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My Sporadic Airforce Flying Career: From New Zealand to Canada and the UKicon for Recommended story

Timaru was not the centre of New Zealand aviation at this time, but there was quite a large hangar at the...

Durham lad in Canadian Armyicon for Recommended storyicon for Story with photo

At the outbreak of the 2nd World War, the Canadian Militia was renamed as the Canadian Army and January...

Canadians in Italy, 1944icon for Recommended story

A first-class fighting unit It was during the battle for Ortona that the Canadian 1st Infantry Division ran...

A Flight Mechanic's Tale: From Blackpool to Canada and Backicon for Recommended story

We were sent back to Blackpool where we were kitted out with rifle, bayonet, and survival gear, and posted...

York and Canada: Memories of an Evacueeicon for Recommended storyicon for Story with photo

At a CORB reunion at York University years later I met the young naval gunner who manned it. At a CORB...

Flight Lieutenant Leonard Thomas Mershicon for Recommended storyicon for Story with photo

My Grandfather was Flight Lieutenant Leonard Thomas Mersh and this is just a glimpse in his life during...

Canadian Hospitality for 141 Squadronicon for Recommended story

By Frederic Orton: We embarked on the troopship Aquitania on the river Clyde and sailed to Halifax, Nova...

My First Solo flying a Fairchild Cornell. 1945icon for Recommended story

So he decided that I should have a solo check with the C.O. of B flight, Flying Officer Barry, who...

A Doll Sent from Canadaicon for Recommended storyicon for Story with photo

However when I was in elementary school the War had just started and our group of youngsters decided to...

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Getting Down To Business

In our company, one platoon was made up entirely of Reserve personnel, commonly referred by the Active...

One Pilot's War

With the onset of autumn, 1943, Adams regained his medical flying category and, following a short refresher...

Basic Training

In other words I'd be going through all the rig-marole that would transform me from Stan Scislowski the...

Basic Training

But for all the energy we burned up in the feverish preparation for the final inspection and march to the...

Ski Training

Never for a moment did I think that one day I'd be strapping on a pair of skis, but here I was,...

Winding down the RAF War

With my R.A.F. travel pass I took a train firstly to Grimsby,Lincolnshire to visit Peggy, my A.T.S girl...

My Life My War - Chapter 11b

Our ‘Reward’ for this small service, was to retain our official police arm bands, to be served...

A Day in the Life of a Secret Agenticon for Story with photo

During my research of the ‘top secret’ spy school, ‘Camp-X’, I had the pleasure to...

Going Overseas: a diary

This afternoon I saw a water spout reaching from the clouds to the sea, not very far from the boat. There...

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Holidays

I remembered the name from the line-up when the Mustangs played an exhibition game game against the Sarnia...

Tukey's Storyicon for Story with photo

Another incident was when we were doing repairs that were needed; we were in the open ended hangers and a...

Air Bomber Instructor Part 2 of 3

Here we were flying Avro Ansons and Bolingbrokes. Before the course began, some of us were sent to stay at...

A Day in the Life of a Secret Agent - Chapter 2icon for Story with photo

Andy was then shipped out to Cairo where he had his first chance to test his skills learned in the weeks of...

My Life My War - Chapter 12a

Gradually, the sounds faded into the distance as we slowly entered the main channel and made our way...

Evacuated to Canadaicon for Story with photo

Over in Belgium where my Uncle Donald, was Chaplain to the British Embassy and Vicar of Christ Church in...

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