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Letter from Arthur Phillip Price to his mother
Writes about his boxing match and playing rugby. Mentions weather, low temperatures and recent snow blizzard. Expresses that he is not impressed with Canada and has little news to report. Catches up with home news and reports that he is getting on…
Letter from Arthur Phillip Price to his mother
Writes of arriving at new camp where they were forming a new squadron. Notes that three others who trained with him in Canada had also arrived. Mentions dispersed nature of camp and distances he had to walk to facilities and other sections. Says he…
Letter from Arthur Phillip Price to his mother
Writes that he has settled in and has a bike and uses it to to get around and go to local village for dances and local pub. Mentions that they now have three Lancasters. Says he had gotten over a bad throat. Catches up with gossip and mentions…
RAF Penhold station magazine
The Penhold Log. Contains many articles including account of trip to United States, station headquarters notes, how Canada became British, boys in the RAF, a cyclist memories, entertainment news, sporting activities (photograph of athletics team),…
Tags: entertainment; sport; training
Letter to Arthur Phillip Price's father from Station Commander RAF Coningsby
Offer sympathy over period of waiting son's after aircraft failed to return from an operational exercise. Informs him of what will happen to his son's personal effects.
Tags: missing in action; RAF Coningsby
Sergeants' mess Christmas dinner menu 1942
No 36 Service Flying Training School. RAF Penhold, Christmas dinner menu for 1942. Includes several signatures and named 'Sgt Price A.P'. at top. On the reverse, many more signatures.
Tags: mess; military living conditions; training
Bashaw Alberta
Top right - view of town buildings. Captioned 'Bashaw Alberta'.
Bottom left - man on skis. Captioned 'Jack Ross'.
Bottom right - three women in winter clothes standing in line in snow with toboggan in front.
Top left - missing photograph…
Bottom left - man on skis. Captioned 'Jack Ross'.
Bottom right - three women in winter clothes standing in line in snow with toboggan in front.
Top left - missing photograph…
Tags: ground personnel
Alberta
Top left - view from air of a lake with town. Captioned 'Sylvan Lake Alberta'.
Top right - three women in winter clothes riding on a toboggan.
Bottom left -three airmen wearing greatcoats standing by a car in front of a building with sign 'Uptown…
Top right - three women in winter clothes riding on a toboggan.
Bottom left -three airmen wearing greatcoats standing by a car in front of a building with sign 'Uptown…
Tags: entertainment
Alberta
Top left - an airman wearing tunic and side cap standing by a doorway. Captioned 'Jock Ross, Calgary'.
Bottom right - an Oxford parked on airfield with fuel bowser in front. Behind left a control tower. Captioned 'Penhold, Oct 1942'.
Bottom right - an Oxford parked on airfield with fuel bowser in front. Behind left a control tower. Captioned 'Penhold, Oct 1942'.
Atlantic crossing
Top - Two men wearing life jackets by railings on deck of a ship. Captioned 'Mid Atlantic'.
Bottom - view up at the side of a passenger ship. Captioned 'H M T S Strathedan [sic]'.
Bottom - view up at the side of a passenger ship. Captioned 'H M T S Strathedan [sic]'.
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'.
Bottom - view of distant snow covered mountain. Captioned 'Banff'.
Tags: animal; First nation
American Buffalo (Bison)
Top - head on view of a bison with others in the background along with trees and fence. Captioned 'Buffalo in Banff National park'.
Bottom - side view of a bison grazing.
Bottom - side view of a bison grazing.
Tags: animal
Christmas party
Top - three children seated at table with clown crouched between two of them. Table has cups, saucers, plates and Christmas decorations. Captioned 'Kiddies party RAF Penhold, Xmas 1941'.
Bottom - large group of children seated at 'u' shaped table…
Bottom - large group of children seated at 'u' shaped table…
Bashaw Alberta people
Top left - view in poor visibility of a man on skis. Captioned 'Jock skiing'.
Top right - four airmen, one seated at table wearing tunic and three standing behind wearing overalls. Captioned 'Instrument section'.
Bottom left - two airmen wearing…
Top right - four airmen, one seated at table wearing tunic and three standing behind wearing overalls. Captioned 'Instrument section'.
Bottom left - two airmen wearing…
Party
Nine airmen, six sitting on a sofa, two standing behind and one sitting on stage on the right with a trombone. All are wearing tunics, six with pilot's brevet visible and two with sergeants rank. Most are holding drinks or beer bottles; one man is…
Tags: aircrew; entertainment; pilot
People
Top - two men wearing overalls standing by a work bench with shelves on wall behind. Captioned 'Ralph and "Lank"'.
Bottom - man wearing overalls working on item on workbench. Door and shelves in background. Captioned 'Lank'.
Bottom - man wearing overalls working on item on workbench. Door and shelves in background. Captioned 'Lank'.