Publications and Writings

By Gerry Madigan

• Published Books

  • Canada’s Path to War – The Battle on the Homefront with U-Boats Off Our Shores!
  • The Twisted Path – Canadian Defence Policy in an Age of Uncertainty and Growth
  • At the Crossroads of Time – The Story of Operational Training Unit 31, RCAF No. 7 Squadron, and RCAF Tiger Force at Debert, NS
• • Operational Training and Antisubmarine Air Warfare on Canada’s East Coast – The Second World War – Collected Papers
• • It Happened Down Home – Collected Short Stories – War on the Homefront – Guysborough County – Canada’s East Coast
• • The Canso Defence Area -The Second World War on the Home Front

Published Articles

• • • Until We Meet Again
    • Remembering a Family Member’s Bravery, Dedicated Service
    • “Essential Eyes and Ears” – Canada’s Aircraft Detection Corps on Canada’s East Coast During the Second World War
    • Sometimes the Little Stories Are the Ones Worth Finding
    • Sometimes the Story You Want, Is Not the Story You Are Going to Get
    • Loose Threads
    • “Hearth and Home” – The Struggles of Life on the Home Front and Guysborough County During the Second World War
    • “They that go down to the sea in ships”, The Life and Times of Captain Morris O’Hara (Isaacs Harbour, NS), Master of Lady Nelson during the Second World War
  • • The Ties that Bind, by Norma Cook, transcribed by Gerry Madigan
  • • Girl On the Wing
  • • Mystery on the Lake
    • What’s in a Name? The Story of the Crew of Ventura 2159, No. 145(BR) Squadron (Bomber Reconnaissance)
  • • “For the good times” – Through the eyes of Mickey Stevens, No 5 Radar Unit (RCAF), Cole Harbour, Guysborough County 1942-1945
  • • The Place I Remember
  • • The End of an Idyllic Summer 1939
  • • A Memory Stirred

Unpublished Articles

• • Hearts Of Oak – The Story Of Brothers Frank And Jim Madigan – Their Service In The Royal Canadian Navy – The Second World War
• • The Picture on the Wall
• • Canada’s Unknown Success – Land-based Aircraft in Antisubmarine Role WWII
• • The Story Of Operational Training Unit 31 Debert
• • Triumph and Tragedy Operational Training Unit 31 Debert
• • A Profile of Operational Training Unit 34 Pennfield NB