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Fishing in Turtle River


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EATON'SInvites the officers

and men ofNo.7 Bombing and

Gunnery School (Paulson)to visit EATONIS Dauphin store

and to make full use ofits many services.

The store is well stocked with a variety of militaryand non-military needs. So men from the school willfind it an excellent place in which to shop for personalreq-uirements and also things they wish to purchase asgifts or for the use of their families.

We cordially invite them to make full use of itsmany services. Phone 103 for all Departments. Storehours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily except Thursdayswhen they are from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and Saturdaysfrom 9 a.m. to 9.30 p.m.

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PUBLISHED MONfHL YBy Permission of Group Captain W. E. DippleEditor in Chief - FjL ISER STEIMAN

Associate Editors-F/L. V. L. STEWART F/L. P. BYNG-HALLAssistant Editor-Cpt G. SEGAL

Photoqrapher-e-Cpl. A. R. POTTER

Vol. I - No.1 SEPTEMBER. 1942

IN D E XThe c.o., Message 5Editorial 7Flight Lieutenant Irvin 11Squadron Leader T. H. Saunders 13Flight Lieutenant Quinn 15Flight Sergeant C. R. Evans 17Flight Lieutenant John Sargeant 20Flight Lieutenant V. L. Stewart 21~~~~.. nWhat The Atrwornan Expects 24Hospital 25Highlights and Lowlights from the Accounts Section. 26In Passing By. (A Few Notes from the Sergeants Mess).. 27The Scots - Not Mean, Just Wise 28Nightmare of An I.C. 29The Beach 30Sports Day Washed Out 31John Bull in Arizona 33Maintenance Flight 38How Paulson Came to Be . 39The Equipment Section 41Range Section 45If Iwere- Only a e.O.! . 46Pot Shots from Gunnery 47Officer's Mess 4-8Reflections By a Security Guard . 50The Fire DepartmentThe Invasion of Women in The R.CA.F. (W.D.)Letters to The EditorRoll of Honor .

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T H E ( . O : s M E S S A G EWith the issue of the first copy of the Paulson Post in its new

form, I would like to take the opportunity of thanking the newEditorial Staff for the work they have put into this issue to ensureits success. and we appreciate their efforts. I think all will agree thatit is a better looking and more readable publication. Itmust. however.be borne in mind that however keen and efficient the Editorial Staffmay be, the success of the paper depends to a large extent on theco-operation of all ranks in contributing readable matter in time foreach edition. I wish the paper the success it so richly deserves andI feel confident that we shall all look forward to its issue each monthwith keen pleasure. and feel that we have a Station Paper worthyof Number Seven Bombing and Gunnery School. Paulson.


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I.For the most of the best shoes

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The August issue of the Paul-son Post in its present magazineformat is an attempt on the partof the editorial staff to make thispublication handier for readingand for carrying in one's pocket.It is also hoped that the contentsof this issue will be of interestto all our readers.The Paulson Post is primarilya medium for expressing the op-

inions of the men and womenwho make up the little common-wealth of Number Seven Bomb-ing and Gunnery. In it you willfind the ideas. the reactions.some hopes. some grousing. somehumour and a little bit of every-thing that enters into the com-position of our everyday life. Thepeople who write come fromevery corner of the British Em-pire. Some are from England.others from Australia. and somefrom far away Quebec.The material in the Post hasbeen written almost entirely byStation personnel and is of per-sonal interest to us. Some daythis magazine. may bring fondrecollections of by-gone days.The life that throbs in Paulson(on a somewhat smaller scale.perhaps than that found in citiesor in larger camps) is still ourway of life. If it presents little

or no interest to the outsider orour neighbors, to us individuallvevery article and every bit ofnews as well as every cartoonshould strike a familiar note andrecall some pleasureable incident.however small or transient.The airmen who come here fortraining, leave Paulson after ashort period. Although they makeup our floating population theyare still the reason for our exist-

ence as a Station. Our wholeprogram is attuned to the train-ing of these men and for thisreason. a magazine dealing withthe life at Paulson. should con-tain a great amount of materialthat will interest our trainees.Unfortunately these men comehere only for a short period andare undergoing very intensivetraining which permits them verylittle time for anything but theirwork. From these men we canexpect little contribution to thePaulson Post. But from those ofus who are stationed here moreor less permanently-and thatmeans everybody else-we wouldexpect an interest in the PaulsonPost and a desire to contribute.however little it may be. to thebuilding of a worthwhile publica-tion.There are a number of personsamongst the airmen. airwomen,

N.C.O:s and Officers who havethe ability to write and expressthemselves. We' are interested inwhat they want to say becausethey speak our language, theybreathe the same air. walk thesame roads. eat at the same tablesand are imbued with the sameideals.Our primary purpose is to helpin the winning of the war, At thesame time we desire to helpothers by contributing to theircomfort. and well being, and bymaking their lot happier.If you, reader, get as muchpleasure out of this magazine aswe had in compiling it, our taskwill have been amply repaid.


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F L IG H T L I E U T E N A N T ' I R V I N

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Flight Lieutenant Irvin was one of the first Officers to arriveat Number Seven Bombing and Gunnery School in June 1941 anduntil October of that year was in charge of the Air Observers'Courses. At this time he took over the duties of Officer Commandingthe G.I.S. and continued in that capacity until his posting to No.4Command, Calgary, Alberta, in June of this year.While here. Flight Lieutenant Irvin took a very active part in

alI station activities. in addition to his numerous duties in G.I.S. Hisorganization of the. school was so well conducted that all phases oftraining were carried out one hundred per cent. His natural abilityto maintain discipline and at the same time create harmony throughoutmade him well liked by all on the station personnel.Prior to enlisting in the R.CA.F., Flight Lieutenant Irvin tooka very active part in sports. In 1938. he played Rugby with thethe Ottawa Rough Riders and Hockey with the Ottawa Senators(Quebec Amateur Hockey League). Since joining the R.CA.F., hehas on several occasions given a good account of himself in bothRugby and Hockey. This can be well remembered from all who tookpart in the Station Hockey League at our School this past winter.


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S q u a d r o n L e a d e r T . H . ( T o m ) S A U N D E R S

Squadron Leader T. H.(Tom) Saunders arrivedat the bleak wilderness ofthe Northern Manitobaplains, known as Paulsonon the 20th of May, 1941,having left that fair por-tion of our country, eas-terners fondly call "Canada." He saw a plot of ground, some metal.stone and wood grow into our present Number Seven Bombing andGunnery School and "Home."

As Senior Equipment Officer, his task was no small one, but healways had a ready smile and a cheery word, no matter how highhis own troubles might be piled. In addition to his normal duties,Squadron Leader Saunders gave able direction to the Station Fund,and Canteen Committees, of which he was President.

On June 13th. this year (our "Tom") was posted to the Direc-torate of Supply Services at Air Force Headquarters. His ready smileand good humour will be appreciated there, as it is missed at"Lucky Seven."


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"Bud" Quinn as he was knownto his fellow officers spent a con-siderable time at Number SevenB. & G as Armament Officer incharge of Gunnery. He was post-ed to Ottawa and left on July 30."Bud" came here well qualified

to fill the position. He did a finejob and was one of the mostliked officers on the Station. Hetook part in all our sport activitiesand as a result of his previousathletic training, was well quali-fied in that field."Bud" was born in Porcupine,

Ontario where his father was anengineer at the Dome GoldMines. He attended School inToronto. Joined the 110th Squad-ron, R.C.A.F when it was formed,and came to Paulson in June,1941 having been previously sta-tioned at Mossbank, McDonaldand Dafoe."Bud" had quite a career as

an athlete. With reluctance he

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gave us the following informa-tion:Champion speed skater of T0-

ronto in 1928. Junior swimmingchampion of Toronto in 1928.Amateur wrestling champion cityof Toronto in 1932. "Bud" playedwith the Dominion champions,the Toronto Argonauts in 1933.He also played with the championbasketball team, Toronto. 1932.He was commissioned in 1940

and promoted to Flight lieuten-ant in August, 1941.We will all miss genial "Bud"

on this Station. Our very kindestwishes go along with him andwe trust that in his ascent tohigher altitudes, he will not forgetNumber Seven B. & G. (We arealmost sure he is on the way tothe stratosphere).

I wish I were a kangarooDespite his funny stances,

I'd have a place to put the junkMy gal takes to the dances.


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F L I G H TS E R G E A N Tr. R . E V A N S

Flight Sergeant "Chet." Evans,is our present N .e.O. i/c of theStation Orderly Room. Born andeducated at St. Thomas. Hestudied Business Administrationat Westervelt School, London,Onto"Chef' enlisted in the R.C.A.F. as a clerk, he attended technicalTraining School at St. Thomasand on February 17, 1941. Cor-

poral Evans. arrived at No. 10S.F.T.S .. Dauphin. After beingpromoted to the rank of Sergeant.he as posted to Paulson, whichhe reached safely after a stren-uous journey.Paulson saw him pass fromthe "free" to the "bound." He is

an ardent fisherman-though notalways a successful one."Flight" and Mrs. Evans inviteall and sundry to visit them attheir "Little Grey Home in theWest" where you may obtainexcellent lodging and home cook-ed meals.If you don't find them at home.just go to the nearest dance halland there you may find them"Jitter-bugging" away their cares.What "Cares?" Who "Cares?"We are sure "Flight" has not acare in the world now that hehas settled down to married life.


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F l i g h t L i e u t e n a n t J O H N S A R G E A N TFlight Lieutenant Jack Sar-

geant, our Padre has been inPaulson since June, 1941. On themorning of June 18th, he was onthe way to his new posting inSaskatoon. A number of his bro-ther officers, including the Com-manding Officer, Group CaptainDipple, came to see him off.For several daysbefore his depar-ture, Flight Lieut-Sargeant, like allmen who are pos-ted. kept on col-lecting his belong-ings. He tookthem all with himon his way West.But he also tookwith him some-thing he couldn'tpack in his trunk.The fellow feelingthe comradeship,the goodwill andthe kind wishes ofhis many friends,those are the things that he leftbehind and those are the thingsthat he was taking with him. Thestory goes that during his Ser-vice overseas in the last War, hecame across a secret formulawhich he brought back with himto Canada. By the use of this hewas able to captivate mens' hearts(the W.D.'s hadn't corne toPaulson before he left) and bindthem with his spell. There was

even talk that in the last fewmonths he was growing quiterestive with apprehension that thesupply of the ingredients for thismagic concoction was runninglow and he was very anxious toget back overseas to replenish thesupply of the ingredients thatmade up this magic formula.

The wise men of.--------------~ the East, however,those who know,decided that hestill had a plenti- u 1 supply 0 f"what it takes.'They kept himhere in Canadafor the time beinganyway, but de-cided that Saska-toon was a betterfield for his ac-tivities.Personally, one isof the oninion thathe is just rearingto go overseas in

order to spread the goodwill andhuman kindness tl.at he is so fullof and that he needs no freshsupply as yet.From the Commanding Officerto the youngest AC2, NumberSeven B. & G., we all wish himthe very best.So, to Jack Sargeant, the saltof the earth, God speed.P.S.-Since this was written-Flight Lieutenant Jack Sargeanthas been posted for overseas ser-vice. ~ Editor


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Flight Lieutenant Stewart tellsus he comes from the East, (To-ronto). This may be just forcamouflage purposes. He reallyis (i f you look further back) aWesterner, from Regina, a gradu-ate of the University of Saskat-chewan. He did go to Torontowhere he received his Master ofArts Degree, later he studied Psy-chiatry, at the MassachusettsState Hospital for a considerablelength of time.

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In one way or another we arelikely to get more from our newPadre than we expect, whetherthrough actual daily contact orfrom his sermons, and it is ouropinion that he is the kind that"grows on you."We all welcome him most

heartily to our Station and havebeen watching his growing popu-larity with the men and (withapprehension). also with the wo-men on the Station, with pleasure.In spite of all the studying andpolishing in the East. Flight Lieu-tenant Stewart still is the realWestern Padre and a brother toevery man on this Station.

Congratulations to the instructors onCourse 58. Six weeks have passed andso far no nervous breakdowns. Theyearn all the 48's they scrounge.__ v__The aircrew trainees have noticedwith eager eyes. the increasing numberof Flight Sergeants, Crowns, and areacting accordingly.__ V__Also noticed lately are the increasednumber of dark glasses floating aroundthe Station. We wonder why thesehandsome (7) bomb-aimers, deprive themembers of the W.O. of a glimpse intothe pools of their optics?

What's cookin ' at the hospital?L.A.C. Brown seems to be a regularvisitor. __ v__Seen in Dauphin: The proudest daddyof them all, "Sergeant M" complete withhis charming wife and child. Congrats."Sarge." __v_~_~Good Old 582, it is a change forthem to be first in sornethinq.

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S P O R T S N E W S

"They Laughed When WeStarted to Play, But .. ttThis time-worn advertisingslogan might be well quoted againby the Women's Division Soft-ball Team.Critics, pessimists, well-mean-ing friends laughed and evenoptimists smiled broadly when the

above mentioned team begantheir struggle for a place in theworld of Softball Recognition.This only added fire to the de-termination of the fairer sex toprove their ability in the Field ofSport.Practice, practice, playa game.(which we always managed tolose) and then start right in andpractice again; that is, or I shouldsay was. the history of the Wo-

men's Division Softball Teamuntil the night of August 6, 1942when the team proceeded to No.10, S.F.T.S. and defeated theirall-star W.O. Team to the royaltune of 15-4. That was a wonder-ful night for coach Cpl. Higgin-son and that splendid line-upincluding:AW Walper, 10; A.W. Mulli-gan, 9; AW Chadney. 3; AW.Dobson, 5; AW Randells; AWHeavener, 8; AW De Witt, 4;

AW Appleton, 2; AW Adams. 1;AW Doran. 6; AW Fyfe, 7.Hamilton and Duff, two con-sistent supporters of the team.were not able to be present tosee their colleagues go forth toVICTORY.We promise a grand future forthe W.O. Softball team of goodold Number Seven.

__ v__M E N 'S S O F T B A L L G A M EA "truly great" game is theonly way we can describe theMen's Softball Game betweenNumber 'Seven and Number Tenon August 6th. It was anyone'sgame right up until the last playbut Number Seven edged out aneat victory of 10-6. The line-upincluded:McKellar, T . 8: Leonard 7; Mc-Kellar. L 9; Dunne 5; Moore 10;P/0Cunningham 3; F/0Church2; Capt. Beattie l:Fordyce 6;Lofthouse 8; Daniels 4.Anyone who saw the gamewill agree it was packed with

good plays, and the entire teamseemed to have the spirit of thegame throuqhout. LAC Leonardturned in an exceptionally finejob in the pitcher's box.__ v__Great crowds have been besieging the

clothing stores for khaki shorts. It seemsas though the airmen have noticed someN.C.O:s showing off dimpled knees.They only wanted to show. that theyhad dimples too.


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W H A T T H E A I R W O M A N E X P E C T E D

When we made our rather im-pressive entrance to the so-calledgreat Number Seven B. & G.School. our hopes were some-what shattered by a group oflittle, low. green structures withred roofs. But after making theacquaintance of the personneland finding' that the little struc-tures really served a purpose, wereally feel that we are part of itand we are sure that the effortsof the men made this so, eventhough they resented our inva-sion at first.

What we can't understand iswhy they don't build sidewalkson lover's lane. The gravel real-ly is hard on one's shoes. Sinceso many couples have taken towalking.Now that we are more or lessa part of the Station we wonderhow the Station did oet alongwithout us, and how they wouldfare if we were suddenly elimin-ated.Jokes aside, we hope that theairmen appreciate us as muchas we appreciate being at Num-ber Seven B. & G. School.Question: Why do the fellowsshave every day and pay so muchattention to their personal ap-pearances?Suggestion for Answer: Couldit be the arrival of the W.D:sor the iron hand of the the newS.S.M.?

.T E N C O M M A N D M E N T S O F C O U R T S H I PUnder the direction of their pastor,the Rev. Dean Parker, the young men ofa Michigan Church drew up the follow-ing decalogue for the girls of their ac-quaintanceship on the matter of boyand girl relationships:1. Thou shalt have no other boyfriends before or after me, for I am thylord who has brought thee out of bond-age and shown thee a good time.2. Thou shalt not make thy face likea graven irnaoe, or likeness of anythingthat is found in a drug store advertise-ment or a popular magazine.3. Thou shalt not boast of other boyfriends. for I. thy lord, am a jealousboy friend, visiting vengeance uponthem that cross me.4. Thou shalt not take the name ofthy boy friend in vain or gossip abouthim.

5. Remember thy date to keep itholy, and break it not at the last minute.Six days shalt thou labor to make thyselfattractive, so that on the seventh wemay have an exceedingly good time.6. Honor thy father and thy motherthat thy dates are not too long andthou earnest not in at 2 or 3 in themorning and provoke them to anger.7. Thou shalt not steal another girl's

boy friend.8. Thou shalt not kill thy friend'saffection by emptying his pocketbook.9. Thou shalt not covet expensive lux-uries such as super banana splits, four-course meals, T-bone steaks and orchids.10. Thou shalt not bear false witnessby handing thy boy friend a line whichcauses him to think you are an angelfrom heaven.


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H O S P I T A L

It was indeed a surprise to mewhen they asked me to writeanother note for the PaulsonPost after the last grand slam,but I shall endeavour to pleaseall who read it.Cupid's arrow has landed inour midst. May we congratulateSergeant and Mrs. Griese. Maythey live happily ever after. Iwas just wondering what Jackwill do with his date book. Ibelieve Sergeant Early will makea bid for it but then again Iwonder, maybe the ponies didn'tpay so well while he was in W in-nipeg. He appears to have "thatdisappointed look."The cupid also hit the "Casan-ova of Paulson." He really seems

right on the beam these days.Well, the best of luck T unior andmay it always stick with you.If you have noticed the brightfaces around the hospital the pastweek, it's because of the arrivalof the R.C.A.F. Wornens' Divi-sion. We are pleased to welcomeAW2 Chadney into the kitchenand L.A.W. Venner into thewards. If they please the patientsas well as the staff boys, theymust be very much appreciated.

Right now its a toss-up to seewho works in the TreatmentRoom. I can see no object in thatbecause after all there is a warto win and anybody can fix footbaths to please a lady.At this time of the year every-body wants his leave at the sametime. So if you ever come to thehospital and can't get any servicejust wait till the boys come backor quit swinging the lead.I believe this is enough of thissteam and spray. May we all beposted the next time the PaulsonPost goes to press.

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H I G H L I G H T S A N D L O W L I G H T S F R O MT H E A C C O U N T S S E C T I O NJ UNE 29th] An eventful day inthe history of Paulson. Thefirst members of the Royal Cana-dian Air Force (Womens' divi-sian) arrived. and from then on,"Life began on the 29th," andchanged the Station. The menbegan to polish buttons and shineshoes, and as for the girls. therewas always a mad scramble forthe mirrors before they left thebarracks in the morning. The girlswere all set to work in differentsections of the station, and theAccounts Section suddenly foundthemselves with only one of the"W AAF'S." What a predicamentto be in, but they made the mostof it, grinned and bore it.Have you ever worked in theAccounts Section? No? Well, letme tell you about it. They reallywork hard there, although Iknow you won't believe me.When you come in for your ad-vance in payor travelling war-rant, you stand out in the corri-dor and cool your heels for anhour or so but confess isn't itworth it? You finally do end upwith money, and feel you reallyhave achieved something. Then

one day near pay day, you decideyou don't know what time payparade is to. be, so you lift up thereceiver and ask for the AccountsSection. In a very charming man-ner you ask your question, andthe person on the other end barksout "How about reading dro'sonce in a while." You feel mostembarrassed, possibly very mad:but don't feel too badly; ten toone the person who answered

also doesn't know what time payparade is on.You will be glad also to knowthat the Accounts Section are inpossession of four more girls.They are practically in the maj-ority now. The men are being

gradually posted away. Don'tknow whether it is fright or whatbut I can assure you the girlsare very nice (take it from me,I know). And those girls reallywork. Especially on Wednesdaynight. You all know what thatmeans, scrubbing and cleaning.An the men are SO nice about it.They bring in the pails and mopsand dusters for us, then they sitdown and tell us what to do.What would we do without theirkind help, really I don't know.But the girls make a better jobof it anyway. so there.I know you are just dying toknow about our staff ~ so heregoes. Surely you have heard aboutour two Sgts. [one's (just oneof the Jane's boys). Well. weare blessed with two of them.And please when you phone upand ask for Sgt. Jones. tell uswhich one you want. Usually we

have to say "You want the tallSgt. Jones" or "You want theshort Sgt. Jones." or some othervery personal description. Butthey are most kind to us, andalways want to toss up for cokes.(I wonder why we always lose?)Then we have our romanticSgt. Strang. He is the lady killerof our section. One of these days

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I N P A S S I N G B Y - - - -

"They come and go so fast,we hardly get to kI10w them all."Can't begin to tell you about allthe fellows posted away-exceptwe darn well miss them. Nor canwe list all the recent promotionshere, fellows. but you know themin your sections, so slip 'em theold "Congrat-" (maybe they'llbuy the "cokes"). Say. we havethe O.c. of Gunnery with usnow-hey. he even tries to runthe Powder Room on schedule!Add to our new "three-hookers"a long list of Staff Pilots-a swellbunch of [oes-c-mostly R.A.F.(furriners from Blighty). as wecalls 'em-and they likes it). Youshould have seen one of this ta-lented group do a "Gypsy RoseLee" the night of last SportsDay. The R.A.F. version of "ASpring Dance" using those "per-Forated-at-intervals-streamers" forribbons wasn't bad either. Andtheir songs! Just listen in somenight-they're worth learning forsome timely occasion (really anyexcuse will do - like pay-day,perhaps, or shall we say pay-dayfor instance?)Speaking of timely occasions,did you hear the one on SergeantBriggs? He arranged for a 48,then promptly became the fatherof a "Three-diaper youngster."A bit of "temporal finesse." eh?F/S~t. Austin passed the brownweed around celebrating a simi-

lar even-a daughter. What won-derful wives we airmen have!(Keep your chest in Jones, you'restill a Bachelor!)Overheard from a certain cor-ner of the games room, "SomeSo-and-So didn't ante - Radull!- "Not me! 1 did-or didn't 1-Oh well, I'm bound to win so

I'll owe it to me->""Can you beat two pair?queens up-on queens?" - Sayboy, with luck like that, mudwould do for brains, yessuh, muhfriend. Lil' stud Fo' a change-ehNorm?""Stop hashin' your gums to-gether, Bub, and play card- I'mearning me a lower to Mo'real."Have recently noticed a largenumber of N.C.O.'s dilly-dallyingnear the counter at meal times!(married members not excluded)New kitchen staff. maybe? Andfor whom may one ask, is thefront table, right hand side. re-served? "How about dat, FlightGras, how about dat?"Now who could that confusedairman be who asked us if a cer-tain Flight Sergeant was marriedto a WAAF-or was his wife ona holiday?___v _Of late there has been loud talk

in the Mess of birdies and bogiesand 20 ft. putts (spelled "P" witha "phtt!") -Also tournaments andmatches and stuff and things.Any section interested in accept-ing the challenge of the Sr.N.C.O.'s? __ v _P.S.-"Woodie" tells me hehas a sure cure for a hook. Canyou "worm" it out of him?


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N I G H T M A R E O F A N I . C .THE G. I. S.

We Become Acquaintedby "STOOGE"

The Posting read, ..for Instruc-tional Duties". So we find our-selves in G.I.S. The place is inan uproar. One Course O.c. ison leave, the O.C. School is inthe process of being Posted. ACourse is going out in two days,another is coming in. The Week-ly Course Report has to be outby midnight the next day. Andof Course Report, the day after.The new O.c. School is theonly Officer left who knows ourJob, and he is trying to take overfrom the O.c. leaving. run the

Course for the Officer on Leave,and at the same time give us whathelp we need amid all the hubbub.Weare eventually shown anOffice, told it will be ours, andthat we are now IIC of suchand such Courses. We brighten,"An Office to ourselves." But-a look around at the charts,another look at the various in-comprehensible forms on our desk(While a Sergt. informs us bland-

ly that "These have to be finish-ed tomorrow, Sir") and we feelreally sunk.However, there is a job to bedone. and never let it be said,that "ex-bomber Boys are incap-able" - We set to work, andby asking many questions of otherharried Staff. we begin to seedaylight. We forge ahead. andby days we feel we havemustered the whole thing. "It is

easy" as we would say at Squad-ron, "a piece of cake my boy."A new day dawns, and we re-turn to our labours with a feel-ing. All's right with the world.Suddenly a yelp of dismay isheard from an adjoining office.We investigate. and discover to

our horror that the forms we la-boured with yesterday have beencancelled by Command. "Referletter z 21/09/765 dated 9-6-54auth. AFHQ 23/76/z78."This is too much. We try tosee if it can be used later on thenext Course. but, no, it must beused on this one. So all our workis in vain, and we have to do thelot over. On a second look itdoes not seem so bad. So back

we go to work. and the morningpasses very quickly. During themorning we get initiated into the"Coke" swindle. This meansmatching for the drinks - andthe newcomer pays - invariably.After lunch. we take our finish-ed work to the O.c. who glancesat it sadly. hands it back withouta word, and says, "Sorry oldman, but you've filled out thewrong forms for Course 43. you'dbetter wait till I can find time tohelp you." We retire in a chasten-ed mood. wondering who is re-sponsible for the method whichinvolves so many, many differentFORMS. Later we go to bed.and dream we are being smother-ed by .- FORMS, forms andforms. We wake up in a coldsweat to find the wind has risenand blown all our writing paper.notes and what not all over us.the bed. and the floor.


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T H E - - - - B E A C HoN arrival at Number SevenB. & G., one hears of "TheBeach" mentioned by many .. Fur~ther enquiry elicits the informa-tion that this is on Dauphin Lake,about a mile and one half awayand has a Summer Cottage Col-any, inhabited this year almostexclusively by the married Per-sonnel of Number Seven B. & G.Visions of a shining white sandbeach appear in one's mind: onethinks of the beach like the oneat home and how nice it will beto go swimming, and "laze" onthe warm sands during the longsummer evenings. Life begins totake on quite a rosy hue. 1

In due course the great dayarrives, we take a shower. shaveneatly, trim our mustache, putsome peculiar sticky, scentedstuff on our hair to keep it down.Having been so long over ourtoilet for this first impression, theM..O. on whom we had countedfor a lift is gone off disgustedly.At this moment two. cars are seencoming from the parking lot. Wehail the first one-s-it is gr :ng toTown, so is the second. This,however. is but a minor set-back.After all the Beach must beworth a walk.We gaily tramp the mile and

one half. Neither the thunder-storm that bursts over our headswithout warning, nor the aroma"wafted" from the ditch can dam-pen our thoughts of the pleasureahead.Having arrived at our destina-tion, one sees a snug Cottageamong trees with water sLowingbeyond it. Weare welcomed byhost and hostess who hope weare not too wet. and suggest a

noggin' to keep "possible" coldsaway. We accept, and the"Cheerio" and "Here's How"being said, conversation starts,but not a mention of the Beach,which after all should be theirpride and joy.The Innocent Newcomer asksabout it, and receives rather aqueer look from both host andhostess. Failing to read the signs,however, and not realizing thatwe have made a "Faux Pas"we press the point, and are con-ducted with some reluctance andapologies to the "Lake."Alas! all our dreams are dash-ed to the ground. Casting one eyeup or down the shore as we will,we can see no sign of the glad ...ous sand we so hopefully expec-ted. Just a few large rocks. and

a lot more smaller ones, somerather muddy looking water and afew weeds growing out of it nearthe shore. No comment is possi-ble, and one feels like sitting downon the nearest rock. To breakthe silence. we remark that it iscurious zhere should be rocksthere, as none are to be see. inthe fields about. This has hardlybeen uttered, when we experiencean agonizing pain in the neck-it seems the local mosquito "closetheir throttles on the tactical ap-proach" .........a most unfair advan-tage .........Our hosts sympathize andsuggest that it is safer indoors,so we retire in good order, andhave another noggin. this timeto keep the fever away. -A most appetizing aroma comesfrom the kitchenette, and shortlywe sit down to a meal which isthe answer to why "Offtcers live



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It was a pity that the rainstopped our Sports Meet. just asthings were really going with aswing.Superman Jock Brodie, upheldthe honours of the RA.F ..-hecould be seen dashing from oneevent to another.Jock has represented Englandin the Olympic Games.

__ v__Sergeant Thomas, the demonflyer, just whizzed through the100 yards. The Italians wouldnot stand a chance against him.He also. was an Olympic re-presentative. only for Canada.

__ v__Loud cheers rent the air. whenL.A.C. Keeble, was giving his allfor the R.A.F., in the jitterbugcompetition at the dance held.Even with the weird and wonder-ful contortions. which amazedeveryone, he was ousted by abetter pair. Interviewed after thebattle, Keeble stated he had beenreceiving instruction from thelocal Indians and our obligingC.TJ. corporal always on the job.

The surprise of the Meet wasA. W. Hamilton's terrific effortsin the high jump. It looked asthough Hamie was determined tocarryall before her, which sheproceeded to do so. starting withthe high bar and stand.Good Old Hamie, she's a grandsport.

__ v__Every course has its Romeosand Don Juans and the bomb-aimers are proving no exceptionto the rule.They even endure the mos-quito-bites, which are not few byany means.Even the cold and rain doesnot seem to stop them. (The mos-quitos we mean).

__ v__At the softball match betweenmembers of the W.O. and thebomb-aimers, the W.O. provedthat a female can swipe as hardas any man. and also take a hardball into those feminine hands iustlike an expert. .The inspiration fielding of"Duffy" and the pitching of Mul-ligan and the catchinq of Hamie,

almost proved the end of thebomb-aimers.However. the W.D:s wiltedunder the terrific pitching of "AceGunter" and the demon catchingof Catcher Keeble, thus provingthat the male should never giveinto the female.That's all for now.

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It is my desire to tell you aboutsome of the many interestingpeople I met in the States, butbefore I commence I feel it nee-essary at first to give you a briefdescription of that part of Arizonawhere I was stationed. After allit is the rule that all great authors(and poor alike) preface theirnarratives with a boring displayof their prowess as a descriptivewriter; so why should I differ?Phoenix is a very cosmopoli-to be gay to live in, though beingthe State Capitol. It is essentiallya tourist centre. and therefore hasto be gay to live, though beingin a more or less tropical belt,this is much more evident as theday closes. Unlike most otherplaces, darkness here induces in-creased activity.Being comparatively close tothe border it is only natural toexpect the population to be large-ly composed of Mexicans andbeing in the South and in theheart of the Apache country, itis also evident that it must bethe home of many negroes and

Indians. So you see. the nativeelement was considerable andwhen I tell you that hard drink-ing was customary, you can im-agine that at times this provideda serious peril to we unfortunateairmen. I won't say always, be-cause what airman is allowed tolive in such ecstacy continuously?To gaze at Phoenix one wouldfind it hard to believe that onlyfifty years ago this magnificent

fertile sector was as bleak as thebarren desert surrounding it. IfRoosevelt dam is world famous.it is deservedly so, because, tocultivate those rolling groves oforanges and grapefruit out of thewilderness, was little short of amiracle.We had no difficulty in settl-ing down in such luxurious com-fort as Falcon field provided andmost certainly not in meeting andacquainting ourselves with thelocal people. Everythinq was sodelightfully different and ourmany friends found great plea-sure in literally adopting us andqivinq us a thoroughly good time.Nothing was out of their wayand very. very. little an incon-venience. But being in the R.A.F.I suppose forbids one from beingcompletely satisfied. and it wasa great temptation to brave theheat and walk out in blues. be-cause one was almost certainlyto be beseiged by a crowd of gor-geous women if seen in this ro-mantic apparel. Worn out capsand scratched buttons, which hadnever been a scourge. now re-deemed usefulness and providedtempting bait for these lusciousmorsels. (Yes! I'm a womanhater) .It was an instance of no shirk-ing the disdainful task of clean-ing buttons and executing muchprolonged repairs. when we heardthat Gracie Fields was expectedshortly, at the camp. Fellows whohappily confessed they were tooyoung to shave. over-night be-


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JOHN BULL IN ARIZONA - Continuedcamemen, and I personally, whohad for weeks despaired of grow-ing, (or trying to grow), a mus-tache, emerged cleanshaven. Fromthe start it was a case of "OurGracie" and her impromptu ex-hibitions were better receivedthan if she had given a sort ofclassical recital. Sing songs werethe order of the day and 20 hourpilots groundlooped in their an-xiety to touch down when shecame over to the flight line tosing. It was a great day and evera pleas an t recollection.We had barely returned to thevery usual routine of flyino whenout of the blue sky emerged onemorning a Ford Tri-motor trans-port bringing no less than thepersonalities of Gene Tierney andPreston Foster. Very shortly ahost of prop men, etc. arrived bymotor transport and it was notlong before Falcon Field was

transformed, and it was evidentfor the whole world to see thatNo. 4 B.F.T.S. was to be im-mortalized in an M.G.M. epic.The roaring of the planes wasdrowned by the shouting of di-rectors and in the presence ofGene Tierney. personnel's lives,which until now had been lyingdormant, were mysteriously ex-halted.It was in an a m a z in g 1y

s h 0r t time that everythingwas prepared for shooting, and.now began the pleasant task ofmarching to attention for twodays, all for an equally amazing-ly short length of film. Ourworthy assistance was not re-quired for the next two weekswhile the plot was slowly beinguncovered, but we had manyinformal chats with the stars.The sequence of the film was

enacted at the UB.A.A.C. sta-tion of Thunderbird, from whichthe film derived its name. Wewere also required at Thunder-bird, and when this was so, wewere always certain of diningwith Miss Tierney and of gettingas much drink and cigarettes, aswe required. It was an excitingexperience and a profitable one,because very shortlv M.G.M.studios presented us with a lux-urious swimming pool as a tokenof their gratitude.I was one of the fortunatetwenty British cadets, who to-gether with the same number ofAmerican cadets, were invited asthe guests of Miss Gracie Mooreto a recital she delivered atPhoenix. It was a memorablenight and we were humoured bybeing seated on tae stage. MissMoore was magnificent and gaveperfect renderings of such piecesas "Ave Maria," "The Lord'sPrayer" and others and as afinale, turned round to us andsang "The Stars and Stripes" and"There'll Always Be An Eng-land." A chosen cadet presentedher with a bouquet in the shapeof the coveted wings.Eventually, after what seemedan eternity of time we weregranted leave and with great re-

joicing set off to see as much ofAmerica as we could. I com-menced by visiting the bordertown of El Paso and spent anexotic two days under the in-fluence of the famed flashing-eyed senoritas. It is consideredthat a strong man is one whocan return the lingering glancesof these audacious creatures withan un-emotional stare, but I'mafraid I failed very badly onthis test. It would take too long


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to relate my adventures that oc-curred here and I will also leaveuri-narrated. two days spent intravelling to Los Angeles andHollywood, my next port of call.We arrived in Los Angeles onWednesday night and immedi-ately set off on an informal tourof this lovely city. The followingday found us walking alongHollywood's famous Boulevard.and on to Beverley Hills. wherewe stood for quite a while ad-

miring the homes of some of star-dom's more illustrious stars. SantaMonica beach. in my opinion,fully lived up to its exclusivenessand the notoriously gay BrownDerby Cafe was no little attrac-tion.By very good fortune we wereable next day to visit Fox Studiosand see Bette Davis make "InThis Our Life." It was a won-derful experience and more won-derful still when she invited usto have a sandwich with her.Like all other leaves this onesoon came to a close and beforelong we were once more piningaway at Falcon. An interestingweek end was once spent on atrip to the world-famous GrandCanyon and for a whole day Imarvelled at this inspiring Sight.After gazing for a while at thisbottomless crater I no longerwondered why people journeyed

thousands' of miles to see it butwondered anew as to why thiswas not declared one of theworld's wonders.I'm afraid that space as wellas time is limited and is not avail-able for an account of a visit toSuperstition Mountain. here thelost Dutchman's gold mine is sit-uated. This is a romantic storyand it is a reputed fact that theeight men who went in search of

this fortune never returned. Iron-ically, there stands. at the foot ofthe mountain, a tableau. erectedas a solemn warning to all thosewho venture in search of theDutchman's lost gold mine.Similarly, there is no availablespace for a description of a visitto a silver mine. for an accountof an Indian rally, where a groupof British lads were honouredwith the order of the sacred palm.or even of visits to both a WildWest Rodeo and a Mexicanfiesta.Iam one of those unfortunatepeople who are continuously af-fected by the heat, so I'm sureyou will excuse me if I bring this"Sermon" to a close and dasharound to the canteen for a IIsoft"drink.

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jokes that are passed at them.To the contrary, they seem torevel in it, and many of thestories originate from the land ofthe heather itself. Up in Aber-deen, one may purchase a post-card divided in two; the one halfpurports to be the town on streetcollection day, and shows thestreets deserted .while the othershows the same view on house-to-house collection day-with thestreets congested. The Aberdon-ians really do enjoy jokes abouttheir extreme meanness, and donot feel grieved in the slightest,although they are about the mosthospitable people in Scotland.Many Scotsmen have travelled

abroad and settled-a great num-ber of them in Canada-and byhard work, perseverance, andalso by thrift, have risen to posi-tions of trust and esteem in theircommunities, And anyone whohas come into contact with themwill inform you that of all theScottish traits, meanness is notone of them.And anyway. do not do them

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I must ask him why he alwaystakes those long walks down toOchre Beach. In spite of that, heis all ready and fresh for workthe next morning, eh Sgt?Then we have our CorporalTait. He made a long plane tripthe other day, and only nowseems to be getting back his na-tural hue. He won't talk aboutit very much. We keep saying"Cpl. Tait, please tell us aboutyour trip," but he just shudders

and closes his eyes.I'd like you to meet LACWhite. Ever since he came backfrom his trip he seems to be adifferent fellow. Maybe the air isdifferent back East, or did youget the air, Whitey?I mustn't forget "My Shatter-ed Nerves." Oh, beg pardon, Imean Cpl. Bellamy. He looksafter the civilians on the station,and he really has a job. LAC

Thorsteinson has a hard job, al-most as difficult as his name ishard to pronounce. We just callhim "Ollie" for short.Please meet our Guardian incharge of Cokes, CpL Smallbone.We never see quite a lot of him.He just dashes madly back andforth (around lunch and suppertime) . Cpl. Kyle is the last ofour happy and lucky men that

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work in the Accounts. We alllike him very much, although wejust can't understand why heprefers the girls at No. 10 to theones here.I won't burden you telling youabout the girls. You will probab-ly find out for yourselves any-way.There is no need to introduceyou to our officers. F.L. Bazett,is kept very busy, I'm afraid.looking after the women membersof the staff. Then there are Fly-

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M A I N T E N A N C E F L I G H T

As this is being written, it isunderstood that it will be includ-ed in the "new" Paulson Post,and by that we mean of coursethe new type edition. On thisoccasion, before enumerating ortabulating any of our own localflight news, we offer heartiestsuccess to the Editors in theirnew venture.At one time, we of this Flightwere congratulating ourselves ona full establishment of competentpersonnel, but of late, whetherdue to the weather, the inevitablemosquitoes. or the fact that train-_ed personnel were needed else-where, we feel like the shorn lamb.Something we have never beenable to fathom. or the 9th wonderof the world- "More Aircraft,less Mechanics."At this moment word has been

received that our EngineeringOfficer, FlO Laidlaw, is on post-ing to Dafoe, Sask. We hopethey will appreciate him as muchas we have. Weare really sorryto see him leave.We would like to offer ourdeepest sympathy to P10 Baleson the bereavement of his father,who passed away very recently.PIO Bale, who arrived recentlyfrom the School of Aeronautical

Engineering, Montreal. is nowacting as O.c. of our NightMaintenance.Your correspondent was near-ly guilty of a serious offence inneglecting to mention the factthat Maintenance Flight nowboasts its own Test Pilot. Con-gratulations are extended to F.

! ; - . ~ac~: our O.c. on havinq hisWmgs (authorized}. The for-mality of "receiving" them he hasyet to experience, but we aresure they will look pretty niceon a uniform.Though in the minority, theAirwomen in our Section havepitched right in, and we areforced to admit their presence ismore beneficial than "disturbing."That is somewhat of an admis-sian speaking for a group of"males" who have been in theForce for some time, who livedon stations here the sight of awoman on the Station-groundwas considered pure sacrilege.We're glad they are here, how-ever, even if tradition is brokenfor all time.__ V__

THE BEACHout," or perhaps "Why MenMarry?" The meal is so good thatany disappointments are drivenaway, and we are quite contentto play cards quietly during thesiesta. (The card game our hoststell us in advance is to help payfor the meal) . It also finallybreaks up, and we have no re-grets. It was worth it, and so tohome and bed, feeling that thoughthe beach is still but a Dream,the evening was well spent.-Newcomer.


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H O W P A U L S O N ( A !M E T O B , E !

Once the Devil took stock, in the usual way,He cried with a grin "It's beginning to pay,IF business keeps up I will have to expand,So I'll see the Lord and arrange for some land."He went to the Lord and told Him his tale.Said he needed some land, part scrub bush and part swale."Don't worry about climate, I'll fix that" said he;And he grinned and he laughed. with devilish glee."For six months of the year folks won't dare venture forth'Cause I'll blast them down with a gale from the north.Two months spring and fall I will have it cold and wet;And the other two months they will boil in their sweat.""Well now," said the Lord, "I've one piece you could take,It's some land I left up around old Dauphin Lake,"The Devil went up and looked over it wellCame back and reported - "That's not fit for Hell."The Lord said He'd try and fix up the land;So the Devil set out with the business in hand.He took all the earth and mixed it with glue.Then arranged a shower each day for an hour or two.From Arctic to Equator he searched for a pest;Came back with the fish fly well pleased with his quest,He polluted the country from spring until fall.With every insect that fly. walk or crawl.He brought in mosquitoes, ten million or more.Some crawl through a screen, some stick in the door.Said he, "There now I'm finished. that's all I can do.It's just Hell to me: but it's Paulson to you."

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T H E E Q U I P M E N T S E C T I O N

What is the Equipment Section.what are its functions and howdoes it fit in with the scheme ofthings on this and other Stations?These questions. Ihope. will beanswered to the satisfaction of allconcerned. At this point it mustbe mentioned that the Editor ofthis ambitious magazine appar-ently does not consider theEquipment Section of much im-port. in that it has been suggest-ed that no more than 150 wordsshould cover the treatise apper-taining to this Section. However.I am sure the patrons of thismagazine will realize that 150words would not begin to tellthe story of one small detail of~this Section' s functions. Isupposethis Section received and givesmore good natured abuse thanany other Section in the Service.We do not mind this. in fact,to the equipmenteers these arehighlights which act as a piquantspice to a sometimes monotonousjob.There must always be a smallcorner of every Station where er-rors and omissions can be chased;where they can be attacked.blitzed and finally conquered tothe delight and satisfaction of allconcerned. It is not necessary tostate where that corner can befound, and perhaps it would be as

well not to divulge this informa-tion in order to avoid runningfoul of certain requlations dealingwith giving away secret informa-tion. If. however, after reflectingand pondering on the point. dearReader. your mind suggests theEquipment Section ..........Well. that ismerely your personal opinion andstill no secrets have been divul-ged.There is an old, old custom inthe Services that the Orderly Of-ficer must ask for. and receive,complaints at each meal. So feware the complaints that one nat-urally assumes that the "nosebaq" department is operating at100%. However. don't be misledby this apparent complacency. I tmust be remembered that when aman is well fed his complaints

temporarily vanish. Take the sameman two or three hours later.the sustaining effect of a well fedinterior has worn off and thenhear the complaints ..........not com-plaints of food or drink, but com-plaints of sundrv other thingsfrom faulty shoelaces to lumpybeds. And who receives thesecomplaints ..........wel1. vour cuess isprobably right! For instanceshall we take the case of the air-man who in a moment of laxityfinds that mice have devoured hissocks or shirts or maybe his cap.Such laxity is rewarded by re-ceiving brand new. right from thefactory. latest design replace-ments. But wait. what is that bluebordered Document, what a Re-placement voucher] Does the airget blue? Well, the colour of thevoucher is certainly most appro-priate.

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THE EQUIPMENT SECTION - Continued

Come to the more serious sideof the picture. Perhaps a quickreview from the past to the pre-sent would be interestinq. As youprobably know, the Royal Cana-dian Air Force was formed onApril 1sf, 1924. Previous to thatdate the organization was opera-ted under the "Air Board," butat that time had no particularstatus as a branch of the armedforces and was entirelv operatedby civilian personnel. For themost part, however, the heads ofthe Organization served with theRA.F. In those days everybodywas a plain Mister, but surpris-ingly enough discipline was wellmaintained and much of the earlyground work of the RCA.F. wasbegun under the Air Board. Infact. today many of the personnelof this early organization, arenow high ranking officers in ourService and have been in nosmall part, responsible for bring-ing the R.C.A.F. to its oresenthigh efficiency.In the early days our flyingequipment was quite non-descript,and in many cases aircraft andengines were supplied by theRA.F. Typical of the types ofaircraft then in use are:Dehavilland IV complete withRolls Royce Eagle 8 Engine.Dehavilland IXA with' LibertyEngine.Avro with Clergy Engine andthe following flying boats; Vic-kers Viking, Vedette and Verona.Later, of course, came theFairchild Aircraft. Moth, Belanca.and Slsken-s-rrqht on through tothe multi-types of aircraft in usein the Service today. A greatdeal of very useful work wascarried out in these early aircraft;

flying at Camp Borden; photo-graphic and geodetic work atHigh River. Winnipeg and Ot-tawa; forest patrols at thesecenters as well as at Vancouverand Dartmouth. The Stationswere all very small. in fact theentire personnel of the RC.A.F.from 1924 to 1930 numbered buta few thousand. Certainly a con-trast to the thousands now in theService. The equipment to main-tain the aircraft was usually dif-ficult to obtain, and yet in spiteof this the flying time was high,and somehow the mechanics ofthese early days managed to"keep them in the air." Thisslogan seems to have followedthe Service from its very incep-tion "keep 'em flying."Money from the Government tomaintain and operate the R.C.A.F. was certainly not lavish,and the strictest economy had tobe exercised in all branches ofthe Service. especially equipment.I believe it is safe to say, thatthe early organization of the R.c.A.F. actually paid the DominionGovernment in forest fire sup-

pression-c-rniles of vast areas ofour Dominion were patrolled andno doubt countless millions oftrees saved from the ravages offire by the prompt action takenas soon as a fire was located.Again, few people realize theimportance of the work done bythe early pilots in photoqraphicand qeocietic work. By far thelargest percentaqe of surveywork in the north country wascarried out by our service. WhilstOur traditions are now beinq builtup in this war and many acts ofbravery and valour will be pas-sed on to posterity. nevertheless(Continued on Next Page)


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THE EQUIPMENT SECTION - Continued

I feel that the traditions of theAir Force started in those earlydays when under most difficultconditions miracles were perform-ed by our pilots every day.One of the difficulties was the

lack of refueling facilities. Buthere a word of praise is necessaryfor the large Oil Companies whoreally went out of their way,often no doubt at a loss to them-selves, to establish suitable bases.Operating from R.C.A.F. Station.Winnipeg. alone. there were overa hundred small gas caches scat-tered from Norway House to asfar north as Aklavik. Many ofthese caches contained but smallquantities of gasoline, very oftenin five gallon cans which had tobe transported by means of dogteam or tractor train during thewinter months. By the time thefuel was placed the cost per gal-lon was enormous. and if evergasoline was precious to thosepilots in the north country. thisgasoline certainly was. A littletrouble was encountered fromtime to time in losses by theft,but considering the number ofcaches. in operation. the losseswere not serious.

A word about the first R.C.A.F. uniform. This uniform cer-tainly was an enigma of patternand colour. The tunic was of theNorfolk coat design, the wholeuniform being of dark, navy bluematerial with silver buttons. Thesummer uniform was comprisedof blue shorts, stockings, shoesand the most peculiar shapedstraw hat which was used forcamp. A pith or Wolseley helmetcomplete with puggery for walk-ing out. Needless to say. therewas very little walking out inthis uniform. We must also havebeen a complete enigma to thepublic, for I can well rememberthe first parade in a large Cityin uniform. The public were ask-ing questions among themselves- "Who are they?"; and wewere everything from firemen tosome new evanqelical body.All these are passing thoughtsof a period. it seems. very longaqo. But yet it is only a matterof eighteen years. We have hadour ups and downs but I am con-tent to think that a great dealof our present efficiency andmarvellous organization can beattributed to those early days ofbasic organization.

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R A N G E S E C T I O N

Who was so kind as to sendthe fire brigade out to the drogueshack to put out the boy's mos-quito smudge? The kind personwas very absent minded thoughbecause he forgot to send the am-bulance to take care of the in-jured who lost the battle withthe mosquitoes.__ V__

Weare very sorry to have lost:L.A.C. Brown, R.L.; L.A.C. Gray,W.F.; L.A.C. Stobie, D.H.; L.A.C. Labricane, W.F.; L.A.C.Campbell, J . J .from our section. but are glad towelcome:L.A.C. MacDonald, D. H.;L.A.C. Anderson; L.A.C. Bur-man. D. L.; L.A.C. Plant.__ v__Has anyone an idea as to whothe sergeant is in the range sec-tion who thinks the M.T. Section.especially the W.O .. is O.K.

__ V__We are glad to have L.A.C.McCallum (and AW2 Hamilton)back with us again after spend-ing a time in the hospital.

Not mentioning any names butwho is the individual from the"plotting office" who has founda great interest in one of thebombadiers.--v--The Major W. O. Menzies isreally setting the pace for stylelately. Saturday morning he blos-

somed out in his new blues andit makes him quite a ladies' man.--v__The W.O. have found theirplace in the range section andlike it very much thanks to therange crew. AW2 Stahle, E. G.--v--

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I F I W E R E O N L Y A ( . 0 . 1If I were only a e.o.! Oh how I would shine!In Station Standing Orders, here is what you'd find:-All badges will be yellow or a pretty shade of greenShoes without polish will be considered clean.Reveille will be sounded not earlier than ten.Therell be no morning parade for women nor men.Passes are a nuisance, so all stay out 'till threeAnyone coming in early is bound to get C.B.H you don't like the dinner, just order what you wishOn Friday's we'll have turkey instead of salted fish.Never turn the light out, it's thoughtless when you think;Just remember the other dope who has to undress with drink.Hands in raincoat pockets from this day is the rule.Anyone caught breaking it will be a perfect fool.If hooks are ever wanted, just go on clothing paradeAnd you'll be made corporal, perhaps a sergeant ~ paid.If you desire civics just give us your sizeDon't live in the same old uniform - it isn't always wise.But these are only wishes, that really can't be "done"They're just seventh heaven, for a mere AWI.

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P O T S H O T S f r o m " G U N N E R Y "

When our new Padre, FlightLieutenant Stewart, makes a per-sonal appearance in the quest forarticles, how can anyone refuseto give the best for such a worthypaper-so Gunnery Flight. thereally one Flight on the stationwhere beautiful green lawns anda clean hangar greet the students'eyes as they hurry back andforth from aircraft to ArmamentSection. You may ask why theyhurry-if you are reallv curiouswe could tell you that the otherday, so the writer was informed,we fired more rounds. with only3 stoppages. than any other daysince we started operations overa year ago-not badl!In our last effort to the paper-we said we were sorry to seeall the well liked American Pilotsleave-at that time Flying OfficerThompson was away on indefin-ite leave, he is now with us againand we are very pleased to havehim back -- you all know Mr.Thompson as he is one of thebest aircraft testers on the sta-

tion. He is somewhat of an artistand loves Grand Views.Gunnery Flight is sorry to seeLAC Lanegraff leave. but we allwish him the best in his newposition as Air Gunner.Congratulations are in orderfor Flying Officer and Mrs. Fon-seca. upon the stork's visit totheir home.Our hands go out in welcometo all the English Pilots whohave swelled our ranks in thepast few weeks.

G. L. Wright, F.S..Gunnery Flight.

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O F F I C E R S ' M E S S

Sometimes referred to by oneof the committee members as"what a mess," but, really not so.The mess has shown many achange since it first opened. butthe most apparent one is thechange in officer personnel.True, senior officers are in a

minority. but the new crop ofjunior officers is one of the beston any station. There have beenmany promotions. The latest in-clude F.O.'s Buchanan. Campbell.[ewsbury. and Laidlaw to FI. Lt.rank while. one of our popularAmericans has gone from P.O. toF.O. and. it might be told F.O.Minkin has joined the ranks of thebenedictS---$lood luck to you andMrs. Minkin. Weare sorry tolose F. L. Laidlaw who has goneto the wilds of Dafoe but knowthat Bob will fill his new jobas C.T.O. there as it should bedone.Our own C.T.O. is also in thenews this month. he now wears

a pair of wings-the worthy goalof months' of hard work in orderto turn Roger.New faces - yes. many thereare and all welcome additions toreplace those gone elsewhere;

there are: F. L. Robbins. S.E.O.long in the service and in equip-ment detail. F. L. G. T. Johnsonfrom Jarvis to assist the O.c.G.I.S. (and can he dance) F.L.Taylor. the new O.c. flyingcomes with a lengthy backqroundof flying and California folk-lore.P.O. McLean from the "Gatewayof the Northwest" is our new P.T.I. P.O. Eckert does naviga-tion instructing while P.O. Balesis on night maintenance. OurPadre though really not a new-comer. has dug right in to atough job and has it really "cook-ing." F.L. Doucet and Esson nowon the up list after certain doingsin June. F.L.'s Bynq-Hall andTrevena both recently arrivedhave seen much service overseasand on "Ops" and many arethe interesting tales these ladshave to dispense.There have been casualties too.

but. not severe, F.L. Boule lostmore of his this year's crop afterthree unsuccessful attempts tooutdo old Pluvius but alas no go.F.O.'s Fraser. Galbraith andGraham have had bouts with thehospital staff but managed to getout and are at large again.This column would not be com-

plete without a few words on thefair sex who finally invaded ourinner sanctum-and we welcomethem; were they to leave nowwe would surely miss them.And the dining service next to

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R E F L E C T I O N S B Y A S E ( U R I T Y - G U A R D

"They Never Sleep" - There isno 5 o'clock whistle for the Se-curity Guardsmen. but like Ten-nyson's "Brook" they "go onforever" -maintaining a vigil up-on which the safety of the Stationand personnel depends.When you return from an ev-ening's frolic and pass the gate ofthe "protection fence," and so to

bed -- you fall asleep with afelling of absolute security, afeeling -created by the knowledgethat you'll not be surprised bymarauders with intentions to burnor kill. Of course your bunk-matemight accidently step on yourface on his way to the "upper".but this is an injury seldom fatal.The "Hangars" are our partic-ular pidgeon. Everyone knows orshould know that unless on duty.he or she (no matter what rank) istrespassing when entering or ap-proaching a hangar. By so doinghe endangers himself or herselfby rousing the curiosity of aGuard on duty. This also appliesto the gasoline pumps and bomb

storage, In regards to civilianvisitors. it goes without saying.that they are absolutely "taboo"as far as the Hangars and planesare concerned.Praises for the Guards usuallygo unsung. but it is an unques-

tionable fact that they form anintegral part of the Air Forceand rank second to none in im-portance.Co-operation in making this asafe station is solicited by all.Discuss nothing concerning yourstation-personnel, planes. equip-ment or behaviour; "Halt" whentold, and may the proof of thevalidity of your actions be ob~vious.

We welcome the arrivals fromNo. 10 S.F.T.S. to our Guard andhope you'll be content here.--v--We regret that our work canno longer include "crash duty,"To work alongside the men fromMaintenance was always asource of unlimited pleasure.--v--And now a word for our Sta-tion. We have nice quartersworth keeping clean; flower gar-dens worthy of note; leaders tobe respected, but above all thatsplendid friendly feeling and"esprit de corps" without whichwe might well cease tryinq.


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T H EF/S Arnold is away at Tren-ton at present and Sgt. Maynes isvery capably taking over theposition of Fire-Chief.--V--The result of a Tennis game isnot always only a score. Thislittle bit of Philosophy can easi-ly be proved by taking Cpl. Shortfor an example. First it was Ten-nis, then a show, then swimmingand now it's holding hands.--V--LAC Agrey was at home onleave and noticing that hisFather had some very fine po-tatoes, he asked if he could showa hundred pounds of them at theExhibition. "Nothing doing." hisDad said, "I'rn not cutting a po-

tato in half for anyone."

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F I R E D E P A R T M E N TDeBrouwere is really out afterhis F I S but the nearest he canget is sleeping in the FIS's bedwhile he is away.--V--We hope that you girls that

Reynolds didn't get around to seeto-day, will not be too disappoint-ed. Weare sure he tries to getaround and see everyone of you-but the days are getting shorteryou know.--V--Cpl. Basaraba is a very differ-ent man. He never bothers withgirls like the rest of the fellowsin his dept. do. The Cpl. is al-ways tending to his work instead.

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T H E I N Y A S I O N o f W 0 M E NT h e R . C .A . .F . (W I D . ) - -

From the time I was asked to write anarticle on the W.A.A.F. for the Paul-son Post I have been writhing' in agony(metaphorically speaking, of course).The subject is a large and comprehen-sive one, and I am afraid I cannot be-gin to do justice to' it.First, I am going to start with a littlegrumble-on this station we are usually re-ferred to as the W.A.A.F., probably dueto the fact that there are so many menfrom England here, but this not strictlycorrect. The W.A.A.F. are our Englishsisters, the C.W.A.A.F.-the CanadianWorn-ens' Auxiliary Air Force. Nowhowever, we are officially a part of theAir Force, known as the R.CA.F.(W.O.) The W.D.'s for short! There isa little matter of our pay not beingquite the same as the mens' that rilesus a bit, but we will not go into that-!When the first contingent of W.D.'scame to Paulson, airwornen had alreadysent to every S.F.T.S. in Canada, andto a number of the Band G's, Accord~ing to latest reports we number about5000 now. and plans are going ahead totake in several thousand more veryshortly. Most girls when asked, say theyjoined up because they felt they werenot pulling their full weight in civil lifeas far as the war effort is concerned.or because their friends or their relativeswere already in the Services. Maybeit was just the prospect of adventure,

or shall we say the qlarnour of the uni-fOf?I that has caught so many of us-we II leave that for you to decide, How-ever, the Women's Division is now adefinite fact, and growing fast.We were thrilled when we found thatwe were to be the first airwornen on thisstation, but when we rushed to the mapfor information as to where on earthPaulson was, we found the map was notmuch of a help! So it was that withsome fear and trepidation that we came.Those of us from No.6 at Toronto weredefinitely the worse for wear after anencounter with the Inspector-General theday before we left. For the last week wehad been drilling, studying, scrubbingand parading until we were almost tooweary to care where the train broughtus, as long as we could rest for a littlewhile. Along with us cam.e girls fromRockcliffe and Guelph. We only filleda part of one barrack room, and therewere barely enough of us available togo on parade in the mornings. Gradually

new faces have appeared until now thereare about 118 of us, and weare stilltrying to figure out who is who.Both barrack rooms are pretty wellfilled, and we have been sorted out intoshift workers and non-shift workers, butthe odd curse is still heard about thoseso-and-so's over in the other room thatmake such a rumpus when one or theother is trying to sleep.Everything has been done to make ushappy and comfortable on this station,and the chronicle of the various activitiesaround here would be a long one. Weare very proud of our Recreational

Centre, and the canteen is a very busyplace indeed, (with many things hatchedthere). There are usually about twice asmany men as women, strange as it mayseem. It is great to be able to go thereand relax, and have coffee and sand-wiches after a long day of toil.As a matter of fact, must of the girlscomplain that they are not kept busyenough, but perhaps we shouldn't breathethat,



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I am sure everyone has heard aboutour valiant baseball team. They havehad a hard time of it, but battered andbruised though they were, they reallytook No. 10 for a ride last week. Ex-citement ran fever high, and fortunes incokes were won and lost on that game.Then there is the B~an~G Rifle Club.Some of the girls are quite good shots,and the officers and men really had thepatience of Job with those of us whocouldn't even hit the target at first. Sofar no casualties to report!Since we have arrived a Choir hasbeen organized with practices on Friday

nights for those interested. It is hopedthat out of it a Glee Club will be formed.There are rumours of a DramaticClub too. There is also tennis and bad-minton on the station, and golf andswimming for those with the energy towalk there, so there is lots for everyoneto do.Of course, there are the more un-authorized sports such as the orange fight

between a certain corporal and a rustyAWI with disastrous results to bothwhen the oranges eventually burst.After the movie at night the trafficjam on our street is getting so heavythat we will soon have to have an S.P.on the job to keep it moving.Although many of us are far fromhome, (and who is not a hit homesickat times. especially if away for the firsttime) we are "Happy in the Service."We hope the men are glad to have us,and that by freeing them for Aircrew.and doing our jobs well we will justifyour being here.__ v__

Overheard in the CanteenShe: "He has the nicest moustache! Inever used to like them, but now Ithinkthey are grand, don't you?"The R.A.F. influence again, nodoubt). -co F.

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