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LCookeH115312v1.pdf
Pilot's flying log book for Horace Cooke covering the period 11 April 1944 to 1 June 1945 when Horace served in Canada with 31 Personnel Dispatch, 19 Elementary Flying School, 17 Service Flying Training School and 7 Bombing and Gunnery School.

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LEllisEL183959v1.pdf
Pilot’s flying log book for Flying Officer Ernest Lewis Ellis from 28 November 1941 to 23 February 1945 when he failed to return from his 23rd operation. Training with 19 EFTS and 12 SFTS in Canada. Posted to England in 1943 for further training…

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EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]430322.pdf
Writes that he was starting ten days leave and that the weather was now improving. Previous week had seen bad blizzard and he had not left barracks for three days. Mentions going into local town to see a film. Catches up with mail and news from home.

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EStevensonHEllisEL430818-0003.jpg
Comments that he had changed location to a station with single engine training. Writes about his new camp and flying Harvard as well as navigating in Anson. Mentions going solo.

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CEllisEL-211116-010002.jpg
Map of Broadview-Dauphin Saskatchewan-Manitoba, Canada scale 1:506,880.

LGearyPC914328v3.pdf
Patrick Geary’s Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 21st April 1943 until 15th May 1958. Initial training as a pilot at No. 6 Elementary Flying Training School, No. 10 Service Flying training School. Posted to 20 Advanced Flying Unit in March 1944.…

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PGearyPC17010002.jpg
Handwritten on the inside of the album cover. The stations include Uxbridge, Cambridge, Bassingbourne, Dumfries, Harwell, Lossiemouth, Newton, Manby, Dalcross, Regents Park, Harlow, St Andrews, Moncton NB, Prince Albert, Sask, Dauphin Man.

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PGearyPC17010038.jpg
Three pages, the first has five photographs, the first two are of the country, the first has a lake surrounded by trees, captioned 'Clear Lake Manitoba'.
The second of rolling hills captioned 'Calgary Foothills.'
The other three have woman…

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PGearyPC17010042.jpg
Three photographs and a tag, the first is of Cesna Cranes air-to-air, showing part of the instrument panel of the aircraft, captioned 'Cessna Cranes'.
The second shows part of an airfield from the air, captioned 'Dauphin airport Man.'
Third is of…

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PGearyPC17010043.jpg
Photograph of a sergeant being congratulated by a wing commander, on a parade in front of a hangar, captioned 'Jimmy gets his wings. Dauphin Sept 1943'.

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PGearyPC17010047.jpg
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'…

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PGearyPC17010048.jpg
39 airmen posed in three rows in front of Cessna Crane 8813, Patrick is in the centre of the front row. Captioned 'Dauphin Man. 1943'.

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PGearyPC17010052.jpg
Five photographs, first shows Patrick standing with two female RCAF members, captioned Dauphin 1943.Second shows two airmen walking down a road, one with a kitbag, captioned 'Moncton NB'. Third has two people crouching examining an object in a field,…

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PGearyPC17010053.jpg
Two photographs, one of Patrick and another sergeant standing in front of some trees, captioned 'Dauphin 1943'.
The second is of a funeral parade, the coffin covered in a union flag on the back of a lorry with the parade formed up around it,…

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PGearyPC17010055.jpg
39 trainee pilots posed in three rows in front of a Cessna Crane, captioned 'Dauphin 1943'

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PGearyPC17010083.jpg
Two photographs, 58 airmen including Patrick, posed in three rows in front of wall.
Names are typed below the photographs.

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PGearyPC17010087.jpg
Three pages of a programme for 'Blackouts of 1943' a musical review presented by the RCAF a handwritten note states 'Dauphin 1943'.

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

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LPennLE413929v1.pdf
Pilots flying log book for L E Penn, covering the period from 31 December 1942 to 26 September 1945. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at RCAF Dauphin, RCAF Pennfield Ridge, RCAF Yarmouth, RAF…

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

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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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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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LGanneyK1324929v1.pdf
Pilots flying log book for K Ganney, covering the period from 7 December 1942 to 16 April 1943. Detailing his flying training. It also lists his flying prior to log book. He was stationed at RAF Brough, RCAF Davidson and RCAF Dauphin. Aircraft flown…

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