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- Ticket to the Airmen's New Year's Eve Ball - 31 December 1952.
Courtesy Ed Holmes.
- Visit by the Minister of National Defence, Brooke Claxton - 9 December 1952.
Courtesy Ed Holmes.
- Front of 1 Fighter Wing Christmas card - December 1952.
Courtesy Harry Meens.
- Inside of 1 Fighter Wing Christmas card - December 1952.
Courtesy Harry Meens.
- Inside of 1 Fighter Wing Christmas card - December 1952.
Courtesy Harry Meens.
- Lord Alexander visits 1 Wing at North Luffenham - 14 November 1952.
Courtesy Ed Holmes.
- Earl Alexander Visits Canucks - 14 November 1952.
Newspaper article.
Courtesy Frank Newberry.
- Unidentified RCAF personnel at what appears to be a typical gathering - November 1952.
Courtesy Ed Holmes.
- Canadian Wings Over Britain - 11 October 1952.
Star Weekly Newspaper photo.
Courtesy Frank Newberry.
- G/C Hale and Lester B Pearson - 20 September 1952.
Courtesy Frank "Buzz" Moran.
- Blockade Squeezes - 15 September 1952.
Kingston Whig-Standard newspaper clipping.
Courtesy Frank Newberry.
- Part of the crowd at Air Force Day - September 1952.
Courtesy Frank "Buzz" Moran.
- Fly past of 1 Wing aircraft at Air Force Day - September 1952.
Courtesy Frank "Buzz" Moran.
- Pirates "Muscle In" on Air Show - August 1952.
Leicester newspaper article.
Courtesy Frank Newberry.
- Cpl Hagland's convertible sports car (an MG, probably a T2) with right hand drive - August 1952.
Notice the row of caravans in the background.
Courtesy Jean-Guy Choquette
- 1 Wing squadrons in a fly past - July 1952.
Courtesy Jack Fortin
- Corporal's Club membership card - June 1952.
Courtesy Jack Fortin
- The Control tower - June 1952.
Courtesy Frank "Buzz" Moran.
- Airmen's barracks - June 1952.
Courtesy Frank "Buzz" Moran.
- Feeding the beast. I was a fuel tender operator at the time - May 1952.
The rest of the story.
Courtesy Jim O'Connor.
- Jim O'Oconnor standing by a 426 Squadron North Star - May 1952.
The rest of the story.
Courtesy Jim O'Connor.
- My wife standing by a 426 Squadron North Star - May 1952.
Courtesy Jim O'Connor.
- My wife Virginia, due in two weeks, standing close to the 426 Squadron North Star - May 1952.
Courtesy Jim O'Connor.
- Front cover of a Quarantine Service booklet - 10 April 1952.
Courtesy Frank Newberry
- Certificate of Vaccination Against Smallpox - 10 April 1952.
This shot was provided by RCAF medical personnel at RCAF Station Uplands prior to my departure for North Luffenham.
Courtesy Frank Newberry
- The main gate at North Luffenham - April 1952.
Courtesy G Fitzgerald
- RCAF personnel on their way to dinner. Notice the "issue" coffee/tea mugs - March 1952.
(L-R) Unknown, LAC Doiron, LAC Guimond, LAC Lacelle stepping out of "billet #55". England was still on ration at the time. Airmen carried their utensils and food was placed on a tray.
Courtesy Jean-Guy Choquette
- Aircraftsman Meens Joins Fighter Wing in Britain - January 1952.
Newspaper clipping from Bellville Intelligencer.
Courtesy Harry Meens.
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