Vol. 3, No.

3

March, 1943

THE E'DITOR'S CORNER

No. 2 Manning Depot, Brandon, Manitoha

THE AIRMAN'S POST

never been away from home before and very mueh overwhelmed by this strange, new life In the air force.

He's a new recruit; a quiet looking lad. A little Printed by The Sun Publishing Company, Limited, 24 Tenth Str-eet, Brandon, Man. awkward on the drill floor yet, but very serious and

determined. Probably a small town boy, you SUppOSe, PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT R.C.A.F. NO.2 MANNING DEPOT, BRA:-JOON, MAN.

Yes, that's probably what you would suppose. but you Photo~ru.phy ."

could also be very wrong about this quiet, shy looking Art WOrk_.~ _

lad, too. It's just quite possible that this same young Circulation ... recruit has experienced a background of adventure that would make your

hail' curl and your pulse be at faster.

After a series of such surprising revelations made by some of these' timid looking young trainees we've become inured to that 'sort of thing. W.e no longer looked dazed when some prosaic looking AC2 modestly confesses that he was a secret service operator In Manchuko or a bl91 game hunter in darkest Africa. The explctts of Anthony Adverse pale into insignifioant:e alongside the personal histories of some of these lads in blue.

No- class or creed has a monopoly on adventure. But most of us live the unexciting lives of average citizens shackled by routine and convention. To that unhampered minority who fare away to far places In search of adventure we are indebted for thrilling stories of daring and courage tha~ add spice and color to our own very commonplace existences.

Stories of station personnel wlho have adventured in distant places have made their appearance from time to time in the Airman's Post. These etertes always make glood readf nq because ::..11 of us are interested in the fello~ who has done tt1ing;s ourt of the ordinary, followed an exciting profession, or lived danqercusty in some outpost of civilization.

In this issue of the Post we feature the story of ACZ Marcel Ie O:ressay EDITORIALS

WHAT'S ENGLAND FIGHTING FOR?

_a story chock full of suspense, hazard, and adventure. Marcel is a tratnee, at this Depot now, but his experiences as a French soldier before and after the fall of Fr-ance is a story stranger than fiction and more exciting, than ;]1 HollYWOOd rnelodrarn a. Marcel was farming in Saskatchewan when he received his cat! from the French army, and he quietly laid down the ploughshear to take up tne sword in defense of a cause that he considered rig'ht and Just. Marcel is our idea of a solid patriot, albeit a modest and taciturn One.

Our under-cover agents in different parts of the station are always on the lookout for new trainees who have interestingl stories to divulge about, themselves which may be suitable for publication in the Post. If you know of someone who stiot wildcats in Borneo or captured a Nazi spy in Hon-' duras pass the information along to us and we'll track the fellow down and get his story for the Airman's Post.

James Ronald, author of Old Soldiers Never Die and an Englishman himself, tells this story: A young Cockney lad and a general were discussing the present situation. Said the boy, "My father says one bloomln' poti. tician is a bigger bloody fool than another." "If that's how he felt," asked the general, "why did he volunteer before his time came to be ccnscr+pted ?" "Oh," was the re piy, "'e told me all ahaht that before he went awty.' 'Son,' 'e said, 'we ain't fightin' this war for them swarthy 'ypccr-rtes of politicians, We're fightin' it to keep the most important right an Englishman 'as-the right to be against the government'."

£ditor-in-Chicf... _

ROBERT TYRE, SGT.

W. TOOP, CPL.

..... _ .. _._ .. T. S. FAIRLEY. ACi!

.. ..... F. HOCKADAY, CPL

IN THIS ISSUE

MARCH,1!H3

2·3

"Just a kid calfed Joe"

ARRIVALS, DEPARTURES, STORK REPORTS AND MERGERS

SLiP-STREAM-LiNES

"Breezy Bits from the Barracks"

THE MAN OF THE YEAR

Joseph stalin

FRENCH ARMY RESERVIST NOW AT No.2 "M" DEPOT DES.CRIBES ADVENTURES IN OCCUPIED FRANCE

A LETTER TO THE G,ANG BACK HOME ...

Atlgl15t Childs saves nemOC!'IH'.y

ENTERTAINMENT

The stare a.nd Radio Round Up

RECEPTION AND TRAINING WINGS

10

The Flights· Forum

THE POST SURVEYS THE WORLD FROM BRANDON.

11

Interf'st,lng News from Here and There

BETWEEN THE BOOK ENDS

12

Reading for the Off Duty Periods

SPORTS

13

Station Recreation

HEARD THROUGH THE STETHOSCOPE

14

Static from the Sta.tion Hospital

AIRMEN HEROES SUBDUE MAD BUFFALO

15

Bored Bison is BaJ.ked In BItter Battle

THE ADVEN.TURES OF GUS GREMLlN_.

Gus Meets eer Fuehrer

2

THE AIRMEN'S POST

By F/L N. J. Gallagher

----Turkey

Casablanca-

A Y.OUNG- airman came to the door of my nffi cc the other day

just at a moment when 1 was eatb- I began to wonder whether I wa a

crtng a few papers in preparation tOI' feeling well

By this time I had both elbows on the table.

"No ~ir-l don't. think 1 shall ever have sufficient education, but it seems -tna t I am now surrtctently advanced to be accepted for a course. '

My nat fell on the rtoor, and I picked iL till anrl put it hack on t.he desk. ~ittillg there t.he thought came to me that here was the real Au-ter-ce "Joe." Hc had "jocd" himself to D

•• Just .If Xid Called Joe"

job, he .had an tdecn and a determtne committee meeting 'which I had to "Look Joe" I ntunuucred. "You just "Ani! how" said Joe, "the years ation which I decided then and there attend, He looked a bit timorous but go ahead and tell me all about your- e.lipped by and I had no occasion for to mnhe my mr-ssn.ge tor this month. I continued to throw things together self. I won't ask any questions, he- l'1D education because the closest. 'fl1l31'\3 is no one in this R.e.A.F. ,v110 as I ueked him if there W8IE> anything cause the more I ask the mer-e "in- scucol was about Iur-ty miles away. can corupjatn about obstacles when

::: could do for him. volved I seem to get." Fillally I heard in 1939 from a neigh.

"Yes Sir, I wish you W0111d put me strn.ight on a point uf nre.orv."

we consider what Joe has aocomnttsnThen begun a to.le thnt l(~ft. me 111 bor that a W8,l' had started, and I be- ed. He is now in LT.,s. and I have utter amazement. JOe spoke Uke a gan to wandel' what it. was all about. a teettng that he ts go1ng t.o g:~t his

';O.K. shoot-what is it tbat ' you machine gun, it came in SPUl"t.~, but want to know?" I was a bit skeptical avervtbtng was nrectne clonr, t.o the on thts because h intm-y was always point.

my weak sister in the old days. "I was born inM.eIYilIe, Saskatcue-

"well Sir," he drawled and wan." he began. "When I was a mere

then began lo think. balby my father died. Mother, who

I looked at my watch. time was from the Ukraine decided to

slipping by, ta]Jpecl my finger as: non- move a.'w~y from Melville, and so 1:>110 chalantlv as pcselble un the desk. found a place away up north tn the looked up, and by this time I noticed bush. It was pretty tough going up a stream of lJght was begtunf ng to there, she had to rio the wrn-k und form on his countenance, look after me. 'when I was very young I had to help working at the

-wen,:' I stimulated.

[ had seen planes flying over our rarm, and it became my ambition to pilot one of them myself. But never having had any edueatton, you call imagine my amazement when finally I made my way to all R.C.A.F. P"cruttlue centre and round out just what. ll.nn.lifl[~fl,tions were necessary to become a pilot. Fortunately I met an officer WI10 saw potentialities in me, and rrom tha.t day began a very

hard grinrl . so here I am.

"Rut Joe," I que-ted, "Do you mean I to Sf! y tha t. in the snort space of two yean: yuu have surrtctentlv eduoa.red ynu'r aelf to become 8, pilot"

wiugs nothing mor-e coveted by a n y boy. Now as I walk through the depot T heal' the lads shouting "Joe" at one another and it brings my mind back to the real Joe, "the Joe that bad the guts, determination and perscvcrunce '10 accomplish t119 impossible. HI! lllUVOO mountains to win his aim. and WfJ as a Nation shall have: to move mountnms before we can consulor this war won. Hats off to JoP-. and let '115 make him the svmbot or

hopes and ambitions,

"Now look here sonny," I rasped as I reached for- my hat. "I may have 8. sense of humor, but 1 also have a meeting to attend. Next time You want to p ul l a funny (Inc drnp in tn the evening when I'm not O.C.H."

Half way to the door r ,m.;!. a. glance at him, and §tU1lVed dead. He was seri9H§1 I went into reverse, end Bhce agatn behind my dr.Hk I looked at. him with my sternest ecclestastical regard-s-reserved for moments of reprfmand-c-but no chang-e. Then 1 walked up to him.

"what is your uame In,II?'' "Joe."

By this time I was conscious anoueh of his presence to detect a slig-ht accent. in his speech.

"Are you Quite sure that you feel

WHY NOT?

They WLlnt to Fly Him to Berlin The mtots of Prtme Mlnlate r Churchill's plane want Lo take him

next tn-c-Berhn.

Capt. wuuam VanGe.I'kloot., pilot, and Capt. Jack Ruggles, Go-pilot. were Iurervtewed in London on the recent 25.000-mile trip in which they flew the prime mtulster to Casablanca, Turkey, Cypl"US, Tripoli and 'home.

rhey were a-gl'eerl that the "P,M." as the.y rrenuemlv caned MI'. Churchi ll was one of t.118 most consfderutc naasenger s they ever flew.

vauderkroot. sa.id that the nigh: the plane left: Tl'lpoli there

Lhl"e€ all' l'aids.

"Yes Sir." He was nearly in tears. "No",' look Josie old boy, I didn't. want to hurt your reeltngs, bill. you muet admit that your question is a bit unusual, especially when it concerns a point that ever-y newspaper blar-ed in the headlines a ·few years

"Th€! Oar-mans came oyer tn drop mines and uomb shjputng. We S<!.W a flf1."" rlif:play, but they didn't touch the port at au."

On the tr1p from Tripoli to A> gters, 110 said they were nervous because of rumcre that Cormaus were about.

well, Joe ?"

"What are yon going in for Joe?' Atrcrew Sir ... I.T.S."

A maiden lady Ilved in a smalt bouse in the nonntrv with one servB.IlI, Om>; morning the bell rang. The maid admitted the visit m-, an evacuee orftcer, nrrangtng Ior homes for cbtldrcu t!nlcuated from Lannon. 'I'hen she rushed npsta,in;.

"Pteeac. mum," she bun-ted out hl"nathlegsly. "you' v e got to bave two baules. and the mnn'a downstairs!"

ago.

"where were you? Haven't yon

got a radio?"

"No Sir."

"Well, surolv you must have read ft. It was in every paper in the country, and maeaztnes were featuring it. Didn't you read about it't'

"I'm arrard not Sir."

"How did you possfbly mtsa it?" "Two years ago I couldn't read." I sat down, I noticed my hat was

"I vuuder what onnrcmu is doing touav. Goebbcls-and where he b't"

GOOD LESSON

Musketry Instructor to class: Now. men, remember that your rttte is yC1Ul' best friend. Treat it as tenderly ,I.:; you would your wtte. Wipe it off with an ,oily rag every morning."

off, I waved him to a chatr.

THE AIRMEN'S POST

3

AFRIKA KORPS.E

a.nd conductress ,go happily on to Canadatn Air Board in 192(} and flulsb their eight and a half-hour served with the Canadian Air Force rtrctcn wtth no time off for meals. ill 1921 contlnulng with the R.C.A.F.

"I wouldn't have stood it in peace when it was formed in 1924. He help-

(FTOm The v'ilinnipeg Free Press) I Pla.ted ta.ps and a fine \'iew., hut of od

time," was a phrase which Mr. H ge ed survey the Hudson Straits in-1927

1'he spirit of Bnglend'a common being driven back to cab drtvlng he- used repeatedly. And there was the and 192,8 and flew in Northern Mantman, which 'pulled her through the cause, only in his known. 8~vir~n- yoke of England's common man toba.

hlitzand the dangerous days when, ment, could he find the Ineplratton standing on his rights, but deli:ber- In 1931 he was attached to the

I to wrtte. Sn it wee, the London blitz

the island stood all but unarmed found ntm on the cab stand, driving atelv pushing them aside to put KA,F. coastal command and in 1933

after Dunkirk, was descrfbed to mem- workers home to beat the evening everything he hMk3 into the war effort, participated in an aerial survey of

bel'S of the Women's Canadian club, beenuee it's his job. Newfoundland. Just before thfs war

by Herbert Hodge, cab driver, author attacks, taking other-s to air raid "1 wouldn't drive beyond the safe- he was in charge of a flying boat

and broadcaster. shelters, dodging ibcmb sticks and ty limit for any bus company," sai-l squadron in Vancouver.

It was through the eyes of the cab helping to clear the rubble. Mr. Hodge, "but in war time we all At the outbreak of war he was

driver, and later the bus drivel', that When the cab" became, in the eyes know that thTBH minutes lost on a in charge of the Ottawa station at

SPIRIT OF ENGLAND'S COMMON SEEN BY CABBIE-AUTHOR

MAN,

Mr-, Hodge gave his audience the picture of England today. First, the earfy days of the blitz, when all Emgland's little poo'ple obeyed their gOV-

ttme."

of the government, a luxury, Mr. bus route means 6Q or 70 workers Rockdiffe and later took command Rodge elected the dangerous j<l-b of late in the plant and maybe a battle of the Jericho Beach station at Van-

bus driving, and his: vivid description of piloting a two-decker tlu-ough the

lost because the stuff wasn't out on COllver. Before going to Patrlcla Bay,

he was commanding officer or jco. 2 Bombing and Gunnery school at Messbank, Bask.

During the Great W£Lr he served

erument's orders and took to cover dark early morning, with light enat every air raid alarm. Their fears cugh to pick out the way only 10 G/C ASHTON AP'POINTED

end annoyunces n.t leuvtng' dinners yards ahead, vied wtth his colorful TO POST I N NO. 2

to grow cold, at 'being disturbed in story of how well women serve as TRAINING COMMAND with the Sth Battalion, Winnipeg,

their baths, at being interrupted a mates on thls same job, Girls today transfer-ring to the Roy,a] FLYing

dozen times a day brought it home are handltng 60 and 70 passenger Group Capt. A. J. Ashton, former C<ll'PS in 1917.

that ducking the blitz was playing buses, and they learn Quickly both to

commanding officer of the Patricia

into Hitler's hand. ,So one by one, keep the schedules and to handle Bay air station, Victoria, B.C., 11a8

housewives, workers and all began passengers. T'hen t.l1HY help a bUR become officer in charge or adnrlnle- BUDGET

to go about their business, and they driver in those llttle ways only a wo- tratton of No, 2 'I'ralniug Command, Do you remember the sailor who,

felt better. man thluks about. They wheedle a Wtnntpcg. when asked what he'd done with hie

Throwing in a bit CIt personal his- passenger into hopping off to grab a Group Capt. Ashton was born in wages, answered, "Part went for 11-

tory, Mr. Hodge told nf achieving his bIt of ftsh and chios or ice cream Wiltshire, England, and came to rjan- qUOT, part for women, and the rest heart's dream ot '3. home with nickel- while the bus makes a turn and driver ada in 1911. He was attached to the I spent foolishly:'

4

THE AIRl\IEN'S POST

PERSONAL POSTS.CRIPTS

A rrivals, Departures, Stork Reports and Mergers

and MTS. J. A. Capstick at St. M1-

menton.

S.F.T.IS., Danphm. '~Ving Commander Reid, Mrs. R-eid,

8t~~~~ I~I'~~ C:rl~l~~~!~~ '~~:~~,d ~:t,lhiS ,Flight Lieutenant A. Vl. Ham- ladies and brother officers, When I

Col. A. Borlsorsky of the physical mend. M.e., posted to No. 7 A.O.S., was asked 1O propose a toast to the training stair has been transrei-red Portage. wtng Commander and Ml'8. Reid 1

to No. G 1.'1'.3., Toronto; CDl. M. W. Nl~il~~ ~~~;I.'S~· ~~a~:~::~ posted to :8~~~~ei~e:=a:n~h~~leW~: 1~~S:O:~1~~ a:~~

Pechet, physical training, poster] to

No .. 2 T.l'.S., Regina; Sgt. A.. M. 'Captain V. A. Clark posted to No.

19 E.F.T.S., Virden.

castons where rank did not count, but simple sincerity did. The Commanding Omeer, 118 most of you urn aware came to Br-andon a litUe more than a year ago and since then we have all learned much. Behind his kindly uppcarunce and soft voice there is a very formidable character which is possessed with a knowdedee or verbal tactics that is amazing and this coupled with his utter dtet-egard ot rules, reg ula.Liuns and CUIlVlmLi()HS have his subordinate officers aghast at tlmee uncI] think it is only fitting retribution that 'he has been posted to Ottawa where he will l ik ely be ODe of unsafe to speak to a certain anguish-

2 P~~~n~:!ce~~~n:~n:~all\\~~~~~pe~~' AIC2 K. M. ::~~:g~\~aE married to the chosen issuers of rules .and regu- ~~~e~~ea~;~~e('~Oa~ql~:::~~;~. i~lt:l~~~ei:

Flight Lieutenant D. A. Icreese from Miss Edith Pul.rle!a Fa:IH~6t of ilndia.n ~~lt:l~n:~el l:':e:U::,:o:el~'~~~l:~ ~~.:: hopes that the Commanding Officer Nil, 7' l.T . .s.. Saskatoon, were visttor a Head, on January 17, at Brandon. I say that No. ~ Munulng Depot is a would remain with us long' enough to at the depot. F'lt.y Lt. F. G. Ongaey performed the vastly better place for having bud run out of things to build and in the

iF1t.-Lt. Fl. 'l'~. Grav81IH PfJKLsu 1,(1 ceremony. the Wtng 'Commander ' .... ith us. Re- 11'1JiHt, IlL my lonely J'l)fJIIl I have

No. 3 Wireless School, Winnipeg; Births rneurbertug the Station in its early stretched my imagination that ))1'0-

F''''~gt.. R. I. Neill trans'ferred ~ Born tu .SgL Miteholt. A. 0., and {1aYK I Gill] llIysHlf amazed at the vided he didn't decide to build "11-

station from EUr:.RCliff£.; ,L.AJC D. Mrs. Mitchell" 'a daughter (Prances changes and progress that are due tither stage at the fat" end of the Mutrnead posted to No. 7 KF.T.S., Jean), at 'I'reherne, on .TanUaTY 20th. largely to his unttrmg efforts. The AJ'PlIa he cnuld perhupe have been Macf.eod: '.Sgt. B. A . jrvans, C.D,C., 1 n4iL ,\Ving Commander is actuated by two prevatled upon to create .a hauttable to this etatton from No.7 I.'1'.8 .. Sas- Bern January HI, 1943, a son to Sgt. rather outstanding motives. His pen. Orderly Officers Room, but thatrealav is stretchtug imagination.

As Ottawa has now called him their Nand. so to speak, is on their own hands and I shudder to think of some of the experiences they are going to undergo boforo they gut to know the Wing Commander thcrougnly and realize that a good many things are uuid by him with his tongue in Ins cheek and a twinkle .ln his eyes. In fact, J liken h im to the )!lother-in-law in the old prehtstor-to story when one caveman excitedly dashed up to nnother and yelled "Hey Joe 1 just. flaw your Mother-in-law down there hav lug a hell of a battle with a great big S"I.'!JHJ touthod tiger" and the other- caveman replied "Well what the hell do I care about a sabre toothed tiger."

Social and Personal Honorary FIt./Lt. T. D. Jones posted to this: station from No. 2 Training Command, Whmlpeg.

Sergeant J. C. Capstick transferred to this depot from No.1 Re-seleodon centre, Trenton.

Pte. K O. wytte of the Dental Corps has b~en posted to No.8 Man- 11ing noooe. Souris.

FIt.jSgt~ R. J. G. Park, medical, has been tl'ansfel'l'ed.Lo No. 1 C.N.S Hivers.

Sergeant J. W. Cook has been postell t.o North 'Vest Staging Route, Ed-

,. f, .. Br-own, ID.quipment. section, transfer-

) f'e. red to Edmonton; \\101 A. C. Mt~-

r/* or Knight of the Equipment section has

~I"~ ~st.ed to Ko. 11 S.F.T.S., York-

y~ ton; ~gt. S. Muehntckl. physical training, posted to No. 7 I.T.S., SaH-

katoou : Cpl. S. Kartash, physical

tn.Lining·, has he en transferred to No. 7 ,I.T.S., Saskatoon; Sgt. H. S. Bar-

katoon: Sgt. A. E. Kilfoyle, C.D.C., po "ted here drom Dauphin; Sgt. E. G. Jar-lour, C.D.e., posted to Saskatoon; Sgt, G. \V. Morris, C.D.C., transferred to Dauphin; Flt.-Sgt.. F. Essex to thts stutlun 'It'cm Lachine, Oue.:

Sg t. N. Krugel posted to No. 8 "1\1'" Depot, -Sour-is.

chael's Hospital, Toronto.

Born, Pcliruury 8, 194,3, a son, Jarry James, to Sgt. and .Mrs .• r. A. Coulter at Brandon General hospital.

Born to Cpl. Hook, F. W., and Mr8.

Hook, a son (Frederic James) , on February 2nd, 1911)"

~rOl Rubin, A., posted here n-om No. 11 S.F.T.S., Yorltton.

Squadron Louder J. M. Kreluer, posted hero Irurn No.2 training" command headquarters, Wtnnineg.

Pilot Otftcer N. D. Oampcell, pest-

AT FAREWELL DINNER

'I'oast proposed ('by F/L H. D. Bu1'ton) to wtnc Comman<ler Beld and Mrs. Reid at a dinner gfveu by the ~ No.2 Manning Uepot~

the eve of their dep,arture for Qtta\va ed to No. 8 Depot .. R.C.A.F·l souris. at. the Prince, ~ward Hotel, Friday, Sgt. Moses, J., 'pos!.dll ill No, 10 Pebruary 19th, liN::;.

Sgt. Kent, A. J., posted to No. 19 KF.T.S., Virden.

WING COMMANDER H. G. REW, (:.J\.l.G .. , C.R.F .. , n.S,O.'

In the March issue of the Airman's Post exactry one year ago we wercomeu l>. new commanding officer to this station. In tbts issue or the Post, March, 19';3, OlH reference to this same cmcer ts-cvaredictor y. Win!:;" commaneer " Reid has 1'.;0- unoursneu h.is command here to fill tile newly es tahlfsh ed position of R.C.A.F. Member of the canadian prrscners of War Committee at Ottawa. '1'his i~ :J.1lother mnestone in a dist.ingui!1hed nuntarv career that has compassed three major conmcts, and written a record of service on many far-ftung battle fronts. The personnel of No. 2 l\I:.uming neooe wtsh ,",'ing Commander Reid much suecess ill his new position a.t Oitaw3~

Flying Omcer P. J. Burnett posted to No. 1 "Y" Depot, Halifax.

LAC :'\'liLchell, G. F., posted to No

2 'T'l'ftilling Command Hendqmn-tm-a, Wlnnfpeg.

Flight Lieutenant C. A. .H. Law-

ber comes to this depot from No. S renee posted to No. 3 Wireless Bombing and Gunnery School. Leth- School, Winnipeg.

brtdge ; Cpl. .V. Gooderham, Equip- Ptlot Ontecr .I. R. Hillholl!l€ posted rnent section, .poated to No. 2 A.O.S.. to No.3 B. and G. School, MacDon-

Edmonton.

chant for spending large eums or iuouev and his keen desire to build things. There are times that. it is

uld.

OFFICERS-r..·O. 2 MANNING DEPOT w« uhu.ll miss yon Sir and so wil l

ll<l,ck row, left to r.lgb.t.: HjF;L ~. J. ~allagher; Capt. A. n. K:mkinen; F/L T. J. Durkin; F/O A. M. Warren; FlO F. K. many an airman whuac heurt has beat scewarc: ASO Rosina. Bueklngham ; HjFjL I. G. ungtey: Mr. T. S. Wi1son; F/O J. B. Fitton (po~tcd tn 1'0;"0. 12); Pl/ L. McEach-

ern; F/O P. J. Bru-nett; (posted overseas); FjL W. G. Riddell; ell,pt.. V. A. Clark (posted); H/(1~/L T. D. Junes. a little faster when you hay€ euqutr-

No. ~e~t:L'C& R~~': :;'3 :l' ;. T~O;::lt;.lt;r/~/~· c~· R.~. :a~':.~;n<;.j /~~J~(.AM~ca~:~~; :/~ H~' i~~:~~;6 ~~ ~.I~p~~!1:~~e/6P~~ti~ cd after his welfare as you conetautlv

Barrett; F /0 A. D. Mc.l>call; F/O Ii'. I£. Wood; F/L S. 1\01. Brock: F /L H. D. Burton. do OIl parades and perhaps some of

HOP~~~;,~L~~.\~.F ~}p.i~'e~· s~lc:~~~~j:t:;:~t~ ,'~/~.~: ~~~l~m:.~~d'A~·~J!ti!~~~; gh~e~; T~~::O~o:~in~~·MH: S6~ :el~ the maddeulv hearts in Branden will

C.M.G., C.n.E., D.S.O.,. ccmmandtaa O:friccr (postp.1f t.n Ottawa ; S/L H. G. Oborne; S/L G, G. Elder; F/L J. E. F. w.het:ll1;' also miss yon when they Iatl to see )fajn]' W. A. Relden; S/L H. B. Hunter; F/L C. A. R. Lawrence (posted); F ;L, F. F. Gt-avelte (posted).

Eoregroundr P/O N. D. Campbell (posted); PjO It. E. nees: F/L J. M. ·Newstone.---'f- (Continued on pa.ge 7)

Meet Adolf, The Brain o.t Berlin,

"I'm 'One of the guar,ls here, nor one All Tta.1ian soldier- was. captured by Dur-ing a battle a Negro was beat- Who dreams up the best ways to win

of the inmates!" the oppcslug fOJ'Cc and taken to ing It for the Iback areas astaEit as

headquarters fur- questioning. he could .go. when he was stopped By consulting astrol'oigy

"Luigi Abe-to," an Intelhgence Of- by a white officer, And Germa.n mythology

Teaching a rookie all the language ftcer asked, "what was the name of "Don't delay me, suh," said the While his men take it all on the chin.

of the army isn't easy on the eer- your regiment?" Negro. "T'segotta be on my way,"

geant, either. The soldier shrugged his shoulders. "Boy," replied the orrteer, "do you

One such officer was atartfed to "I don't know," he said. know who] am? I'm a general."

hear a brisk command from a new

recruit the drst night he went off

WAR'S GRIM RUMOR

Absolute knowledge I have none, But my aunt's washerwoman's sis-

ter's son

Heard a policeman all his beat Say to a laborer in the street

That he had a letter just Iast' week Wt-i Hen in the :finest Greek

Ermu n, Chinese coolie in 'I'lmbuctoo Who said that Negroes in Cuba knew Of a colored man in a Texas town Who got, it straight from a .clrcua

clown

That a man In the Klondike heard the hint

From a friend who used to live in

Flint

About somebody tn Borneo

Who knew a cop who used to know Of a swell society female fake Whose mother-in-law will undertake '1'0 pr-ove that her husband's sister's

nieee

Has stated in a printed Piece, that

she had a SOil

Who had a friend who knows when the war

Is going to end!

NOT ALL LUNATICS

Hitler was making II tour of :1 G6rman lunatic asylum. An the inmates lined up and. as RODn ae the Dictator appeared, stood smartly to attention and gave the Nazi salute. All, that is, except one man at the

end of the line.

"HH" screamed Adll1f. "Why areu'L you saluting?"

"Don't be silly," sald the man.

THE AIRMEN'S POST

SLIP -STREAM - LINES

5

ILLUSTRATIVE ANECDOTES

The aggressor who wages war at his convenience and on ground that he picks himself always has two etrtkes on any defender. One day. without two strikes against UI!I~ we will he battlng ; and the American and Britisb batting order will turn out to be ten times as good 'as it looks now.

Field Marshal Sir John Dill (untn recently British Chief ot Staff and now in Washington) and I were talking in this simile, and I told him a story which he later said he used to

the troops:

A stranger saw a colored baseball team playing in a field in 8 southern town. He asked one 01' the boys what the score was,

"we'se behind, 18 to nothln'." "Well," said the stranger, "you don't look very dlacouraged wIth a score like that."

"Dlsccuraged 7 We atn't discouraged. We ain't come to bat yet."

SERVICE, PLEASE

A young man, well under, and an Admiral were standing at the entrance of a hotel.

"Sh-vcall me a cab," said the young man.

The officer drew up with dignity.

"I'm an Admiral. not the doorman," he said.

"Thash all right. Can me a battleship."

AXIS TO G,RIND

"Breezy Bits from the Barracks"

"! see JDe made another forced landing"

INTELLIGENCE

GOIN'SOME

DISCIPLINE

To his Negro infantry -company in

"How ma.ny were in your regt- "Go on, white man, you ain't no camp, a colored first serseant spoke

mont'!" the officer asked. general." dire words: "From "now on when ah

post, returning late. He was chal- AgalllLnlgi replied tbat he didn't "I 'certainly am," insisted the of- blows di.~ yere whistle, ah wants to

lenged fifty paces this side of the know. ncer -angrily. see a huge, impenetrable cloud of

entrance, as follows:

"Halt! Look who's here!"

At a gathering or celebrities in

After three hours of grilling without the :slightes-t bit of Informatton. the sweating Intelligence Officer blew up. "Luigi Alberto," he shouted, "is

"Lordy! exefatmed the Negro, tak- dust: boilin' outa. them tents. An'

Ing a second look. "You sure Is! I when 'at dust clears away, a.h wants muata been travelin' some, 'cause I to find three rows of statues."

didn't. think I'll got back that far yit."

London, Whistler told nne of the there anything you do knew?' guests that his bh-thplace was Lowell, "Nnthlng, signor," replied the 801- Massaehusette, a manufacturing town. dler. "Nothing at all. I. too, am in

"How unfortunate," remarked a the Intelligence Division." dowager n-om Boston. "Why ever

must you have been born there?"

CHUTE THE WORKS

A newly inducted 'PRrR-c1mtist 'recetvcd terse orders from his comma;ding offi-cer before his first jumP.

"Remember," he wee told, ",pun the first r-in-ccrd after you count to ten. If the chute doesn't open, pm1

"The answer is as slmp]c as your 'Sailor:"I ·say;- let's tell the Nips

question, Madam," said Whlatler, "I we'll divide the Pacfflc with 'em. We

wanted to bo near my mother," take half and they take half!"

REFORMED

Little Miss Muffet decided to rough it

In a cabin both old and medieval.

A soldier eS1)ied her and plied her with cider,

And now she's the forest's prime evil.

Other sailor: "You're nuts. 'which the second cord. When you land, a

half would we let the Nips take?" jeep will be wattfog to bring you

Sailor: "The bottom half, 'ooys, the back to camp. That Is an."

bottom half!" Om' soldier jumped. He counted to

ten very erowtr and pulled the cord. Nothin.g happened. He pulled the secSign in an EJn.glish 'Subway station: ond cord. Nothing happened.

"Trains, buses and ItaHans sttn I "Jehosephat l" he muttered. <II bet

running." the Jeep won't be there etther."

-Courtesy Nan. Home Monthly ·'Gosh! That was a close one."

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THE AIRMEN'S POST

And the sky was ablaze with a

The magaalne 'I'Ime has selected Russia if and when she won 'the war Even without these considerations white hot light.

Joseph Stalin as the man of the against Britain and France. 'then the Sta.lln had some ground for looking The gunnel' fired as the plane whip-

year; that is, the man who has con- only enemies of Germany in sight. a.tter Russia's interest only, Which ped by,

trrbuted most to change the aspect Ruseta was net ready to fight at

of the w-orld for the better, or the that time. She needed lime to pl'e- was, perhaps, his paramount dull' as l~nd the enemy flier began to die worse, in 19412. For-tunately !for the pare for the tnevttafble (_~lash . Stattn head of the Soviet. Great Britain, the His plane exploded with a m_jgllt.1f

. whole Empire, the United States, and roal'-

world the change in 1!l42 \YRS for had 1:0 play fm- time Em' 1.118 '~ake of to some extent Irrance, which had an His figllting was over, He'd il.y no the fbetter, end Joseph .Stnlin, the his own country, ju sl. a~ Britain and unpopular pact with the Soviet, treathead of the Union of 'Soctaltet Soviet France were, 'to Bay the least, play- eel Russia as a political outcast -and

~:X~ll:Ii<~:~ ~aHdi~~r:~lC~n~~, ,o~~~~: ~~:~C!::lo~~~t~a,"'Yh::ct I:h~~e sa~~~;~edd 'would not even trade with her 1110re 'T'llB bomber slowly pulled out of tts

than suited their own convenience. 11ive-

There weI'€. even British polttieians The attacker was dead-s-the crew

who hoped Germany UIlU Rusula was alive.

woul-d ftgtrt and so weaken each other The- mDtOI'S now ba.lked shuddered

in the Pl'OG€SI:) that. hoth would be and coughed-

, Accompanted 'br a dr-tver-, an AmPI- ~:~: j;:;~1l~',asH:~i8:=:{L fi:~i~~~,: :li:!~~

lC ,ITI m.-1J U' IT1 a IllOtOI' vehicle was

W;:J,Y for the flnlahtng blows against ll)pped 'by [111:' seuu-v on guard CIt ear-Iv hght,

the Axis. The Allies are now filied States was 'playing for time appeas- . I Back to ttl:' base, TO trtends and home

wlth hope where apprehension g_rip- 1ng Japan by supulylng ber with the a croas-roade. '1 ~ ~h-'HP for a night, then agam to

ped them a Iew months ago. materials of war, 1\-101'eOye1', ue knew Who goes there?" roam

There aJ'l--I many poonto, however, Hitler would never keep hi" word. "One Amcr-loun IlW.j[)I' , a one-ten To loam till IlwI wa: I~ over and

uhnnet everybody in fad, \\1.10 can- Stalin, t.OO, SCGlllS to have provoked truck of fertilizer, nnd one buck prlnot forget the.t Btahn apparently the war with Rlnla.nd and deliberate- vate."

"double - crossed" Great Britain in Iv, aml callously, eacrined a largu They were allowed to proceed. but fun.

August, 1939, when he signed a peace army by sending it into battle poor- a.t pact with Germany while a British iv equipped and take a terr-ible beat-

mission was in Moscow tryin!; to ing for some months in order to de- through the same formula, AT RECRUITING CENTRE

establish a sort of alliance with RUB- cetve Hitler as to the quality of the After a :ime the driver asked. if I "So you've just had a medical exsda. It is difficult to forget that. and Red army. When he thought it was they were lfkely to 'be stopped again. amtnatton. What did the Medical Of-

THE MAN OF THE YEAR

From 'The SI-,. 'I'homue 'I'Imes-Journal

about that. Ivan Ivanovfcb, the com-

man Russian soldier, the man whose

bravery and endurance has left 'the

wor-ld agasp. might have 11!:\eIT nominated as roproscntativo of the Run-

stan army, but behind him, organtzlng and encouragtng Ivan and his tamtty, was Stalin. who devised the strategy that defended the city of Stalmgrad. against which the German forces hurled themselves. in vain, and he it was who, all surnmer, when he might have been tempted to I.hrow all hts 'resnu rues into Lhe.L ba.ttte, organized aml u-alned the vast armies that are now presstng back the boasted "invincible" German army,

shattering German morale when the people at home .are permitted to

learn the truth, and qn-eparfng the

slgnattcn of the Ruaaian people in

have been

crushed,

and

the {-11l{}['-

NIGHT FLIGHT

"Meln KCI.Tnllr," ami he IHHi£:U' chang- mons resources of Ruestan vii, raw ed that op lnlon, ~ .. 'en alter Lhey be- materials and Ioode'tulte w ould have carne Irtendlv-eou pacer. Staltn also t.ut Germany in an impregnable postknew that Germany would fall on lion.

eliminated as sources of danger to other nations. The Nazis and Bolsheviks would no longer be world pO'INers. and the democracies could build til emselvee up to a state of unchnllengable supremacy

Stalin played a dangerous, but courageous game, and costly as it is to Russta today, he la proving 1:1.11':; of humanity.

PROMOTION DESIRED

'T'hre« ynung Iuds in a plane so high-> Blazing' pu.th wn.yx through the sky One at the wheel to fly the shi'p, One at the guns to protect the trip, The other lad up in the nose of the

ship,

To aim Lhe bonubs at the end of the

trip. -

The plane tlew on far into the night ILl> motors singing their song of m igb t.

When out of L1l1--! night the enemy roared

And into the bomber Iris bullets bored. The great ship shuddered and dove to the right,

more.

"J'was a job to keel) the plane aloft. On r-ite the ntte the crippled shi!1 flew:

As t.lle sk y changed from black 7:0 a light }1fJ.~y blue

'When uowu below 1.11('\ target was sighted-e-

In the clear cold dawn 'twas cteartv lighted.

Tben: "Bombs Away! !"-down thev

tell,

.1'0 explode below with the Iui-y of Hellf

Ami pcoplo will fly once

more 1'01'

ever-y

cross-roads they

-AC2 John Cochraue

went

it accounts for tho hostile attltnde time to sto-p fooling he crushed F'in- "1 guess so," l'e.,plied the major.

whi'{~h some circles still recall. They land in two or three weeks. Yet, if "Well, major," said the private,

Ieel bhat if Stalin had not made that Russia had been attacked in If)3.!) "the next time we are stopped ,would lreaty with Germany the war might while the Germans waged [L defensive you mind giving me prtortty over the not have broken out after all. It war in the VI/est, she would probably terttllzer."

was, at the time, a shncking affair. but laking the log-range ViAW in the light of current cvonte, it was, perhaps a wise thing to do, and if Stalin or someone else reveals the motive some day, it may be universally accepted as such. Possibly he did reveal his purpose to the British Government. Maybe we wi1l learn after the war.

But it does seem now to be a blessing in disguise. Stalin knew that Hrtler and all the Nazis hated Russia. "Flltby rats" W:1.H Hitler's de-

ttcer say?"

"He said I was in p ret.Ly goud shaue hut that J shouldn't start reading an y continued stories." -e-Anonvmous.

• , , transformed it into this gla.mour~gir! of the skyways,

"I

French Arrny Reservist NoW" At No.2 Manning Depot' Describes Perilous Adventure in Occupied France

TH IS is the story of Miarcel Le Dr-essay, Sf-year-old Saskatchewan farmer of French parentage, who voluntarily gave up the peace, comfort" and secur-ity of his father's farm when France, in her- darkest hour, called 'upon him to fill the role of a soldier. His story of that harrowing experience is' a tale of epic adventure, dangerous journeying, and a miracle of great g'ood luck that he is here in Canada now serving in the R.C.A.F. and not rotting to death in a German prison camp-

Here is the story of AC2 Marcel Le Dressay:

military and other objectives in and Ub()lIL nul' encampment. Later this ~,Hmn 11<-1,,,\1 WP. 118(;1 I'd that Belgium and Hotln.nd had been invaded.

After this startling news the guard was relufuroed and ordet-e issued to defend om-selves agntnsf enemy parachutists. Boon after this we heard thut the Oerruans hurl driven as far }1(.IJt:h as Amlens ant] Ar-ras. The regiment of arttllerv T \V3.3 with retreated some ninety miles southward to make way for front line troops who were also fatllng back. ViTA marched at nights and rested durtng the day. Neal' the ancient City of 'I'ruye order-s a·rdved Instructlng us to outld trenches for protection against .bombtng, and to cr-eate antitank obstacles. Gentian bomber-s appeared again amd orders were gtveu to relinquish our position and march. After travelllug Iur [UUl' hour-s we

AC2 M. LE "DRESSAY

was called u-p for mtlitary duty took shelter .i n a roreet. to eat. aUI} by the Fr-ench Ministry of War in rest, vVe were still aleeplug when patrol told us to report to the auOctober of 19~itl. And on the 22nd of German stukas uttncked our position. thorltles in a certain town some ten April, 1942. I reached my home at Novemberv of that same year I left One -after the other the Btukae d lved miles away. Reallalng that we would Kennedy, Saskatchewan, on -A!pril my home at Kennelly. Saskatchewan, on 1.I~ w itf a.TI unear-thly sci-earn and he put. in a prtscn camp if we follow- 2::!nd exactly. thirty months tram the to make the. long- voyage to France. dropperl -theh- bombs. The ordeal last- eel these tnsteuctions we waited -un- day I left to join the Fr-ench army.

'Ve were two uneventful weeks at cd fur about 20 minutes, and it was ~ea in a convoy of fifteen sb lps. ant! the HHlRt. nerve-racktng experience I on December Ifith we landed at Le eve}' lived through.

til the patrol had gone and then

what do I want to do now? 'I'hu.t'a

changed tn to elvtllan clothes. Then an easy question. I want to finish we star-ted hiking towards the sea, my atrcrew training and back. over

Havre. After the bonrbera dlsuppeured »se some foul' hundred nrllee away. At there as fast ne possible. I have a

After spending a day visiting the resumed (Jill' march. The roads and Rouenmy fr-Iend Iound Irts parents. HC{);['e to aetl.le with Herr Hun!

city of Le Havre we were transported highways by this time were crowded alive and well. and T continued the

by railroad to Parts. y..le spent one with refugees and troops. We march- journey al-one.

night in the City and the following ed all night and stopped for food and Frequently I was stopped on the

Toast

(Continued .rrom page 4)

morning we were all separated and rest H.1. dawn. As mor-ning passed we road ,by German pubrols who (lUHS- your gracerul fomll g"l.i-t1illg around posted "to vurtous parts of the coun- began to see scouting jillanes, and tioned and s-earched me and decided the dance tloot-.

try for training. I was sent to. Brit- shortly afterwards the bomb lng be- I was just anotiher- civilian refugee. I know tbut I am volclug .the sonnn ny to train with a Field Artillery gan aguln. We were ordered to scat- Eventually I reached a town, which tunenta uf wU the personnel of thla unit for three months. ter in the woods. 'I'he .Stukns dived I shall not identify, and found eome Statton when I say we are sorry to

On the 23.rd of March, 1"940, my and ecrcamod above us and bomb of my relatives who gave me food see Mrs. Reid and yourself leave. unit boarded a tr-oop train which gxploulous rocked the. ground .. This and shelter and work on a farm. To Mrs. Reid, whose interest in the travelled for a whole day and brought ,1a.sLp.d Inr- half. an hour. All that af- After spending ~ig}lt months in this uutlvl tles of the Station have always us into a military zone 80 miles east ret-noon and night we retreated. To- place [ decided to try my luck again been lrenn and who bas been so of Paris. We were bttleted in a small wards midnight we heard the r-umble and make an effort to reach unoccu- charming to lmow und aaaoctrete with

vtllage near Romilly and for 'the of tanks behind us and realtzed the .pted Prance. I made the crossing suenext two months dfie drill, trench Ger-mans were overtaking us. Vire cessfully in Apr+l ot 1941 and went ran to the woods. for cover and look- to the Fu-ench Army nerbor+ttes t.o lng- back I eaw the' dark shapes or ask tor transporta.tion back to Can-

we assure you that your presence will 118 missed and your kindly help will leu ve us with a sense of 10s3.

So I would ask you ladies and gen-

German tanks and the flashing of ada. After a wait of many weeks tlemen to rise and drink a toast to

their ,gl1U'S a.s t.hey fin-ed on us. Having only rifles, and not 'in any of those, 'we flattened ourselves out in the woods and waited until the tanks had rumbled 'Past.

Now -tha.t we were in German held terrttory it was a cage of every man for htmself. A corporal and I decided to try and reach the French lines. We travelled ,boy night keeping off

\iVjlllg Commander and Mrs. Rei.dco!lpled with the. wish for continued good health, much happiness and great SUCCARR in their new venture. 'Thank

Wluulpeg,

Editor, February 8, 1943.

The .. Airman's Post,

No. 2; Manning Depot,

di·ggi'11g. route marches. and lectures the reads end guiding ourselves by this was granted and I was sent to Br-andon, Marl. took ~p our ·time. Following this we the staa-e. We reached a small town Marseill-es wnere 'I spent another Dear Sit"':

were moved north to a place near where the hostess of an 'inn gave us five month's watttng for a. boat to The regional committee of FfghtBsternay in the Marne, and here food and a bed to sleep on. A Ge1'- take me to North A.frica. A,fted' a Ing France "Was very agreeably suron May 10th we had our first taste man patrol overtook us here, and six month w.ait in Casablanca I prtsed to find in, your Pebruary'a :lgor real war. Around 4 a.m. a ,great searched us for weapons. Not want- . boarded another boat which brought sue a full page about the Fighting

force of German bom'bera attacked ing to 'be bothered with prisoners the me home 'by way of 'Bermuda, Cuba, (Uun'rlnued on page 16.)

8

A LETTER TO THE GAN,G BACK HOME

I'm one of the. fellows 'who is making the world safe -for democracy. I fought and fought-amt I had to go anyrway. I was in Otass A----t'he next time I _ want to ;be in Class B (B here when they leave and B here when they come. back.) I remember when I regfstered+-I went Ull 1.0 the desk and the - man jn -charge W.[lS my milkman. "He satd, "\VfH:I.I.'s your name?" I said, "Oh, you know me." ,"\\.-r:ha't's your name?" he, harked. I told him, "August Childs." He said, "Are you allen 7" I said, "No, I feel .rlnc." He asked me where 1 was born and I satd, "Pittsburgh. Then he said, "When did you first' -eee the light of da.y ?" and I said. "When We moved to Philadelphia." He asked me how old ,J was, so I told him, "Twenty-three the first d1ay of september." He aatd, "The first day of September you will be in China and that will be the end of' August."

Then I went to camp and I guess tbe'y didn't think I would live long. The flt-at fellow I saw wrote on my card, "Flying Cor-ps." I went a. little

THE AIRMEN'S POST

Our artist's version of the "Air Force nntertatns't--a.ert to Right: Sgt. BOob Tyre, scripts; Sgt. George Fa.irbail"ll, directing the band: Flying Officer R. R. Barrett at the microphone, and CpL Irving Herman, producer, Since this picture was taken Cpl. tre rman has been posted to .vo. l Wireless, \lTinnipeg.

further and some fellow said, "Look One lllol'nipg when it was about top and 10,000 Japs came at us. The "For a long time, all cream has what the wind's blowing in." 1 said five degrees below, they called us out way they looked at me 'you'd think been banned here," the Mayor told "Wind nothing. The draft's doing it." for underwear inspection. Talk about I'd started the war. Our Capt. yelled, Wilkie, "but the ban was lifted to .. On the I3eCmHl mm-ntng they -put scenery-red fl-annels-B.V.n!s of all "Fire at will"-uut L didn't know any- day, in honor of your visit .. Tomorrow, these clothes on me. What an' outfit! kinds. The union suit I had on would body !by the name of Will. Lg uese the the ban against using ice cream here As soon us you're in It, you think you fit Tony Galento. The Lieut. lined us fellow behind me thought. I was Will. will be imposed again."

coul-d fight anybody. They have two up and told us to stand U-P. I said, 'because he fired the gun nnd shot 'ViUkie and his rrtends were fin-

stees-e-ton small and boo \big. 'I'he "I am up sir, but this underwear] me- in the excitement. Ishing- the last of the ice cr-eam, and

punts were so tight I couldn't sit have on makes you think I'm sitting expressed appreciation for the rare

down. The shOBS were so big I turner down." He got so mad he put me When Wendell W-ilkie art-tved in honor. "But tell me," Wtllkfe asked,

around three times and they didn't cnt dtggtng 'a ditch. A little later he Chungking, the mayor' uf the clry "why isn't cream allowed to be used move. What a raincoat they gave me passed me and said, "Don't throw celebrated this Avent. by servtng ice here?" "Because," explained the

-it strained the rain. '1 pas.sed au that dirt up here." I said, "Where am officer all dressed U!l with a funny 1 going to put it?" He said, "Dig an'belt and all that stuff. He said, call- other hole and put it there." 'Three

ing to me, "Didn't you notice my untform when you passed ?, I said. "Yeah, what are you klcking :a,boutlook -what they gave me."

cream to the .guests of honor at the

Mayor, "n-om the cream in Chungking }'I011.l can get cholera."

official luncheon.

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days later »re sailed for A uatra.lla.

Extracts from Letters Received by the Editor from Different Parts of _the World

Murchlng down the pier, I had the worst luck. -1 had .a Sgt. who atuttered L

From Cr'ancrock. Kent, England.

und it took him 90 long' to suy "Halt" "Many thanks. indeed Ior th-e "copy of the Airman's Post, A splendid

that ,27 of us mar-ched nverboa.rrl. publication, -well printed, compiled, and on excellent paper."

They PlLllcd us out und lined U;" U]) 2. From Litchfield. Conuccl.Ieut, U.S.A.

on T,lle nler. 'I'he Cant. came by and "It was awtuldy ntee of you to send us the Airman's Post and La ssure sukl "IFuJI in." I said, "1 have been yon F'Ioyd and I enjoyed it very much. You might !be surpris-ed if you knew ]0 sir." 1 waa on the ihoo.t. 12 day's- where these copies IgO, for r send them on to our son at Turner Field in' eee. eick 2 days. Nothing aetna down Georgia, as he is very Intereated i~ t.'h-.e fl_yIng activities of all other airmen and everything coming up. I leaned too,"

over the ren aU the time. In the 3. From Bexley Heath, Kent.

middle of one of my 'best leans, the "Thanks ever so much for sending the Airman's Post. It is certainly a

Capt. rushed Iby and said, "What very interesting perfodlcal."

company are you in?" I said, "I'm all 4,. From Auckland, New Zea.land.

by myself." He asked if the Brtga- "T'his also serves tn acknowledge another number or the Airman's Post. dfer was up yet, I said, "If I swallow- After reading, it is .wldely <Circulated and gives to those interested .in the ed it, it's up." Talk about your dumb forces all. opportuml.y {If aeetng the atmosphere and the efforts made in

people-I said to one of the fellows, Canada towards winning the war.

"I guess we dropped the anchor." lIe 5. From Auckland, Xew Zealand.

replied, "I knew they'd Iose it; it's "I was deltghted -to get the Airman's Post. That is a particularly fine

been hanging out ever since we left 'xew York:' wen we landed and were immediately sent to the trenches; after three nights there the cannons

publication. To my rnlnd tt reflects a verne unit where everybody seems pleased to be in it. The clever .sketches are very .amusing. You 1l1USt have plenty of good ad. paper in Canada for the cost of prfnting that in New Zealand would be practically pr-chbhitfve. I took the liberty of sending' the ·began to roar and the shells, started copies to the Air 'Force mess in the city. It is situated tn; .Mountatn fRoad, to pop. I was shaking with patriotism. which 'is en the, north of the, 'Mount Eden .Rtse, and is in a large house. 1 tried to hide behind a tree, but which is well designed with very commodious roo-ms,

there weren't enough trees for the (3, From Melbourne, Austrnlta.

officers. The Capt. came around and "I was also pleasantly surprised to get another copy of the Airman's said, "We' go over the . top at 5 Post for November, as I thought a ban had .treen put on the export of all o'clock." I said, "I would I_ike to magualnes and PH,Pel'S from Canada. The Post is an unusually good effort, have a fur-lough." He sai-d, "Haven't being well written and pt-lnted. The layout is obvtouslv the work .or exyou any .red blood in your body?" I perienee,wllih,t' the paper and cover are of that fine quality which arrests I said, ".Yes, hut [ don't want. to see the attention. It is, eagerly sought. ,by my nrfends in the !Beaufort Di~ision it." FivA o'clock we went OYer the or the Department or Aircraft Prodnction, some of whom hail from 'Canada."

THE AIRMEN'S POST

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BETH LOCKHART'S SHOW RICH I NCOLOR AND VARIETY

February tile 14th's blue-plate special on the Sunday entertainment menu was a repast to temnt the III net jn ded appettte. Color and varfetv marched across the stage in a fast moving parade C),f melody, mirth. novelty and song. The itinerary took us first of all to Ole bed[-;ilh' of Joe Doaks and his AC2 dream of a world peopled by gentle - voiced sergeants and

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RADIO SHOW

Monday's ,b roadeusts from the Arena stage nru drawing b'i-gger crowds to tho Depot every week. An ever cnangfng roster of talent brings. something mow, something different to each broadcast. During the past. rew Mondava OUf' popular half hour show has brought several new voices to the mio and a number- of talented musicians,

"Life at the: Manning Depot" is one of the 'hig-hlights of ouch

humble corporals. We vi-sited program and dur-ing recent

the. romantic domain 0.1. Dan I' Tbe cast of aetn Locl{~al't's colorful p]"o~uction "AU Baba Goes To T .. OW~'" Tl~i!; w. eeks it .dramatized t'h.e Selec-

rs the .har-e m sceue showing Se rg eant Ma..lOr Ehalmer s, as the guuan. With nts I

Cuptd and wntehod fl. huge red char-ming entourage. Nf'W ~tllff, SIlIta.n? ...... tt:: ;.k ) tion Board, Tratntng V'1"ing, and

heart disintegrate into trem- i ¥:t Dteuosal Wdng.

bHng tatters 'before the Impact of old west, .. a highly ent.el't.aini~g c~st gll;~3.T' 1I1~,Yi.ng; Mi~~ llrT. GOld .. h:Tg a.ll(~ An interview with A.C2 ViTalter

passion's 'bombshell. In a \vOTId rtoh .• of COWgll]S and cowboys spurred AC~Ed. (llllgley won an ovation tor Buhr, a fur trader from Bailin Land ly garnished 'with the trap.ptnga of I their way through a sparkhng round- their Mexican Hat dance; A'C2 Peter wn r, one interesting feature of a re-

the Orient we loolrcd in on Ali. Baba'a up of mirth and melody. Soode was on hand again with sev- cent broadcast.

harem and privately voted it an ideal 'I'he Six Farmerettea opened the erru good comPlly offeriTlgs,: a rnual- Vocal solos are regular ofl'eTing"s way of life for the post-war world. show wi t.h a "Hayfoot. Strnwfoot" cul trio performed on a violin, gut- on each program. Recently heard

The progr-am opened 'With the i\lRT1- canoe number; A02 Jimmy Hl1S0,l tar, and harmonica: Marjorie Diller were LAC "Buck" Buchanan, of the nettea in a snappy satlcr routine: was good with his cowboy songs and sang cowboy songs; a quartette comMessrs. Chalmers, l\IeKay, awl Hock-

ad.1:l,Y enacted 1:1. comedy skit entttled "Joe Doak'a Dream": a. visttor from Shtlc with a pleasing comedy nutnbel' was Gunner Don Smith; husky lads from the n4~[H_lt. gave allT'H.dicnl domonstrutton of P,1'.; AC2 lVleCallnm was on banrlagain with a humorons offeJ'in;g; a gracernl valettne waltz featuring Beth Lockhart and Ed. Qlligley a.lso included a gl'OUP number with the Manuettee, Margaret Ingram, Sgt. Stennett and Len Kennedy; tile voices of Roy Lobb u.nd Margaret King blended next in a vocal offering; a tap dancing' double. wit.h Beth Loclrbart and F."fI Quigley was ollmaxed hy Mlaa Lockbart jumping through a lange pacer

heart,

The second half of the show. "'Ali Babu Goes to 'I'own" was a colorful productton of the Orient featuring WoOl -Oha.lmera as the sultan. Opt. Hockaday :H, tho umbrella 'boy, the eunuchs were played by LAC Buchanan, AC2 Ed. Quigley, AC2 Berney Gordon. Jimmy Gilison and Mildred Lewis played the part. of the Amorlcun couple; B()Ul Lockhart. was the favorite wife and Roy Lobo the sheik; girls of the haremwer€ played. bv the Mannettes, Margaret Ingram. Mae Moss, Murgu.rct Whittaok and Olga Babiak. Gordon Mcl-ean was at the plano,

j'SMILE PARADE" BREEZY ENTERTAINMENT

The Manning Depot concert party rang HIP. bell a;ga,in with Sunday •• Tan. Slst'·5' offering or "Smile Parade." The first. half of this breezy show might have been aptly sub-titled "Home on the Range" or "Buck Renny Rides Again." In n setting that had all the flavor and tang of the

"Gee! That's the best number yet"

atatton bu.nd who sang "There Are Such 'I'hlugn" and "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To", nnd AC2 Sam

Cohen of Winnipeg who sang "The March of the Ullite(l Nations." AC2 Ted Sater entertainen at the piano p lu.ying popular- song medleys. The audience sing-songs ar-e another highly enfcvable feature of each broadcast.

The new them€ song for the program "Captains of the Clouds" 'has been enthuslastlcallv endorsed by the a'lrmen on the etatton who can be heard seven days a week humming and whistling the stirring melody.

n(·~l'ore the broadcast starts each Monday at 10 IJ.m -, the crowd gathH8 half an hour carlier at s.so to rehearse the sing-song and get ready for the openin-g' of the show.

All atrmen interested in. appearing on this ShOV'l should report to the prugra.m rne orfice backstage for auditions.

!H'ifJill:g: Lillian Bain, Margaret King. Roy Lobb and Frank Ward Bang ballads: Art M·c]J:wing's Farmer F'lddlers from wnmmec was one of the highlights of the evening. The first lllllf ended wtth a grand square dance by four cowgirls uud foul' cowboys.

The station band under the direotion of Sgt. G, Fairbatru rate special mention for their offerings plus t.he dancing of the Manettes and the slnglng of Gloria Quale; yen, good was a eomerly number- ]1Y Kimmins and Fairbairn on the trombone and piano: much applauded was a comedy overture arranged by LAC Ja4Jk Donovan.

"Smile Parade" was produced by Opl. Irving Herman. The dances were directed by Miss 1\01. A. Yeomans.

All in an, howeyer. it is a good at least. It. was not at a concert, or life, Despite all our fears and tr-em- when someone pulled {I, good joke, as bling, we find "we have plenty of might be expected. It was when we time to -ourselves, the recreation fa- first put our uniforms 011. All of a ctlf ttes are good, and the bark of sudden we \'\'81'8 airmen. We were

the K.C .. O.'s is worse than their bite. no longer civ.Iains. We were at last Flight 37'7 looks back on a very

Probably the most soul-shattering tn the thick 'of the war. And we felt successful month spent in drill, Life in the Reception Wing (;OIl- 'experience of the new arr-ivals is the slats largely of surprises and rumors. inevitabte trip to the barber shop.

The fbrand new kC2- has no Idea of 'I'he sight of your carefully nurtured

what is happening to him and for the tresses lying desolate on the bar-be r ft~'8t time in his life, he doesn't know shop floor is more than many a man what be is going to be doing ten min- can stand, What is more, the shape utes in the future. Hence everything I of tne obony .atructure of your head

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IMPRESSIONS OF A NEW RECRUIT

THE AIRMEN'S POST

wonderful.

This, in a l'awlolIl acccount; is somothtng of the lmpreastons of a new e.lr-man. V\.rA n.re oouruaed and

marchmg. and spor-ts purttetpul.lou . they arr-Ived in Bt-andou an January 13th and vote it a very l uuk.y day for them. highlighting 371'R

bewildered still but. we are getting athletic acldevementa is the 7-1 hoculoug. Now thut we're here, Hitlct'keJ" drubbing they gave Flig,ht 3'78 .... had best look ubont for a ptece of uotable scortr g in this event was that happens is a surpr-ise. Not know- ' laid 'bare ,by the departed foliago.oone by Messrs. Muirhead, MoKenz ie, 'I ground approxlmu.taly alx feet hy

Ing what iscomin'g uP'. the lacquer turns out to he quite a Jolt. three Banting, Carley, Hobday and Dixon

buttoned rookies build their day-to- The biggest uplift III morale came . , . "Battler" Vince Lardner is box-

day existence on rumor. as a surpr lse to your correspondent, AC2 J. A, 0 .. Crowe ing star of the Flight, .. .radto fame

FLIGHT NEWS

By The Flight Repor-ters Flight 375 presents a united front

to the workt, says 'the F'Iig ht reporters AC2s Hallgrimson and Edwards I t.'er8tl ucccun tunt in clvlllun life .. , ... AC2 -Cole, the 4th member of his Barney Bower from Sioux Lookout is tamnv to join the R.C.A.F.~ r-ecently a former C.N .. R. brakamun and Pur! took part in one of thest-ation radio Arthur hockey player Bar-ney programs as the trainee who wus in-

training us models of well dteclpl'ined uh-men.

beckons the twelve artists from the Ftrgh't who were chosen to provtde the marching feet in a recent "_Air Force Ilmtertalns" broadcast.

AC2's lVIacNa"bb, 'i\.~allis,and Hoo]r contrbbute some miscellany on the doings of Flight 378 "the pr1d~ of the Air Force" .. , 3.78 boasts Chick

The members of Plight 374, under Chickowsky in their raulcs IIr LheWinthe' expert tutelage of Sgl. Stevens, nlpeg- BIlle Bombern ... "Red" Mac-

also plays a hot clarinet from are unanimously agreed that their Donald has been doing some plain

terviewed by the Selection Board on Victoria Beach, Manitoba, is Johnny Flight is of a very superior cnltbt-e and fancy leather punching for the

the air . AC2 "W~al1ace uf ,Flight Ateah who owns a mink ranch to all others . 374 carne into 1Jc- Station

375 was a fisherman's guide in (,~Vi1; John, they claim, is one nf !.lte best Ing on the 8th of J,anURl'Y- and almost F'Itght. 379 are waiting and hoping

ian life ... AC2 Margot wua a sc 00 accordton players in the R.C .. A_I<'. everv province In the dominion is to get_ in a crack at. Herr Hitler and

teacher in Saskatchewan ... others .1

factories, shlp- w:~~~eut po:t l~l:~~~}leno~l'be t:;m~l~'::·~ represented in their ranks . . . I:he help br-ing victory a Itttle nearer.

Cpl. Prtee is shootmg gallery brought out a lot the flghttng 7.9th are looking forward

by hts laDS in :!i~a~::~n~a~'~ t~:V:l:~~'::L!.:d:~~~~ of hidden talent in 374 . , . this Flig.ht :0. o •. tphoe,.irorWidnadn-"'Cl.Pne:ba,nnQ"'1e,et ArO,~elOnWa.ed by

claims the only two per-teet scores .... ~ ~

pr-taing this flight., say they, are H to aate . . AC2's Dobson and Greer

come from munition yards and farms . very much esteemed 375.

F'Itgtrt 37~ accepts no .r-esponatbf hty strange and varied collection can really squint down a rifle barrel

for Corporal Reshitka's h-.as'pital non- right madre)' "Gruesome" Greer has . table tennis champion and 'beet Flight SO entering reception wing

day . , . they are -glad to see him achieved fame 'in athletics ... Peter man on the parallel bars is AC2 .Co1- without N .. C.O.'s 'for three days, was back on hiS .reet again. . 3.76 boasts Lenio represents the vocal section bourne from \\.Tinni,peg ... AC2 Barr Quite a "lost squadron". Sgt. Mackay a plutocrat in their midst in the per- of the Hi.ght. .. hockey is represent- from Regina is the Flight's pugths- calls U$ "lucky lads." Though lnocu .

sen of ~C2 Ted Feeley of the Feeley ed by AC2's 'Crewe end VilhUing . tic champ 'who proved his worth at lations and a blttzkr-leg start at P.T.

Motor Company, Wmnlpeg genera.lly speaking Ellght 381 is con- raised some doubts. we now agree

other recruit. is -George Grant, a ,ellar-I fident nL emel'ging from their basi'C! Cariberry, with him, and how!

Cpl. Stein 'is the man who boosts (JUl" P.T. morale. His faith in the elastic quality of our muscles makes us doubt that first aid course on dislocations.

We're quite a Cl'OSS section of Canadian provinces and walks of life. AC2's Wayne, Dawkins. Mason and Ha.lgr'lmson from B.C." Alberta, eeskatchewau and Marrltoba are fairly representative of the stew. YOUiS Lt-u ly, a south of Ireland man, "neutral against the Axis') giving it a slightly Irish flavor.

wtm a 50--60 AC and GC muster we're ripe tor action. So fur we have not got it for our hockey team 'but Flight 79 are taking us on this week.

With Winnipeg "dip and g'llde" experts like Wally Turner, Andy Grearson and others, the fair sex of Brandon are thronging to F"ligbt 80 tor lessons in navigation in the Arena on Tuesday nights.

Though it's cold at present we're out to make ohtngs hot so look out for future communiques in "The An artists impression 0:1' the critical moment when tim B.-iSt.BI Beaufort releases a deadly torpedo in the utreettcn of all

Axis vessel carryinG' supplies to Rommel in Africa. Post."

Flying Officer White described his Thirty-two Nazi planes have been downed under the fire of G:roup Captain A. G. Here's to the paracnuust. 'the only

adventures in Winnipeg, having just ;~:~~r;a~~i~~' :~a~.~~ ~.~.~~ ~i.~~c~~ikofa~S ~:~e:.<1 sf~~:esn~~i 1f:~:i.y~~n'F:~ man who get up in the world by fall~

returned for' tnstructtnnal duty in the name "Sa.i1or"' while servjng with the merchant na.vy. ing down on the job.

CUIlHAla aftl-ll' 27 months overseas. He

bas flown tor 500 hours, ct whi,ch fnevttable. Now 'both in Russia and BOM BE RS LEARN COM.MANDO

DEMON SQUADRON FLIER TELLS OF MOONLIT SHIPPING RAIDS

Streaking over the moonlit sea at z60 miles an hour, the airmen in a .bomber o.f the all-Canadian Demon squadron headed atr-adght for a Naz;i eonvny off the coast of Holland, picked. a 4.000:..ton ship, swooped over it so low that the mast tor-e off the bomb-doors of their plane, dropped their load and cleared the ship by

seconds before it blew up.

This was one of, many thrilling battles experienced iby a Manitoba wireless air gunner, Flying OITi·cel Arthur, (\Vhiley) White, ,22" of Einecarth, during his seven months with the squadron that earned the name of The Scourge of Nazi Shipping. He alae took part in the first 1,GOO-plane raid on Bremen nnd saw 'Plenty "of

fires start there.

THE AIRMEN'S POST

The Post Surveys The World From Brandon

South African Ate of the R.A.F.

250- were on onerattons. AiM'cll it is shrinking disastrously.

He paid, tribute to the Winnipeg Each loss entails another loss, with

JOBS

commander of the Demon squadron, more blood and more effort to pre- -Cunndlan -bcmber- crews overseas Wtng Commander AIUJI Coatsworth vent it. And each loss ateala aume- ate being battle-toughened with comBrown; flaying he is a, fine leader. thtng of ef.rengt.h (rom its weary tnando training in case they have to

During his time with the Demons owner's body. At the end the Ger- protect their ah-rlromes, R.C.A,F. his bomber destroyed (our or five man map of conquest will shrtnk t.o headquart.era dlacloeed.

Pr+me Mtntster Churchill instigated tho oourso when he vlaited some northern born bel' stations a few months ago and stressed the tm-

'German ships ana wag pretty wen nothing and the men who made it shot lip on eovornl occasions, be stat- will die.

erl. The squadron made an aU .. time

record for all squadrons last May by

Ihagging 24 'enemy ships in one month.

THE MAP OF" CONQUES,T

Schtcklegruber was pruscntlng Iron portance c or everybody, flying (mr-

Crosses (those doeorattvc knick- sonnel as well as gr-ound !'.Lafl', knowknacks that he apparently thinks arc iug how to defend airdromes and.

a substitute for anythtug a storm

In Balzac's novel, "La Peau de trooper may desfre) , After worklug Chagrin," a miraculous hit of' wild .nts way down the line, he came to tho ass's skin seems to grant its, own- last man. To his coneternatlon, there er'a eery wish, but only lit the prfce wen: no crosses left. He pondered a moment, then trtumphautlv announc-

machlnes.

,

Among Canadian airmen who are I now commando-trained are Pilot Offtcei- Freddy P. J. Belanger, an air I gunner from Quebec City and former I player on the Quebec Aces, now with I the R.C.A.F. French-Canadian bomber squadron, and Pilot Officer L. C,

ing and its owner dies.

nf II. eeola.ln elu-lukagu for every wtsu rumuec. Tbe last wish is never eratt- ed. "Ac:h. 'I know, I will give you an fled, for the skin has shrunk to nota- egg for breakfast."

air gunner- from

The German map of conquest is like the skin in Balzac's fable. .4.t its full extension it seemedito prom-

-------- ! Foster, another

Southey, gask, Told at ail Edinburgh golf club diu-

ner- Jock and Sandy were playing a

Ise everything that the Nazi, heart match one day. and the following could desire. But the promise was a conversation was overheard on one tt·eacherousone. So much blood' and of the greens:

effort went into making the map, so Jock: "How many strokes have

much hatred was' aroused as its evil you played"!"

edges spread over two continents, Sandy~ "I'm nee sure, but 1 ken

that tile process of shrinkage became you've played six."

THAT'S PETTY!

Add definitions: Neck-that which you get a pain In when the dope who takes you out for the flrst time wants to.

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ORIGIN OF THE R.A.F. BADGE AND MOTTO

In 1912 Air Vice-Marshal The Rt.

Hon. Sir Frederick Syke.s real1zing tbe need for a distinctive badge to be worn by members of the Royal Flying Corps enlisted the services of Brigadier General David Henderson and together they sketched upon a Wa'r Office blotting pad the "Wings" w hleh -were after-warda sanctiQned by the King.

A young officer, J. N. Fletcher, l,uggested the Latin phrase "Per Ardue ad Astra" as II. motto for the badge and this was accepted; by the War Office, The only change in the 'badge since that tlme was the replacing of the letters "R.F.'C." with "R.A.F."

TWINS ARE CHOSEN

Joint "sweetheart" of a U.S. army engineers' company are Lee and Lyn Wild!'!, blonde twin movie stars in Hollywood. They were chosen because the men .. think that each of you is more beautiful than any girl we ever met.

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THE AIRMEN'S POST

Eet1A1een 3he Eook 5nds

The best entertainment available to anyone is a good book., anti our stuck of bocks ill the big brig-Ill new l lbra ry covers a vast variety of titles and subjects. Here's a. worthwhile project for those leisure houra+ehoose a book and pass the time away pmftt»1hly.

BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS

when

HOW FAST A.RE THEY? (From Canadian Airman) MPH

Earthworm Shrimp

A hardboiled sergeant sat' .r-eadtng. 'Mosquito Wlth furrowed brow he was skim- Housefly

Parachutist

tortes over Goering's Air Force.v=The 'I'tmea.

"So Few" is now in the library. A man H,ft.el' reading lt. wiHf1nd hta blood stirr-ing and will have an unconquerable urge to be "up and doing".All artmen will want to read this 'book.

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS By Ernest Hemingway

This is a book of aordld power that tells the tale of Spatn during the Spanish civil war, The descriptions ':;'1'8 intense, realtstlc, vulgar and at times supremely nauseating. Hemingway makes one see the blood f1.0\Y and hear the groans of the dying as they are tortured to death, The descriptions of su-ch scenes more often than not dig daep into the minds 01' the characters, and unravel with

min'

Line after line of a book sent.

Entitled "Little Women."

A puzzled corporal pondered Off in an alcove nook, Porfug a 'baffling volume Named "Godey's Lady Book."

Pig

Large ra.ln lim}) Hilliard ball (fastest)

Penguin Sparrow Angler's caet

{swimmi ng I

Heavy r:CR-WU.VC

Race Horse (fastest) Dragonfly (fastest insect)

A strapping hombre from Brooklyn Sailfish (fastest fish)

"HEAVEN.'S MY DESTINATION" By Thornton \~.ri1der

Sat viewing with alarm

A mysterious brew of sweetness and

light

Nerve Impulse

Cheetah (fastest mammal) Skier (fastest)

Caned

"Ue'becca

of Bunnybrook Ice-hockey puck

Droplets in hearty sneeze Parachutist (fastest before

one

Farm."

keen dtscer-nmcut of human nature. the mad cavalcade of thought that snappy stories, rushes 'through the human mind at texts neatly all hotel blotters, In tact such moments as death, battle, de- hls matnmottve in life is the uplift of his fellow man-and woman, but

This is the story of George Marvin

Bruah-ea commercial traveller who Dut the payoff carne parachute opens)

does not run true to rorm. Instead rookie's lip Hurricane

of passing 011 the traditional ltne of Went up in a ecornful curl Golf ball (fastest)

he inscr-ibes bible when he found that HIS tome from Frigate bird (fastest bird) some sender's home 'Was "The Life of a Camp Girl!"

feat, and csuccesa.

Unfortunately the book is marred his well lnuentloned 4~llnl'i.H ·IHlm.lly

by a. colorful deacrfption of true love ::~f:~~, ludicrously to his own <11.Stuat -ranks only with 'the Impassion-

There is the time some of his COIl-

"I have only one dresa-shh-t and the laundry takes a tcrtntght to etarch it," What is readly needed Is a second front.

Fire Wind in tY'iJlhoon

Ear-th's sm-tace at equator Hi-inch shell

Gas particles in bomb explosion 2.70U.IJ Bullet (fastest) 3,000.0

M02 0.25 3.1 s.o 11.0

11.0 17.0 22,0 22.0 35.0 40,0 11.0 4S,0 55.0 68.0 70.0 70.0 86.0 90.0 120.0

120.0 125.0 190.0 240.0 350.0

1.040.0 1.200.0

THE RIGHT S,POT

A willy soeaker was proposing u vote of thanks to the corpulent President (if a Rotary Club. He said:

"There is a charming fable that A famous European diplomat, when when a baby Is born, its: guardian

eel writings of a ten cent true story maeaatne. This angle is dealt with at ttmos in eueh detail that. the great ideal and message meant by· the au- which he g06B all U118U8PflOCtingly. thor dips low into a feeble attempt Ile admires ~Iadame's many handtc ratee the animal instinct to the some and demure daughters and tukee thorn all out. to the plcture asked the 'secret of his success in al- engel tmplunta fl. klsa. If the kiss is show, Later. was his face red! ways getting what he wanted when on the brow, the child will .be very

HI? has many altruistic theortes he wanted it, replied, "I have made intellectual; if on the eyes, very

zenith or man's personal asptratlons

As. for the war Jtselr, Hemingway gtve his OPinion, It is clear, to the pomt, and evidently Lh81'e is a detln- which he tries out on a ruthless i'1 a rule to know the right people at beautiful; if on the fingers, very arHe attempt to render an unbiased world with surprising results. But his least ten years before 1 needed them; tiatlc and so on.

accnunt, To laekle euch a pruhleru. spirit, Ilhe John Brown's, 1.S un- and I have always done for them be- "Now, leannot say where the angel 011e whose enormity is matched only quenchable, and in sptte of S8t backs, rorenand more than I ask tbem to kissed our President, but. I do know

by its ccmplexitv is a task 'that could goes marching bravely on. do!" he makes a very goou Cbatrman."

'fill several volu~es. Hemingway has This book by Thornton Wilder, the =============~=============

made an attempt at it in one 1l0VE'.1.1 eminent American writer, is a. de-fin-

Ite deoarture Irum his usual grave style of aensitlve probing into the law of caus€ and errect. as in his "Bridge of San Luis Rey." Here he

i'rp.re:" arrange A, dtrmer par-ty for him at a certain Madame's house, to

"SO FEW"

By David Masters

We who are now "so many" proud- ts ill fl, h'ig hl y taoet.lons vetn and ly remember the "So Few". Here are Iampoona that type of IundarnentalHX'I\H1'ptH from their glottous .story. tst whose aggressive r-ighteousness This is a book every atrman will want defeats itself by rubbing everyone's 1.0 ,'Had for these are OUT heroes, It fur the wrong way. The book bubbles is the "Immortal Record of the Royal with chuckles from beginning to end, Air Force." This book records some though you rlu have a eueuklug e.ymof the greatest stor-ies af human brav- pat'lly for the poor lamb wbo is couery ever' wrtttcu. ttnua.llv led to the slaughter in a

"Mr. Masters put before us a. vertt- thankless world.

able kaleidoscope of gallantry and (By the, WH.:y. t.he Adjutant is HIIendurance. One has uo SQOneT admir- joying thte book at present, so line ed t.he bravery of one man than he up by the right, boys, and awa-it your presents another pictur-e of equal turn with pattence.)

brilliance. Each adventure bor-ders Other books seen on your ltbtary

on tbe unbenevabjs, yet the facts are shelves that cnn be highly

well authenticated, Tbe reader mended:

jg introduced to atrcrattmen, 8e1"'- This Above All, Eric Knight.

geant-gunners, wtreleas operator-a and I Was a Nazi Flier, Gottfried Leske.

navigators, pilot-officers and officers Wind, Sand and Stars, Antoine de

of higher rank, all of whom have won st. Exuperv.

dtsttnctlons and decorations for some Lost Road. C, E. Scoggins.

hair-raising acbtevement every Brazilian Adventure~ Peter F'Iem-

story in this book is not. only fl thr-ill, ing.

but a mtrror-e-a mirror wherein one Landfrul1, Nevtlle Shut€

can .see cl eo.rty that. it is the National Velvet. Entd Bugnold.

qua.Hty of the men of the R.A.F The Yearling, Marjorie Kinllian]

which haa won such clear-cut vic- Rawlings,

"Inepectton !"

'rHE AIRMEN'S POST

A. D. Mcueee career ill hockey

I st~etC.hes. back . five years through Wmrupea bantam, midget and juvenile leagues. 'I'ne Wolseley F'lyers WE'J'e the luet team to upprcclatc his tal-

ents. He was a1,,11 active in wtnntpeg basketbabl ctrclee, .pla.y ing tor the Lazy L juniors.

D. A, Redwood from Ryerson. Sask.

BUL,GING THE TWINE AT NO.2 played three seasons with their Wrth thOSE! 'cool Arc-tic breezes still jn vent!e team in a Ieagua iJ1Ht (Jfprowling through Brandon the airmen tered plenty of .,;tift competition.

No.2 "M" Depot's champion baske tban team

WITH THE HOOP ARTISTS AT THE DEPOT

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No.2 "M" Depot

Jim velch, who hails from Winni- Vi.·'02 Cherrier 100 99 11)0, 99 395

peg, played forward with the starry Sgt. Mitchell 100 99 100 98 397

St. John Franklin juvenile hockey Sgt. Aikens 99 98 98, 100 3%

team before joining the R.C.A.F'. and Sgt. Girvan 100 1(}O 100 99 399

would Like to tryout tm- the staflon CpJ. Smith 10'0 100 100 100 400

tcum.c=Plcuao note Ft./S,gt. Van

Grand Total 1990

Brunt.

Verne ...Johnson, "Versatile memoei of the Kelvin Tech. track team in the city tnter-collegtate track meets was also an ncttve member of the Canoe club.

No. 33 S.F.T.S.
W02 Pretty tI4 1001 100 99 393
F./Sgt. Dunham 97 98 100 100 395
Sgt. Dobrtskey 100 100 100 100 400
LAC Pierce 98 ruo Ion 99 397
LAC Davies 99 100, 97 98 394 Grand Total 1979

ketball team has been setting up

rode!' th« (~anlrlll managership of at the Depot a tlll continue to tnke E. Ahoff played two seasons as

P/O Smith and Cpl. Stelu, nnd coacn- advantage ot the frozen aqua to Vby guard with the Winnipeg Blue Bombeu by AC2 McCance, the station bas- a fir-st class br-and of hockey. ers. also went East with tile R.C.A.F.

The rink at. the Exhibition grounds Bombers whtcn represented the West

Quite an enviable r-ecord in the past isstiU the scene nightly of keen, month. Arter finishing the ftret half friendly rivalry between the differof t.he tntor-acrvices schedule in not €ut Flights ill Training Wing. and tao brultant a fashion. the mesh the recruits in Reception are eagerkings have knuckled down to bust- ly looking forward to the time \ ..... 11(,)11 ness and to date in the eecond half they will move into Training 'Wing of the schedule have not been de- <J.wI gHI. a chance to dieclav their reated. Taking all in their stride, they wares with the blades and htckorv. twice defeated No. 12, winners of the The Motor Transport. Section is first. halt, in a. home and home sertea. the latest department to enter Into defeated Riven; and A4 and have out this league and are giving a very two games left to play before the good account" of themselves-c-alplayotfs, which are to take ·plaee t.hough t.hey tonk a had drub.bing from in the very near future. The team the clerks recently. The lads from consisting of quite a number- of for- the mechanized department. however, mel' Wtnnlpog senior stars lines up have blood in their eyes and are tmas follows: AC2's Mcuance, Oppen- patiently waiting for a return match heirner, Bicknell" Lowden, O'Donohue. to restore their lost jn-eattge.

Floyd, Macfcenzie. Freedman and The etatton hockey team wi th a

Ohtckowsky. number of new races In the Itne-up

Other' basketball headliners on the are bringing glory to the old Depot station Included a number of ex. in the Service's League, Since the hibition games between the senior last edition or the Post the boys have N,C,O.'s and the officers, which to taken AS Shtlo into camp wtth a 5-4 SCOl'e, and thoroughly dr-ubbed Cur-

date have failed to produce a definite berry 10-1. The latter game provided

winner. There is talk of organizing

an inter-fllght league in the very ~~~:!Ylit~l: '~f~,:~e:;n:ns~~i~~a;':~dZ~

near future so all yon basketball €x- spice to the event. per-l.e H'hould be out. in l.he evening-s

sharpening up those shooting eyes, Always on the lookout for new

talent FlO Daverne, who is in charge

Before signing off let us suggest of hockey, extends a welcome sign that in the future more rellowe at- to any lad who .. wishes to tryout for tend the station games and support the team. If you're interested get in OUt' team which from here looks to touch with F/O Da veme or F/Sgt.

he really goin.g places. Van BT'tlTIt anytime.

F-/Sgt. J. Van Brunt.

F/Sgt.. J. Van Brunt.

"

With one checker Iet t on tilt uoaru

the "c rea.t' muster scratches his dome and prupures to explain how he lost tile gn.me -seven moves back" when somebody dislractcd Ilis atcenttou.

____ -

in "he East-West rugby final.

E, A, Johnson has alght yea.rs of competitive 'hockey behind him and is eager for a trvout with an ail' force team. Four years on midget ann juvenile teams and foul' years wtth the Ftn-l: FI'8,IJ:I:es juntura add. LIP to a valuable sum of experience at puck

No. 12' S,F.T,S,

Sqn/Ldr. Laing 100 100' 100 100 400 v.,.',02, Wilson 100 98 99 99 396 F /,Sgt. Lawley 100, 100 100 100 400 F/Sgt. .Sntakate 99 99 100 98 390 SgL Cooper 100 100 100' 100 400

chasing.

T. S, Fairley

POT SHOTS FROM THE SMALlBORE RIFLE CLUB

Grand Total 19~J2

This 'shoot was held on the night of February 15th, 11:143 at No, 2 "M" Depot, six men shooting with eacn team, five to count. Our return match will be held in Carberry, Tuesday. !"ell. 23. 1943.

In a compettttve shoot between No, 2 "M" Depot, No. 12 ·S.F'.T.S., Nor-th Brandon, and No. 3'3 S.F.TS, Carberi-y. the following scores were made:

Sgt. R. Ch-van

.. __ F/l, whelan (p.xtl'eme tert) and Sgt. Brotherton (extr eme right) supervise a gym class en tile Ar eua floor, The airmen enjoy these workouts.

14

PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH

Corporal L. F. Dierker

the Station Hospital. His previous

poignant and humorous as well might he in a hospital of that sort.

The bonds between himse1f and bls chosen vocation were further strengthened by his marriage in lQS9, his wife 'being a nur-se at Tisdale, Sask. She is now furthet-lng the war

THE AIRMEN'S POST

Heard Through The Stethoscope

STATIC FROM OUR STATION HOSPITAL

THINGS WE WERE WONDERING definition for comminuted fracture 1. How Mtss Mc.Alptne can keep was brought to light when the excalm and sweet-tempered working in amlner 'vas told that such a fracture the Hospital Orderty Room'! occurs while travelling to and from

o "VII), doesn't, the Eye, Ear, NOlO!! work.c-And then "For a corrosive and 'Threat Specialist cure his own actd poison I'd gh'e a mild aleohot"; we ask "to whom .!" An examiner was n-ylug to WOl'HI tbe wurd "eccrcstve"

ccuger "

3, .Can Corporal O'Brien CHt steaks I now?

4, wnv does the Senior Mcuicrd

From a candklu!e.

Examlner-c-Whn t happens to Iron Officer use a hard chatr 'when there left exposed to air and dampness?'

ale two comfortable Dues in his C1t-1 Cutulhlute-e lt ruate

flee. Ex - y ~S, :-J II [I "' hut happens to

5. v.rhy doesn't the Works Dept mntnl ill contnot with acid

fix the leaks in the Hospttal I"oo[? Cund -It gets eaten away

6 What "Medicine" dORS ::3,1.. Ex -What another name for

Kreiner use to cure his own colds'!

I. Did W'O'l Rubin's ben-bone

ton!.'?

Signs and Symptoms

The surrerers from this heretofore strange malady exhrbtt a typical picture in the advanced stages. Since the disease is ct insidious onse-t and or a prcgresstve nature, the earliest sign therefore should be sufficient to warn the trainee of his danger.

'fhp, onset is marked by loss of lustre t')f' the eyes. This is followed hy UI"OOpiIl,g of the corners of the

IUlll my "noes,"

Cund.c=Roducing. mouth and late I' by furrowing of the Commonly beard in [ill demonstra- fOl'~hRa(j. 'l'he sigm; enumerated 1.i(III\3-lI~e the uther arm, I've just (Oborne's Triad) constitutes the ty,p-

teal rectee of this disease.

sweeten the Sisters?

Cpl. Dterker came to us in October S, Did Sergeant Kearney rutec

1941, as a recruit to the Air Force, that "merry old hell" with the Postal but not to. the duties he took up at Section?

9, Do. all the folks of Huntsville, wide experience in surgical and mod- Ontarto croak like Harvey Jamieson'! leal work has made h1m. 10. Do those eroti-c pictures really

Born in Cudworth. Sask., in 1914 help Cpl. Lock convalesce?

11e trained as an Orderly at Holy I 11. What makes CP1. Grossman

Family Hospital at Prince Albert.

go "beserk" at the game- of bowls? From there he spent the four and a 12, Do the staff of the Hosptta l half years prior to enlistment. His Records Office also conduct a Lonely experiences there, recounted now and Hearts Bureau? <:I gam, were many and varied, 'both

MY DUODENAL ULCER

() duodenum miserable

Why is it when I eat considerable A sense of comfort permeates

.\1)' betug and full peace creates? Hut. in mid-morn when my belly's flat

NEW TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC DUCK'S DISEASE

Historical

This condition has long been l'e- steal 'I'radnlnx or Drill Iuatructlon. cognized under the name of "Leth- and he is likely to be caught by tr.e

effort by carrying on her TIIII'f;;ing There comes the weakness of a eat? duties so much needed in these days. Must I rush forth to milk a cow

The museular weakuesa thus munitested first in the face, gradua'lly spreads to involve the rest of the body. The -patlent notices tncrcaaed tolerance to axerct se. Soon he finds he will not stand if he can sit, nor stt if he can lie down. Moreover when he lies down he g'oes to sleep.

Bymptcms resulting n-om involvement of the Central Nervous System soon manffest themselves. The patient tends to fan asleep in lectures, Loss of ability to concentrate becomes pronounced. He spends hours portug over a book, only to find he cannot remember what he has read. His attention wanders during Phy-

He is concise competent and 01'- ~~a:l:~~r~~: :::: ;~~d ::.:~o~~~o;~cW :~~7 U:~i~lll~:~W:h~~gi~'~'w:~~n~ ::~ ~~lsatnt'eC~od'e'ni~~yafOSrOtr!eOltrotru:neCres' tToh:jr"pe

derty, his tidy habits showing In his ...... .,

appearance and in the wards under Got fr-isky with 'Illy damned pyloric? his co-workers investigated the mal- down on the hips, thus reducing the

his care. He is too valuable to go Must I forever decorate ady among trainees that it was l'e-

uru-ecognlaed on any station. and we My tnnarda at ten, four and eight co cntae d as a clinical entity and re-

are sure that the Pen, Hospital at Wibh powder-s made of God knows named Obrontc Duck's Disease. ,?fompted Newstone to link the name

what This year Elder, Durkin. Attridge. of the disease with r.he (luck).

FA., from whtcu he was loaned to

the services will 'be anticipating his return after the .war.

1[; that my Iate, is that my lot -By a Patient.

2.11(1 lttddelt, the Station Hoapttal Research D.lll'eaU have completed an exhaustive study of Ole disease. and are

relative distance between their seat and the floor. (It is this symptom that

Treatment

In viow of the causes of thle dts-

LANGUID LIMERICKS,

The somewhat trying task of fm- ton, and establish a simple and effecpar-tlug a knowledge of First Aid to tive form of therapeusis. The ourOur pharmacist here by the name of n large class DE trainees has, how- po-se of this ,brief paper is to outline Burkett

able to announce the causative tee- ease the prtnciplcs of treatment are olrvluua, u.nd 'in the Hgihf of present knowledge the Statton Hcepttal Research Bureau have decided to instigate vigorous treatment Iorthwtth.

FIRST AID FUMB,LES

ever, its brighter moments, Each of the signs and symptoms of this In-

r~ familial' with terms like "codex" the instructors could recount many sidious disease in order that trainee For t.hls qnn-pos e a ottulo will he

and "cassette", umnslng Incidents connected with the sufferers may diagnose their O'Wn held daily at the Statton Hospttal M.

Hes not stumped by "Rublut" lectures and examtnattcns, A few of

01' "Cera tum Galen!"

conditlon and avail 'tbernselvea of

I. Room between 0900 .and 1000 hours.

them bear' repeating for their originA_TId knows how to whip up a "\'1- u li l.y anti humour.

'burntn Cachet'te". One eandldate when asked hDW he

would arr-est haemot-rnage from the 'The hnspttal Masseur, our own CUl"- Icmorul m-te.ry replied: "That is a pora.l Cates,

present treatment which is known to At the clfnie a concentrated cour-se

be an absolute cure. of tr-eatment will 'be administered

Etiology which will cure the most advanced

case o-f Chronic Duck's Disease, 01" for those not yet ujfllcted, ad as a potent nrophylantlc. The treatment

The

Station

Hospital

Research

very large artery, and there would Has to work doubly liard after all be a tot of .I:.lood-T think I would

Bureau. after tutenstve research, have definitely shown that this con-

d ltlon is a deficiency disease. due is as follows: to lack of:

(a) Relaxation on benches for 55

put my head between my knees to

Ualng powerful strokes keep [rom fainting and"-, Wtth mal-

On the limbs of the blokes tee amrethougnt, questions such as

W110 return broken ll'll utter heavy the following are raised, "If I pull a

bllnd dates.

-H:H.G.

Preparation

ruuu out of the water. drowned, and lind he has both legs 'broken, and his

(a) Concentrated relaxation from study,

(b) Rest periods. minutes in a special waiting room

(c) The company of .beauttful wo- provided.

(b) Prohibition of text-books Or any literature during this period.

(c) Encouragement of the convtv-

l'ihfi crushed, should I turn him over and apply -artificial respiration ?"always accompanied by a fiendish

men.

(d) Convivial company. (e) Diarrhoea.

The disease ts confined to -the male tat interchange or ideas with your-

gr-in and a "get out of that one sex and shows an alarmingly high fellows while relaxed.

huddy" expression. An entirely new incidence at No.2 Manning Depot. (Continued on page 16)

THE AIRMEN'S POST

15

mlseruuly, blushed, and lowe-red its head in ahame-eteaa-s welled into the I bi,g brown eyes and a sob shook the huge Ibody.

I "I'm 'sorry fer ecttng up like that," the buffalo sniffled. "It's the caviar

that does it. I'm not used to rich rood-it always gives me beartbnrn."

I -w-n, see Lha.t it doesn't happen again," said our three heeoee severely. "Next time you won't get off eo easy." And with that parting ehot our buffalo-busters returned to their duties resolved not to dtvulge a word 'ab-out their exciting adventure-c-ror obvious reasons.

UNARMED AIRMEN ARE HE:ROES OF BATTLE WITH ENRAGED BUFFALO

~REl:E intrepid members of the R.(':ULI-~. etattoned at. No. 2 "MOO Depot 1 are resting qui,etly today after a grim .'battlc with a maddened hull buffalo at the Exhibition Grounds.

Heroes are modest people, and oue- three fearless matadors were indined to he reticent about their part in the exciting adventure. But by dint of -per aletent uueatloning we. were able to pleeo the dramatic story together. A story of incredtble courage and endurance pitted against two tone of savage, rampaging bison. Our three buffalo-busters modestly retused to have their na-mes mentioned so we will aimply refer to them as Frank "Bring 'em back alive" Ctuek. Two-Gun Van 'GruIlt, and One-Punch F'rugat.

The story begins Quietly enough <:11:) UUI' three stalwart Knig-hts in ilrlue tramp through the purple twilight to bring a few tid-bits of chicken and cavtar-e-common delicacies on the mess hall tables-vto the captive buffalo. Little did they dream 01 the st1~rjng drama that was soon to be enacted there nn l.hal. snow-covered fielll as they fed 'the ~)1Ifrulo and stroked his massive head. Little diu they '8U811ect the murderous thoughts that lurked in the little animal 'brain of that s'haggy monarch of the {lla'in81 as be daintily gulped down the ehtcken find cavi-ar. When all the rood had been devoured bhe buffalo burped sofUy once or nwtce and leered wickedly at his three benefactors. Then he pranced back a short distance and snorted a few

bars from "Deep in the Heart of Texas.'

"Must be gas on his .stomech," 'Said Frank Cluck. But it waan't gas, it was just plain, unadulterated orneriness. The buffalo lowered his bead ann

c-harged! The -die was cast l The battle was on!

"Tackle 'him, men!" Frank Cl'uck t-eared as he dived head first into the

nearest snowdrift.

"Tackle him yourself!" shouted Two-Gun Van Grunt from the top at

a tall true.

'TIL see you fellows later," panted One-Punch Frugal as he bounded away wtth all the grace land fleetness of a frightened gazelle,

Don't get the impression that our three heroes 'Were scared by a mere two tone of belligerent .huffalo. This business of .mnntng and hiding WR'l'; stmply a trick to lure the bison into H trap wher-e it. could be surrounded and subdued. Soon the head at Preuk Cluck wR·rHy emerged from the snowdrift. He appraised the situation swiftly. The danger had momentarily passed. The buffalo WEts thoughtfully pi-cking his teeth with a splinter from a Ienee post.

"Looks like the fence stopped him," said Frank Cluck. "That's what happened alright" Van Grunt confirmed

"Then what: are we watttng ';"?" said ;'F''l''!l.nk Cln-C'k bnl dly. "L~t.'f! get.

O'\'€1' there nnd demand an uucondittonal surrender." Joinod 'by One-Punch Frugal wno had borrowed a field-gun from A4 our trio of dauntless big. game bunters fearlessly approached the buffalo. The buffalo looked at them

THE ADVENTURES OF GUS GREMLIN GUS MEETS DER FUEHRER

LAST month we told you b-ow Gus "Immedtatelv, Herr Gremlin, imhad th~ misfortune to fall out ot mediately," Goerin-g stuttered, 1 will a British bomber over German terri- get in touch wttb him at once-hut tory and make the acquaintance of watt! what happens? Who cernes?" Reich Marshal Goering who showed Dowu the avenue streamed a grea.t himself very anxious to keep on body of troops goose-stepping at 360 friendly terms with the Gremltne lest paces to the minute. At their head they tnke u nottnn t.o plague his Luft- galloped a wilted looking individual watte the way -they harraas the R.A.:F. with a. copy of Meln Kampf under his After a litUe confusion caused by arm.

Gus' reference to the Sewer instead "Gott in himmel," Goef'inggasped,

of the Fuehrer, Ooerfng discovered "it is del" IFUehrer!"

that it was Hitler thnt Gus wanted to "About time he got here," said Gus.

see and promised to arrange a meet-

ing with AdoJ.f. The story continues: "Hen, Hitler, He'll! Hetl!" rjoertng

After a few days of Dertin's ersatz chanted, "Hell myaelr," Hitler panted hOSllftaHty Gus !begaD to get a Uttle as he triPPed over Goering's boot and impatient. "~ok here, am I going collapsed butter side down. Tenderly to see the Sewer or not?" he demand- Cnerlng picked him u.p and dusted

ed. him oft

"What brings you home in such n hurr-y. your Excellency?" Goering enqutred.

"Hu," Hitler mumbled :blowing his nose on a page from Mein Kampf, "J bave worked out another great piece I of strategy. Soon we will proclaim I annrher great vtetory over the Russians."

I "Wonderful, Excellenc:y. wondertul," Goering beamed. "Do tell me "Please." Goering nleaded.V'dc not nbout it, please."

call him the Sewer-it is Fuehrer, "it is atmple," said Adolf_ "We 1'\111- spelled F-u-e-h-r-c-T_" The Busstans folJo.w. Snen we lure

"Aldg:hl," said Gus. "but a smell them into Derlin-and then, presto, by any other name is still a smelt it is n gr-eat victory."

That's .Shakespeare. But that's not' th€ point-when am I go1ng to 'see this guy?"

"It i~ v~l'y dlfflcult;" Goel'ing apologlzed. "OU)' great Fuehrer is so ,bUoSY on the Eastern front annihilating the Russian armtee."

"Don't. try and bu.mbooele me," Gus enlckei-ed. "1 know whose armies are being annihilated-and it's not the Russians." I

"Please, not 80 loud," Goer-ing

cautioned. "Somebody might bear you."

.... Well. stop giving me the run' around and go and page this guy Hitler. Oremllna don't like to be kept waiting."

"Who for ?" Gus .sntckered.

"Donner and B-litzen-" Hitler

ed. "who Is tbis ill-mannered oat ?' "Careful, your Excellency," Goering whispered. "Thfe little gentleman is a Gremltn-e-we must be di·plo~

matte."

"Aeh," Hitler groaned, "do not 1'e11 me that the Gremlins have declared war on us too 1"

"Not yet, your Excellency," Goering hissed, "That is why WI:J muat be par-

ticularjv nice to him,"

"Dut or cour-se," Adolf 'beamed.

I "ArId ~I'st of all we must 'present him

(Continued on ,pa.ge 16)

16

OUR OBJE.CTIVE $20,000 MONTHLY

10,050.00

14,457.00

Feb. 14

12,805.00

11,257.00

Nov. 26

i

•

Sales of war savings certificates climb steadily at this Station.

Gus Gremlin (Continued from page 15)

wlth our hfgheat military honor-s-the

Iron Cross!"

"Don't bother," said Gus. "I've got aix of them now for souvenir-s."

"But that is impossible," HUlet'

THE AIRMEN'S POST

"So," Hi-tler breathed. Furtively he NO.2 "M" DEPOT" R.C-A.F.: BRANDON, MANITo.BA

STATJON FUND

reached under his greatcoat and Profit and Loss Statement Quarter Ended Dec. 31, 1942

brought out another iron cross. He GrOSH Profit on Canteen Salle" $7923.60

coughed and looked at Gus hopefully. Add~~:~J~}~ ~~:~~:8ion . .s 11.25

"For another ham sandwich, maybe?" .Sundrv 136.04

"No sale," said Gus, "the darn Band 100.00

things are too heavy to ca-r-y." Airman's Post 2-61.89

Dances _ 1196.98

"A good second-hand tank," Hitler Boxing Matches . 26,,10

coaxed.

"No, but I might do it for. a good

second-hand plane," said Gus, "so T can get out of this infernal country."

"It's a deal!" Hitler yelped. "May(be," he added hopaful'ly, "you wouldn't mind an extra passenger?"

"Who would that .be?" said Gus.

"Me," Hitler smirked. "I was thtnktng it would be nice La jiuy a visit. Lu Heee in Scntlanrl."

"No dice," said Gus nrmly. "I wouldn't playa dirty trick like that on Bcotland."

At this moment a shout went up that the Rusaiane WBl'I:l couung uud Hitler's face turned a sickly green, "Outck, give me the bam sandwich," he yapped, "I've got to go someplace in a hurry."

"Nut so Iuat," emi(] (~U"' .• "Whn.t abr-ut the plaue ?"

1732.06

$9655.6,6

O!'erating Expenses Wagp,;o. General Insurance Benevolent Fund

'64.S1 370.10 fliUiii 518.26

1546.72

Distribution of Profits

Canteen and Lihr ar-y .. __ S '238.77

Sports __ __ __ __ __ 1127.8G

Entertainment 808.41

Extr-a Messing 90'7.40

Extra Comforts, Hoapltal 61.10'

Adiustanent, Rental of Barber Shop 100.00

Depreciation 711.41

3%4.9J

Net Pr-ofit 'I'ransrerred to Burelus

............... $4153.99

(8gd.) H. G. R11JJ;D. W/C Commanding 'Officer

(Sgd) R. nUCKINGIIAM, A.S.O.

Officer I/o Non-Publte Funds.

Fighting France (Continued from Page 7)

read many U,S, papers an~klets ~ edited at Army camps and posts, but

"Goering will take caie of tuat," French movement and with it a very plea-se be aesured that "Thp Airman's

Adolph whimpered. He arabbed the nrttstlc cartoon. Post" rates ns ono of the "top" is-

lLjID sandwich and ran. In response to YOUI' kiudneas. the sues I have read to date.

"What a ununu-y," R::l,i.(l Gm, rlls- following motion was passed on our In anorectation I would like to

gustedly. "Hurry up and .eet that last meeting of February 7th. contribute the rullowtng nlece of prose

:la~~i:-e~j~Y l:IO:SS:;~U;_~i~~' I'll ]lay "On the 'proposal of M. M. Slmonot :::1~~ rlTo f:~Chif g~::~ ·by everyone

and Puulaln it was nnuntmoualy

ugr'eed that 'a letter of thanks should A smile costs nothing but gives

(Watch tnr 'more s.ide-slrliU.ing adventures of Gus Gremlin in future , be sent to the Airman's Post of Bran-

! don for the article that appeared In

much->

issues of the P05t),

It takes but a moment, but the memory of it. usually lasts forever.

Xone are so rich that can get along

the February issue."

Yours very truly, Prof. A, C, de lao Lande, Jtegional Secretary. And none are so poor 'but thu.t

be made rich by U.

Brooklyn, New York, ,It enrtchee those who receive

Feh, 10, 1943 i Vilit.hout making 'poor those who

or give-

It creates sunshine in the nome,

Duck's Disease (Continued from page 14)

Specific

(The patient Is e.llowed to feast. hiE' Byes and exercise hts Imagtne.rlon with respect to one nurse during the following treatment):

(a) One "Number Nine" ,pill fol-

without it-

The Editor

The Airman's Post Canada

Fosters good-wtll in DIP Army

And is I.llf-l -1IHSt antidote for 'trouble-eAnd yet it cannot be begged, borrow-

ed or stolen, for it is of no val~e Unless it is freely given away. Some people ai'e Lao bmw to give you fl. s'lllile-

Give 'them one of yours-

For t.he good Lord knows that no one

gas-ped. "Whore did you gct tncm?" lowed 'by a glass of hot water.

Dear Sir:

I received YOU1' February issue of "The Airman's Post" from a Pen pal stationed at your Poet, and I take

"I "traded ci-garettes tor three at them," said Gus. "This one I got for B stick of chewing gum, and the other two for a ham snndwtch and a chocolale 'bar.

(b) One ounce of E'psum Saltu followed lOY a. rap-id retreat.

fc) An order on the Equipment Department ror a 11e\V pair of br-aces.

H.G.O.

th!s opportunity to compliment

you

[OI' LIte fine jub. T have seen and

needs a smile so badly

As 1H>. OT' she who has no moresmttes left to give.

With future success and best of luck to all the hays.

Most sincerely,

Ann Zeller

Speaking at the War-mbaths toeation reoentlv, in an eloquent uppcnl for war funds, J1 native begged his lleteners to give 'generously.

"We must win this war and defeat Hitler." said the speaker. "If Httler wins and democrncytnH§l we wtll all become POOl' whites."

The Navy advtaes wives that the)" can keep their naval-officer husbands' unifor-m buttons glH.t.cl'ing hy polishing them with Worceetershire

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