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Sam Saunders, Graduation and Further Training
Photo 1 and 2 are the menu for the graduation meal.
Photo 3 is the ticket for the graduation dance.
Photo 4 is the tables set for the graduation meal.
Photo 5 is the…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bomb aimer; entertainment; navigator; training
Winnipeg
Photo 1 and 2 are views of the snowy city, captioned 'Winnipeg 8,000 ft'.
Photo 3 is a view of houses, captioned 'Winnipeg 1,000' ft. There is also a ticket from the Winnipeg Electric Company.
Photo 4 is a snowy…
Tags: aerial photograph; training
No 3 B.A.G.S. So this is McDonald!
Photo 1 is Sam's barracks, captioned 'Main St'.
Photo 2 is the control tower.
Photo 3 and 4 is a road turned to mud. A bulldozer is trying to clear the mud.
Bombing and Gunnery Flights
Photo 1 and 2 are lines of Battles.
Photo 3 is a port side view of a Battle with the control tower behind.
Photo 4 is a starboard side view of a Cessna Bobcat'.
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Battle; bomb aimer; control tower; training
Mess, Barracks and Battle at McDonald
Photo 1 is inside the mess, captioned 'What a Mess!'.
Photo 2 is the inside of Sam's barracks, captioned 'What a Barracks'.
Photo 3 is a Battle loaded with bombs, captioned 'Bombing Up'.
Tags: Battle; bombing up; mess; military living conditions; training
Bombing and Gunnery at McDonald
Photo 1 is a bomb aimer at his station, captioned 'Bombing (Frank in action)'
Photo 2 is a gun, captioned 'Vickers G.O'
Photo 3 is a line of Battles.
Photo 4 is airmen checking their targets, captioned 'Gunnery'.
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; training
No 3 BAGS McDonald
Tags: aerial photograph; runway
McDonald from the Air
Photo 1 and 4 are low level obliques of the airfield and hangars.
Photo 2 is a high level oblique of the hangars and other buildings with the runways at the top.
Photo 3 is a low level oblique of the apron with many…
Tags: aerial photograph; hangar; training
McDonald Views
Photo 1 is a low level aerial oblique of a small township with a dammed lake, captioned 'Delta Beach'.
Photo 2 is of towering clouds, captioned 'Storm Up!'.
Photo 3 is a Battle in flight.
Photo 4 is a low level…
Tags: aerial photograph; Battle
Anson damaged by hailstones
Tags: Anson
The Hospital Staff #1 ANS Rivers
Tags: ground personnel; medical officer
Sam Saunders in Hospital
Photo 1 is Sam seated with pipe and Watteau looking out of the hospital window.
Photo 2 is a woman standing outside a building, captioned 'F/Lt Mabel Lyons'.
Photo 3 is a nurse studying paperwork, captioned 'P/O P.…
Tags: aircrew
Keith Ganney's After Lunch Speech
Tags: 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Cornell; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Me 109; navigator; operational training unit; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Woodbridge; Stirling; superstition; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Winnipeg
Tags: aerial photograph
Dennis Moore List of Experience
Tags: 15 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 52 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; C-47; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Master Bomber; Meteor; navigator; operational training unit; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Pershore; RAF Shawbury; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Wigtown; Shackleton; Stirling; training; Wellington; York
Airmen and Rivers Airbase
Photo 1 is an airman standing to attention, captioned 'Tough boy Bailey'.
Photo 2 is a tower of three airmen on shoulders, watched by two others and captioned 'The Rivers Indian rope trick'. Behind is an Anson.
Photo…
Tags: aerial photograph; aircrew; training
Rivers and Winnipeg
Photo 1 and 3 are aerial views of Rivers.
Photo 2 is an aerial view of the base at Rivers.
Photo 4, 5 and 6 are Ansons at the airfield.
Photo 7 is the Pavilion at Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg.
Photo 8 is a view of…
Tags: aerial photograph; aircrew; Anson; training