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Alan writes that he had 14 days leave. He writes from Vancouver and has visited Calgary and Banff.

Alan writes thanking his parents for their letters. He travelled to Calgary by train, then Banff and Lake Louise, then Vancouver. He spent a week in Vancouver looking at the tourist sites.

Alan thanks his parents for their letters and newspapers. He is about to be transferred to Ontario.

Four photographs, first shows a building set in mountains and trees, captioned 'Banff Hotel'.
Second is of a valley running through the mountains and forest, captioned 'CPR crossing Rockies'.
Third is an outdoor swimming pool captioned'…

He has had no mail and he is nearing the exam period. He has been doing a lot of flying. There has been a parade and an air show.

A letter referring to the night of the crash and George's subsequent escape via Switzerland. He was caught while trying to get to Spain and sent to Paris. After the war he worked for the post office in Calgary.

Top left - view across lake of distant snow covered mountains. Captioned 'Lake Minnewanka & Mt Giraid, Banff, 12.5.42'.
Top right - view down a lake with mountains left, right and in the distance. Captioned 'Lake Minnewanka & Fairholm Range, Banff,…

Top left - view down a town street with low buildings each side, mountain in the distance. Captioned 'Main street, Banff, Alta. Cascade Mt in background 25.4.42'.
Top right - view of river down a valley with mountains either side and in the…

Top - view of swimming pool with bathers in water. Pool surrounded by buildings. Captioned 'Hot springs baths, Banff, Alta'.
Left - two airmen wearing flying jackets standing in woods. Captioned 'Doug and Dickie, Woolfox Lodge 43'.
Right - and…

Top left - view along railway track of mountains in the distance.
Top right - Banff view with buildings either side, St. Paul's Presbyterian church to the right.
Bottom left - view across a wide valley of open country with mountains in the…

Top left - view down town street with cars parked on left and right and mountain in the background.
Top right - view of skiers in valley with trees either side.
Centre - group of men walking through snow with tree sin background and part of car…

Top left - an RAF corporal wearing tunic and holding rings. Behind a table with children on the far side, building in the background. Captioned 'Cpl Dudrenec sports day'.
Top right - a Royal Canadian Mounted Policemen in uniform standing in the…

Top - side view of a deer with antlers. Captioned 'Deer in Wainwright park, photo L H Cano'.
Bottom - view of lake with hills both sides, Captioned 'Lake Minnewanka, No 57'.

Top - view across open country of snow covered mountains in the far distance. Captioned 'Foothills of Rockies'.
Bottom - view across town surrounded by trees, with lakes and snow covered mountain range in the distance'. Captioned 'Banff'.

View across river of buildings on shore with snow covered mountains in the distance. Captioned 'Bow River, Banff'.

Left - view down a road of a distant snow covered mountain. Captioned 'Cascade Mt, Banff'.
Right - view across a lake with trees on far side and a range of snow covered mountains in the distant background. Captioned 'Bow lake, Banff'.

Top - a group of native Americans in full regalia riding horses down a street with buildings on left and mountain in the distance behind. Captioned 'Indians in Banff'.
Bottom - view of distant snow covered mountain. Captioned 'Banff'.

1:506880 chart of Banff. Sheet 82NE

Left - a deer in street with houses in the background.
Right - a deer on a snow covered road with trees in the background. Captioned 'Animal life in Banff'.

Left - view across valley to distant snow covered peaks.
Right - similar view with a figure in the snow.

Left - view across a valley with surrounding hills. Captioned 'A view from lower hot springs'.
Right - two airmen wearing greatcoats sitting in snow with mountains in the background.

A view of Banff and the Cascade Mountains from the south end of the Bow Bridge. Captioned 'Town of Banff and Cascade Mountains'.

Additional information kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

River in the foreground with bridge in the distance. Hill either side and mountains in the far distance. Captioned 'Bow River bridge - Banff'.

A large building in the middle distance with mountains in the background. Captioned 'Banff Springs Hotel'.

Full length image of an airman wearing tunic and wearing skis and holding ski poles standing on snow with building and trees in the background. Captioned 'Banff, Ski-ing on Mount Norquay'.