On this date in 1944, during Op TOTALIZE, US Army Air Force bombers dropped bombs several miles short of their target killing 10 RCE surveyors and wounding 15 others. An addition seven sappers were killed and 21 wounded in other RCE units.
On this date in 1940, 6th Field Company departed its home station in North Vancouver for Debert, NS on its way to the Normandy battlefields.
On this date in 1918, for the attack on Amiens, the Canadian Engineer Military Transport Company moved thousands of sandbags, shovels, picks, barbed wire, and planking in secrecy.
On this date in 1944, 6th Field Park Squadron constructed "Phoney" a fake 100-ton tank to confuse the enemy. 1st Field Park Company produced fake guns.
By this date in 1944, one in eight soldiers in Normandy were Engineers. This represented 13% of the strength of deployed British and Canadian forces.
On this date in 1912, James McCurdy, a member of 2nd Field Company, piloted the "Silver Dart" at Petawawa on the first ‘military flight’ of an aircraft in Canada.
On this date in 1918, Brig W.B. Lindsay, CMG, DSO, was promoted Maj-Gen. He was one of the original seven officers serving when the Canadian Engineer Corps was formed.
On this date in 1953, a concensus of Engineer and general staff officers of the Commonwealth Division in Korea recommended the assignment of two engineer regiments per Division.
On this date in 1953, Engineers were involved in salvaging material from the demilitarized zone within 72 hours of the signing of the Korean War truce.