How Technology Changed since the War

Heroes Remember

How Technology Changed since the War

Transcript

But there were a lot of good things that came out of the war, technology. Post war, when you think of going through the, the air force expanded after the war and then of course gone down to very, very sad circumstances now, but in that transition period, I lived through the Arrow, I lived though technology, and the technology, when I think of now, who would believe 25 years ago, leave alone 50, what is occurring in the world, in a technological sense. The country's under threat and we don't know who and where the enemy is. In those days, it was simple, we knew who the enemy was in Europe and we knew who the enemy was in the Pacific. And so it's difficult and it's such a breadth of experience that I would have a very difficult time of telling my grandchildren and future generations of what I lived through.

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Mr. Romanow talks about the changing world, after the war, and today.

Joseph Romanow

Mr. Romanow was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in 1921, to parents who immigrated to Canada in 1911. Mr. Romanow grew up in a Ukranian community and he learned to speak English from his playmates. He joined the Air Force from a youth group, was a mechanic for two years and then trained in Canada and England. He was able to fly in India and Europe, flying many different types of planes. After his university education he returned to the Air Force and worked with the Avro Arrow team.

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Medium:: Video
Owner:: Veterans Affairs Canada
Duration:: 01:36
Person Interviewed:: Joseph Romanow
War, Conflict or Mission:: Second World War
Branch:: Air Force
Units/Ship:: 62, 435, 437 Squadron
Occupation:: Bomber Pilot

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How Technology Changed since the War

Heroes Remember