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MCurnockRM1815605-171114-005.pdf
The News Sheet of the RAF ex-POW Association. Inside are articles about reunions and attendances, the annual dinner at Henlow, Massed Bands Spectacular, request for information about the POW camp newspaper - Daily Recco, the 1997 Remembrance Day…

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MCurnockRM1815605-171114-017.pdf
News-sheet of the RAF ex-POW Association. This edition covers the large Canadian reunion of 1985 at Calgary, the Annual Dinner at Lords, Recco report of ex-POW activities, requests for help, Alan Bryett's lectures, the Association's AGM and annual…

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Records that Jack Meek a Canadian navigator was going back on operations after having been wounded on an operation to Berlin the previous January. Describes his crew and relates the story of the January operation where they were attacked by fighters…

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A handwritten account by Keith Thompson of his time training in Canada from the time he left England in February 1942 until he returned to Scotland as a navigator in January 1943.

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The cover of a magazine for The Technical Training School, St. Thomas, Ontario.
The cover shows a stylised airman holding up a twin engined aircraft.

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Western Union cablegram from Toronto announcing ' Arrived Tuesday am well love, Roy Chadwick'.

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A telegram asking if he received package previously sent. Handwritten annotation states all received and letter being sent.

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The telegram sends thanks for messages, Mary for letters, strips and badge.

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Alan asks if all is well.

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Alan writes that his father's cable has been received.

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Alan says he is fine and was not involved in a crash examination.

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Alan advises he passed his observer's course and was now studying for an astro-navigation course.

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He asks if his father received his cable last week. Handwritten is an address in Goderich and 'Hearty congratulations. Letter posted. Cables rec'd'.

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Alan hopes he survived the raid and sends Easter greetings.

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He says that his cables have been received, take no risks and 12 more days at this station.

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Alan writes that a letter has been received.

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Alan writes that he has received the cigarettes that had been sent. He wishes his family well.

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Alan writes with his new address.

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Four photographs on an album page.
Photo 1 - a view looking down to a lake, captioned 'More Lake Superior'.
Photo 2 - looking across a frozen river, captioned 'Quebec City. Taken across the frozen St Lawrence from Levis'.
Photo 3 - a wide river…

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An image taken from behind of an airman flying an aircraft. Information supplied with the collection states 'Steve Puskas flying an Anson'.
It is captioned 'Self - on cross-country Brantford - 1942'.

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Top - view from a ship of another ship with tug alongside. Captioned 'H M T S Strathedan [sic]'.
Bottom - view from rear of a of the front part of a train on a curve with water on the right and trees behind. Captioned 'Somewhere in Ontario'.

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Eight photographs, one captioned Fl/Lt Wood RCAF Course Commander'. Others show various sports teams and sporting activities. One colour photograph of Toronto captioned '1996'.

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Eight photographs of a decorated bomb about to be loaded on to a Lancaster. Mk 2
Painted on it is 'Ontario Citizens Special Xmas Card for the Reich' and has the names of where the crews originate - 'Ottawa, London, Perkins, Toronto, Timmins,…

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Aerial oblique photograph of a river flowing from bottom left to right middle. A bridge is visible.

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A damaged photograph with six airmen in flying kit. On the reverse 'Our "gen" crew [missing text] and not [missing text] from Ontario amongst us, [missing text]'

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