As Remembrance Day, November 11th, approaches, we honour those who served—
and continue to serve—in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Brigadier-General Jack Vincent Watts, a Royal Canadian Air Force veteran of the Second World War, died earlier this year at the age of 98. He was predeceased by his wife Norma, who also served during the war, including during the Battle of Britain, in 2018. The two were special guests at the 2013 national Battle of Britain parade held in Ottawa. We bring you a profile of Brigadier-General Watts that we published at that time as well as his obituary.
Approximately 50,000 Canadians served with the Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Air Force in Bomber Command operations over occupied Europe during the Second World War.
One of those brave Canadians was a courageous and highly skilled navigator, Jack Vincent Watts.
Brigadier-General Watts was born in 1920, in Hamilton, Ontario, and enlisted in the RCAF on July 2, 1940.
He met his wife, Corporal Norma Tilley, in England in the spring of 1944 while she was serving with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) with the Bomber Command. They married in the fall of the same year.
He flew over 100 sorties with Bomber Command, serving in several units.
During his outstanding war time service, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and Bar. He left the RCAF after the war with the rank of squadron leader, but later returned, retiring as a…
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