Posted on November 11, 2009, 9:00 am, by Matthew, under
Personal.
RCAF Pilot Officer Lewis Burpee, seen in middle of fellow dambusters, was from Ottawa. He was shot down over Gilze Rijen during the Dambuster raid during the Second World War. "The Dambusters" was a squadron formed to carry out a single special and dangerous mission using a specially developed "bouncing bomb" on German dams. More [...]
Posted on March 14, 2005, 1:08 pm, by Matthew, under
Personal.
What are the odds of finding someone with your name on the Internet? Pretty good, right? But with my family name? And how about also with a father with same name as your father’s. Enter Mathew (with one T) Burpee and family in Ottawa. We will all meet one day. A nice surprise. More on [...]
