New this month The Ex-Air Gunners Association of Canada

H.M.C.S. Prince Robert painting by Bill Sloan

Gary McGregor, a major contributor to our RCN / HMCS PRINCE ROBERT Site, reports that Bill Sloan of Etobikoke, Ontario,  has completed a watercolour of the  PRINCE ROBERT.  Bill Sloan is a vet of HMCS MORDEN and his paintings have long been appreciated in the naval fraternity. The PR painting is a great piece of work, with impressive colouring and detailing as seen in the very small reproduction displayed here. A limited number of prints are available on 11x17 heavy, glossy 28lb paper. The price is only $10 to cover the cost of printing, packaging and postage.  Purchasers of the print are also asked to make a small contribution, on an honour basis, to the  Comfort Fund (for ailing and hospitalized vets) of the Naval Club of their choosing.  Your orders may be placed through  Gary McGregor at:  martinmcg@home.com

WHILE I WAS stationed at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina, one of the airmen smuggled a pet rabbit into the barracks. "Fred" became our mascot.  When we learned that the administrative officer, a gung-ho captain, was to inspect our quarters, a new home had to be found for Fred. Someone suggested the captain's house. He lived on base with his family, and Fred would still be part of the unit.
     That evening the captain was to be out of town. We put Fred in a box, wrapped it and placed it on the front porch. After ringing the doorbell, we hid and watched the captain's youngest son jump with delight when he saw Fred and read our note: "To my sons with all my love. Dad."

-- Contributed to Reader's Digest "Humor in Uniform" by Dave Reuter

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Wednesday 11/10/1999 3:36:34am
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Dad's War Finding and Telling  Your Father's World War II Story A great storehouse of links and directions  for researching and writing a tribute page  to your dad or family member who served in WWII http://hometown.aol.com/dadswar/index.html

My Father's Website - Sgt Don Bruce 115 Squadron RAF The articles in this site  have all been written by my father and are all copyright to him. I have convinced him that his stories should be shown to keep the history alive. These are a few of the many memories that he has. Jean Darley

National Memorial Museum of Canada's Air Forces Trenton, Ontario Back in October 11th 1929, Trenton was selected as the site of a major new military airfield, where combined land plane and seaplane operations could be carried out. Since then, it was the home of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan and later became the focal point for major taskings in the Korean War, the Cold War, and the Gulf War. The famed Avro Arrow made from here mades its only flights here in the '50s. Today Trenton continues to provide support to NATO, UN Peacekeeping, and Search and Rescue Operations.

World War II day by day German Military operations 1939-1945 by Christoph Awender Daily reports, maps and scores of photos from many different sources: private collections, original propaganda-fotos and postcards, from propaganda  and official Wehrmacht publications.

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