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  • Collection: McCron, Samuel Lorne Wilfred

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Four head and shoulder portraits of for men. Sam is top left and he is in uniform. There is a pilot and a soldier but the fourth man is in civilian clothes.

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A plaque with a photograph of the Cenotaph and 21 photographs of local residents who died during the 1939 to 1945 war. It includes Sam McCron.

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An address slip for Olive McCron

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A head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified airman.

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A head and shoulders portrait of the gunner GC Morris R/278665 who died when Wellington LN167 crashed.

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A head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified airman, R215280.

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A head and shoulders portrait of J Rowe J41261.

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Two head and shoulders portraits of Sam in uniform. In the second he has sergeant's stripes and a RCAF wireless operator/air gunner brevet.

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Sam's will leaving everything to his wife.

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A form completed by Sam at the time he enlisted.

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A form with details of Sam's dependents, his wife and son.

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Sam's attestation paper on joining the Royal Canadian Air Force.

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The letter from RCAF Toronto refers to an enquiry from Sam McCron's widow. She had written to RCAF Toronto to find out the circumstances of her husband's death and what had happened to mail she had sent to her husband.

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The letter to the Estates Branch of National Defence complains that her husband's bank account is for Army not Air Force and she would like it sorted.

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The letter to the Estates Branch at National Defence asks for her husband's personal effects. She asks for his clothing, in particular.

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The letter to the Estates Branch of National Defence complains of items missing from Sam's personal effects - a watch, pen and pencil set and a bicycle. She expected the bicycle to be sold and the money forwarded to her.

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The two receipts, for $166.41 and personal effects are signed by Olive, Sam's widow.

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A document completed by Sam to allow an assessment made of his training requirements. It is divided into six sections -Job History, Aviation Interest, Education, Recreation, Family and Special Qualifications.

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She writes to the Estates Branch of National Defence asking about money in her husband's account and asks if he had insurance.

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The letter informs Sam's wife that Sam has died in an accident.

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RAF Form 551 - a medical report for the pilot of the Wellington that Sam lost his life in.
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