Out of the Clouds:
The History of the 1st Canadian
Parachute Battalion

By John A. Willes,
Assisted by Frances M. Willes

Assembled from first person accounts and diligent research, Out of the Clouds provides a glorious and heartbreaking narrative look into one of the most extraordinary moments in Canadian military history.

The complete digital edition is republished here by the author for the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe, with a new author’s preface, reformatted archival images and searchable historical records.