Water, a desert rescue and romance tale
Peggy Lane Henderson, pilot, crashes in a desert with Jim Mercer a jobless prospector. He saves her and drives them eastward toward water, sharing danger, hunger, and conflict. They endure thirst, betrayal, and fear until they reach a hidden oasis where trust and love emerge as they find water and shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy
Noone
Peggy Lane Henderson
J. P. Henderson
Jim Mercer
Stanford
Jim
Percy
RCAF Wings Parade Sees New Commissioned Appointments
Royal Canadian Air Force personnel overseas receive commissioned rank amid BCATP training and No. 30 and No. 35 SETS RAF listings. Alberta and British Columbia air crew noted including air gunners, navigators, pilots, and wireless operators with names and hometowns. Western graduates from Claresholm to Vancouver, plus Regina, Winnipeg, and more, form a broad postwar commission list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Canadian Air Force
Reginald B. Gusseck
Warner
Alta
Charles ‘A. Walrath
Edgerton
Bernard A. Sorge
Pincher Creek
PS. Lhiyd le H. Hansen
Lethbridge
W.O
Robert J. ‘Larkins
Barrhead
No.Training Command
Rcaf
Swift Current
Sask
Ian A. Macdonald
Courtney
Gavin H. Mouat
Vancouver
John E. Palmer
Woodstock
Ont
North Battleford
Gordon D. Bowman
Saskatoon
Rc.a.p
Leonard A. W. Trebis
Calgary
George S Moreau
Edmonton
Aaron Kiehlbauch
Hilliard
Claresholm
Dominion
British Columbia
BA Morris
C. J. N. Willis
G. Greenway
T. [. Dodsworth
K. R. McDonald
L. R. Russell
Westminster
EB Clark
West
Grand Forks
H. G. Warberton
Kamloops
B.C
Alberta
W. F. Campbell
RA. Clements
D. H. Sharpe
J. E. Davis
R. A. McDonald
Olds
Saskatchewan
G. Swiegler
Regina
HS. Lauder
Shellbrook
D. A. Stuart
Prince Albert
Gropp
Cantuar
G. W. Anderson
Indian Head
H. M. Lapp
Alameda
Manitoba
Mary
St Quien
BD. Darling
RW. Falkins
E.R Gordon
W. R. M. Hollingshead
H.W. Ingraham
W. J. Mackin
DE Mathews
W. C. Miller
H Mac MacLeod
FG Physick
W. W Reid
CW. Speed
FR. Tayt
Prince George
O. V. Steven
Special Branch Tale of a Colored Maid and a Son in the Corps
An employer questions a colored maid Emma about her son, asking which branch he serves in. She clarifies Sidney is in the corporals. Tuberculosis topics, Canadian youth, and a note on Indian troops on Kiska Island appear amid brief mentions of wartime concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma
Sidney
Military aviation graduate roster from wartime release
A list of personnel including J. Bosworth Olds and Pile from Winnipeg, with postings in Didsbury Brooks Vermillion and Fort MacMurray, noting Sgt. Mills of FO and J. M. Grisdale, Winnipeg, who remastered from the Aeronautical Engineering Branch on March 6, 1943 and joined class 2544.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craigmyle
J. W. Thompson
Bowden
Manitoba
Pile
A. J. Mills
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wings Parade
BCATP
Gutta Percha
Gutta Percha & Rubber, Limited
Aber, Ltd
Rao
Toronto
Canada
San
Kiska Island
Ding Roads
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