Oak River 4-H Club Minutes Report
Oak River 4-H Club met January 30. Members read last meeting minutes and approved actions. They donated 25 to Gordon Gerrard for a Toronto trip and to Trevor Tingey for camp. District council report, upcoming events, and exchange trip approved. Treasurer’s report approved. Membership renewed with Westman Dreams for Kids with a 30 donation. Next meeting February 27.
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Shannon Brown
Oak River
Gordon Gerrard
Trevor Tingey
Gordon
Toronto
Trevor
Janet Tingey
Westman Dreams For Kids
Legion Branch 75 General Meeting Names New Members
The Legion reports February 13 meeting with Comrade President Danny Johnson. New members Eileen Silvius Dorothy Ward Janice Greasley John Plaseski Roy Murray joined. Officers installed include Ron Radford Past President Danny Johnson President Carol Kostesky 2nd VP Bard Ross Sports Chairman Ken Young Entertainment.
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Danny Johnson
Eileen Silvius
Dorothy Ward
Janice Greasley
John Plaseski
Roy Murray
Legion
Nick Kamula
Ron Radford
Carol Kostesky
Bard Ross
Ken Young
Stu Jackson
Garnet Scarrow
Hall
Bob Johnson
Barb Ross
Caral Kostesky
Decoy Wellington Raid Against German Night Fighters
In winter 1942 a Wellington bomber crewed by five Canadian sergeants acted as a decoy to elicit radar signals from German night fighters. They made seventeen raids and on the eighteenth targeted Frankfurt when unfamiliar signals were detected.
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Frankfurt
Radar exploit under night fighter attack ends in sea crash
Safety of bomber stream relied on simulated trouble to fool a JU88 night fighter. Sgt Paulson of Wellington was attacked repeatedly and forced to fly at low level toward Frankfurt. Four wounded crewmen and a shot up aircraft led to passing vital radar knowledge. Paulson crash landed near the British coast. all were decorated and returned to operations, with one casualty in the war.
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Paulson
Frankfurt
Sgt
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