rcaf brandon depot - apr 1944

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oZAPRIL, 1944FIFTEEN C EN TS TH E C Opy

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ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCER . A . F . R . A . A . F .


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PubJi,shed ma,nthly by. ii!Ionrl for the pel'"50n,nel ofNo. 12 S.F,T.S., R.C.A.F., wil,h the kind penn.i ... ,,,..of Wing' 'Commander T. R.. Michel-lob", CommandingOf.f~cer.

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office beflDr"'t:! t lbe- 15th of every month.

Winning a WarA Global War is a mighty big wa r. w~

expect that there are many of you who failto see very much connection between amighty wa r effort and-by cemparrson=-yoorIit tle job. You may a.rg ue ""ffiewI,;,.t a1onj{these Iines : I putter-varound and in and out ofaircraft, 01' r push a loose-jointed broomaCl"OSS acres of hangar Itoor , 01' I peddlememos ... hand out clothing, , , dish up food, , , slam gears in a noisy M,T, I'm not fight-ing any wa r. I'm Joe, I'm the man behindthe man behind the man behind the gun, Andthat makes me 8! iong way behind ..So what! Everything you have said may

be quite true, But does that prove anything?Maybe. Maybe it explains inefficiency and

laziness and waste, Itmay explain a half-hearted will to work-hard, However, we areriot discussing the results of your connectionwith World Wae II. We do want to figureout why you feel the way you do.Just what do you think modern war is?

What itactually is will be a surpri se to a lotof people-maybe you are one of them.Vv"BI' has g-rOW1I up. It ceased to be an Artwhen g unpowde r replaced the six-foot bow.'Val' to-day is a Science. Th glamoul' of ourwar can't hold a candle to that of the pag ea n-t rv of the Middle Ages, F'or their bl'ight andvivid colors we have ugly and drab camcu-fl


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, .Qe/ l . -1!oy P"'~F i l l i i g h t S,erg,e.an!t Maxwell

has seen in this war, twenty-eight' monthshave been spent on this station.When I commented, "That was a long tim.E',"he came back with, "Yea, but don't put thatin the write-up, the C.O. might read it!"Seriously though, lean say with utmostconfidencethat I believ'eMax to be one of thebest liked N.G.'O.'s on this unit. Under theable guidance of PIO r . A. Irwin, he is run-ning one of the best run sections in the sta-tion. Under him, too, are foul' N.C.0.'5 whoalso saw ser-vicein the last war; Sgt. Knight,Sgt. McKee, Cpl, Bond, and Cpl. Carr-ie, who,along with twenty other N.C.O.'s, are givingMax the best co-operation in the world.And so itwas yours truly ambled out again

after the interview feeling Max had made theinterview very very interesting and very verycheerful with that smile. Also, yours trulycame out feeling perhaps the guard houseisn't such a bad place after all!Itwas with rather a tdmorous feeling that"yours truly" ambled over to the guard house

the other morning to Interview Flight Ser- p:~~d, e : C Y l . n ; e . 9 .geant Maxwell.However, "Max", as everyone.on the station.seems to know him, had a cheerful smile onhis face '(apparently it's there a good lot ofthe time, too!) but there was a bit of worryin his eyes, Itseems that he was under theimpression that he had to write this article..As soon as the matter was straightened out,however, Max became a new man, and overhis pipe and my cigarette I managed to pro-cure the .facts about his life.As the row o.f service ribbons on his chestindicates, Max saw serviee in the last WorldWar. .Joining at the outbreak o.f hostilities inAugust, 1914,he served with the 2tndDivision,28th Battalion overseas. Max seems to haveled a fairly lucky life ovez there. Once, hesaid, he.got buried in a trench, but dn his 0wnwords, "I got out O.K.-I'm here today. aren'tI?" With the eessation of ,hostilities in Nov-

ember of 1918, Max went with the Army ofOccupation into. Germany and stayed therethe following months until February of 1919.In May. 1919, Max came back to Canadawith his discharge papers from the army, andsettled down to farming in Saskatchew~n.After the outbreak of this war, Max de-cided quite correctly there was a place fo.r himin the Air Fo.rce. So.in 1941he joined as Ser-vice Police. Of the three years' service he

April 3, Monday--Gladys\"4, Tuesday-Ida" 5, Wednesday-Gladys" 6, Thursday-Ida" 7, Friday-Gladys" 9, Sunday-Gladys

Noted this schedule in the Padre's office;what does he do on Saturdays?

BONDS ARE BU l.l.ETSIn backing up the forces we can actually,as well as spiritually, fight side by side withour fighting men. The money that we loan tothe Go.vernment in buying Victory Bonds is

the bullets, bombs and the torpedoes withwhich we can help the men who. actually pullthe trigger 0.1' press the button. The thing to.do, reading today's headlines, is to. shoot inthe most effective way we can shoot-s-


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K. of C. KornerOur first Station Talent Show was a g reat

success, and our hopes are to have anotherone for April 15th. We hope to put on a Sta-tion Talent Show once a month, so come outof your shells, you talented people, and helpmake our shows a success, because it is entire-ly up to you whether they are or not.The Music Appreciation Hour, held every

Sunday night at 2030 hours, is more and morebecoming very well known on the station. MayDougherty is to be congratulated on the veryfine WOTkshe is doing in helpingj; make thisa success.The rifle club is a new form of entertain-

ment on the station, and it's proving to be apopular one. The grand opening took place onWednesday night, April 5th. Itis hoped thatthose who join the club will make good use ofthe equipment.EVeryone in the Drill Hall is happy now.

The reason ? We have finally succeeded ingetting something we've needed for a longtime-one of those very (we found out) scarcearticles - a telephone. If its necessary tophone us, just ask for 50.The boys at Chatel' get a treat twice a

week when Jim Kennedy, the K. of--C:s -fam-ous projectionist, takes films out to showthem.The Hobby Club Room is now open to all

members. Anyone who is interested in join-ing the Club should get in touch with Sg-t,Walker, of the Equipment Section.The services of the K. of G. are available

to all. Drop in and sec Fred Tadman at hisoffice in the Drill Hall.

"IF"If you can keep your lips when those aroundyou

Ar-e losing the'irs to airmen stationed here;Evade the fond caresses and embraces,Never feeling once the urge to cuddle near.Ifyou can make negations regulationsConform to Dix and all she writes about,Scurn the skirt who flirts, shun the pettingset,

Never feeling once the slightest bit of dount-If these are things that you can doWhile of you there are so few,And there is still a 2 and No. 12Though flhty at thirty, sporty at forty-You'll still my dear be up there on the shelf!

The TowerMET SECTION

Short spy story of the month in thedi rt.y xiar'k hours of the eady morning, a part-ly shaven man in threadbare civilian clothess1inks through the front gate. With aged hatpulled low over his eyes, he heads for the for-bidden hangar area. Passing swiftly and sil-ently between Number One and Number Twohangars, he dashes quickly into that nervecentre of No. 12 S.F.T.S., the Control Tower.Later we see the same man poring over a

paper, on which are written strange and weirdcodes. "Ah-ha!" he pants, "I'll stop all flyingon the station today." Reaching into hispocket he pulls out a pencil shaped like a fire-bomb. He then writes "Overcast with orwithout Snow" and grins diabolically.Cloudy Joe has begun his day's work.The villain andlor hero of this little tale

might be named Bill C. J. Mackie, Lloyd C. J.Morrison, or John C. J. Lauder, dependingupon the length of his beard. In fact, tRatthese gentlemen all have the same middle ini-tials is due to the fact that the stork whobrought them into this world had to fly-through a- Cumnlenimbus cloud, with the re-sults that they we re ever afterward called"Cloudy Joe".Being classified as officers, they naturally

have RCA,F guys and gals to do the work forthem, the gals being named Hunter, Birston,and Davies, after their parents of the samename, but answering to the yell of Corporal,Lenore and Pokey whenever anyone desiresany vital information. The one lone guy isAC2 S. Zeidel, a Mining Engineer, who readsthe Northern Miner like his bosses read DickTracy.Passing up one flight of stairs we reach

the Tower, that glassy greenhouse whereingrow all the flying infractions, flight plansand severalhal'd working men. Newest ofthese to this station is FlO G. K. Gamble, whocomes to us with a coast-to-coast background-in control work, as he has seen service at sta-tions all the way from Nova Scotia to BritishColumbia.F/C to Trainee: Well, what do you want?Trainee: Nothing, Sir.F IC: Did you bring something to f'etch :it

in?Trainee: No, Sir. I wasn't sure you had anyleft.


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APRIL. 1944.

In the SportO ff t h e B a c k b o a r d

The series games between Brandon andShilo ended up with Shllo on top, but that wasthe District Services play-off. The series wasplayed off in three games, Shilo winning thefirst and last games.On April Srd, No. 12 defeated Rivers in a

two-game play-off, and were entitled to playPortage for the area title. This series wastaken by No. 12 who won both games. Thisputs No. 121in line for the Command play-offsat Winnipeg.The line-up for the men's team is Perrault,

Flewelling, McKeachie, Mourn, Nicolle, Bren-. ton, Connely, Abbey, Findlay. You're our onlyhope, boys, and were behind you all the way'

C h a t t e rSIL Sawle, 'who would that he might flyHas other things to tend to 'cause hes ouryoung CJ.

SIL Younge, is often wanted, seldom found-His monthly total proves that he must beon the ground!

FII, "Mac" has acquired a terrific grinEver since the ban came off Our beerrationin'.

FIL "Sky" has acquired quite a strutResulting from most anything-claims hisheel is cut.Generally grinning too is F IL "Pappy"-Not for any reason-s'pose hes just "slap-happy".

FII, 'Slats" is really quite a guy-Shoots a line of chatter; is anything butshy!

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LightW . D . B a s k e t b a l l F l a s h e s

The W.D. Basketball team went to Weyburnto start the ball rolling for the play-offs. Theycarne back the victors and then played Me-Donald here at No. 12, No. 12 winning by 18-17. Then No. 12 played a return game atMcDonald and lost. They were the two bestgames of the season.The line-up is Dunford, Rawlick, Turner,

McLeod, Cassey, Thornton, Kolisnic, Best,Mobley and Scriver.

$ m . o h e . q e U " " " ' O W l . I J l f e 4 -Bad men would like their women to be likecigarettes. Slender and slim.To be selected, set alight, and when finished

with, just to stand aside.But more fastidious men prefer women likecigars,

They are more exclusive, last longer, and aremore comforting.

And when the brand is good, they dont givethem away.

But nice men treat their wives like pipes, theolder they get the more attached they be-come to them.

And when the flame is out, they may knockthem gently, but lovingly, they keep themsafe, and no man shares his pipe.

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Spring is heel', we hey finle and deafnitpruf. Remembur how weuzed two play mar-bulls in the spring when we wuz kids? Theboys heel' hey a game aumt hin like it. The~'use two littul wite things like sugger cubes,only they hev blac dots al ovur them. 'I'hovput some monee on the f'lot- and then sumboddy sez 1'01 them bones. So far i aint seenno bones in the game, but they alas sez that.Wich makes the gaim crezyur then evair, butwen they sez thet sumboddy throws those toolittul thinks lik shug re cubes on the floor andVerwon gits cdsited and crowds arund wat-shin. they say sillee things Iik snaiksevs wentheir rsrrt no snaiks a tall, Or Sumtimes the~-'Seys a luky 7 wen the most dots their is onwon off thoes things iz 6, and then sumboddyg rabs all the monny, Its reely vairy compy-kated. Evairy wonse in a wi! somwon blowson the suggre cubes too git the dusst ofnthem, wee nevir ust to bothre about thet wenwee playd marbells, i figger thet im jest alittul two ould fer that game museluf. Buttevin ~hoe it iz child-dish itt duz shoe thetspring iz inn thee ayr.Then their iz othair !itul things lik seein

the feller15 lukin dreemily ,upp at the bloo skie.Lik you rembur thatfm the grate filossupherMr. Smith at the corner stor sed wen hee sawmee kissin you good nite "in the spring ayung manz fanssy liteli terns two luv." Ani--way, the WDs seam two no it to, fer evarvnite now i see sum ov them walkin down the.rode outsid the stashun with a ayrman. themoon hez bin shinin britely allso, wich iz"Yerree helpfull. But than az thee othur chapssed when i menshuned al this too them, j heva veree poatic natchur, tho wy they Iaff'ed a'bout. it i dont no. I hey a suspishun thet sumof them iz vairee ignornt ov thee poatic andartisstick sid ov lifo Onely I geas i shuddentax s pect them al twohev the same hie appro-shyashun of butee as i hey. Wy, just the othur:afturnune wen i was wocking along the roadI saw the purttest critter, all brown and wite-shee wuz, jest lik the Jersey yer pa hez, inf'ac, shee wuz so purtv thet she imedjutly=aidme think ov you, Deer Mable.

Luv,

C {J uld B eFor days now, our c.o. has been wondering

who it was calling the telephone switch boardat a few minutes before five asking the cor-rect, time.At last he could stand the auspeuse no

longer. He asked Our operator, "Who is itcalls each day and asks for the time". "I don'tknow, sir," smiled the wrong number gir-I,"Find out", said the C.O.The next day our Commanding Officer ask-

ed again if the telephone girl had found outwho was :making the call","Yes, sir," she said, "It is the Fire Depart-

ment, checking the time to sound the 5o'clock siren." Oh, I see," said the C.O., "andhow do you check y-ou)' clock," he asked."FroITl the 1) o'clock siren"> smiled the op-

erator,

The S.P.~~IJYSgt. Webb.

The Service Police are the busiest guysIn this here gol darned war,They try to keep the fellows straightBut u.re considered a bore.When a fellow goes A.W.L.,He sticks his neck out far;He knows they'll catch hrm on returnAnd all his privileges bar.But there are many who can't resistTo have their little fling;They get locked up for several days,As tight as old Sing Sing.The Service Police must do their job01' they'd get checked on too;A Service Police put in the jugNo! that would never do.SQ if you chaps sometimes 1'esentThe reprimands you get,Just put yourself in an S.P.'s place,You'll change your views, Ibet.


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INGRATITUDEShe took my hand in sheltered nooks,She took my candy and my books.She took the lustrous wrap of fur,She took those. gloves Ibought for her.She took my words of love and care,She took my flowers, rich and rare.She took my ring with tender smile,She took my time for quite awhile.She took my ardor, maid so shy,She took, Imust confess, my eye.She took whatever Icould buy,And then she took another guy.

W01 Monk loves babies - especially theones born twenty years ago.

"Have you seen Lucille's new eveninggown ?""No, what does it look-like?""Well, in most places it looks quite a bit

like Lucille."

BIBLE AND "WEE DRAP", HER DEFENCEWriting her thanks to Canada for a contri-

bution from the "Bundle for Britain" organi-zation, an aged Scots-woman gave this recipeagainst air raids:"When the raid warning sounds, Itake the

Bible from the shelf and read the 23rd Psalm.Then Iput up a wee bit nrayer. Then Itakea wee drap 0 whisky to steady m y nerves.Then Iget into bed and pun up the cover.Then I tell Hitler 'to go to hell."

ODE TO CASSIDYSitting in this officeUpon a little chair,Is a thickly padded cushionEspecially put there--Soon to receive a warningA s .it never did before-Our Adj. is coming back off courseAn' her feet are really sore!

"You may have got your wings but there's no need to act as thoughyOU had a halo too."


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Right:-C.G.1. F/L "Bob" Burns

G.!. S. STAFF

Left:-LAW Atkinson and Assist-ants painting the large map in

. the Intelligence Library.


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APRIL, 1944.

Doris Atkinson.For the past three years an important but

little publicized institution of learning, name-ly, G.I.S., has been functioning without laurelsor plaudits on this camp. Those responsiblefor the paedagogical manoeuvring!': of thestudents' minds feel that they have providedthat certain something without which a pilot'straining would merely consist of chauffeuringan aircraft. Under the tutelage of a formerHigh School teacher, F/L (Bob) Bums, theschool consistently turns out classes of wellinformed students.Poured into the skulls of our fledgling

pilot is boundless knowledge and informationon the subjects of Navigation, Signals, Air-rnanship, Meteorology, Aircraft Recognition,and Photography. Itis also r-ported that ::1their spare time the students are exposed to a....ry superficial knowledge of Air Armament.Armament provides the gen on bombs, gun

sighting, pryrotechnics, aircraft recogrrition,theory of flight and bombing training. Inthis section are FlO (Hank) Wedge, StationArmament Officer; genial WOl Monk, seniorarmament instructor and diseip.; F/ S Payne,the gunnery expert; F/S Smith and F/ SYoung, the prized bombers; Sgt. Larry Payne,O.C. of Aircraft Recognition; Cpl. Engel'S,bombing and gen. man; and Cp1. "Gat" Mar-ushechka, in charge of Armament work shops.Then there's Cpl. Silvert who teaches theoryof flying, leaving the minor practical detailsto the flights. The camera obseura run byarmament section has three W.D.'s plottingand radio operating. LAW's Tortilla and Per-l'ier and AWl Wales.

T h e S t e a m

The Navigation Section consisting of F/0McDonaugh, FlO "Rosy" Plummer and P/O(Scotty) O'Flaherty teach map reading, plot-ting and other little odds and ends. The lat-est addition to the cultural background prov-ided by GIS, though not as luxuriously equip-ped as the Intelligence Library, is the SORTunder the able supervision of FlO Chambers,our snooker champ. Armourers with Lyle,Wirth, Perog and Scott are the general prac-titioners.O.C. of the Orderly Room is Cpl. Hickling,

our ever smiling Hicky. With her is AW1Levine who never misses a 48 in Winnipeg-could be she's getting accustomed to civilian

S h o v e l i

The Science of Bomb Droppinglife. Lena Lovatt is the lonely civilian but shedoesn't seem to mind. Across the hall in"Pubs" are LAW Edmond and AWl Pornbertthe gals who make the lads pay plenty. 'The real seat of Larnin' in this major insti-

tute of culture is the Intelligence Library. Wededuce from the number of flying personneleagerly entering the library that they all fecIhumble in the presence of the omniscient. 'fherugs, lounge chairs and other luxurious ae-coutrements give it the propel' restful atmos-phere where they may diligently apply them-selves to the pursuit of Morpheus. This is notto say that the O.C. of education who special-izes in trade improvement classes and i'urni-ture does not further, by every trick and cour--teous device, the pursuit of knowledge, It ishere that the eager pre-aircrew classes find abenefactress in the tireless Sgt. Maxwell. "Re-cent additions to the Intelligence Library" areLAW's Flett and Gilpin who still display theboundless enthusiasm of new blood, Nextcomes Evelyn Hunter, tried and true memberof the staff, who valiantly struggles away withtrade improvement charts in co-operation withSgt. Stiles. And last there LAW Atkinson,most noted for the purple smudges she :J.C-


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8 AER-LOGquires on her face during the process of"making up" the news bulletins.Of course, no account of GIS would be com-

plete without,' mention of our loyal "Tommy"Jennings, a veteran of the Great War, who

W.O.l E. C. MODk .School DiBCipliDariaD

qujetly picks .up all our coke bottles after we'vescattered them throuhout the building. Withhim is his able helper Vie Rowe.Hidden aWfaYin the -darll reeeeces oft1le

Photographic department are FIS 1\:Ie18tea1,Cpl. McFadden and LAW's Ennos and Enkinewho owlishly emerge every once in awhile toblink at the bright light Of day. LAW Dem-enuk, after wide experience in pouring coffeeat the WD canteen 1).&snow taken to pourfng 'hypo, developer and other aromatic solutions.LAC-s Kov.alchuk and Webster have recent.lycome to cheer the hearts of these lonely 10VE.-lywomen.While we're still upstairs, let's visit thesignals section, ifwe can penetrate that "Out

Of Bounds" sign. Ah, yes, PIO Pof! has de-serted No. 12 for a holiday in Winnipeg, underthe guise of "Temporary Duty". He leaves tomourn his loss Sgt. Metcalfe, who has become"officer. in charge". Then there's Sgt. IRJanger,who has gone to look up the six WOG's inthe tower. Tch, teh, Sgt. Ranger, how thataccent goes over with the girls! LAC Oliverlooks after the practical end of radioing.While claiming no attachment to GIS thePT section is nevertheless proud to be located

in our building. O.C. of Drill and Calisthenicsis FlO 'SUm" Fitton, who, like the ancientGreeks, is concerned with the body beautifulas weIr as the mind scholastic. O.C.'s of sportare FIS Earles and Sgt. Price, while FIS Ste-

vens is the man who is responsible for mostof the -"up, down" on the station. TheseKnights of the Drill Hall, not as chivalrous asthose of old, enslave one fail' maiden, Cpl. Mc-Glaughlin, to the duties of physical culture.The day is not too long nor the hour toolate for the doors of this hall of learning towelcome in the stragglers. This is the fountDf learning and all who wish to. come maydrink up truth and wisdom ever flowing inwell l'ounded out doses.Adieu.. . . good friends . . . may you sur-vive the Inquisition.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD UP-TO-DATELittle Red Riding HDOd,sleek as a mouse,Tramped .thru the woods to her grandmother'shouse,

She found there a wolf in her grandmother'sgown,And grabbing a mashi~, .she knocked to wolCdowb.Said. little Red Riding Hood, sizzliD.g withspunk,"We chickens today are not easy to bunk.If you think I would fall for your line of hot,air,Youredlimb lUJ"tlte barber, "11th' bObs '!ftYblack hair'"The poor wolf got up and wobbled away,And the bump on his bean lasted many a day.

Bad wolves and bad men, used to rai~ quite-a row;But they can't fool Little Red Riding Hoods.now!

nHERE!S 0h'E W O R DU,,..H ENc:lISKLANGUAGE THAT YOUCA,..r ~PELLQI6HT~OTHATt.,WR.OH~


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APRIL, 1944.

LINK9

We lived up to our name the missing Link"when we missed getting away any 'write-upfor the last two Aor-Logs, A,ctually thingshave been moving so f


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,Cunningham

Itcould be dubbed a "penthouse", but whybe so forma! in an informal magazine. Conse-quently to get that necessary personal touch,in future, it will 'be referred to as "Cunning-ham's Castle". To those who are not so wellinformed it is necessary to tell you that thisname is derived from two basic roots: TheCunningham is from the name of the manwhose daily work is done within its portals,whereas the "castle" is derived from the state-ly design about which the building .took shape.What was the desired purpose in mind when

the order came through to build the place?Well, here there is an opportunity to argue.The more conscientious will tell you that it'was for convenience sake; while the poorer-type (there are none of those in our section,however) claim that its erection was neces-sary, in order that the boss man (that fellow.Cunningham) could keep an eagle eye overhis flock as they flit about from one al c toanother and thus with his "butterfly net" thathe keeps on the balcony be able to catch anywrong doer and bring him up via the "goldenstairs" to the "sacred haunt" on the secondfloor.One glance at the accompanying photo is

sufficient to show you that this is far too',large a place for one man to inhabit. The

CastleSgt. Styles.

~id de Camp to F/L Ounningham also putshIS feet under the desk in the portion just in-side the entrance. Of course other than beinga guard at the entrance to the sacred haunthis official capacity is that of Technical War~rant Officer. YE!S,W02 Fraser and his bevyof Sr. N.C.O.'s are the men who assist in thesupervision and successful completion of allwork being car-ried on within the outer pro-tecting walls of the castle.The ground floor is occupied by FIS Rich-

ardson and his assistants in the New and Se-cond Hand compartment store (it is hardly alarge enough concern to merit a Dept. storerating). Incidentally there are no ration cou-pons necessary to deal here, the only insist-ance is that you return the worn out part.Yes, people, it may be dubbed a "Pent-

house" or "Cunningham Castle", but to many,it is a hive of ever increasing activity.

HOCKEYFrom March on, No. 12 has played a big

part in the hockey line of sports. On March27th, No. 12 defeated the famous WinnipegBlue Bombers 8-4, the game taking place atVhden. March 22nd Yorkton defeated No. 12,8-4 at an exhibition game at Birtle, all pro-ceeds going to the Red Cross.On March 25th No. 12 defeated Neepawa

at Neepawa. The score 'being 9-2. Rhur,Stewart and Bakel' being the stars of theBrandon team.The 'Command Final lineup was completed,

the teams being No. 12 S.F.T.S., Brandon; No.4 S.F.T.S., Saskatoon; No. 11 S.F.T.'S., York-ton, and No. 3 Wireless School, Winnipeg.After a few changes the finals were played in 'Saskatoon. The winner turned out to be Win-nipeg, No. 12 losing the game by one pointafter seventeen minutes overtime. So you canimagine what a game it must have been,Don't worry, boys, it was wonderful that yougot right up to the last rung. Better lucknext year.The line-up was as follows: Jarvis, Stewart,

Honeyman, Brasseur, Harrison, Baker, Hay,Taylor, Fuhur, Savage and Sloane.


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APRIL, 1944.

l iD" FLIGHT NEWS11

"D" Flight hag now completed its flying atNo. 12 S.F.T.S. For the last two weeks thestudents of


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MUSIC HOURAER-LOG

Since our last mention in Aer-Log in Febrn-ary there have been many newcomers to theUnit and therefore we feel justified in remind-ing you once again of the weekly musicalrecital held each Sunday in the Station Lib-rary. '.'Music Hour" is hardly the appropriatedescription, since the programmes are nowstarting at 20B!} hours and seldom finish be-fore 2230 and even this period often seemsinadequate.As far as possible the programmes are com-

posed of selections of your own choosing,though, unfortunately, many records are nowalmost unobtainable, especially those origin-ally recorded in Europe. We have been Lor-tunate in borrowing many recordings and alsohave the useof a very fine amplifying system,though it is hoped that our own equipmentwill be ready for use soon. In this connection,any of you having records of your own andwilling to lend for an evening (or possiblydonate?), are asked to contact LAW Dough-erty in the Accounts Section. We are gradu-ally adding to our own collection, and amongstthose recently purchased are Saint-Saens,Rondo and Caprtecloso, Tschaikowski's '1812'Overture and two albums of Chopin's Waltzes.and Nocturnes. Your suggestions for futurepurchases are welcomed.Watch D.R.O.'s for future programines 'and

don't forget--every Sunday evening at 2030hours in the Station Library.

-FlO Raffe.The Variety Show ofApril FirstWell, we've had it again! Yes, another one

of those very enjoyable evenings were spentin the Rec. Hall while we listened to a VarietyShow put on by Mrs. Lovegrove and her trav-elling troupe from. Winnipeg. Itwas on AprilFool's .Day, but anyone who stayed away fromit would be 'the fool" in this case,The master of ceremonies was none other

than WiIf Davidson, "Whois now in the Army,but who used to be one of the chief announcersover Winnipeg Station CKY. He did a verygood job of acting the part of the expectantfather, and also favoured us with a few solos.Another item t:bat really pleased us was thBtap-dancing team, the Dale SisteJos. They

lcany could tap, couldn't they, boys? Theyshowed us that they could also sing-in theRussian number. This number was quite col-ourful, in both acting and costumes, and it

contained most of the members of the troupe.The Lovegroves did their share in entertain-

ing, too, as Mrs. Lovegrove gave a. very In-teresting monologue about a bride confrontedwith the butcher-shop and coupon problem.Miss Lovegrove sang for us, and did very welltoo. She also enacted a very "stunning" bal-let dance to the tune of "Alice Blue Gown",and was the heroine of the Russian number.I'm sure that the personnel of No. 12 appre-

ciated the show immensely and we wish tohave them return as soon as possible.

To a BombardierRAF Bombardier,A noble aspiration,My friend;And the way is roughWith the goingSomewhat tough,But neevr b e deterred,If you are going to beA Bombardier-RAF!Youth, you haveAt your command,And though you may be "joe'd"Now and thenOn' the waY'"'youcClimb,You only know, feller,That this will helpYou be a better man;You -say,Your home in ManchesterSo English and so nice,And months, aye years,Since you last saw your folks;But they can't down youUpon your upward climb.These lonesome momentsFor those you loveAnd misa;To Canada. to New York,Across the StatesIn America, your ally,And then. with much regret,Back to your base, .And we hated to see you go;Climb, oh, Bombardier,Look down uponA harrowed and war-torn earth,Destroy those baser elementsThat scourge of man, Japan,And other detriments,And then climb up, 'up, to the sunAnd bask in God's given glory,To know the right and joyOf ever being a free man! .


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Breeze fromFlO Clendenning has taken over commandof this section since our last notes were sub-mittedand now has _everything co-ordinatedand functioning smoothly and efficiently.We are glad to have Sgt. Elliott back with

us after his sojourn in hospital and he seemsto be just as good as ever he was. But westill -don't know how he knew when that lastsnow jstorm would blow up. His timing wasjust perfect.The tractor section as a whole have beencongratulating themselves on getting throughthe winter with a minimum of trouble. Snowploughs and compaction have been just mem-ories of days gone by to -most of them. J"ust

recently .they organized a-very successf-ulfare-well party at the home of LAC Christensento speed LAC Bergdahl on his way to Gander.The general opinion was that Phil lookedpretty good in his new outfit -complete withCanada badges.'Just the other day we said good-bye and

good luck to F/S Dick King. He leaves' many-tan~ible _reminders of his. stay of over twoyears on the station in the' shape o:fininiatl1~eplumbing fixtures, etc. He is on his way toVancouver (he hopes). but the powers that bedecided he should make a stop-over at Clares-holrn for a time. Perhaps they thought itwould be better tomake the transition gradu-ally.The heating section under the direction of

F/S Smith are all waiting for "der tag" whichin this case is the day the heating system_ closes down for the season. Meantime theirsong is still,

"Someone got to shovel de coal,Someone got to earry de ashes.Someone got to say, 'you'll get heat to-day', .Dat's why firemen were brn."

Another sign that spring is here; Sgt. Bent-ley is getting all "het up" about football prac-tice and organizing his ":;;occer"teaITl-for theseason, He tells us he has some likely lookingmaterial in sight, and is looking for big thingsto happen. And a word of congratulation toSgt. Kennedy on his reeent promouion wouldnot come amiss at this point.The carpenter section are in the midst oftheir annual attack of spring fever. Itusuallymanifests itself in April or May, and for afew days the main topic of conversation is

w. B . ' sstorm windows and screens and whether- thewind will blow up before' morning. Black-boards, notice boards and signs seem to be thefavourite scheme of interior decoration roundthe camp recently; so much so that it wasfound necessary to -enlarge the carpenters'and painters' shops to accommodate them, butas Fred says, it leaves less wall to paint.Sparks and his henchmen still make the

rounds and find lots to do, Light bulbs and-motors will persist in burning out or goingwrong', The radio and ir-on-inspection businessseems to have subsided for the present. Some-one whispered that the Hydro-Electric areout of stickers which may account for it.Bob and Johnnie in stores have still. thesame old slogan, "No, we haven't got; it", but

then we never do expect stores to have whatwe want when we want it. Consequently, no oneis very greatly surprised or upset; besides itleaves lots of room for argument.Perhaps we should include in our social ac-tivities the section party held in the mess hallsome-time ago. The featured artists were the..."Corn Huskers" orcheeta-a, "Ted and Irving";from Chater, A good time was enjoyed byall; though perhaps the outstanding numberwas the "solo" dance by Smithy and Blondie,Itreally was a "wow". W-e hope to have an-other _get-together in the near future. Ihearsome one say "cut", which means sign off' till

next ti1lle.

[)~VE NE..VER SEENA"'CI\T MAKE A .RABBIT HUTCH BUTIVE 5EEN ,HIMMAKE A . CKENRUN.


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M .T . Patter Compiled bya Putter

A romantic place indeed is the M.T. Section.with the culmination of a whirlwind cour-tahipby the recent mar-riaga of LAW McMillan andLAC Lidster,The g.room, forrnerly stationed here, is now

at Estevan, Saskatchewan. The bride will re-main here .f'rom force of habit or force. Best.of luck, folks!We and.m.arry others were very glad to wel-come our Major back after temporary duty

at Windsor, brushing up on his technique. Didhe need it? During ,the Major's absence wewere under the watchful eyes of S;gt. Bannis-ter and Sgt. Grey.Recent additions to om' staff include CpJ.

Robertson ("Robbie", the freight 'run kid),LAC Lavigan (the sound and projection man),LAC Kitley from Newfoundland, AC Burnieand AC Ransom (t.he ambulance expert).LAC McIntosh has crossed the pond withthoughts of new worlds to conquer. 'LAW Dunford was cheeked up recently forlow flying 011e of His Majesty's vehicles, We

uori'f believe it possible.LAC' Attree, fresh offtempOl'ary duty at

Wil);qjpeg, studying ,diesel engines, is settingout to prove he passed the course,lf the phone strikes a blue note Wednes-days, it's due to the fact that Cpl. Bright'sfeet reflect drill on Tuesday evenings!

Discussion GroupsNo. 12 has really taken up the cudgels. ofbattle in her discussion groups. Not.hisig es-capes oUral-gumentative colleagues from"German Fascism" to "How to be Happythough Manied", Well, just about!For instance, there's P/O Olson over atChatel' leading his men into the intricacies of"The Possibilities of a Second Front" and"Canada's Future Aviation Policy". They'vealso settled on all the causes, effects, andwhat have you, of "The Rise and Fall of theFrench Empire".And even the W.D.'s have ventured intoargumentation in their Wednesday everring

discussions, held at the canteen. They havethoroughly thrashed out their difficulties withregard to post-war plans, found a truer under-standing of Canadian Government, and evendecided that mor-ale on this station is improv-ing!F'urther 'opportunity for discussion of worldproblems is offered you after F/L Kelschall's

An Hour at the TowerSlL Jas. H. Baird, O.C. No.1 Sqdn., has atlong last been hooked, despite the red flaresthat were directed at him from personnel of

the Control Tower, Our sincere congratula-tions, S/L Bah-d, but don't say we didn't warnyou!The Orderly 'Rbom is really husy; this

course graduation business is certainly nervewracking, especially when this and .that in theprocedure is being continually changed. FIlght"Maggie" is well versed on his amendmcnta;however, and with Mar], Kirk to back him,things, we keep telling ourselves, are wellunder control.,Sadie Carswell, our song bird and g:igglegil'], keeps up our spirit and moral. "Pass theBiscuits Mirandy" is her specialty-althoughMil'andy never comes through! MargaretBarry has been with us for quite some time,but, oh, is she quiet! The contrast in person-alitios around this' building is terrific.Take, for instance, Emily Ir-win; she-wen,she's not quiet, In fact, she was barrished to

the office next door, and, as the Adj., SIOBetty Cassidy, is "T.D.ing" it, she iR keptbusy, "Cass" should be back around, about110W and' that'Rnone 'too BOOn; although shehas been with the Flying Wing a little over amonth, her absence is .all too obvious.The Flying Control people certainly havetheir share o-f flights on this station-they'reup and, down dozens of times day and night,and don't even get any flying pas. Stairs,of course, just stairs. (O.K. so t'aint' funny l)FlO "Dick" Ticknor should be able to takethings a little easier now that a new Sr. Fly-ing 'Control Officer has appeared on the scene.FlO Gordon Gamble made his debut to thissection early in the morrth, The thrce corp-orals, Pawlak, Henick and Roadhouse, arebusy little bees, what with sprinrr cleaning anda new master with new ideas. The Ied-headedScotchman, Sgt. MacDonald, is leaving us.We'U miss you, Se:rg., but here's wishin' ye abar'r'r'l"el 0 luck!Tuesday evening lectures. If you have not yetheard Mi-, Kelahall, we advise you that he iswell worth hearing-just ask someone who has,already attended one of his talks.Do join one or more of these grops, You'll

find that you will not only acquire a keenerinterest inworld affairs together with greaterknowledge, 'but also the' ability to develop andexpress your own opinions on matters of in-terest and personal concern.


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APRIL. 1944. 15w. D . NEW S(Continued from Page 11)ly relieved of duties in the Airmen's Mess_We'll miss your cheery "Hi" Ruth, but we'reglad. for your sake. That isn't the "8th Won-der" you see walking around the station, it'sjust "Major" Hartley wearing a skirt whilston temporary duty at the switchboard.With basketball 'folding up after a- lively

season, baseball is just around the cor-nen..How about it, girls" here's your chance toreally throw your weight around and all be"Babes" even ifyou're not IRluth.Here's a letter received ~ we know 'you'll

ALL be interested!Hello Kids: Here I am as usual lying around

on the floor in the W.D. Canteen. Gosh it'sawful to be getting -dirty looks all the time,and to just know you're a nuisance and causeextra work for the tired "Joes". If the kidsthat use me would on1y put me back on thecounter then Iwouldn't have the eternal fea-)_"of possibly causing someone to break theiJ:"darn neck. And Y'know what gets me is howuntidy and sloppy the place looks when itcould really look so much like home. Guessthese_JcidsuiQIl't know I'm trying for my '~A"-G~"tip~";s~'illIte .:qrialiffe:d"'!;o"inyiie'tllehl :in"'more often. Tonight's my laziest night 'causeit's Open House in the -Canteen but betweenyou and nre I'd much rather see the show frOnlthe counter than the f'Ioor, Well,_so .long 01:now, old bean, and remember I like you' 'calIseyou're the good type that d!lesn't thr-ow mearound after -use,Yours for more and better pickups,

AWl Empty Cup and Saucer,LAW Empty Coke Bottle ..

'Bye for now-gotta get my new grc3-tCO,"lt.A. G_-L's Dr-eam

Reveille isn't what, it used to be, accordingto a service paper. -N o longer is it a series ofgrunts and groans accompanied by the harshbarks of a sergeant and the hlaring of' a .bugle.The reason "1 A public address system hasbeen installed at som camp and _the occu-pants of the bar-racks now hop out of bed tosuch familiar tunes as "Put YOUI' ArmsAround Me, Honey!"The happy result has been that the boys

are not only up ahead of time, but they comeout singing and whistling!

-Rhapsody In"Minus 'B luellBy Pat Standing (Photo Section)

Each of you who take the timeA shutter speed, or dl-a-phzagm ?Please remelllber that the poetIsn't one-s-but doesn't know it_Did you ever see some gear box jam,A shutter speed, or di-a-phragm?No never!Well, did you ever!My friend, it is like this you see,In the Photo Section you should be,To witness all these curious things,Owned by the Airlorce, without wings.Of course, the chemicals and stuff;And -cameras, are not enough.The pel'son:ri.elis useful tol)--"-Now stop it; there's no need to "boo".What we work at all the dayYou know it is not wise to say_You'll find we really are not lazy;The trouble is, we've all gone crazy.Jumping Jean, and Batty Bess-And Goofie Newfie, make a mess"Ptrddl ing-' rotindtpe dark~r&timthere."I'would reaUy"give y o u - .quite a scare."Frank our Skeezix; Corporal Donna;To kn~'v them all would be an honnah.For they're the only ones who knowHow the works 'around here go.And -as for "Mel" our good Flight SergeantI shan't say much, unless it's urgent.;For it isn't always wiseTo make romazks about head guys.Now you know our little section;We're reany quite a daft collection.A .deaf woman entered a church with anear trumpet. Soon after she had seated 'her-.

self, an usher -tiptoed over and whispered."one toot, and out you go'"_Smelling salts are not sailors with "B.O."Here's a tip to students who haven't al-

ready found out the hard way: walking intoNavigation Flight over our well polishedfloors results in your coming back later towork on them_A wolf is a diplomat who is adept at lettinga gil'! have his own way.


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