Bed and Breakfast: A Canadian Airman Reflects on the Food and Quarters during the Second World War

Authors

Bill McRae

Abstract

Hollywood’s stereotyped version of an RAF fighter pilot—lounging about in a comfortable leather chair with a pint in one hand and Punch in the other—is not quite as I remember it. But what were “typical“ conditions? Using my log book and wartime letters as references, with war art to serve as illustrations, this is how I recollect RAF/RCAF living conditions during the Second World War.

Recommended Citation

McRae, Bill "Bed and Breakfast: A Canadian Airman Reflects on the Food and Quarters during the Second World War." Canadian Military History 9, 1 (2000)