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Sam McCron and Three Men
Four head and shoulder portraits of for men. Sam is top left and he is in uniform. There is a pilot and a soldier but the fourth man is in civilian clothes.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality…
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality…
Acton Ontario Cenotaph
A plaque with a photograph of the Cenotaph and 21 photographs of local residents who died during the 1939 to 1945 war. It includes Sam McCron.
Airman R171393
A head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified airman.
GC Morris
A head and shoulders portrait of the gunner GC Morris R/278665 who died when Wellington LN167 crashed.
Airman R215280
A head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified airman, R215280.
Sam McCron
Two head and shoulders portraits of Sam in uniform. In the second he has sergeant's stripes and a RCAF wireless operator/air gunner brevet.
Airman's/Airwoman's Record Sheet
RAF Form 1580 for Sam McCron
Aircrew and newspaper articles
Top left - newspaper cutting (London Gazette) with citation for Pilot Officer Baker and Warrant Officer Meek.
Top right - newspaper cutting - Lancaster lands on bomb door. Account of badly damage Lancaster with wounded crew returning from operation…
Top right - newspaper cutting - Lancaster lands on bomb door. Account of badly damage Lancaster with wounded crew returning from operation…
One Airman
An airman sitting on a stone wall. On the reverse 'Aug 1/79 Helen & Vincent Lanping 99 Kingsdale Ave, Willowdale Ont. Canada. [indecipherable] for 101 Sqdn Radar Section RCAF'.
Bill Gracie's love-heart pendant
Perspex love-heart pendant containing Royal Canadian Air Force crown and eagle.
Six air gunners
Six air gunners, three standing and three kneeling on a brick structure. From information kindly provided by the donor. '115 Gunners'.
RAF Witchford.
RAF Witchford.
Lancaster rear gunner in turret
From information kindly provided by the donor. 'Tail Gunner in turret, A.Stone.'
Air gunners
Two photographs. From information kindly provided by the donor. 'HK555 KO-E Gunners, F/S McBride and F/S Stone (both RCAF)', and
'HK555 KO-E All Gunners -(S Guyan centre), R.McBride / S.Guyan / A.Stone'.
'HK555 KO-E All Gunners -(S Guyan centre), R.McBride / S.Guyan / A.Stone'.
Halifax W7764 Ditching
Notes taken from a book 'Nobody Unprepared The History of 78 Squadron' by Vernon Holland. John was the bomb aimer on the Halifax.
Norman Wilkins certificates of qualification
Shows qualified as a navigator, pathfinder force air bomber/radar and visual bomb aimer.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Peter Webb's service career, aircraft, and aircrews
Top left - an account of Peter Webb's service career. A flight engineer's brevet with photograph of seven crew underneath.
Top right - seven aircrew wearing uniform tunics with brevet standing in line.
Left middle - a drawing of a winter scene…
Top right - seven aircrew wearing uniform tunics with brevet standing in line.
Left middle - a drawing of a winter scene…
Airman outside Nissen hut
Full length image of an airman wearing Mae West, Flying boots and peaked cap standing with hand in pocket outside a Nissen hut. On the reverse 'A R Butler, 17 Park Place, St Catharines, Ontario'.
Airman outside Nissen hut
Full length image of an airman wearing Mae West, flying boots and side cap standing outside a Nissen hut. On the reverse 'Len Cox, 209 Howland Road, Toronto, Canada'.
Airman outside Nissen hut
Full length image of an airman wearing Mae West and flying boots standing outside a Nissen hut, On the reverse 'E Locke, Ste 6 Worchester Apts, Lilac Street, Winnipeg'.
Airman outside a Nissen hut
Full length image of an airman wearing Mae West standing outside a Nissen hut, On the reverse 'F/S R[..], 458 Queens Ave, London, Ontario'.
Airman outside Nissen hut
Full length image of an airman wearing battledress, Mae West, flying boots and peaked cap standing holding a cigarette in front of a Nissen hut. On the reverse 'Ray Pryde, Box 150, Exeter, Ont, 115 Boulter Close, Toronto, Canada'.
Three airmen
Three aircrew all wearing battledress lying on grass with hut in the background. On left a flying officer with peaked cap. To the right two sergeants, one on the right wears side cap and has Canada shoulder flash. On the reverse 'Left to right, Croft…
Night fighter guns bomber
During operation to Ludwigshaven. Gives account of rear gunner Flight Sergeant P Perehinski (of Vancouver) continuing to give evasive action to pilot despite being wounded. Also mentions lucky escape of George Bilton where a prayer book and…
Alec Pyle's Operational Flight Records
The records were extracted from those kept at Kew.
George Medal citation for Warrant Officer Thomas Breech Miller RCAF
Account of his aircraft, in which he was air observer, being attacked on return from operation in Germany by intruder aircraft. The aircraft was crash landed and caught fire. Miller escaped through the top hatch but noticed that the pilot and…