\u00e9tissont les suivants:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flyingforyourlife.com\/pilots\/ww2\/qr\/russel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blair Dalzell \u00ab\u00a0Dal\u00a0\u00bb Russel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flyingforyourlife.com\/pilots\/ww2\/n\/nesbitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arthur Ross Deane Nesbitt<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aerovision.org\/en\/person\/hartland-de-m-molson-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hartland De Montarville Molson<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flyingforyourlife.com\/pilots\/ww2\/p\/pitcher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paul Brooke Pitcher<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Transport d\u2019avions vers l\u2019Angleterre :\u00a0<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/ancien.heritagelsl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Russell-Elspeth.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elspeth Russell<\/a>, Matanaise \u2013 la seule femme native du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 avoir vol\u00e9 pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ils peinent sans gloire : \u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcatp.org\/110-they-toil-without-glory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Un hommage au personnel de sol<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Le saviez-vous\u2026?&nbsp;<\/strong> L\u2019aviateur bien connu Douglas McCurdy, qui a pilot\u00e9 le Silver Dart en 1909, s\u2019entretient avec le colonel Sam Hughes au sujet de la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019une force a\u00e9rienne canadienne en ao\u00fbt 1914, quand la Premi\u00e8re Guerre mondiale \u00e9clate. Hughes, qui ne croit pas encore \u00e0 la puissance a\u00e9rienne, d\u00e9clare : \u00ab Jeune homme, l\u2019a\u00e9roplane est l\u2019invention du diable\u2026 et il ne jouera jamais aucun r\u00f4le dans quelque chose d\u2019aussi s\u00e9rieux que la d\u00e9fense de la nation! \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Le saviez-vous\u2026?&nbsp;<\/strong> En 1997, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral canadien Richard Rohmer a rencontr\u00e9 George H.W. Bush lors d\u2019un \u00e9v\u00e9nement et a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 :&nbsp; \u00ab&nbsp;Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, vous et moi sommes des contemporains. Lorsque vous \u00e9tiez dans la marine am\u00e9ricaine dans le Pacifique, je pilotais des Mustangs en Normandie avec l\u2019aviation royale canadienne.&nbsp;\u00bb Le pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019\u00e9poque a r\u00e9pondu&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;G\u00e9n\u00e9ral, personne ne le sait, mais \u00e0 la fin de 1941, juste avant le 7&nbsp;d\u00e9cembre de cette ann\u00e9e-l\u00e0, j\u2019avais l\u2019intention de venir au Canada pour rejoindre l\u2019Aviation royale canadienne.&nbsp;\u00bb Les \u00c9tats-Unis \u00e9tant neutres pendant les deux premi\u00e8res ann\u00e9es de la Seconde Guerre mondiale jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la d\u00e9claration de guerre du 8&nbsp;d\u00e9cembre&nbsp;1941, certains Am\u00e9ricains travers\u00e8rent au Canada pour s\u2019enr\u00f4ler avec les Canadiens afin de combattre l\u2019Allemagne nazie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Des Bombardiers au-dessus du fleuve&nbsp;: histoire de la 9<sup>e<\/sup>&nbsp;\u00e9cole de bombardement et de tir de Mont-Joli, Fran\u00e7ois Dornier, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/how-george-h-w-bush-almost-fought-for-canada-in-wwii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/how-george-h-w-bush-almost-fought-for-canada-in-wwii<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca\/fr\/sur-des-sommets-balayes-par-les-vents-2\/05-histoire.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca\/fr\/sur-des-sommets-balayes-par-les-vents-2\/05-histoire.page<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.veterans.gc.ca\/fra\/remembrance\/history\/second-world-war\/british-commonwealth-air-training-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.veterans.gc.ca\/fra\/remembrance\/history\/second-world-war\/british-commonwealth-air-training-plan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div 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