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Ken Hole interview

CALL NUMBER: T3653:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hole talks about how people from Coal Harbour went to Port Hardy to vote. He speaks about his family's arrival at Coal Harbour where his father ran a hotel, and delivered the mail. He de;scribes the settlement at Coal Harbour; the proposed Winter Harbour British naval base; coal mining in the area; the Port Alice pulp mill; Nahwitti; Quatsino; early settlers in the area; Maquinna; Hol;berg; Shushartie; Winter Harbour; local work that included logging, fishing, mining, and the canneries. TRACK 2: Mr. Hole discusses his family's coming to Canada; they arrived in Vancouver in 1909, ;and later pre-empted on Nahwitti; and then moved to Quatsino Sound. He discusses early settlers in 1910, in the Nahwitti area; clearing land; fishing; hunting; and the telephone line. The Nahwitti settlement with ten to twelve pre-emptions only lasted four years; Cape Scott with thirty-five to forty pre-emptions, lasted ten to fifteen years. He talks about gold panning in the area; road work for ;the government; schooling; Shushartie; the post office; family life; the Hope Island Indian reserve; Nahwitti Bar; World War I, and trapping.;

CALL NUMBER: T3653:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hole continues with his discussion about Quatsino and Coal Harbour; Ben Leeson the customs officer and justice of the peace; early settlers; his family; loggers; trouble-makers; dances; ;medical care; transportation of patients; storage and importation of food and supplies; the seaplane base at Coal Harbour, 1929 to 1940; coal mining at Coal Harbour; and settlers in Quatsino Sound. T;RACK 2: Mr. Hole describes the locations of communities in Quatsino Sound; Holberg; floating logging camps; the forest fire of 1889; early settlers; the Bland family; Williams the policeman and game ;warden; Leeson the coroner and justice of the peace; schooling; Hallowe'en pranks; and fellow students.; CALL NUMBER: T3653:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Hole recalls his teachers and schooling in Quatsino; his work at a logging camp; Coal Harbour air force base; the processing of whales at the Coal Harbour whaling station circa 1949. He ;describes early Port Hardy and Hardy Bay circa 1913; copper mining; logging and fishing in the area. [TRACK 2: blank.];

Daniel McIvor interview

CALL NUMBER: T4210:0013 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Daniel McIvor RECORDED: Richmond (B.C.), 1985-04-10 SUMMARY: Daniel McIvor was an aircraft pilot and airline executive. RCAF 1940-45. L & M Air Services, Vernon, 1946-49. Pilot for Queen Charlotte Airlines, Pacific Western Airlines, MacMillan Bloedel. Executive positions with PWA. TRACK 1: Dan's first flying experience at Fort William. Names of early fliers he associated with. Memorized eye chart to pass aviation medical. Commences building a home-built aircraft, but war intervenes. Joins RCAF. Describes readiness of RCAF for war, early confusion and activities as aircraft mechanic. TRACK 2: Obtains pilot's license in order to remuster as pilot. Flight training at Regina, 1940. Witnesses a mid-air collision. Completes training and sails to England via Iceland. Describes life on the troopship. Posted to Wellington bomber OTU in England but develops ulcers. Works as instrument fitter for a while then is returned to Canada. CALL NUMBER: T4210:0014 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Daniel McIvor RECORDED: Richmond (B.C.), 1985-04-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Upon return to Canada, manages to return to flying. Serves with #8 Bombing and Gunnery School, transfers to ferry flying. Describes the various aircraft flown. Demobilized in 1945 and tries various jobs in the Okanagan Valley. Becomes a commercial pilot and works for L & M Airways in Vernon. Describes charter flying work and effect of the 1948 Fraser River flood. Moves to Queen Charlotte Airlines when L & M goes broke. Resigns following incident at Zeballos when a Stinson is damaged in a windstorm. Joins Pacific Western Airlines. Experiments in waterbombing and fire control. Description of PWA activities of the 1950s. CALL NUMBER: T4210:0015 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Daniel McIvor RECORDED: Richmond (B.C.), 1985-04-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Transfers to MacMillan Bloedel as a pilot. Undertakes rescue operations near Vancouver. Early impressions of fighting forest fires. Extinguishing fires with paper bags of water. Start of waterbombing in B.C. Flying Sir Edmund Hillary around B.C. Works on firebombing in the Martin Mars for 7 years then returns to PWA as manager of small aircraft. Becomes manager of Hercules operation of small aircraft. Becomes manager of Hercules operation and finally organizes Boeing 707 cattle charters to Europe. TRACK 2: Blank.

Ray Herbert interview

CALL NUMBER: T0503:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ray Herbert : Reserve University Squadron, 1952-1968 PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1968 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.) [?], 1974-04-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ray Herbert was born in 1924 and discusses his schooling. Alberta militia unit. Joins RCAF. Overseas bomber squadron. Enters Law faculty at UBC. Joins auxiliary wing at Sea Island. Interaction between Sea Island unit and UBC squadron. Views on disbandment of UBC Reserve University Squadron (RUS) in 1945, and re-establishment in 1949. Becomes a Commanding Officer in 1952. Impressions of armoury and personnel. TRACK 2: Officer's mess. Parade night activities. Summer training program. Effect upon Canadian unity. Attainments of air training program. Recruitment. CALL NUMBER: T0503:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ray Herbert : Reserve University Squadron, 1952-1968 PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1968 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.) [?], 1974-04-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ray Herbert discusses recruitment. Women cadets. Supplying officers. Establishment of Victoria unit. Quota issue. Reserve Officers' Training Program (ROTP). Annual meetings of commanding officers from across Canada. Organization. Tri-Service staff officer. TRACK 2. Canada's changing foreign policy. Views on Canada's position vis-a-vis the United States. Effects of removal of air crew training. Interaction with army and navy units. Annual tri-services parade. CALL NUMBER: T0503:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Ray Herbert : Reserve University Squadron, 1952-1968 PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1968 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.) [?], 1974-04-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Ray Herbert discusses integration [of the services] -- pros and cons. Disbandment. UBC administration cooperative. Advantages of training to students. Personal satisfaction.

Royal visit

The item is a release print of a documentary film made in 1951. The film shows Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh visiting Vancouver and Vancouver Island during their 1951 Canadian tour. Footage includes: inspection of RCAF honour guard outside CNR station, greeting by Mayor Fred Hume and the Princess's speech at Vancouver City Hall, appearance at Brockton Point Oval, visit to Shaughnessy Hospital and services at Christ Church Cathedral, crowds on West Vancouver waterfront and HMCS Crusader. In Victoria: parade with the Canadian Scottish Regiment and the Royal Canadian Artillery, Premier Byron Johnson greets the Princess at the Legislative Buildings, honour guard inspection and artillery salute, Cowichan and Alberni Indian dance performance at Thunderbird Park. Return to Vancouver harbour; motorcade up Kingsway Avenue, Burnaby Municipal Hall, Royal Train arrives at New Westminster, departure. There are also good (brief) shots of Kitsilano Boy's Band, Junior Forest Wardens, Major J.S. Matthews, Very Rev. Cecil Swanson (dean of Christ Church), and BC Provincial Police on motorcycles with sidecars.

Capital city commentary, 1965-10-03

SUMMARY: TRACK 1: At RCAF Station Trenton in Ontario, Dick Batey interviews Air Commodore R.J. Lane, Air Officer Commanding of the RCAF's Air Transport Command, about the modern air force and the role of Air Transport Command. [TRACK 2: blank.]

William Dee interview

CALL NUMBER: T0047:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Dee RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-04-21 SUMMARY: William Dee was born in 1897, and is a veteran of WWI and WWII. He gives a biography covering 1897-1918. Description of Victoria and Vancouver Island prior to WWI. A discussion of his father's work as telegraph agent -- the live stations on the network. Describes his enlistment and his training in the 88th Battalion and experience in WWI.

CALL NUMBER: T0047:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Dee RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-05-08 SUMMARY: William Dee gives an account of his life after WWI as a farmer under the Soldier's Settlement Board arrangement. A discussion of the radio and broadcast content in the 1920s (he learned to service radios). His experiences in the 1930s. His position as a field officer in the AFC (a program quite unique in Canada which operated between 1943 and 1944).

CALL NUMBER: T0047:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): William Dee RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1972-05-08 SUMMARY: William Dee gives an account of incidents which occurred while he was with the Airforce Detection Corps. A description of this work with the RCAF as a personal counsellor who made known the various programs the government instituted for the benefit of veterans. A discussion of his retirement and legion activities.

Agnes Campbell interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dial-A-Dietitian RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1976-04-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: University of Saskatchewan; interned at VGH; born in Wellesley; graduated from VGH in 1939; worked at the YWCA for two years; house mother and dietician; joined RCAF and was in it for 25 years as a dietician for tri-services as wing commander; quit or retired and came to Vancouver and worked at Department of National Health and Welfare counseling native Indians in nutrition; started this in January 1972; this was done under LIP grant; description of planning the project and setting up the publicity; early in the project, they were very swamped, what the goals were of this project; June 1972, they were operational; funding discussed; LIP grant fan from January 1972 to December 1973; donations given and a provincial government grant; one full time person on staff; Miss Campbell worked three days a week and two other dieticians worked one each in their office; diets; nutrition and food additives etc.; what their library contains; increase in work; received 11,395 calls to date; breakdown of types of calls; used a recorder phone after funding ran out in December 1973; donations lasted until December 1974 when city hall provided them with an office, phone and salary for three months; government will provide funds for a year; usefulness of this service; people's interest; state of nutrition in Vancouver; list of objectives now; covers BC Telephone non-long distance area; would like a toll free line for the province.

Dr. Norman MacKenzie interview : [Specht, 1974]

CALL NUMBER: T0507:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-05-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Norman A.M. MacKenzie discusses his family background. Education. Pictou County, N.S. Schools -- Nova Scotia. Joins O.T.C. Dalhousie 1914. Enlists. Training period. Overseas in France -- "Plug Street", Ypes. TRACK 2: Somme. Arras. Catches flu and convalescence England. Passchendaele. 1918 -- Arras front. Amieus. Actions as a scout. Military medals. Cambrai-Bourlon. CALL NUMBER: T0507:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-05-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Norman MacKenzie discusses his discharge. Education plans. Post-war attitude to war. International affairs 1920s. Versailles Treaty. Visit to Russian OTC. University of Toronto. Anti-military training on campus. TRACK 2: University of Toronto and UBC compared re: military. Military in Canada inter-war years. Opinion of value of OTC. Sections of society supporting military. Effect of Depression on international stability. Becomes president U.N.B.C.S.A. incident, 1940. CALL NUMBER: T0507:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-05-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Norman MacKenzie describes the Canadian Officers' Training Corps, UBC. Dr. Shrum. Armoury. President's house. Opinion on value of OTC. Discussion of commanding officers at UBC. Pipe Band. TRACK 2: UBC commanding officers of COTC, Reserve University Squadron, University Naval Training Division. Reasons commanding officers served in units. Opinion of quotas and phasing out of units. Political parties and their attitudes. Integration [of the Armed Forces]. Efforts to resist disbandment.

Albert Laithwaite interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Albert Laithwaite : Reserve University Squadron, 1949-1968 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974-04-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Albert Laithwaite (born 1915) discusses his family background. Royal Air Force and British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Physical fitness for air force personnel. Joins squadron 1949. Squadron leader Roy Haines. Beginnings of UBC squadron. Duties as adjutant. TRACK 2: Importance of tradition. Lectures. Resident staff officer. University and Service College training compared. Leadership training. Value of training units to community. Social aspects of units. Loss due to disbandment. Contribution of university units. Human element of services.

New Year's Day flight, 1971

SUMMARY: Radio program following a flight of two CF-104 Starfighter jets along the route of the C.P.R. from the Alberta border to Patricia Bay Airport on Vancouver Island. The pilots report in-flight progress via radio. Dan Gallacher, Curator of Modern History, Provincial Museum, and Imbert Orchard, CBC broadcaster and oral historian, provide commentary. The aircraft are code-named "Century One" and "Century Two".

Early flying in British Columbia / Earl L. Macleod

The file consists of a photocopy of a memoir titled "Early flying in British Columbia - in retrospect - as recorded by Earl MacLeod." It contains the memoirs of early aviation in British Columbia and northern Canada for the Dominion Air Board and the Royal Canadian Air Force, 1919-1933, together with general information on Air Commodore MacLeod's career.

Walter Coates interview

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0028 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Walter Bacon Coates RECORDED: [location unknown], 1986-08-02 SUMMARY: Walter Bacon Coates was born in Vancouver in 1911. Joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1927 as aircraftsman at Jericho Beach. Was aircraft inspector at Boeing Aircraft of Canada for RCAF on Shark c;ontract and Coates Aircraft during war. TRACK 1: Discusses joining RCAF and Jericho Beach Air Station. Reassignment to Alberta and his work there. TRACK 2: Further discussion of RCAF activity in 1930;s. Return to Jericho Beach.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0029 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Walter Bacon Coates RECORDED: [location unknown], 1986-08-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Description of aircraft construction activity in Vancouver before and during World War II. TRACK 2: Description of wartime RCAF activity.;

[CHEK-TV news film -- celebrity interviews and other footage]

Stock shots. 1. Public Service Alliance meeting - unidentified speaker. 2. Air Canada plane arrives. 3. Airport interior with Oriental family. 4. Unidentified (First Nations?) couple in apartment. 5. John Wayne - on his boat in Inner Harbour. 6. David Suzuki - interview. 7. Rolf Harris - at a school, Monday, February 9, 1981. 8. [Unidentified.] 9. [Unidentified.] 10. Peter C. Newman. 11. Pierre Berton. 12. School exterior. 13. Large tree fallen on power lines. 14. Storm damage. 15. Damaged vehicles. 16. Truck being pulled out of the Inner Harbour. 17. Overturned fuel truck in ditch. 18. Garbage on roadside - garbage truck in ditch. 19. The Snowbirds - planes flying in formation. 20. MLAs in the legislature. 21. The ferry "Queen of Prince Rupert". 22. Free bus. 23. Front-end loader. 24. Steam engine #4012.

Larry Dunlap interview

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0034 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Larry C.R. Dunlap RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-11 SUMMARY: Larry C.R. Dunlap was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia on January 1, 1908. Joined the RCAF in 1928 after university education. Flew photo survey in B.C. in the 1930s. TRACK 1: Describes early childhood and; joining RCAF. Posted to Jericho Beach for training. TRACK 2: Description of Jericho Beach training and equipment. Personnel at Jericho Beach.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0035 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Larry C.R. Dunlap RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-11 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Describes working on photographic survey, 1930, covering Salmon Arm and Okanagan. TRACK 2: More on flying in B.C. in 1930. The search for Pat Renahan, 1930.;

Maitland family papers

The Royal Lethington "Pat" Maitland family papers are composed of Maitland's personal correspondence, speeches and addresses, Logs of the House (Legislative Assembly of British Columbia), scrapbooks, etc. Also includes correspondence, notes, etc. of Maitland's wife, Ruth Hildred Mills, as well as correspondence of their children Robert Reid, Elizabeth Ruth, William John and Norah Kathleen.

Harry Bray interview

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0008 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Harry Bray RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-04 SUMMARY: Harry Bray was born June 17, 1921 in Exeter, Ontario and moved to B.C. as a child. Learned to fly with RCAF in World War II. Served on east and west coasts of Canada and in India. Started Kamloops Air; Services (1946-50) then sold out to B.C. Central Airlines which became Pacific Western Airways for whom he worked. TRACK 1: Discusses activities of Kamloops Air Services (1946-50) and other local com;panies. TRACK 2: Continues about Kamloops Air Services. Getting into aviation with RCAF and war on the west coast.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0009 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Harry Bray RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Serving in RCAF and flying on west coast and Alaska during WWII. TRACK 2: Going overseas to India. Flying for B.C. Central Airways (1950-53) and PWA (1953-).;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0010 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Harry Bray RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-07-04 SUMMARY: Talks about wartime flying.;

Alexander Jardine fonds

  • PR-0716
  • Fonds
  • 1928-1976

The fonds consists of diaries, letters and manuscripts, documenting Alexander Jardine's career, including with the Empress of Canada, Donaldson Lines, the Royal Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the Royal Military College (Kingston).

Jardine, Alexander, 1914-

Alexander Jardine personal papers

Alexander Myles Jardine was born in Vancouver in 1914 and moved to Victoria with his family at an early age. He attended South Park School, working in the summer of 1928 at the Natural Bridge Tea House near Field, B.C., and in September of 1929 with a forest survey crew in the vicinity of Powell River. He worked for a short period in the office of the B.C. Electric Co. in Victoria in the fall of 1929, before joining Canadian Pacific Steamship as an ordinary seaman on the Empress of Canada. In 1932 he joined Donaldson Lines as a cadet and in 1935 received his Second Mate certificate after study in Glasgow. In 1935 he joined the Royal Air Force and served in Britain until 1937 when he was posted to Singapore. He was taken prisoner of war in 1942. In 1946, he transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force. His RCAF career is outlined in the curriculum vita in box 1, folder 1. He was Head of the Department of Military Studies, Royal Military College, Commanding Officer, RCAF stations Rockcliffe, St. Hubert, and Penhold, Alberta and from 1960-1963, Canadian Air and Military Attache at the Canadian Embassy Prague, Czechoslovakia. He retired from the air force in 1965. The collection consists of diaries, letters to his family (these are mainly letters to his mother), certificates, correspondence inward, mainly on the occasion of his promotions and retirement, and clippings. The diaries and letters particularly present detailed account of his work at Natural Bridge, near Field, B.C.; his brief stint as an office worker in Victoria, his years with the Merchant Marine, and with the RAF and the RCAF.

Jardine, Alexander, 1914-

The opening ceremonies -- Expo 86

Special event coverage. Live broadcast of opening day at Expo 86, including royal guests, spectacular at BC Place, daytime fireworks, and fly past by the Snowbirds.

Namao : [out-takes]

Out-takes. The construction of the RCAF supply depot at Namao air force base, Edmonton, Alberta. These out-takes include representative shots of building construction.

Hugh Alexander Hennessey interview

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0048 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Hugh Alexander Hennessey RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-05-26 SUMMARY: Hugh Alexander Hennessey was born in Westmead, Ontario in 1907. Learned to fly in Toronto. Worked as a contractor then commenced air service in Rouen, Quebec. Established base at Hudson, Ontario as He;nnessey Airways. TRACK 1: Discusses early life and seeing first aeroplane. Learning to fly in Toronto. Buying his first plane. TRACK 2: Starting his own air service in Rouen, Quebec. Establishing bas;e in Sioux Lookout.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0049 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Hugh Alexander Hennessey RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-05-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Selling company at start of World War II. Joining RCAF and ferrying aircraft during war. TRACK 2: Discussion of post war career. Selling aircraft in Vancouver.;

Leigh Forbes Stevenson interview

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0112 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Leigh Forbes Stevenson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-04-09 SUMMARY: Leigh Forbes Stevenson was born in New Brunswick on May 24, 1895. Learned to fly in World War I and joined Canadian Air Board in 1919 and stayed with RCAF. TRACK 1: Discusses joining Air Board followi;ng WWI and its operations. TRACK 2: More about Air Board and RCAF activity.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0113 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Leigh Forbes Stevenson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-04-09 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Describes Jericho Beach in 1935 and coastal activity. TRACK 2: Early WWII period and senior Canadian in England, then back to B.C.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0114 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Leigh Forbes Stevenson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discussion of early activities, 1919, of Canadian Air Board. TRACK 2: Canadian Air Board flying from Victoria Beach, Manitoba, early 1920s.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0115 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Leigh Forbes Stevenson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: More early flying and early days in Vancouver. TRACK 2: Establishing a base at Patricia Bay, B.C. in the late 1930s.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0116 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Leigh Forbes Stevenson RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-26 SUMMARY: [No content summary available for this tape.];

Hugh Cannon Semple interview

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0108 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Hugh Cannon Semple (Pat) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-17 SUMMARY: Hugh Cannon Semple (Pat) was born in Belfast, Ireland in June 1899. Joining the Royal Air Force in 1918. Migrated to Canada in 1921 and joined RCAF. TRACK 1: Early life and starting with RCAF. TRACK ;2: RCAF flying from Jericho Beach, B.C. late 1920s.;

CALL NUMBER: T4265:0109 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Pioneer Profiles project : Hugh Cannon Semple (Pat) RECORDED: [location unknown], 1985-06-17 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses RCAF station Victoria Beach, Manitoba, 1925. TRACK 2: Further description of early RCAF flying.;

William Beresford Sylvester records

General incoming correspondence, 1927, 1959-1974; Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF] search and rescue operation summaries (1960, 1962); two Dept. of Transport accident reports involving aircraft of Victoria Flying Services. Photographs transferred to Visual Records accession 197811-44.

Sylvester, William Beresford

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