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From YouTube: MAY 31 2021 Statements Ronna-Rae Leonard
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
court
nicole,
mocks.
Thank
you,
honorable
speaker,
this
friday
on
june
5th
living
legend
james,
francis
edwards,
better
known
as
stocky
edwards
turns
100
years
young
when
stockey
and
his
wife,
tony
and
other
noteworthy
canadian
entered
the
room
at
888,
comox
wing,
royal,
canadian
air
force
association.
A
He
earned
his
wings
when
he
was
just
20
years
old
in
1941
and
shot
down
a
mice
messerschmitt
on
his
first
sortie
in
the
african
desert.
He
flew
first
the
kitty
hawk
and
then
the
spitfire
he
not
only
survived
373
sorties,
but
is
the
highest
scoring
flying
ace
of
the
western
desert
campaign
with
19,
confirmed,
aerial
victories
and
many
other
successes
in
crippling
the
enemy's
air
campaign.
A
He
fought
over
italy
and
first
became
a
squadron
leader
there.
He
was
in
the
air
over
normandy
on
d-day
the
day
after
his
23rd
birthday.
He
returned
to
canada
to
speaking
engagements
to
inspire
a
nation
before
returning
overseas
in
1945
finishing
his
final
mission
in
germany
a
week
before
their
surrender.
He
credits
his
successes
to
his
prairie
spunk,
sharp
eyes
and
athletic
abilities,
along
with
good,
clean
living,
prayerfulness
and
plain
luck
which
earned
him
the
distinguished
flying
cross
and
bar
the
distinguished
flying
metal
and
the
canadian
forces
decoration
after
the
war.
A
He
continued
to
lead
and
flew
vampires
and
sabers
and
cf-100s
one
of
the
only
world
war
ii
pilots
to
go
on
to
fly
jets
he's
been
inducted
into
the
canadian
into
canada's
aviation
hall
of
fame,
received
the
order
of
canada
and
was
united
with
the
french
national
order
of
the
legion
of
honor.
He
continues
to
inspire
and
make
this
world
a
better
place.
Happy
100th
birthday
to
a
canadian
icon,
stocky
edwards.