FIMG4L OBSERVE

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BOMBING AND GUNNER I

SCHOOL I

" FINGAL, ONTARIO, NO,y, 1943. . ~~~

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FINGAL'S BOND-BARDIERS

TOP THEIR $50,000 QUOTA

Fifth Victory Loan Sales Go Over the Mark With

a Bang

GUNNERS GET WINGS AND $1200 IN BONDS

STILL GOING STRONG

Quota Is More Than Half Subscribed on First Day

OCTOBER 18 was douhle-

header day at Fingal, with a wine-s parade aur] tile opcnin g of tbe~ bOH[\ drive.

Wh en Class G3 \Vi\GS stepped up for their wing.:, they had hand receipts in their pocketsalm c st t o it wan. T'vv cut y g radnates took $l,~~OO worth of hOI1{l..:; on their last day here. And the station as a took $;!7,4!'JO worth --

the qu o ta of $:')0,000-011 day.

"Altogether a ve r y

show," said S/1. Poupo r c, mall, who paid tribute to

I energetic captains and i scr s.

CAPTAT::-';:S _<lllfl canvassers Hospital, Sgt. Hodges; :1IH1 security. Fy Sgt. Smith; nnd buildings, \""02, Paveling

it

campaign, conver satiou ]ea.:;t-lllltil new

11~'\1l the sm art hand-pain tcd

e r s ar oun d camp 'were done

LA C Harry Switzer of workshnps. Brownie of 1LT. handler! the

truck which toured the (1layillg "Colonel Bngey's and giving short bond

One of F/O

I an N.C.O. pilot:

i haudcd him *,;j()O I bond-and he , not

F/Sgt. \VOOcl5; cquipmcn t, F/O Efliot t : accounts, Sgt. Lawrence; (~,1.S .. F/O j obn s t on, P/O Th ornp~Ol1, \Vo:-! Dri scoll. (1)1. Sadler; armament and ranges, FjSgt. Sprv, Sgt. Bryans, Sgt. Cooper, Sgt. L'Het t , flying squadron, P/O Gargett, FlO Clarke, \\lOz Straillie, F/Sgt. Spence, F/O \\/I11tc, F/Sgt. Dickson; uuir H.Q., \V01 Finla:y, Cpl. Ha1"\\'ood, Cpl. Ma cAl on cy : station sen-ices, S/O Xf acI n r o sh, Sgt. Brown, CpI. \Valkcr, Cpl. Barber ; r-epair squadron, F/Sgt. Peterson, F/Sgt, Post, F/Sgt. Hoc\QkiTls on, Sgt. Vinall, Sgt. Stanton, Sgt. Drouin, Cpl. Grove; rn ot or transport, \VO:~ Bean, F/Sgt. Naclcan : serviciug. FlO Shatford,F/Std Sharpe. Sgt. Phillips, Sg t. Case. Sgt. Widger. Sgt. Br own, Sgt. Conlin; t rainees, Cpl. Stoddart; civilians, Charlie Connor, B . Martin. TH E campai gn was enliven cd by s c veral incidents, notably the

of 'vli ssi ng Blonde:"."

entitled ",\-'ou\'c Got Blonde" di sappearthe drill hall tile tacked IIp 11 liar!

THIRTY-T\<VO times "Gill" Smith was paraded between his rcgimcn tal s~rgcant-major, adju s tan t and colonel before getting his trans-to the all' force, Then, in August. 194;~, after 2:? month.", ill England the R.C.A.i\J,C. he was sworn into the R,C.A.F. in London.

i Smi th. 2;'), was born in Scotland and came to Canada at 21. Tn Mav.

I!J--4-0, he left his home in Verdun to enllst in the a rrnv. After remustcr-

I i.ng: ove r sea s .1.IC took his T.T.S, in Yorkshire and wcu t to grading srlioo l <t,t Carlisle, ~!,~ miles from his native i

Sco tla nd. I

After returning" to Call ada he got

up ·H hours in at Win d sor Mill s before

A doubtful FiO 111 the hangar bein g sent out as an air b omh e r. area didn't know whether he'd buy He is now on Course 91 h er e.

not. .. or just what he'd do Overseas, he missed being bomb-

c anvass er was beginning to cd twice by minutes. When he joinhave tr ouhl e with him unti! an F/ J, ed the R.C.A.F. he slept past his stepped up and said he'd double stop in London, \', r hich was bombed anything tbe F/O bought. The 15 minutes later. He went on to F/O took $:1;;0 worth. Brighton, which had been bombed

Fin gal officers as sixted cl\ ilian 15 minutes earlier.

c.auipargn committees b v nddr e s.s What does he think of Engli sh in.g 111. cet.in~s. tbrougl~ol~.t the dl"-I \~'omen? "They're a little dcns~ at trtc t. They included v\" IL Hlag r ave, times, but once you get used to em F/L Ser vo s, F/O Carter, F/O J en- they're all right," he says. "They're ner and F/O D, G. j olms t on. 'not as h ep as our girls, uul es s

Word comes from overseas that I they've been mixing with Can amembers of the R.CA.F. Moose dians. But once you get us cd to

squad r on arc helping to bu y I them" they compare favorably with

uornb s thev drop on German". lours.

the close ~f the fir st (lay iil If you're. going overseas, Smith

~I;~l,~dr:~:l:~c~'~l~::l C~~~l:;,~;~,~n, nV1C I ~:i~s, bt~es,tl:~~gp~ t~a~~;e bi~d~sc,h~~21~

~::o,()()O objective. civvies and silk stockings, if you can get them.

It all reacted to the good of th e

/lOAD SAYS I-IE'S WHITE-WASHED THE I-IENI-WUSE AI\J'BOUGIHME

A \tleTOQY 80NO!

GOSU TJ-IAT GIVES A GLJV A SENSE OF SECURITY! \\

PARADED 32 TIMES IN ARMY BEFORE REMUSTER GRANTED

"Goodness, Norman! This is not our babv! This is the wrong carriage!" -

"Shut n p! This is a better carriage,"

Fingal Observer

No.4 Bombing and Gunnery School, Fingal, Ontario, November, 1943

ESCAPES NAZIS TO FLY AGAIN

JIM MYERS POSTED

TO OFFICERS' SCHOOL I

Fingal's Senior Warrant Officer in 17th Year of Service

IN his] nl! year of ser-vice ill the b~ .. C.A.F., "VOl James !'.Iyns, 39, has been recommended for a commission and posted to :\0. 1 Officers' Training- School at f)nmaine D'Estrel, Que. He was s cn- I ior warrant officer in Fing-al's rn aiutcuancc section.

Jimmy, whose home is 111

Hright on, Ont., was born ill Yorkshirc. He came out here at :~O, and un til he joined up lie mechanic and farmer in He was married in Toronto to a ir orn Iowa, and they have 011(' ,";011 and thrcc daughters.

Hi" air force number is E)01. and

lie's some wide service since

lie got He enlisted in Ottawa ill

Mav. 19;~7, spent a year a! Camp Borden, Iour years out We st and s-even years at Trenton. He has also been stationed at 'Toron to, Dunnville and Montreal. He carne h cr c in April of this year. Hi:" trade' was AEi\{ unti! it was changed to I,)

m~~}l~~nrnl~i~~h~~l~~se I,-·r

completed, it is expected will hold the rank of flying In thc engineering branch.

MARGARET DEFRANCIS IS BRIDE OF SEAMAN

Married to Alfred Reed,'

R.C.N.V.R., in Detroit I

I SGT. CLIVE FORBES OF FINGAL BAILED OUT 0 N NORWAY TRIP

I WAG Crosses Norway on Foot and Is Interned in Sweden-

i Finally Gets Back to Britain-Now Training To Be

I Air Bomber on Course 91

By STAN MAYS

P A.RAC~-I.UTI~G from a blaz~llg bomber over a Norwegian fjord, ~f':t -. C!J\'C For-bes, R.A.F., o t Ncwf oundlaud, escaped across Norivav to Sweden and 1.S today training- 10 be an air bomber at Fingal.

. He was the wire.less operator-gunn er of a Halifax, piloted hy his \\'111[<: c ommandcr, which was on a hu sh-hu sh mission to bomb the Gerll1~\Il battleships T~rpitz and Prince Eugene in Trondbcim fjord. A few

rnmu tcs after landing on the sn ow-c ovc r ed countryside he met his e.O.

Together they hiked for days oyer tile most 11101111ta111ou:; part of Nor wav.

After being interned in a Swcdi sh I -

camp with Poles, Czechs and other I allied fliers, lie manag-ed to return to Hritniu :1IH1 was sent to Canada' for further training.

Before going' all operations from Britain lie received his air-gunner'<

wing at Mac douald, Mau., in Marcb Ifl41. He previou sf y graduated from Calgary wireless school.

"l t was purely by accident that I went on that raid," said Forbes. ;

"But! wouldn't have missed it for!

anything." \

TH E raid had been well planned and crews taking part ban assembled at an advance base. Tile wing commander's crew was short

a 0 n c w ir e I e s s operator-gunner.

, Forbes volunteered for the job be- , cause he wanted to get more opera- I

tiona] hours. "It teaches vou never to volunteer for anything' in the air force," he said with a smile.

The bombers took off on a beautiful moonlit night and flew straight remus- for Tr ondheim fjord, where they

. 1 - . "'1 . expected a w a rnj welcome from the

tel €( to st raig it I Ti r pi tz. When they arrived there AG last July, I was a smoke screen over the fjord

H t has just I B~lt they .had figured on this and completed a re_11a1(.I bornbing plans acc or-dingly.

f ] The Prince Eugene was in an ad- I I b 'I 1 I

res let" ~Ot1rS: at t joi ning fjord and both bat tlesbi p s f~l\~~ ove~1 ~~d Ol~\"er I l~;f;;e 1~1~~ Heal 1 ech nical I w~re throwing flak as thick as anv- parachute opened, for when I came topped his' thing he had ever seen.

Fingal r c- I. "As we, went in,. the starboard ~~/ ~~~,~ S~Vil~~~~~ t~e:n~~)~rob~~~h~~ to ground I ~~:~e~u~t1~t~c~i'~!~,,,h\~e b;'ai~~k"T~~ burning on a hillside, That only

'bomber lurched crazily but the wing: took a Iew seconds and I thought commander managed to control it I ~i~ip,S·O. had gone down with the and after d oing a" wide circuit we

went in again. This time both the 'THERE was thick snow wher-e port engines were hit simultaneous- I • Forbes landed. He tried to bury I), and the whole win g burst into I his parachute hut was unahle to. dames. The e.O. yelled for 11<; to So he heaped snow on it. "I was bailout. The second pilot and en- certainly scared," lie said "The

gineer went out simultaneollsly I rr~~\~e:Cr~~\!i1:.~t(ejSt~acet itthe\\'Owl·l~drs~. eansdo

through the front and rear c scapc .

hatches. They descended so close difficult to hide a parachute.

that On the way down they were 'I' "I looked at the stars and figured able to talk and joke with (Hie an- out the way to Sweden. It was other. about 30 miles by air, but through "It's still 8. miracle to me how i the winding mountain passes would the CO. got out," says Forbes. I be considerably further. Between

"The bomber was out of control (Continued on next page)

JIM MYERS

GROUND CREW F-SGT. IS STRAIGHT GUNNER

Was at Fingal Awaiting Posting After Refresher Course In London

On Sept. 2H, ill Detroit, A \V1 I Lloyd Hewitt

~1argaret De Francis, 2:::, of Mon- I .

t-eal, became the bride of Grdin- ; school III ar y Scp',man Alfred Reed, RCNVR, I of St. 1. h omas. They were married ; by a justice of the peace in Detroit i county eo.urt-house. Mat-go's sistel', who byes in Detroit, acted as I matron of honor, and Pte. Stuart Munro, a friend of the groom, acted as best man. A week's lJonCV1l10011

\\'a$ spent in Detroit. .

CARD OF THANKS

NEW "Y" MAN HERE

and Mrs. "\-\Talter Emcry have i us to express their appreci- I of the kindness of Fingal per- I

sonnel, following their recent be- I A.F.M.'s GO AIRCREW

reavemen t. Their daught e r-, Joan I LAC C. E. Dickev and AC2 \V.

~~fargarct, age 3,. passed .3\\·ay in St. C. Michael. Fingal -A.F.r-..J.':;, have 1 h crna s .:M erno:!a! hosplt.al on Oct. r emust er ed to aircr-ew and are now

G, follO\\"ltlg a srx-mon th illncs s. I at Manning Depot in Toronto.

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(Continued fr-om previous page) me and the path I would have to take was a fairly shallow river. I didn't want to wade it because I would get too wet, so I walked along the bank.

"I hadn't walked far when I heard a twig crack and stopped dead. Nothing happened so I walked OIl and then another twig cracked. J stopped again and listened. Still there was silencc. When I went on someone shouted. 'Halt, who goes there?' I r ecogniz cd the voice childr cn that he was safe. The next I birthday present she has ever rc-

of my wing commander and sh ou t- day they would be posted missing. I ceived." movies

cd to him. He had h eard me and Apart from talking' this over tlleY"1 Taken to an arm)' base tile)' wer-e I d t k I u t I II I - S VV E DIS H girls were very

ra a en a cf 11i~ce ra wou ( )1 only discussed their best way to questioned and sent to an intern- sociable, and every week-end

a m(;l1l~er f 0 r:-; r:.rew. When get to Sweden, ment camp at Falun. The wing they went to the folk park en, which

stoppcc a ter I I~annR tile 1twl~s They stoic into a barn and tried commander was given accommoda- was a people's park. "There we

crhck he ~~o, It< stopped. ~hit S to get warm among the hay but tion in the officers' quarters and danced to a good orchestra," said f~r~. we die n t lear each other ie- were too cold and we t to sleep. Forbes was put in a barrack with Forbes. "They taught us the old

"I was certainly glad to see him J:~fJe~t~~e~~go~~r some time they sOTl~e PP;l~~ had tried to escape Swedish dances hut most of us pre" although he had given me a nasty "About D a.m. we saw a peculiar- from Poland to England in a sub- fe rr ed to do the modern steps, scare. He wan ted to cross the river shaped mountain which we knew marine, but a Nazi destroyer had which the Swedish girl s enjoyed but I was against it because of the could be seen for miles from either depth-charged them in the Skag- just as well. There was many a wet. \Ve talked it over but after all, side of the Swedish and Norwegian er-rak and they had managed to ~~:~ircl~ J~ft~~'I~e~d\~~ ~~(~o~fet~~ ~;~~ {Jvas hi11ergcant an}d he .my C.iJ, ho r der s," said Forbes. stagger into a Swedish port and 1 war Canadians, Poles, Czechs and

' e wac ec. across t ic rl~'cr;, t 1(' "\-Ve walked straight for it all had been interned. I Spaniar ds, who are still interned

'T ... -ater coming up to my 'waist. day. At nig-ht when the sfl10w froze, IN the barracks he was comfort- after the civil war in Spain, are all

HEY tried to calculate where we could walk on top 0 it, but In bl I I 1 1 Ii . . .. I I

they wer-e and listened for the the daytime it came up to our \ve~e ca C1it~fe 1 ~i~~~~~tl f~~~~~tt~;~; ::eUtit~n~al~l~. marrying grr s t rcy sound of trains. The still air was waists and the going was hard. R.A.F. His bed was less than two "The Swedish girls have an UBcrisp and clear. Eventually the Every step taken required the max- feet wide and he was on the lower usual way of dancing, They have mountain silence was hr oken by imum effort and the slower you tier. There were 24 beds to a small no body rhythm but dance with the the sound of a train wh ist le to the walked the deeper you sunk into r00111 and above him slept an Eng- feet in tiny, dainty steps. Once yon

north. They headed in that direc- the snow drifts." lish WAG who had been shot (\0\\'11 get used to it there is no difficulty,

tion but it was six hours before 1 .... H Y I I " I' b . I II '

they came upon the tracks. pe;k at I·~f~h;~m. \~~e ;~\~l~n~~~~ 111 ~1~~I~a~:r~a~~;arse. According to c~~v~~); t~;se:~om;~~/tthi~~'~ el~~. ern t

Finding the railway, they follow- and crossed over a range of moun- Swedish custom they were served "What amazed me was that <o

ed the tracks east towards Sweden. tains slightly beneath, to one side two breakfasts. The first, about many people could speak English. It was a great relief to them to of it. 'Lhev stumbled down the G.30 a.m., consisted of black erxatz \Ve never had any trouble talking walk on the tracks and not in the other side and knew they were in coffee and brown bread which to Swedes in that town.

deep SIlO\-V. Eventually they came. Sweden and across the border, Irav- looked all right but turnc d out "I spent a whole summer in that

to a. town around midnight.. After i ing escaped the Gcr-na n patrols. soggy when you tried to eat it. town of IGOO people. Ever-ybody

l ookin g around the. yar-ds IT1 ll.le I "We saw lights or a house In the Second breakfast was around treated u s well and didn't mind if

darkness they examincd SOl11e tail- : distance and walked up to it as fast 11.30 and was usually mainly fi;;h. we stole their apples in the fall. way truck;s to see i~ any \\ere' as p6~foiible>" said Forbes. "\Ve were This was a peculiar dish, served in vVe hired bicycles for four kroner a marked with a Swedish r1cstma-' nut of br-eath but the knowledge vinegar. It tasted all right in small week with money paid to us hy the tion. i that we were in neutral territory quantities but when served in lar- British legation. VVe entered into

"Although we saw cars witll I had given ns renewed strength at- ger portions and more frequently the Swedish social life and got a labels :-Clyin.g "Svei rge" en them, it- i though we had been walking COI1- was most unappetizing. big kick out of May day, when

wasn't unt?l afterwards that .'''c I tinuousl y without sleep for three Last meal, more fish, was about everybody put on beautiful and pic-

lca rned thi s W<lf:;;: th.e Norwegian I days. 4.30 p.m. Other dishes wer c limited turesque Swedish national cos-

<pelling of S'w'~d<!i'n," said Forbes. "We decided to give our selves up and 00 per cent of all vegetablcs tnmes. I made one trip to Stock-

\Valk.iIJill.g around a bend in the at this house, which turned out to 'were potatoes. Dessert was 11:5t1- holm and stayed for four days, raih:.;,:@.o/ rhey came f,~ce to face wi tb he a :-ki club, where a big party cel- I ally in the form of. a stew. Or it touring the city and making merry. ::tt (~\e'rman guard. He was about ebra.ting the eve of May rst. a sort: might be called a thinned-out syrup! And I shall never forget those ':W feet away on a high stand over- of Swedish Labor Day, was going' in which we found traces of every i beautiful Swedish sunsets." looking the tracks," he .said. "The I (Ill. :4. Swedish army captain who I kind of fruit-raisins, .pru!les, pears, E VENTUA_LL Y Forbes manwing commander saw hun first and I was In the club took charge of us, I peaches and apples being Just a few. ae ed to return to n itain He grabbed me by the arm and w.e just ! \Ve were given food and d rink and, But try as hard as he could.. he had alread' done four other o ocrstood there a moment mumhling to I the w?men ~ffe;ed .1IS cig-arettes. never actually found a t angiblc ational trips, to Rostocl:-, Dor teach other and then cas1!ally tt~rn- I The wmgco didn t dr-ink or smoke, part of anyone of these. mund, Ostend and Cologne, He was e~ and saunt~red off, .stlI,1 tal king. 1 hut I had a pretty &ood trme. IN the summer they swam in a e-iven the oppor-tunity to t-ernns tcr It s a good thing we didn t panic or . Everybody was very friendly and nearby lake and sunbathed. ~nd train in Canada, and take in tl~e. guard would ~ave been sus-' ~10 sooner was m'y ~la~s empty .than There was no work to he done un- some leave at Bonavista on the way

rlCIOUS ani ev{.~ytiling :wo?ld have it was filled again, Forbe:" said. less they especially volunteered. If there .

. Jeen"l1P. uc I y Ie didn t nO~IC{1 THEY were given comfortable they did work they were paid. He wa s royally welcomed when d:!lyt I.mgt wrong ~fbout us. (Ve rae beds and locked in their room Money could be earned for sawing he returned home. His parents and

IS1ull~,e( our UI1l otms as icst we until the next morning when they timber, cutting wood, working in a br-other-s and two sisters were overcou o. were awakened at eleven and serv- hrick factory or other manual joyed to see him. One brother is

THEY took to the mountains cd a typical Swedish breakfast. tasks. Most of them discontinued in the R.C.A.F., and his younger again and judging the general I This is something like a buffet. You this as they decided that the food sister in tile \V.D.'s at H.Q. in Ot-

direction by the sound of train" . just walk to a table and take as wasn't good enough to work on. tawa.

walked parallel to the railway. Imuch as you want. "We could go out every night so That is the end of his story, Safe

We asked Forbes what they did,. "\Ve were taken to a nearhy long as we stayed in the locality," ~10me at la,st ~fler. an. adventurous a~d \V~lat th~y spoke of on a drear)" I t own and al lowed t? trans:nit a said Forbes .. "The to.WI1 had movies journey which In his wildes t dr eam s hike like this across enemy t er-rr- ; measage to 0111' relatives telling of which were 111 English and carried he never expected on that nl~ght tory. "You don't speak much," he' our safety. I sent one to my home Swedish sub-titles. That was okay when he took. off. to bomb a G~rreplied "\Ve seldom said anything ~ ill Bonavist a, Newfoundland. 1 af- for us and we had a helluva time. l~an battleship III a Norwegian wlrile walking on the road. Occa- t erwards found out that my mother Sometimes, though, we missed the fjord.

sionally we sat down for a few and father had received official jokes. They were printed on the Now he is eager to get back to moments and ate some of our iron ~ notice that I was missing on Fri- screen in Swedish before actually Britain again in order to carryon rations-malted milk tablets, and' day. On the next day, which was spoken by the people in the picture the fight where he left off. And chocolate." IllV mother's birthday, they re ceiv- and we often lost them altogether this is the spirit of which heroes

The wingeo was wondering how cd my message from Sweden, and because we couldn't hear above the are made, It's the spirit of the air he could get word to his wife and she told me that it was the best laughter of the Swedish folk. They forces of the United Nations today.

SGT. CLIVE FORBES ESCAPES THE NAZIS

FINGAL OBSERVER, NOVEMBER, 1943

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Published monthly at No. 4 Bombing and Gunner-y School, Fingal, OnL, under authority of Oroup Captain J. G. Kerr, A.F.L .. Commanding Officer

FINGAL OBSERVER

Committee

Prcsidcnt.. F/L J. 1>.1. O'ReiJ1y

Scc.c'Trcas l'/ L E. Dunncfly

Ylanaging Editor. __ .. _._._ .. _ ~

Clarke Edward s, Y.)'LC.A.

Editorial Staff

E(litor-in-Chief __ ., .

\'l02 Ben Sugarman

Women's News Editor. .. _

Cpl. Helen Kasdorf Photo Editor •. Cpl. H. Harwood

B. and G Brains Trust Gathers at Fingal

WEAR BA TTLEDRESS ONLY WHEN ON DUTY

Every bcmbi n g school ill Canada ommended for a s t audard. In Otlicr delegates prcs en t \HfC: F/O

was represented at a conference charge of the discu s sion wer-e F/O C. C. Wil lis. Sgt. H. \tV. Webber, held at Fingal last month, whose J. D. Alexander, of Picton, and Sgt. \V. F. Davidson, of Mountain object was to present, compare and \VO:! Jim Mac alccse. of Mountain View; \VOl L. J. Desbien s, Fingal; submit recommendations on botub- Vie .. e. FlO John Bee, honor grad- CpI. G. Gr eat orex, Paulson; Cpl. ing training. Each delegate r eport- nate fr om Fingal, repor-ted Oil No. D. )'L Armstrong, Dafoe; F/Sgt. cd on training as carried out at his .l I B. & G., Picton, while a former G. A. Catnble, Jarvis, now remusunit U1Hl the conference then set Finga I in s truc tor. FjSgt. Cliff tercel to aircr ew : and \\/0:2 H. B. about framing an ideal systeru r cc- Awcock, represented Lethbridge. Magwood, Mo s sbank.

Not To Be Worn Off Station Without Permission

Old Soldiers Never Die I YE EDITOR'Sl

So "Pop" is Doing His Bit I MAILBAG. I

By LAC RAY MARTIN

AFTER ';IT\·ing thrcc years over seas in the las t war a-; a druru

scrg can t-major, Harry Williams lias returned to do hi s share in this 011e. It's easy to set', that his happiness i s built upon the fact that once again he i s doing his bit.

ltut this tim e he is not in uniform. His slighr , erucr figur c, s ohlierly and quick, short steps arc all that remain of the (lays a quart cr a century aco. And now he is getting· old, as he readily admits. "Pop" patrols the entire station 1

daily in search of discar dccl papers I that always plague the r aretnkcrs of such la r ae stations Recognize him now?

"Pop" 11<1'0 been here [or more t han a year and has hecotu c as wcl l known -and as popular a figure as the paymaster. He lra s taken an active interest in the station's tlr-um , and bu gle band.

"I can't. blow th c bugl e like T used to because of these false i teeth," he said, "but] still like to get out there with the band and swing the old drum sticks." and immediately gave a brief display of hi s technique.

WiTH his sou, Edward, some-

where in the Mediterranean theatre, "Pop" bas made it a point to keep as active as his son. and the leave granted him a shor-t while ag-o mar-keel the first time since accep ting employment here that he I

lm-, missed a clay's work.

n01"l1 in the Guernsey Islands, he

MAURITIAN AIR BOMBER I ~<Wl~h~_:~<;etl~~~a~~1l1~1:.r?;a:~7b~~~lr~ <~~~~

l.AC Harry Goriah, :!2, air bomher I ident of :)f. Thomas, where he has in t r-ainin z here comes from become well known, partly through P~Ill[llcr~I~)~sses, ~.H1 the Island his con~ection.s y;it:l t,he town'_3- 01 Mauritius. An ex-postal clerk, vcte rans assocta.no ns. Shor tly ~t

lie joined the R.A.F. in Mau ritius l er the ou tlir-eak of tile war \\,1111 December, H141. He told us the Kaiser, he enlisted with a local once fell ill part of the rcuimcn t and Ia tcr went overseas ti(J years ago, and WIth till' Lth PHIIH.'cr:-; out of Nova

still spoke of ir a

event. Harr v'< lnothcr i . ..: hi . ..;

at all O.T.C ovc r scu- V(1\l -cc

] .AC Dit chbtu-n, ·.I2!1 Squadron, R.CA.F. Overseas.

HARRY WILLIAMS

Dt~ar Editor:

1 hope you will r cmember me. I am one of the Fingal !\-LT. hasbcens and I think myself very fortunate in receiving one of your July copies that a friend Eorwar dcd to . me. It sure is like old times to I read of happenings hack at the old camp.

The place \\.t:: ar-c at isn't too bad except it's a little different gutt.ing breakfast in the morning s. You sec, we have s otuethinjr like a mile and a half to go to tile c ookhou sc instead of just hopping out (If good old 11 A and into the mess. But i there's one thing to look forward to, if we are here long enough. \Ve are issued with a lovely bike that saves plenty of steps and can also take us a few "ops" to the nearest pub.

I would like ..,·OU to tell the old gang that when -they get scrambled eggs they can believe me thev arc real cbicken's eggs and 110t from a container as we ge them here.

And another thing, be sure and pay OUf respects to the new pool and soda bar. It must make life on cutup wo r th while, instead of having to hop back and forth from town all those lovely liu s es of Richends.

I take it that. Jay has left. He sure v vas a swell fellow and a good sport. So if you contact him. remember Ditch to him.

1 guess it's time to sign off with this jabber. so ch ecr-i o. with best regards to nl l.

CRASH A"fBULA'iCE DITCH

ting about with the battered paper sack over his left should er and till' long spiked pole poised in hi s right ann, remember that the gTC a tcs 1

r.omplim en t that call hand him

i" to sim plv say, Pop"

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FINGAL OBSERVER, NOVEMBER, 1943

EMPIRE BOXING CHAMPION

IN TRAINING AS AIR·GUNNER

Tea? Ugh!! Says an Englishman!

At 38, LAC Al Foreman Remustered From PhotographerWas at Fingal Awaiting Posting After Refresher Course in London

By STAN MAYS

1'1\[ an Englishman ,and I dOll',t drink TEA! N~;'e,' touch ,the beastly stuff. Don t tell Inc 1111 crazy, or that tt s un-Engfisb. Because that will make you the 375th person to say so in twelve months. Truth is that I'm allergic to a cup of tea, Maybe the ),,{.O. can tell me why. I've been asking myself the question for the last :!2 years. The first time my mother gave me tea I said in baby-talk, "Ug'll !" I didn't know how near I was to the truth. I've been saving it cvc r since. I'm still trying to dodge the t r ouhlc it gets me into. It's the worst habit I've never had. Wh cncvc r -I go to an yb ody'< house 1 say "How d'you do-l don't drink tea." And they reply, "Arc you sure you're English?"

Silly, isn't it?

L!\C r. FORE.l\lA.\J -. of 1\1011- i limit, tl~~y'd jet. nH~..rellluster as air - who rcti r cd nine years I gunner, AI said. I was the 11 apauo a s undefeated lighh\"ei~ht' piest man in the air for-ce when the c"il;tmpion of the Briti sb Empire, I ag-(~ limit \, .. 'as raised. to :lfl, for I has rcmust crcd to straight a!I"-g"~Ill- knew my eyes and r~flex{'s were u cr with the same. dcter mination i good a~ ever. Once I tnl11mc,,1 down

~\'i~\1 ~~ol~r~f~etot;~~~ i~~:ll~~lii~\I:~nca~·I~:I~ I :~~ ~~~~~~~~' ~)~~~in~Ol;~~le;~il)~~\lc~V·;c

1\:(:\"CI" knocked out in the F(~~~I/,~,7n t~~t a:t~t 1;~1i~e~\'i~ 1~1Ii;~~~~:

l-orcmau h01H~S to knock . l i 1

l:1I(:JllY plaues \:ilh the suruc rl;il~n~~~(\\~,I~rlkeaa\l~n~\\·~I~~er~'a;I\~ l,l~f

cffcctivcnes s. Foreman. who r c- Rockctiffe. punched the bag and ccn tlv completed a pre-alrCl~C\\·! <part-ed with R.CA.F. pals· until Ii::"~_n·'(' at .;1 T.ondo.Il. technl~al I rumor went around camp that. he ~.~I~:~~:)I~~.:~~,~'I'~-" ,JUfit left. FIllg·,t\ rur arr- ! in t cnded to make a cOIT.leback. So ,... ,~ . ::-;d~oo1.. . . "he did-hut not III the ring. It was

1.11(' qo.eky lit t le ligh t wcighr, in the gun turret of a bomber. holder of the w.g.-h.l's record for W

on c-rcuu d kn ockcnts. and COI\-, .HEN h~ went befor-e the mel.l-

of three worl d''s ebcrupions ! . leal board. he had reduced. his

ovcrweight c on tcst s, has trained -vci gh t from 15~{ I?ounds to 1.:13, JUq

hi, chan cc to light Fritz just -"IX 1)Ollll(b. heavier thun his he . ..;t as k ecnl v as he would for a title fi.'{htlllg weight.

l;l)lIt. I-fc reducccl ~o pou nd s to ;'I'd like to he eunn c r in the tail muk c xure he was at peak phy~;cal of a l.1"lu("";\."ter,".~aid FO:':l1Ian. "It's romlitiun for his air crew cxamina- '\ zood r csp on siblc P?5ltlOll where

~1~:~. He pa ss c d all tests with h on- 111~~i~I~~, pi~rtj~a~! <~~~t~onmo·re ·R~ll~~

than the other lads."

He suggested that many Canadian athletes who thought they were wash eel tip because of tbeir age would make good gunners. "Boxers would make better-thanaverage air-gunners, for they have been trained to s plit-sccond timing, thev're cool under tire, and their reactions are good. Tile air force cloctors passed my r cllex cs a s perfect, for example. At :-lS, I'm sure there are a lot of athletes in Canada who'rl give anything for a crack at Jerry, but are tinder the imprc s-

"The recrujting . m c that if thcv

I

sicn that they arc too old for air- j Each punch had everything' he crew." I could put into it, which was plenty.

A. member of the CN.H.. Pistol i His left ltan d was as potent as his Club at Mont real. Foreman is a: right. Of mo~c than :200 ring knocktine rifle and pistol shot, which he I Ol~t".' upp r oxirnately half w~re adthinks should help him to master \ ministered from the port Side. In his machin e guns. 14; year-s in the l.·in~, Foreman 1 0.:;; t

Never the playboy type of fighter. o;lly seven of hIS H2i fights, ch-ew AI Foreman earned more than eigh t and won 312.

$GOO,OOO in the ring. He didn't de- He Icugh t five wor-ld's champio1l5 velop his footwork in night clubs and won from. three. In 19.27 he like other popular fighters of his handed a technical kn ockou t 111 fi~·e day. He didn't like night clubs- rounds to Carl Tremaine, n L1Sthe smoke hurt his eves. In train- towel boy who went to the U.S in!;;". he took nothing 'stronger than and became worlcl's bantam cl1a.I1.1- an occasional sh er rv and hitters. m on. Trcm3111c. too, was a t er rihc

"Th cv'Il never have 10 hold an)' hitter. "He banged me one on thc bencfit s for me," he said. "The side of the head, au d so help me, I money came ea silv-c-I got $11,000 couldn't wear my hat for. two for a fight with Goldie Ahearn in weeks,' Foreman recalled with :l Wa shin gton, which lasted just 2~ g rm.

seconds-but I tried not to let it

go the sallie way."

F ~~cEt:5~~;~ !k~~~~k~~1~ r~cb~~t!~~

history. putting away "Ruby" Levine of Boston in one and a half seconds at Mon treal. "Both of 115 had been edging our way to the centre of the ring and when the bell rang, we bot Ii led. I connected anrl he went clown to stay," recalled

For-eman. .

He also had more one-round knockouts that any other fighter. In t.he ring, Forcm·aTl never let up.

LA.W LENORE WHITE BECOMES A. CIVILIAN

U~T[l. recently, FOrCl1lrlll: \\'110 1S almost :{~I, was considered too old for ab-crcw. Recruiting" officers said they were sorry, but·the)' couldn't overlook the rule which set the maximum age for air-gunners at 33. So Foreman, a crack news ph ot optauher with the :\.1011- t r-ea l Standard and Colonial Airway", enlisted in the photographic section, slugging away long hour!" at Rockc.iffc as a dar-kroom j cc.

LA \''/ Lenore wu«, for 1 i months at Fingal as a chef, has received her discharg-e for medical reasons. She ">'as mar ried last April to LAC Gordon White, formerly of Fingal, now overseas. Mrs. Whit c is n ow residill.~ at 13 Slade Avc., Torout c .

IN THE BULL PEN WITH 89B

By H. HURST and B. J. BECKER

Course. 39B. the precision sq\.1'HI oi Fingal, though only halfway through the course. is composed of real veteran>; of Fingal who, before starting course, lived tlu-ong h si x weeks of back-breaking hearr-reuding Joe work. This flight, a. high

sial ion official stated. should graduate with highest marks ever obtained by a course of air bombers. Like 50 many other Hights. 89D also has an international aspect. with representatives IrOI11 Canada, LT.S.A. and England. Following is an attempt to set 011t how the members of 89 B appear to impartial observers:

\ xlc vlahon. Windsor

XICKN.\"!E ,\PPEARAl\CE CTr.\R;\CTER
Jonsey Dapper Extrovert
Frcnchv Cute Student and letter
writer
Brownie Dashing Secretive
Doesn't look well Meticulous Romeo
in print
Coleman Energetic Sax. player
ext raordinaire
Gunga Din Matinee Idol Entelligent
Andy Pudgy Lazy
Mac Healthy women's man
Mac Retired Businessman Il1tel1igent, ccnsci-
entious, tolerant
Mac Gary Cooper Upright
~rac Conrad Vddt Secretive
Gene Aesthetic Studious
Scotly Typical Airman Energetic
-~~~ \!ischievou~ .. \ssntive
Unknown Typical Bluenose :\Iilitary secret
Ikek \\'dl·fed Insufficient
in[onnatiOil OUTST.-\XI)JXC; CHIEF

CH;\R:\CTEHTSTTC \VE.'\K:1\·ESS

RE~TARKS

XA.\lE and HOME TOW0r

;';011e

TC11nis

nislikes parades

s. Guindon, Ottawa 1 r:-Hu1"st. S'·-::'=mC:i'=~~~~~~~~='::T.c-""~

0lncLenn. Antigonish, N. 5.

W C. Clal'perton, Vlontreal ~-V'/off~------lJip~--\VhathailjJen-;dto-;

~n.-ef-"-"-l1a-n-,'C~'-n'~d~a'-"(~:,~pi~ta~l~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-e~~~~~--'~~i~'k-·np-a,-ad·,-,~~SI·,,-p~in-g~in-.7',-"-nn-,~~~~~~~~~~:jn orchestra

Albany, N. Y. },[akcr of French beds

Loquacious

Sports addict

A "which" for "what"

Nonc-e-man of steel .A. fine specimen

Dora

Lack of attention in class

JJ. Mac lsaac. Sydney, !\. S.

.1 MocDouald , Alan Irom Glengarry

Strong, silent man

Philosophical discussions

Happy in service

Verbosity

wet canteen

This type is backhone of ReAP

J Parent, Ottawa (coni"ldenlially. Ilull)

Cubic-al capacity -2 pints Like.~·-·sPOJts

\Net canteen

Also makes French beds Real-col~li;;{;;;material

J. Ross, ~(lrt.h nay

rl·aytor, FIQrid;Ca;-~~~~~-

Last to rise each

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FINGAL OBSERVER, NOVEMBER, 1943

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'An Airman Takes a Bride-and Fingal's W.D.'s Celebrate

5th VICTORY LOAN BEST INVESTMENT HERR HITLER SAYS

Even the Nazi Leaders Are II Buying War Bonds, Be-

lieve It or Not !

By JOE BLOW

We sure met a dutuh cluck othcr night. He thought that

he bought a war hond lie \-\,,<1'-; C011- trihuting something to the C'-lU:-C. Like a donation to the Red Cros.s. He thought he was "giving" instead of receiving.

We said right out loud: "Look at this dumb dastard; he thinks he is GIVTNG something. instead of making: a swell investment."

/\11<1,- much to our surprise, m ost of the group to whom \vc adch-css((:'111 tbesc Iew weU chosen remarks had the same idea. Th ev thought thc v were making a ten:ific sacr i!lee· by buying bonds.

"Well," we said, "if you wcr c gain p to invest some loose change in Gencral1.·fotors or some such stock, would vou consider vou were making any sacrifice?" They all agreed that they would not.

"OK, then," we went On, "how long would General Motor-s be worth a nickel if this coun tr y went smash?" They a.ll agreed that their investment wouldn't bc wor th a dime.

"All right, again," we said, "there is no thing more solid and substantial than the Canadian government. When it falls, everything fall s. But it ain't going to fall. So whcu you bnv bonds all you are doing is investing your money in the safest and best in ve stmeu t in the worId today.

"\VIIV, even the Nazi leaders an: l'lI.Ylllg· war bonds because the" 'kn ovv th a t their m oncv wiH he safe"

Surprise Party for Murphy She's Showered With Gifts

War or No War, Girls WILL Be Girls-So Pink and White Streamers and Gay Flowers Enliven W.D. Canteen

In Honor of Lovely Bride

By HELEN KASDORF Fellow." It \\'as (_l P!c;_j:-;;,ull

. Gl[~LS wili h(, girls, even thcugh pris; for lie]":

thcv are in the service and \'\-c, put little Mur-phy 011

lead a 111 ore or less milita r v life ,'\10(11 1fl the centre, cvcryoue during the day. Pink and -white! creel around, sitting on cusliion s uu vt reamers recently took us hack to the £,:)Or, ,\'hll~_ she started UI1- the days when our mo tbcr, g-ave wrapping the .guts, which iuclud cd showers for friends and r clative- all .1Io~lsekeepll1g cqutpmen t from a

A shower was held in the \V,n whist ling ,teapot t.o a hath towel to recreation ccnt r c in honor of LA \V a set of dishes. No reason now Ior Kay \rurpll~', who was recently a starved husband.

Ill':lrri.ed ,to LAC Lloyd Nichol, of CUSHIONS. and paper wer-e

till:' station. clear ed 011 tile floor for

. After five one Wcdnc sd av the Cpl. Xor a Rccdman and g-lrls got together III the can teen Belly Smith er s aave some amu sa~H_l decorate;\ t11C wcs t room with ing imitations. Dainty sandwiches, pink and white st r catucrs. wreaths cake and cookies wer e served after of .colored aut unm leaves, and a sing-song, topped off by a spot quatnt pink shades. Huge bouquets of tea, thanks 10 our new messing of flowers were donated by the fire- office- Miss Mac Int o sh

men. A footstool in the centre, of Abo~t 10 o'clock Mr. ·Nichol apthe ro~m served a~ a throne. GIftS peared on the scene, and everyone were piled around It. drank a toast (in tea) to their By eight o'clock the girls wer-e future happiness.

all assembled, and someone Someone dug up a package of

was sent to bring Mrs. Nichol confetti and the young- couple (she's still little Mu r phy to us) to looked like a pair of Christmas the canteen. The minute she open- trees. For a send-off their car was eel the doo r everyone burst out decorated with all the trimmings singing "For Shc's a Jolly Good and escorted to the gnard house.

An English society matron, visiting a farm ill her new \V.A.A. F. uniform, and all hepped up patriotically, coldly eyed a young fanner, busy milking a cow.

KIWANIANS VISIT US "And how is it, 111:111.

Mcm b ers of Chatham's Kiwanis that you're not at

dub were uucst s here recent l v. Tile farmer took a straw out [If

tSI;~;;l;~(l1r:~1 (\\II~Il~;~lli~~ . ~ hi~,~l~~~~li~~,sPt~lla~~~:d t~leJ:.l\~cr;l:ill't []U

me s s . milk at tlrat end."

BARTER GOES AIRCREW Sgt. Pat Barter, G.1.S. inst r uclias rctuu ster ed to aircr ew and HOW at Toronto "),,fall111ng Depot.

Calling All Newspapermen

ATTENTTON, newspapermen! We have heen informed that there arc several former newsmen hiding out on this station. The Observer needs III(::n with experience-ex-reporters, desk 111 en , advcrtisin g men, cartooniats, artists, or anybody wi th journalistic experience, Ther e'r e no fif tv-a-week salaries, but at least i t will be like old hear the: again. ! office r you: you'd i a report-I

see us. '

"The Observer s ccm s to be an excellent ~,~tnc fI'<1pCL r :ff)l~m& ~n in ter es tiug without knowing the people."-From a T.T.S. officer.

II There's one in every hut. He spends half the night crawling. into ?ed so : that he can save five rnmutes work

i in the morning.

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FINGAL OBSERVER, NOVEMBER, 1943

10

'Bonds for Blondes's-Pl O Prang's Slogalz

WONDER BOY MAKES 6000

AS VICTORY LOAN SALESMAN

He Wants Everyone To Do the Right Thing by Him-And by the Jolly Old Government-So Shell Out,

He Says, For Victory

By WOl J. A. WEARY

THE Fifth Victory Loan drive is on, as if you didn't know, and most of us have been approached by salesmen to contrihute our share. Fingal's new flying hero, }-I/O Prang, is one of those salesmen. Fortunately, his prowess as a salesman is far greater than as a pilot. His gift of the gab, you see.

He didn't want the job. Prang isn't that kind of a gUY. Rut when asked by the e.o, if he was interested, he immediately said, "Why yes, of course, naturally, who isn't?"

Appointed as a salesman, he was Iulness of the many. Now you arc very much chagrined to discover one of the many and when your that it was bonds. not blonde!', that dollars arc multiplied hy thousands the C.O, was referring to. of other lenders like yourselves, our

He was stuck with it, however, objective will be reached.

and decided to make a decent show. "From a personal point of view Maybe he'd get a D.S.O. (Distiu- it is also to your advantage. You guished Salesmen's Or.Icr) if he arc not giving, you arc making a sold enough. He read up 011 the sound investment and that money matter and soon became verv ell- will come in jolly welf handy at the thusiasti c when he discovered how end of the war. Think of the things the drive was helping to win the you'll want to buy and do at that . war, time .. , the new car or plane, the

Then he thought of all the \V.D.IS home full of comfort, the carefree he'd meet and how he'd have to travel. that case of Haig and Haiz." talk them into doing the right This miraculous change in PjO thing. "Amazing possilrilj tics in Prang seemed incredible. Actually, this jolly old job, y'know. Good he was turning out to be top salespractice, too, actually," said he. man on the station. "Yes, I've done

Since then, PIO Prang has heen jolly well, old chap," he said. "Had our most enthusiastic salesman. He some marvellous fun, too, y'know, really knows his stuff and no quc s- homharding hlondes \vitll bonds." tion about blondes, pardon 11~, hands, is too tough for him.

HE cornered us and dragged us into his office at Victory Loan

headquarters in the drill hail. SO~fETHING new has been add-

When he had us comfortably set- ed at Fingal-room service. An

tied in a chair, he started shooting. airwoman from the sergeants' mess, IIAre you a bond-bar dier? You are who shall remain nameless, an-well, surely you want some more swere~ the phone. ,

jolly old bonds to drop-into a safe A flight-sergeant pilot ~as waf~tdeposit box until this sad old war ed urgently. He ~as on n ight shift is over. NO\ v , in this present cam- and at that precIse moment was oaig n the objective of the country I fast asleep III the new barrack

is one billion, two hundred million block. _ .

dollars and OUT Quota is a measly Our arrwoman discovered where fifty thousand. We should. easily be i he slept, asked the caller to hold aht'e to get well over a hundred the line a moment, please - and thousand. dashed for the ba~rack block. She

"Perhaps you think you are doing knocked on the pilot's door, gave enough to aid the war effort in your 111m the message and returned to

present capacity, but actually, old the m~ss.. .

man, you're not. This is primarily All 111 the line of duty, strictly.

a civvie show, y'know, hut the civilians are having a tough time of it these days, what with rationing. and all, and it's up to us to help them."

By this time we were completely amazed. Surely this couldn't be OUR PIO Prang - the guy who shoots up trains and towns, flies low, and generally puts 1Ip a poor show.

We wondered if he really did know his stuff on the VictoryLcan. so we asked, "Why should we lend our money, why not leave it up to other people?"

He answered: -w-n, old chappie, it's like this. History proves tlra+ wars are not won by the genius of th e jolly old few, hut h~' the fnilh-

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THEY CAME TO SEE GEORGE MEAD, THE LUCKY GUY

Some guys have all the luck. When these two Am e rican beautice popped into Fingal one Sunday, they were taken on a tour of the station. But the real purpose of their visit was to see Cpl. George Mead. of Main ten ance, who is a cousin of the lovely lady on the left who looks like Myr-na Loy. She's really Hetty Mead a n d her girl friend is Dorothy Bickford, both stationed with the Coast Guard Reserve in Detroit. Th·c man on the left is Sgt. Frank Watson, S.P .. who welcomed the girls at the gate. In their trim blue u niform s, Sam Browne belts, forage caps, white shirts and blue tics, the two visitors attracted many admiring glauc c s as they walked about tile rnm p. In one of the hangars th ev chatted with two \V.D.'s, Marion Wilson and Shirle v Davidner exchanging notes on service life. Th ey stayed for slipper in the scrgeant s'

mess before l eavi ng for Detroit. '

VITAL ST A TIS TICS

MARRIED

Cpl. H. ]. Robinson to Wanda Ma rguerite Bell, at Woodstock.

BIRTHS

A daughter, Paulette Louise, to LAC and Mr s. T. F. Laroche.

A daughter, Helen Adelia, to LAC and Mr-s. F. D. Archer, at Cobourg.

A daughter, Viola Gail, to FlO and J\·lrs.]. E. Ingram, at London. A daughter, Patricia Adelia, to PIO and Mrs. J. F. Robinson, at St. Thomas.

A daughter, Susan Elaine, to ACI and Mrs. J. 'vV. Davis, at St.

Thomas.

A son, Philip Dale, to FjSgt. and Xl r-s. H .. \"'1. Henderson, at St.

Thomas.

A son, Daniel Edward, to LAC and Mr-s. J. H. Northcott, at St. Thomas.

A son, Gordon Douglas, to LAC and 1h5. G. A. Rake, at London.

PROMOTIONS

LAC's V. A. Herod, D. Browne, R. )J. June, R. ]. Cormier and C. E. Enwrig ht to Corporal.

FjSgts. E. G. Munroe. L. }. Case, J. D. Straile and G. R. Prince to W02.

Sg t s. R. v«. Hender son, ]. E. Richardson, V. 13. Cronin, Vv". A.

Wilson and ). r. Lowrie to Flight Sergeant.

\VO:! E. J. Verdone to Pilot Officer. .

Pin VV. J ilegg" to l'Iyillh' Officer

FINGAL OBSERVER, NOVEMBER, 1943

11

90A GOES TO TOWN

S'oNEMY you'LL RIDE> THE .sKy WITH PRIDEIN BOMBING- HATCH yoou. LOUNGE>

I SGT. RONNIE CADIEUX ON 28 BOMBING RAIDS

AIN'T IT THE TRUTH?

By LAC GEORGE GELL

I Fingal Graduate, With 250

! Operational Hours, Now

Instructs Here

THIRTY miles from base he

bailed out at 10,000 feet in the dark. That's all he remembers except waking up in hospital two days later, suffering from head concussion.

For Sgt. Ronnie Cadieux, 22. of Ottawa, that was his 28th-and last -c-opcr ati onal trip.

They had been to Duisbcr-g and coming home wer-e attacked over the Dutch coast hy a JU88. Their front Runner and second pilot were killed. The observer fell out the hatch 'with his chute still in the plane. Their hydraulics were shot

the undercarriage wouldn't come d 0\".'11 , they were out of gas and one engine conked.

So :-::0 miles from home they jumped. Ronnie just remembers leaving the aircraft-and waking up in hospi ta.l He hit a roof-top, they told him later, and he rolled onto the ground.

F OR !tis feat in bringing the air-

craft hack to England the pilot received the V.F.e, and for navigating from tile Dutch coast after the observer fell out, the wireless operator got the D.F.M.

Day after the raid, the German radio announced their observer's name. He was a prisoner of war, But how he got down safely is still a mystery, because his chute rcmaincd behind him.

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For $1 a Year We'll Mail It I

Anywhere Ii

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I-I ERE'S an idea for a Christmas ! !

gift, if yOU have friends in the I air force in Canada and overseas. ' I Send 'em a year's subscription to the Fingal Observer. VIle don't say they'll appreciate it as much a·s 1,000 cigarettes or a box of chocolates-hut send it in .ADDITIOK. It's onlv $1 a vcar : leave vour or-

dcrs at 'the ';Y" office. -

Fingal pcr's onn el who are posted I are reminded that they, too, should

~~·~ii;tl~~n~~~~\.e\\~!,Nlir~l:fletlil~·ot

server anywhere in the wor-ld, for a buck a year.

Sgt. Cadieux joined up in Decem"Say, Doc, I feel bloated." bcr, 1939, and after Montreal Wir-e"Did you follow my instructions .less School he went through on the and chink lemonade directly afte~ : fourth eo?rse at Fingal. He went a hot bath 7" loverseas In March, 1941, and flew "Gosh no, Doc. .. I couldn't in Welling ton s with 75 Squadron

even finish drinking the hot hath." ,(:..Jew Zealand). He has logged 250 'I operational hours, with one trip to Ord erly Officer (sampling soup): Genoa and the rest to Germany.

"You say you cooked for the c.E.F. When he returned to Canada he

hack in 1!l14-1S?" took an armorer's course at Moun-

Chef : "Ye-, sir. lndee d T did. 1 tain View, then went to a fighter cooked for three veal's and was squadron 011 the west coast and wounded twice.' . then to Belleville I.T.S. He came Officer: "fill11l1111. it's a woud cr to Fingal last November and i s now

they didn't kill you." I all instructor at G.I.S.

12

T~I,~I~)~l~(f~ti~l~n~ra~~-l~~il~;~lJ~l~}

he the largest baskctbal! league

to operate in tile Dominion, B FURf I t\G so why can't

minor loops scatt er ed through- -1](;? /rl~at'.; I.AC Uordou

out Ontario from Kingston to can't understand. l Ie's a Can-

Winds or and from Dunn ville In . the RA.I-<. _ joined up

Camp Borden. in .t\ ovemb c:-, 1:141 _ and

The plan for the coming- season tryi!;go to transfer to

is designed to fit in with the du t y- ever since.

fitness polic,v of ll,~ air. Force I every station he's

through ,:,.-11lc]] a qlllck-thl.nkll~g.; here and abroad.

qUlck-n.lOnng type (If ;~th1et'c ~lr- promptly slapped in :111 man will he pr-oduced lor the job for a tran sf cr.

ahead. _ _ .' Once th cv told him that it was

,Foremost among thc. ol:gan.1Zcl:~ tile wish of Mackenzie King- that

;:ir/heJ3~~k-e~b~ft" C~~1~,\se(if~cUlk/I:~ all Canadians in the H..A.F. remain

~;~i;~ii~~~1 at~(f(~~1~'te~.~rr1Itt~'~t~1(;~~~;~ i~--'··-'·

and coach of scholastic t cam s Ir om awav hack. The R.C.A.F. baskethall' federation is expected to have lrun dred s of plavers in :1:i different air stations, all to he e ncmu-acc.l

In act into the game up

their pb y sica l fi t n ess :-:0-

called r unning spo r-t s.

Threc aonee will operate DOWll cast th erc will he Kines.ron. Pieron.

Vl ount aiu View, Belleville and Tr enton. In the central area tbcre

T\VO well-known atll.lctcs, wh.o left the pl~lyillg" _fl~lJ~ of will he Toronto, Camp norden,

greater adventures In th c skies. an.' now In traimng as Malt on. Hamilton and other cen-

here. They are LAC Ernie Dickens. 2:~, who \Va; on the t rc s. Other g-r0t11)5 will comprise

Stanley Cup team in l!l-n-'-l~Z, and I.AC Walter Disc ell. :!,), Dunnvillc. Iar vis. Haacrsvillc.

name for himself in baseball. rugby and hockey. Both are un D1. Guelph, Fi n;a I, St Thomas anti

Ernie, who was born in \~rinni- , 1·----- '_.- I Crumlin, wbil e farther west there

peg, st~rted playing hockey at ~O I FINGAL AIR.GUNNER are Windsor. Gotlcrich;' Ccnt ralia

In publie schooL He continued lJl and others.

high school and then played three I IS A WARDED DFC _~~~~~_

years' junior h~ck~y .. II~, played, I The ncwlv commi ssionc d li cut cn- :

another year of JUTlIOr In .l'orcn to, ! ---- ---- ------ ant entered the Pullman and the and then spent three months in pH_JOT Officer William 11. Max- por-ter. a fat- lip in the offing, proProvidence in a minor pro. league. well, Fingal-trained \VAG, has l cecdcd 10 make a tactical advance.

Being selected by a Maple Leaf he en awarded the D.F.e. for all "Mo'rrin'. captain." And a few

;;cout. wl~en he w.as 11\ was a onc~- "excellent operational r~ccord') with rninut cs later. "Find it too hot in there. Next lime he told tlrat

in-a-lifetime thrill, but not his No. 4Z() Sqdn. (R.CA.F.). I . I . I")" I a short lime he he would have to until he got

greatest. His greatest thrill came as His citation says: "This officer! ~e;f', tllaJall; ,,\V's· trifle -jate his wings. He even wr-ote 10 Hon. a member of the ~tanley Cup team. has participated in a ttncks on such I k~l~t~ct~re;':hen, ~~ t~e lieutenant Vincent Ma sscv. high commissionHe played ,one-third of the 1941-42 he.avdy (!efended enemy targ"ct~ as lore, ared to leave. he assirluousl y cr for Canada In England-c-bu t g-ot schedule With the Leafs and all ~hc Kiel. DUlshur,g, Hochum and Wup- i hru~he<l off his blouse, and chuc- 110 r-eply.

playoffs, on defence With men like pe_rtal and m :t'Yer,a_l Sl:IC:-~sc;~u[, kled "De r e vou is, gcnnul." No,\,· Scott is back in Canada. Stanowsky, Kampman; Mac Don- mine-laving sortl.e:'i. 1 he ITlllla_\Jyc Fi~'(' minutes later, he inspected training as an air bomber on ~I:~,~, alrl, Goldham an~l Hamilton. a~1(l vigilance which he has ah\:;tys tile to-cent tip. With a bellow that and his first move down at G.I.S.

Captained by Syl Apps, the team displayed '.lave been as~els of ,111gh could be heard the length of the was to apply for a transfer. He's

wo!J- four straight games after De- value to his c;ew and 111 no small vards he shouted after the disap- still waiting for results. . .

t r oit had won the first t.hree, to measure ~on~nbuted to the safe re- ")eari~O" officer: Scott, 2:3, comes from Orillia,

take the ,coveted Stanley Cup,. t1!-rn of hl~ aircraft on s eve ra,l occa- ( uGo~d_h -c. corporal!" where he got his matriculation, He

Then, In July of 104~?, he enlisted. srons. HIS courage and skill and } went overseas six months before

And he hasn't entirely given up devotion to duty have been most -------- the outbreak of war. In England

hockey since he joined up. In 1942- praiseworthy." Officer: "What brought you he joined the civil service in the

4a he played with R.C.A.F. Flyers, -~------ here?" post office engineering branch. He

who won the Ontario senior cham- The girl who used to go 10 the Coq~o~?l: "Two service police- worked thr-oughout Scotland and

pion ship. And we're kinda hoping city and stop at the y.vV,e.A. now men, su- i the Orknev Islands. In July of this

he'll be on Fingal's team for the has a daughter who noes to the Officer: "Drunk, I suppose")" I, year he re-turned to Canada. _

first part of this season. We could city and stops at nothing. Corporal: "Were they ever!" 1 [

make good use of hi, six feet and ------------.------_____ GROUND CREW MAN

170 pounds of hockey dynamite.

fr~,~is~h~' U~i~!lre~i~~ O~to~l~;\~Ca~ SCORE OF 22 YARDS IS STILL THE RECORD I ON OPS. 15_<> HOURS.

played inter-collegiate football for three years, as half-back. He pitched in the senior leagues at Ottawa, Hull and l\11011tre31. He then went to the Canadian-American League, pitched one game and returned to his civilian occupation with the inspection board of United Kinudont and Canada, in Ottawa.

In October. HI4~~, Iw joined lip.

He then play eel hockey for LarhiurRCA.F., whicll \\'011 fill' ~f()111rc,11 ~11](1 diCitrid tulc.

FINGAL OBSERVER, NOVEMBER, 1943

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AIR FORCE FORMS I i CANUCK IN THE RAF

GIANT CAGE LOOP BUT RCAF HIS GOAL

I Fingal Team Is Being

I _~ei!1g E~ere_d •

Gordon Scott, 92A, Is Trying Oh! So Very Hard For That Ever-Elusive Transfer

ERNIE DICKENS AND WALT DRISCOLL

TWO TOP CANUCK ATHLETES TRAIN FOR WINGS AT FINGAL

F TNGAL'S record bombing scare of 22.8 yards, set 011 April 4 by T,i\C Stevens of Course 7G, piloted by \V02 Wheat, still stands. Here arc lite top recent score":

Pupil r,AC Charron

r .Ac Clarke, M. R LAC Towuscud

Pilot

Exercise

f"

Course 90

F/S Peterson P/O \Vic!-.:::-; T'/0 Neal

."i.I

Course 89

I:::

1::

FINGAL OBSERVER, NOVEMBER, 1943

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a

saw du t \" on a 111lnC."\YCeper. . These ar-c <omc of who mukc np cl as s !JDC air

90C IS CROSS-SECTION OF AIR TRAINING PlAN

George Marshall's Boys Are a Colorful Group-No Fooling!

p

ill

of

ish

Plan. For Fingali re s, th c sc clear old Hannon is the Ior-m er An ni e Xl a x-

En elishrn cn wor-k and weddin a bells never ~CCIl1 to stop well Russell, of Or;11;a. Bob comes

daiiy in a spiri t of riJ,ging~ RIGHT: Mr. arid Mrs. Alan from St. Croix, K. B. CENTRE:

with the knowledge tha t all arc Rouert Hannon. He's LAC Han- Meet Mr. and Mr s. Gordon Denny. aiming at the same goal. uon of cur 1LT. section. She's Cp l She's LA Vvr Denny, Iormcrlv j cn-

Much of this is made possible by Hannon, ex-Fingal cook, now at nie Gillgross of Salllt Ste. \{arie, the indefatigable efforts of the Rivers, Man. Stripes or TlO stripes, 11(:\\ Fingal telephone operator worthy class senior, George Ma r- at home he's boss, says Hob. 1\11":::. He's a first-class stoker with the

shall, from the wilds of Saint John, I _:_------'--------------------- _

N. B. George, an ex-bank clerk, II' cart.h r hey h<1.d to dig through eight would pr-obably rather buy a thOl~- , feet of hard snow. sand-dollar \V8.1' bond ,(:11 H.,A.l'. Ther-c was a movie camera which :-ates of pay than have Ill:'; present I took seven hours to sh ow a ~I(JJob. I minute film And l'"! eli cihle cirl s

HE was one of five class mC1l1- ill thc to\\"11~~\"ith l:WO I~cn! ,.., . bers "who a year ago went ou t I to Souris, Man., to playa part ill tile I WJ T H MaJ"shal~ \v,cre

constructionofanewstation. Landed Watson, a U. S. Citizen

out in the middle of a prairie with left his horne in Detroit and wen t the temperature 57 below, the build- to 'vl ont r cal, where he worked 01'1

ings they wcre to live in were Holv engines: Bruce Roomc-Srnith,

new til at they had to a former Toronto. offire clerk ;

wood sbavi n gs from the I 8ri;111 Ruddy, of KIrkland Lake.

fore settling in. whn \\"-1S at college; and "Bud',' t hat

Tbev ~ and trcnch cs ~ardner, apprentice machinist ot! for an

" of the field. I Grand Mcre, Que. ; of

told th ern to ' "How deep )" i lee! ;" I t111:-;

i Canadian Navy. They've oecn married four months. LEFT: ACt and Mrs. G. M. .Hamilton, recently married in St. Thomas. Hamilton, a bomb-armorer, has just been posted to Moun tain View on an instructor's course.

gumen t, that is if he manages to in !lOC was Desmond Lush, who get a word in edgeways. An arch i- scored a direct hit on his second t cc tural engineer fr-om Loudon, lie bombing exercise.

rhapsodizes on the straight line ar- ANOTHER R.A.F. man, JOhnny ti s try of New York'!"; skycrapers. Wheeler, tells some wonder-

Hri tish minesweeper seaman was fu l (c en s ot-c dl) tales. Seems he was J;1cl Waddingt cn , of Liverpool, an engineer testing electricity metwho joined the Briti .. -h Navy as a ers, but when the labor shortage hoy entrant but t r-an sfcr-red to the wa s acute in England he was asked H.A.F. to see some action. Don't 10 "read" the meter as well. And "<"ly ruinc swcepin g was dull, Jack. when Johnny met the housewife,

Another Hritisher with an inter- who disagreed with the amount of c sting job is Alan Rippon of Roth- electricity he (and the meter) said York s He \Y:1~ responsible she'd consumed, the fun began. But

the ~llstnllnellt.:;11cces.:;ary I that's where the stories are ceu-

opcratron at the han ds ! sored.

doctors when tiley, Dick "Red" Mc Faul. Montreal,

A routine sa)'s Alan, : sh ould know plent,r about Al~S{:ltlS nperal"I11g' I as he was r es po n sihle for giving

s t cth o- 1 them wings. Bu t, Red, he

! r an't rec ognize ally old wings

-I around our An sons. snobber-y,

1101101' vvr: cal l it.

Great Master of Handturiting Analysis Here

N0 officers have apr-roached him as yet. "And I sure hope they don't," he said. "1 might tell 'ern rl.c wrong thing."

For those who haven't had the benefit of Jackson's advice as yet, the following inlormation is promulgated. He resides in Barrack Hlock 18A, and can be reached by mail 01' in person most any time. But he prefers appointments made in advance.

And - if business is good - we collect advertising rates for this story. Okay, Jackson?

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F I NG A LOB S E R V E R , NOV EM B E R , 1 9 4 3

No More Jerks, Physical, at Fingal-Dawn of a New Era

'WHEE! P.T. IS WASHED OUT WE'RE ALL COMMANDOS NOW

I all this.

New conditioning drills have been created, and their names - barrel roll, bouncing ball, cr-ouch run, straddle leaping-give a clue to the

punch that the new deal packs. Games that stress funning, such as touch rugby, basketball and lacrosse are included in the program, while others have been eliminated.

To a last war soldier all this sounds like a dream. In the words of one: "After a hard day we still go to bed and dream of a thickset man with freckles and a cold

blue eye shouting at us on a cold and frosty morning, "Hon the word one, place the 'an d s on the 'ips " That man took 20 years off my life. He had no respect for nature. no sympathy with humanity, and no ver-y certain knowledge of an at- 0111Y."

This old soldier regrets that it took four years of war to do without the deep-knee bend, "head erect, elbows well back and heels together" business.

This is the new score and we think it's a great improvement-and s o do the women.

And, we think, they've got something.

Only the other day a class of air bombers were reading Aldis outside No. 1 hangar. Suddenly the instructor sent "dismiss" - Or its equivalent-but not a man moved! Dumbstruck, he took a closer squint at his class and sa v.,' the reason. The ,,,r.D.'s were having P.T. behind their canteen.

Seems this P.T. is quite the thing around these parts.

RELEASE GROUND MEN TO WORK AS MINERS

FORl\fER coal millers serving ill ; _

R.C.A.F. ground crew may ob- I ""

tain leave without pay until March : By JOE BLOW

:-:1 to work in coal mines. I WHA T Fingal airmen-and airwomen-c-ar c doing today is a nev ...

No such leave will be granted to i streamlined P.T. And if you don't believe us, listen to this incr ed-

air-cr-ew. Men applying for Ieave ! ible news from Ottawa. The R.C.A,F. bas abandon eel the ancient and must produce letters from mining I· traditional system of physical jerks for a form of physical exercise, companies staling that they will be . known as duty fitness.

employed in actual mining opera- i I t will be a cour sc in gamc s, running- and jumping, plus an obstacle

tion s and not 011 clcr ical or other I racc. A prelude of warming-up exercises will be the only hang-

stl{Vi~ile dtlht!e~;rdcr author-izes leave i over from old style P.T. :

for periods up to six months, it ex- I A J\r_; whats the reaction to this ~ I pir es March 31, so that unless it is I, Vv ell, as l11~y be expected, ~he ! extended, no leaves granted from, first people to tall for sorn ething I

no,\, on can run for six months. i new were-the women. I

Look at the pictures on page

you see. Fingal's \V.D. doing"

some voluntary P.T. No, thev aren't compelled to go OVfT the obstacle course. But there's nothing like snmething new and different. And whether it's a new hat or a new dress or a ten-foot fence to climb, women are suckers ever-y time. 50 it seems.

Anyway. they all look happy enough - and we wcr c a little ashamed bv the horrifi ccl cxpres<ions on the faces of 0l11" au-crew

trainees as they watched fences

and obstacles being huilt and

high e r every day.' Shame on 115.

WE'VE. hccn the WLJ.',. ply. What would we "I hope you won't think I'm hoard- asked us whv some of

ing, but I want to buy all 1 can I have been gC~iT1g ar ound

before they're rationed," looking' like convalescent

Maybe we'd just moan, "step test" or "obstacle course" ann hobble away.

Now the R.C.A.F.'s new idea about duty fitn e ss is the answer to

OOPS, MY DEARS

airmen <tat.ou cripples?

FINGAL OBSERVER, NOVEMBER, i943

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Life of Luxury in Mexico

So Now He Pays and Pays

GERMAN-BORN YANK NOW FLIES WITH RAF

By STAN MAYS

LAC JACK WAlJUINGTON, R.A.F., of 00C. s til l have been all right if the British c onsulatc hn.ln't. nice about cve r-y thing l

Now, evcry two weeks when the five-buck hill he look . s at it, r cru embcrs Mexic o City 1101el, and sighs a d ccp deep

With o.l1ly four bucks in his poe- I kc t our in tr epicl traveller had (:1\- .

trained aud hitched from T'oronr o to Nia gara Falls, Buffalo, Creveland, St. Louis (where he narrowly escaped the floods and incidcn tallv sold his watch for $2;,). Kansas City, Oklahoma, San An t onic, Dallas, La r edo, until he came up -harp against the Mexi can border Pau s~flg only long enough to change C'VH;r Yankee dollar for five Mex - ican, ht hurried on to Xlon t errev.

Mexico City, Guatemala and

Pueblo. -

THEN, he dccldecl, i~ was time to stop, but r-eall y H xvas just about time to start-to st tut back, and fast.

Rough calculations, a glance his limited finances and some ous thinking decided him to seck the advice cf the Mexican police in Pueblo. Tbev sent him to the British cOI1SLll-g-eneral in Mexico City to whom he told his talc of ,'1d,-CIltur-e.

"We. put our heads together," says Waddin g ton, "and the con su l wired Toronto, and told IIlC to sta y until they replied." I s tayccl for t o-o weeks,

The British COil sui was

'" fully decent about it. He that I reside at one of the hotels and what a time I bad. I had to do was sign for my

Everv evening I went alit with one of th~ consul's staff and enjoyed the night life of Mexico City. But I was impatient to get back as I didn't want to miss a posting. Maybe, I thought, T should have hit-t-ed it."

EVE N T U ALL v instructioll~ carne through fr-om Toronto and he started back on his journey by train to Detroit. Cr-o saing the border to Canada, lie wa s picked up by the S,P.'s an ,-1 flung into detention har-r-ack s for b eing A.vV.L., but was soon scnt to Toronto,

Then he found out who had been paying for his life of luxury ill Mexico City-none other than Jack

the Waddington himself! .

"It cost me about $11;;," hc with a break in his voice. lm still paying it off!"

that i t would so darned

George Saps ford, 20, Trains An Air Bomber on Course 91

han ds him a soli tarv bahn y d;IYs ill a luxu ricus

A GER~lAN-BORN Yank in the H .. A.F. is now training as all air boruher on Course !11. He's George "Skids" Sup sf ord , 'W, of Baltimore, 1.f<1.

During the last war his Iathcr, who was married in l--:~llgbJ\d, scrved with the army of oc cu pati cu in Germany until 192:). George was bor-n ill Cobleua and a veal' later

thcv r e t u rn cd to thc U.S'- I

,.\t HI, he st a r t ed at Ln dianapolis I Trades college. When his dnds job: took him to England, George I wouldn't: I cave and remained at school. After college be joined the i U. S. Arrny Air Corps Cadets and:

~~~Iolt mon ths got :WO hour-s as a !

III Februurv. H)-I.l, he went to England and - landed in Liverpool I during the height of the hlit z . He i

I ~~,rl~~·~~ h~I~'ol~\I~lI~~t~ll~l~lc~o/\\llt~1 R~~~I.lj~: I

: Until he was called up, B 111011tlls . late]', he installed radios on aircraft and beacons.

BIG "DO" IS PLANHED I rifler hi, p o sting to Canada, he

FOR S RG AN' ! got {;I" hours at Goderich, but E E TS MESS I ;vashed out on ground school I exams.

By SGT. GEORGE BROWN ~ During his days in England, lie I started up tW0 haud s, one helllC!_' all

"li, that Charli c and jiin I girls, and became. engaged to lietty

play Yes, they never take a ~ Hammond, 21, of London

dare and when certain rank ama- i

tCI!J"S TAKE th em-c-oh , well. Jlla\'~ , _.-- .. -.---------------- r "

he they CAN play crih <:0111 et im (';:-:. I I E IS U . \\,ar11l water doe sn t sati sfy ,::mr

Sergeants' mess entertainmcn t Il F n lllNnEED thlr~t a gr.eat deal, Ima g ine tr-ymg

committee assures us that us :-:0011 j U U '~o L.e~p cool With the temperatu:-e

as ren cvati ous are complete ,\'C_ i I lO\-e::lIlg between .100 and ~30 m

will. have a bang.-tlP night. 0.1.. let i WITHOUT WHITE GAlS the ,hade., The ni gh ts ar en t .'00

it he soon. I bad; they ~e cool a~d reft-eshing'.

r,{ost popular spot in tile loun rrc ! '!'hcl'lse Africau s,tar-l:t, lllgh.ts are

these days is right up agnin s t the : lea y bC,autl[ul, and It s a shame a

firepiace.- Due to a ft1el~ shortage, I g)uy c~n t pu.t . th;:m to .some usc.

we would advise that all Rag-pole." So Writes an Airman With the 'I I }rh~ It, ~lllere rsn t a white woman

be wef l guarded. \-Ve nonce SOllie • . \\ 1,~ .n ,ml es. .,

very covetous looks t oward anv- R.C.A.F, In North ,Llvmg conditions arc nO,t so

t.hing Ihat mig-ht burn Africa I good. VVe have to pu~ up wi t h a

Wc're wondcrin c whv LA \V Sura; lot of hardship. Ants, files and sand

sp cnd s ."0 much ··time - in b,Hracks; _ . -.--- .uggravat c us tr cmcndouslvbut you

lately. Could it he bcc aus c a night- !CONDTTTONS ill North Africa ido become accust_orr~~d to It. Then <ergcan t was posted? : are col orful ly described in ail there are so many diseases one has

airmail letter received by Sgt. M. t? he careful all the t.l!ne, We do ! G. Fife, Fingal instructor, from cet a"goon tan (Jut of It, to say the

The sel-gea.llt ,\,,1:'; ~lskillg recruit s ! Sgt J. A. Richardson a St. Marvs least.

,,-I1\-' walnu t 1.:': u s ed r or the bu tt of ,- . '. 1 C'

a ,JHe.. '.. ., .~. ,,~i~I~l~~U~~~~~"Ct~~:~:' \ .... It 1 a .a na- A gentleman, on being informed

\(),:~I~tC~~:'~~II~I;~:ll~ll~1 c ~Mta,:ICC' ,Ji~ll:a~I}~~,I~S;~,r:'te~;'h';D:st issP~:~ta~ I :;';~\e:ls~ ~~~~ ~~e o;,~~l~~e:ft~~r tl~!

"\.~~cat1ST,,lt IS m or e c as tic. I'Sousse and had .a marvelous lin.,.e news that he rushed to the ho s pi-

"p'.rfng ... ,_.. tryiIlg' to heat down the Arahs.! tal wher-e his wife and the newly

. cr laps rts : There is no price control and COI1- acquired family were and clashed

::I\~Ctl;le~' l~il~lidl~Y, I-"cqucntly we pay outrageous p~ice,s I pe}l-mell into the 1'00111. ,

"I) 'I Y I I" 1 I for some articles. M onaster tsn t .1 he nurse, being out at the time.

ser::,:c~~iI~ )'~It;~ .~i~\\n);~._ l;~lc~l:::~( i; i~ ! ~xactly ~ beautiful pl~~e, .It's a t)'P- ; ~\'as irritated UI?On her return and

!aier clown in the I'd illations." I ica l African tOWI1 -"~lth Its \Val,led II (,::lOns~rat.ed \~'th :he fat~ler.,

g IClty and Arabs_and Fr-ench funning I. Don't )-,0111"no\\.hette, than to

------- l to and fro. We got a kick out of 1 come In her-e III germ-filled

I They're .telling the one al.)ollt. tile buying almonds, grapes and clothes? ~Vh,Y' YO~l:re n?l. st,~rile.':

drunk who called the famous sp c- "wmc. Gad, V{C sure had some ! He look cd a t he!":l,,~nd said, Lady,

ciali st Dr Wassermann on the these Arabs mad at us. Thev flus- are you telling me:

phone' late 'one night.' I tel' very easily when ba rgai ning

"Hello," mumbled tile tipsy \'olce. "It was very enjoyable hcin g "I'm going to love you until the

"Ish thish Dr. Wasserman» :" 'able to swim in the Medit e r r anean. c ows come home."

"Y c s," r cplicrl the doctor I That's the first running water L've . "Okay, fresh guy. But mean-

The slew then crocn e d : "Arc seen in six weeks. I sure envy you II while you don't h:1YC to pet the

you positive?" ,with so many cold drinks at hand. calves."

JACK WADDINGTON

GEORGE AND FIANCEE

"Honest, Rose, I've never felt like this about any girl in St. Thomas before,"

J

"What Have These Blondes Got That We Haven't?"

A date with the blon dc that adorns bond posters sound_s all I for any airman's heart. There's r cal ly no story behind this photo-in

right-but definitely, But 1l1OVC your left. It's Cpl. Mar gar et fact, wc'rc stuck for what to say. But it docs make a picture, and if it

Kennedy, of accounts, a I itt le brun et_t e __:: "_n_,_' _b_' (_m_d_e_"_n_ic_c_r_u_n_h_e_'p_' __ to_,_c'_l .: y __ o_u_a_b_o_,,_d_-_,_,_el_cl,_l_h_e_n_o_\_\ r_l:_J\_,,_::p_o_s_e_i_s _a_cc_o_m~pl_is_l_\e_d_. __

SWIMMERS LACKING AMONG OUR AIRCREW

Gay Gowns, Silly Hats are O.K.

For Airwomen On H48" or Leave

S.P.'S O.C. IS POSTED

Stationed here since April, 1942, FlO Tom Schier, Fingal's DAPM, has been posted to Toronto Manning Depot to assume administrative duties. Overseas with the army in the last war, he won the Humane Society's Silver Medal in England for rescuing a man from drowning. He served with the 24th Battalion (Infantry) as a' sergeant.

THIS is a fine time to wo rr y about it, but it seems that the old swimrni n' pool is going to he a busy place next summer. There just aren't enough swimmers in air c r ew personnel, A.F.H.Q. said after a survey was made thr oughout all commands.

The survey showed Ihat only ;'):1 per cent of air crew can be classed as competent swimru er s, who can swim morc than 100 yards. Twentyeight per cent are classed as l earners able to navigate at least 1() ya rd s, and 1D per cent as nonswunmers.

IF TIlE pretty girl in the printed out to be a private loan collection.

dress and sillv hat starts to The air woman suddenly de-

salute when an orricer passes. don't cides to spend her week of fur-

be surprised. She's probably an laugh at a near bv sururner camp ai rwoman and as such is p ermitted can amass a smar-t, informal wardto wear civilian clothcs while on robe on very short noticc.

leave for 48 hours or more, under It's all part of the <bare-and-

a recent: h eadquarters ruling. share of bar-racks life, where sel-

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fur ear-rings pr-ovided of she

'en \ ie s' must ~e kept oft the doesn't n'llnc1 partin'g 0\\ n

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A chap at St. Thomas wangled 1 0 days for his honeymoon, and on the 10th night wired his commanding officer:

"Request extension of leave. It's wonderful here."

·Came the an swering wire:

"It's wonderful anywhere. Report at once,"