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  1. Letter from Mayse, Amos William (Will)

    bed about 5 am with you we are have a spell of rainy- foggy weather which is likely to last for some ... I was wishing you & the kiddies had been with me, how they would have enjoyed playing in the sand ... interested in hearing of how you are fixing up Shirley & yourself go on with the good work. There is ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 10:46am

  2. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    boys with me are feeling pretty hopeless about ever actually flying on operation, but I cannot see the ... fact. We are all going into this with our eyes open. God knows after 3 years of war, we ought to know ... more important than personal comfort or safety. They are a grand bunch of boys that I am with ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:05pm

  3. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    very rapidly. Hillier struggled with the controls trying to keep the ‘Halifax' on an even keel and ... a letter from a girl with whom I have been corresponding for over two years, saying that she has managed to ... get in- too with Stanley at Camp Shilo, and that the very day on which she wrote the letter, he was ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:09pm

  4. Letter from Baker, James Roy d'Arcy

    staying with them at the farm. Col. Laws was invalided out of service for high blood pressure and ... very impressed with the description of it give me by Cpl. Shore. It seemed to be all assets and no ... and it is marked in my log book with my official flying hours, which total 34. Course at AOS. lasts 20 ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:11pm

  5. Letter from Hansell, Harry Ernest

    names and addresses of the next-of-kin of RCAF crew members are forwarded with the original casualty ... letter. This is done so that the next-of-kin of these crew members may correspond with each other and pass ... Force Missing Research and Enquiry Service which was established some months ago, with headquarters in ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 2:42pm

  6. Letter from Balfour, James Stevenson

    thinking, not very seriously, of buying a second-hand motor-cycle with that 31£. But don't know how ... unless you can put some money to my credit with Mr. Reid. I don't want you to do that if it will ... which is much easier than marching. Love to each one. Your son Jim. Lieut. With no number, address at ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 1:45am

  7. Letter from Thornton, Gordon Stanley

    Barracks. Since arriving I bot myself a sleeping bag of waterproof canvas with an air pillow and double ply ... shooting. It is a lovely place with a small pond nearby to which we took the men for a bath and the way they ... enjoyed it was funny. The same day I was sent over here with 5 other Capts to locate the Companys in ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 2:50am

  8. Letter from Weeks, Ludlow Jackson

    Hospital for the 3rd time with his toe. that is hard luck isnt it? But he still hope to come over the first ... working with horses all the time. I have two of the stupidest beasts I ever saw. So far I haven't ... no Xmas there this year. They unveiled an honor roll in our church a little while ago with a lot of ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 3:28am

  9. Letter from Holmes, Stuart James

    Then I was put on driving drill, where you do Battery movements at the walk, trot and full gallop with ... was a splendid crop and the Farm yards sure look good with three or four big stacks, each with its ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 6:03pm

  10. Letter from Andrews, Gerald Smedley

    us a can of lobster we can't get it any longer. We are very very happy with your Gerry & ... my wife & baby a whole year. As with you, it seems like no time at all in some ways- in others, ... I ought to do & work up are going to keep me on my toes- at last I really feel that I can grapple with ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 16 2021 - 3:00am