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PMonksMA17010009.jpg
"Fags and sweets" presented by the wartime pilots' and observers' association with wishes for an enjoyable stay in Canada.

PMonksMA17010010.jpg
A large group of service and civilian personnel inside a large room with columns and arched windows. Space for a band with music stands and a piano in the centre. To the left a sign 'Ticket Office'.

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PMonksMA17010011.jpg
View of the Manitoba Legislative Building with trees in the foreground.

PMonksMA17010012.jpg
Top: a view down snow covered Rt 52 (Main St) Winnipeg with buildings either side.

Bottom: Hudson's Bay Company building in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In the foreground a lorry and parked cars.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

PMonksMA17010070.jpg
Seven airmen sitting on ground with a hut and trees behind them and lake in the background. Captioned 'The boys at Dauphin Lake'.

PMonksMA17010074.jpg
Four men wearing civilian clothes sleeping in a huddle on rocks. Captioned 'A 48 on Dauphin Beach'.

PMonksMA17010075.jpg
Top - view of shoreline with receded water. Captioned 'Dauphin Lake, when we arrived'.
Bottom - view of shoreline with water up to the edge of shore. Captioned 'When we left'.

PMonksMA17010076.jpg
Top - view from the air of concrete hardstanding and buildings on an airfield in the distance. Bottom - closer view showing triangular runways, hardstanding and buildings. Captioned '7 B & G Paulson'.

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PMonksMA17010077.jpg
Top - view of distant line of two Lysander and a Bolingbroke parked on airfield. Bottom - view from the ground of a Bolingbroke flying left to right at low level across airfield. Captioned 'Bolingbrokes and Lysanders, 7 B&G School'.

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PMonksMA17010078.jpg
Front quarter view of Bolingbroke 9876 parked outside a building. Captioned 'Bolingbroke of Gunnery Flight'.

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PMonksMA17010081.jpg
Left - three airmen, two wearing battledress and one in shirtsleeves standing outside a hut. Right - view across open ground with water in front an trees in the distance. Captioned 'Sunset on the 500 yd range. Paulson'.

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PMonksMA17010082.jpg
View down a barrack room with rows of bunkbeds either side. Captioned 'Barracks at Paulson'.

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B[Author]ParkerEv1.pdf
Titled Eric's Story it details Eric's life from birth in Liverpool. He joined the RAF on his 18th birthday in January 1942. Initial training was at Paignton then he was shipped to Canada. He failed to progress as a pilot and was transferred to a…

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PPennLE1702.pdf
A group of 17 pilots including Laurie Penn. Four of the pilots are identified.

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Name and address 'L T Stoddart, 535 Spence Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada'

SWooleyAJ[Ser#-DoB]v10012.jpg
Two names and addresses for Miss G A Stoddart in Winnipeg and Pte D Stoddart P.P.C.L.I. in England.

SWooleyAJ[Ser#-DoB]v10034.jpg
Quote from Byron with note 'this is my wish for you' from Sgt Nav Cecil E Wood from Canada.

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LWilkinsNE164478v10002.jpg
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.

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MQuinnEJ4210077-200209-010001.jpg
Two biographies of Eric.

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EJolliffeWJJollifeFSWXX0727-01.jpg
From his father wishing him a happy birthday and from his mother wishing him a speedy return.

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A group of 31 airmen arranged in three rows. Ron is marked with a post-it. A second post-it states 'Here are the photos of grandads training in Canada in 1942 age 21 Some places are Quebec, Montreal and Rivers'.

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NJensenOKL150407-02.jpg
Announces that he lost his life on an operational flight on August 9th. Gives some biographical and service details.

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PRidingRH21040033.jpg
Four photographs from an album.
#1 is an air-to-air view of a Battle, starboard side, in flight.
#2 is a steam locomotive passing a water crane.
#3 is a Canadian street scene.
#4 is a 2nd Avenue, Rivers, Manitoba, looking east.

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PRidingRH21040034.jpg
Four photographs from an album.
#1 s looking North up Main street, Rivers, Manitoba. The church in the distance is the Rivers United church.
#2 is looking East along 2nd Ave, Rivers, Manitoba, in the distance is the peaked building on Main…

PRidingRH21040035.jpg
Three photographs from an album.
#1 is the town hall, a small building with a tower.
#2 is the post office with a flag pole.
#3 is an airman using a sextant to observe a sun shot.

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