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  1. Letter from Bell, James Bond

    Dear Folks: It seems like a long time since I wrote to you last so guess I'll scribble off ... a good time there too. The place sure is open to airmen. You can just take the whole town if you like. ... a pretty fair indication of the results of the last test I hope. I am on duty watch this weekend but my ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 6:03pm

  2. Letter from Stubbs, Robin Anthony

    that if I do get close enough to land at any time (which is doubtful) to get a bearing I mustn’t use ... it. I will have to navigate simply by watching my drift and finding out what the wind is about seven ... times. As long as there are any white caps however small this isn’t too bad and even if it appears to be ...

    Editor - Jun 8 2023 - 10:25am

  3. Letter from Rooke, (Robert, Charles, and George)

    you should be so, but I thought that you would have been glad at the same time. I don't think ... I am only sorry I did not get away before. All I hope is that we get there in time to have a finger in ... have quite a day of it, yet we have quite a bit of spare time & nothing to do after supper. I must ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Mar 8 2024 - 1:39pm

  4. Diary from Dawkins, Arnold F.A.

    and they came back in. This went on for some time until the suppers were cooked. It looked funny to ... tables and held a Canadian Old Time square dance in their Compound. The fiddlers were very good and some ... singing, vocal, instrumental & comic dances. All kinds of fellows gathered around watching and ...

    Editor - May 1 2022 - 6:33am

  5. Letter from Ives, Raymond Ellsworth

    a good rest last night and got up in good time this morning. We went down to White hall and watched the ... morning there and the time flew very quickly. I saw many creatures that I have read about but now seen and ... we were watching the "big" one when I saw a peanut just inside the outer barrier. I reached ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 3:54pm

  6. Letter from McLellan, William John

    Edinburgh Jan. 9/18 Dear Folks: Well here we are again and in Edinburgh this time and having the ... time of my life. I'll tell you what I've been doing since I wrote you last at Bethune. Arrive ... A fellow can have a whole lot better time you know when he doesn't have to worry about the money. Well ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 4:38am

  7. Letter from Ellis, John Walter

    a month. I keep watching & waiting & still no letter & the mail man comes in every evening ... & I hang around him eagerly waiting to hear my name, but each time I'm disappointed. Oh! Kitty ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 12:09pm

  8. Letter from Turpin, Geoffrey William Francis

    chance to talk to her as she was working on tables but next time Im in town we're going to have ... to the British Black Watch, was in hospital here I think, & was just going back to his regiment. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 13 2021 - 9:01pm

  9. Letter from Gould, Albert Norman

    & makes me wonder how they do it. Its all timed so perfect & they all go out & come back so ... perfect it is a thrill to watch. Have you seen Marg lately. Did she come up & show you the pictures. ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 14 2021 - 10:23am

  10. Letter from Sanderson, Perry Hooper

    table in the second-class salon they issue you a ticket and you hold the same place each time. Bannister ... letter. Just had the pleasure of seeing my first submarine while we watching a tramp steamer appear. This ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - Sep 15 2021 - 3:09am