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Jessie’s wartime path from Winnipeg to London and back
Jessie enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in February 1943 after wartime work at Eaton's and a munitions factory. She trained in Canada and served at the War Records Office in London, handling missing in action and killed in action files, witnessed bombed streets, VE Day celebrations, and returned home in March 1946.
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Jessie
Lac du Bonnet
Winnipeg
Margaret Olson
Eaton’s
Europe
Royal Canadian Air Force
Margaret
Toronto
Rockciff Ont
War Records
Ottawa
London
England
Niew
Amsterdam
Boston Arms
War Records Office
Harrods Dept
Air Force
RCAF
Canada
Buckingham Palace
Winston Churchill
Bield
Roblin