RCAF Brandon Depot - Jan 1944

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oZJANUARY, 1944FIFT E E N C EN TS T H E C OPY

1 1 1 2 S .F I S B R R n o o n m n n R.N.Z.A.F.

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


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Air OFficer Commanding,No. 2 Training Command

'Recognized as one of the pioneers of theRoyal Canadian Air Force, Air Vice-MarshalT. A, Lawrence, Afr-Off'icer-Cornmanding- No.Z Training Comrnarid started his service ca-l'eel' in tho last war as a private in 'the Army,Born in Ontario. Air Vice-Mavshal Law-

renee attended school in Barr-ie, He enlistee!in' tbe 76th Battalion in 1915, going overse asthe following February. After a period ofservice in the ranks in France he joined 'theRoyal Flying COI'PS in 1917 and was COm-missioned with the Royal Air Foree in 1918.In France be served as a Pilot with the 24thFighter Squadron.Back in Canada after the 'war he became a.s-sociat.ed with the Canadian Air Board in 19H1and subsequently with the R,C.A.F. He was incharge of air operations on a sixteen monthmapping and reconnaissance expedition to the

Hudson Straits in 192'7 and 1928. Later hevvas at Camp Borden and on liaison duty tothe R,A.F. at the Ah' Mirilatr-y in London, TheA.D.C. took an Army Co-operation course atOld Sarum in England and also had a part inearly ah' mail flying operations in the Mar i-times. Service at a number of stations fol-lowed before he went to Otta.wa as Director ofPlans and Operations shortly before the out-break of war.At Command Headquarters since April,

1942, Ail" Vicc-Mursha! Lawrence arrived inthe capacity of officer-in-charge of adminis-tration with the rank of Group -Capt.ajn, Hewas appointed Air 'Commodore in June, 1942and became Air Officer Commanding in Jan-uary, 1[143, His promotion to Air Vice-Mar-shal took place last spring.


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< I k e d)~ P a . ; e2,""

For sure we thought the second issue wouldbe merely routine. The contributing staffknew exactly what we wanted, our organiza-tion was - we hoped - a closely integratedwhole. We thought that - for sure!Now that we are ready to go to press, we

bitterly appreciate the fondness of ourdreams. Dear reader - whaf a time we'vehad! Some of your copy was splendid, read.the story which Sgt. Bodz has written aboutEquipment, it is a shining example of justwhat we want. Some of your copy, we regret-fully must say, was disappointing. Poorly'written contr-ibutions cause us a good deal ofextra work representing. many hours whichcould otherwise be spent improving Aer-Login a more effective way. We don't mean tobe too critieal because we are very glad toreceive your material, but of a few we justask that you spend a little more time on thefinishing touches to your copy - it wouldhelp a lot.But that's enough of fault-finding, we have

more interesting things to talk about. Ourorganization didn't prove faultless after all,yet it did hang together in a weird and won-derful way. We want to tender our gratefulthanks to LAC Hancock who has proved tobe a pillar of strength and a darn good typist.There were others - not too nnmerous tomention-hut they know whom we mean, soonce again, thanks a lot, kids!We're introducing the "Features Section"

this month. Itis to consist of your literarywork in the form of poems, short essays, pen-drawings and so on. Let's have more and mm'econtributions for this department. Howdnyou like the composite photograph in the"Special Events" section ;(another new addi-tion this month)? Itwas "awful expensive"but don't you think it was worth it? We arevery proud to be able to include F/L Kelshallas one of our contributors. What is more, hisarticle is to be a regular feature, and we canpromise that it will be as interesting as hisweekly-lectures. The graduating course willhave a page of its own each month. "For rea-SonS of security" - honestly - we are sorrythat- we may not publish a photograph of theentire class, in place of that a l'epl"eSentativegroup picture will be printed.Our pr-eserrt limit is sixteen pages~that

.I.C.M.This war isn't going to last forever: That's

obvious, of course. But just give it a secondthought: this war is not going to last for-ever, If you are anything like ourselves, youwin be honestly surprised at the thought' ofbeing no longer in the Air Force, of being-yes - a civllfan lWe don't mean to suggest that you bring

your "eivies" out of storage to-night, or that;yon start arranging your packing tomorro"r.We have yet to face the worst of it - fromnow on the road will be mighty tough, but atthe end of the road will be home.What kind of a home - and we're speak-ing of Canada now -'- do yo'u want? Itwasn't

perfect before the wa1' - what was wrong?What are you going to do abo-ut it? Whatare Canada's problems? What were theircauses? How can you .help to find theirsolution? How capable will you be of ac-cepting your duties, defending your rig.htsas a Canadian citizen? Indeed, what are yourduties, your rights?There's a war to .be won right now.. If

you make sure of that first, then you. willhave the privilege of answering these ques-tions for yourself. Given that privilege, someof you won't bother with them, others willanswer them carelessly and some will think,and study, and learn, make careful, intelli-gent answer-s,Which are you going to do? You have beeu

valuahle in defending a good Canada, willyou be as valuable in building a better one1

makes it necessary to comhine several indiv-idual contributions into one article. However,each section will, in turn, 'be "featured."There haven't been as many letters to the

Editor as we hoped to see. That's not good!If there are suggestions you would like TOmake, criticisms you have to offer or literarywork you would like to see in print, then by allmeans drop a line to Aer-Log, c/o The Sta-tion Library - no postage r-equired! Ourhearty thanks to LAC fRyzik for his "LuckyNumbers" snggestion. See the front cover ofyour Aer-Log and page? for an explanation.That's what is under cover for this month,

now turn the page and see howyou like it.


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lIe,-lo,Published 'II1onthly by the personnel of No. 12S.F.T.S., R.C.A.F., with the kind permission of WingCommander T. R. Michelson. Commanding Officer.Vol. 1, No.2. January, 1944.

EDITORIAL STAFFEditor-in-Chief _. FlO J. C. McNabbManaging Editor ._" ~ LAC M. M. LevittBusiness Manager .. _. F/0 W. J. JeffreyHon. F /L W. H. Dunpby J. Winkelaa-rCpL D. A. McFadd-e.u. LAC W. J. Oppenheimer(W.D.) Sgt. G. E. StylesFlO J. v: Newton LAW M. DoughertyF/0 C. Cebee LAC F_ C. HancockAW2 M. Basaraba AWl F. IngramSenior Advi50ry Editor _ _... F/L V. P. C. Sutton

- A u - ' C K j _ fV 'B d.B HU ...OUf C.O.Wing Commander

T. R. Michelson hasfilled his life withexperiences that areto most of US dreamsand ambitions leftunrealized."BQbbie" Michelson

first saw the light ofday in Dublin, Ire-land,At the outbreak of

World War I, Mr.Michelson enlisted inthe Royal Irish lRiflesand reached the rankof sergeant before

transferring to the Royal Flying COl'pS. Hewon his wings and the Lieutenant's Commis-sion and served in Belgium and France from1915 to 1918.

Wing COlnmanderT. R. Mic;helson

March of the year following the Armisticefound F IL Michelson discharged from th,~R.A,F. and on his way to Canada to try hisluck in a new world. After so many yearsof military service the IR,.N.W.M.P. attractedhim to its ranks. He was promoted to Corp-oral and served at various northern out-posts.Craig Harbour on Ellesmere Island, mostNorterly post in the World, was his homefrom 1922 until 1927.On his return from the Arctic Circle he en-listed in the R.C.A.F. and spent four years as

a flying instructor .at Camp Borden and Van-couver. When the RC.A.F. reduced itsstrength in accordance with peacetime policies

Permit me, in the space afforded, to stressthe importance of respect to authority. Ev-eryone of us is subject to authority, am!many of us, in turn, are to some degree hold-ers of authority over other-s. On our attitudetowards our superiors will depend our suc-cess as superiors when our opportunity comesto exercise greater authority. The greater theauthority, the greater the responsibilitv. Tothose of us whose happy lot it is to hold lesserauthority or none whatever, it behooves us asChristian gentlemen to be kind and fair in OurJudgment of our superiors in the exercise ofthen- many responsibilities. The aphortsrn,"Today the oxen are crowned with garlands,tomorrow they shall tread out the corn," isapplicable. The glory of the position of autri-ority is as nothing in comparison with theheartaches and the worries of responsibility.May we while members of this org-anlzattontruly learn the lessons of authority; to exer-cise it with justice and mercy, and in turn 'tocomply graciously.Since the last publication of Aer-Log thIs

unit has sustained, through posting, the lossof FIL Bainbridge, the Protestant Padre. Hespent well over a year on this unit and htscontribution to the life of this station has beenI';reat. Gimli has secured a good Padre - aman of dutv - what has been No. 12:s losshas been No. 18's gain.F/L. Vance, the new Protestant Padre,

comes to us from Western Ail' Command witha wealth of experience from operations onthe West Coast. We welcome him and extendto him the hand of goodwill.

F/L. DUNPHY.

and he was posted to the Reserve of Officers,the R.C.M.P. again claimed his services in thecapacity of Constable, promoted thereafter toCorporal, Sergeant, Staff Sergeant, Sub-In-spector and finally to Inspector.On the outbreak of World War IIthis vet-

eran flier received "leave of absence" with-out pay from the R.C.M.P. and again volun-teel'ed his services to the RC.A.F. As F /0Michelson, he was posted to the west coastwith No. 4 Bomber Reconnaissance Squadronat Ucluc1et, B.C., and later 'transferred to'I'rerrton to become O. C. of the RefresherSquadron 'with a promotion to Flight Lieuten-ant,1941 saw F/L Michelson attain the rank of

Squadron Leader' and in 1942 he attended the(Continued on page 16.)


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The Equipment SectionSgt. Jean Bodz.The first instalment of our paper blandly

ignored what we ,(the Equipment Section),feel is the best second-hand store in' the rnec-ropolis. We therefore take great pleasure inintroducing our first advertisement.Goods conditioned by .expertA.I.D. Inspect-

OrS are the finest quality that red tape "('"ant.ang le with.The manager, S/L Hamilton, with a hale

and heartY.:sales manner, supervises this greathive of industry. His aide, FlO Smith, thor-oughly scrutinizes your credentials; namely,EA2's, E.47's, etc" ,for fm'gery, typographicalerrors, and optimistic quantities.Nowadays the rationing problem is ever be-fore you. WOl Gil'oux with the aid of a mys-

terious black missil, will immediately set yourmind at ease.At this stage, you will probably gaze timid-

ly at the other members of the Orderly Room.

K. of. C. KornerThere is plenty of opportunity on this sta-

tion, for the airman or air-woman who likesto be entertained, to sit back and be the ob-ject. of someone's projected personality. Ev-ery night, barring Saturday, the theatre of-fers its i'acilities. An occasional concert froupebrings a vauia.tton. The radlo, and recordedmusic either in the Station Library or else-where tenders some form of cor-n or classicfor popular absorption.Absorbing all this, the natural reaction of-

ten tends to create a desire to reproduce someof that intake, and "give out" in proportion.For this reason we will endeavour on this sta-tion, to keep the quantity and quality of en-tertainment at a fairly high piteh - for whoknows what harvest of talent may be I'eapedhere, where the 'calibre of Our personnel is ofsuch a fine sta:ridard?F'rom the "give out" angle, the Glee Club,

Hobby Club, proposed Drama League and Dis-cussion Group are "naturals", These long win-ter evenings can be turned to good advant-age, and you get that touch of home - thefront parlor, Dad's workshop in the basement,the corner Church and Community Hall. Keepup that contact, It's a healthy aspect that fitsperfectly into the Canadian scene.

No peace and quiet Teigns here. Exdamati0nsof "Urgent A,O.G,'s" "Rush L.P.O.'s", "Trans-fer Or-ders", and "F.O.B.'s", are issuing- forth,You will conclude that important manoeuvcrstoward the war effort are being transacted.All you readers have visited Clothing Storesat some time 'or other. The great rush ofbusiness is a result. of our expert eus'tomtailoring, which surpasses even Esquire. Thishas produced a decided uniformity in the styleof suits this year. You feel as young as yourfeet when fitted with shoes remodelled as of-ten as the fashion allows.Bar-r-ack Stores take great pride in catering

to the Inventory Holder. Its staff is only toohappy to visit' your domicile personally forconfiscated comforts, at. least twice a year.Technical Stores is the mechanic's paradise,

The attractive array of shiny tools, sparesand genuine Tubber tires, conjures vivid 'pic-tures which his versatile hand will convertinto streamlined aircraft and model T's foryour riding pleasure.

FOl' the benefit of intellectuals, we adver-tise the Publications section, There, red hotnews is received right off the press for dis-tribution and forceful transmission to all con-cer-ned, Remember- "I&,norance is no 'excuse".In concluding this 'modest; summary of our

shopping section, we wish to extend a heartywelcome to those whose dire needs make itnecessary fo~' them to transact all theirbusiness here.

To the WiseW/c T. R. Michelson

Why not real.ize the i'mpm-tartee of main-taining a dean Conduct Sheet during yourService eareer? Every entry on your ConductSheet not only reduces your chances of pro-motion in the Service, but jeopardizes yourestablishment in civilian life on cessation ofhostilities, inasmuch as the character assess-ment on the Discharge Certificate is based onyour character and deportment during yourService in the Force, Such being the case,why not avoid post-war nemesis occasionedby breaches of discipline? You have nothingto lose and a lot to gain.


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(1) Cpl. "Tosh" Mc.lntoah en.d CpL Ruby Waffle take time out during the air-rnerr'e Christmas Dfnner- to pr-ettyup our picture. (2) Direct fro.m the Ballet Russe-they told us. (3) F/L "Santa" Dunphy takes on a r-eflec-'ti'v e air as LAW Gladys Bedwell and her very dear frie nd, ACI Alex Killen, start opening the-ir Chrislrn.asparcels ear-iy, (4) Padres Dumpby and .Balnb r-id.ge, A-V1 Florence Str-emga'han and Mr. Joe Wnkelaar look aft-erthe kiddies at the Christmas Party. (5) At the airmen's Christm:as Dinner our- "Head Waiter" extends season'sgreetings over the shoulder of AW2 Doris "Cootie-New-fie" King. (6) The girls" of 89 give out with theirnot very solid s.o'u'therm corn. (7) LAW Polly "'Santa Claus" Polito spreads aorne hearty Christmas cheer to'LAWs Dorothy Roper and Dorothy Dorrance in the WD.'s Canteen. (8) The RhythIIlettes' "Cbc r-c s Linen andFriend from Fleurette McCuaigs Concert Troupe.


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JANUARY, 1944.

The February Graduates

NOTABLES OF NINETYONEThis photograph of a group of typical airmenfr-orn Course 91 contains such notables as:

Ewtn-c-whe hails fr-em t.he Niagara Penmaula inOntario is loud in his praises of the East.Easton-a quiet and reticent son of Montrefl.lused his training as a Dletallurs-ical engineerfor smelter research before joining up.Pittaway-the flying Yor-kebde-e me.n, divided hisps-e-e.n-es-ew days between wireless, draught-ing and aircraft repairs and construction.Terry-wdtes his letters 'heme too Dublin; thewar interrupted his studies at Cambridge.Stringer---our te.lented artist from London, Eng-la-nd, hopes to continue his apprenticeship inthe British Film. Studios and become an ArtDirector.

Bays-a native Manleohan, is frequently ac-cused of unusual behaviour for the son of anArInYPadre."G" FlightIs the Navy here, as a streak of dark blue

flashes by? Nope, it's just that "Wild Diggerfrom Down Under," Sgt. Clifford.In our student group of (Riff) R.A.F. and

Canucks we have such characters as "Pop"Vincent, only 22 despite nickname and rnous-tache and "SUm" Sweet, the Somerset farm-er, who seems to have found romance at No.12, lucky fellow!Then there's the Fickle Five; "Irish" Terry,

"Immaculate Mike" Waugh, "Itsy-Bitsy"Spiers, "Dock" Spicer and "Stooperruan"Smith who find it hard to leave the girls anddo some st.udyirig; their T'WO girl friendstake a dim view of this.

LAC's P. B. Watkins, R. V. Bays.

Richardson-from neighborin.g Saskatchewanbegan to believe in "Victory Through AirPower" while serving overseas with the Can-adian ArlnY Active.

Gillis-another Saskatchewan lad, for-mer-l'ymanaged a lumber yard and Imp lernerrt.agency.

Thomson~frae Bonnie Scotla.nd is a product ofGlasgow University and an apprentice C.A.Stevens-the Welshman who had rhythm in his;nursery Thymes, holds degrees of AWCM &LVCM from Victoria College of Music, Lon-don.Jennings-is right at home here in Manitoba;we hear he has had his dreams wired for

sound.Boyczuk--calls Saskatchewan his horne. Frankis a clever student and takes quite an in-terest in Diesel an.d Auto Engi:~l.eering_

"H" FlightWe're a cosmopolitan crowd in "H" Flight;

Canadians, Jocks, Taffids and Englishmen, butwe manage to get along very well, in spit.oof, or perhaps because of that. Among our"keen-types" we have "Twinkletoes" Sullivanfrom Dundee, a real hep-cat; Geoff Watch-orn whose nose is habitually buried in Somemusty tome (C.A.P. 12.) and Frank Cooke andRigger Lynes, two skillful Canucks, whoseefforts have kept the R.A.F. from a win atfloor hockey.Lack of space prevents us from mention-

ing more of these "keen-types", and besideswe must be on our way to visit two of thelads who used a Cessna for a quick trip toMaxwell House.

LAC's W. Thain and E. Wallace.


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Special 1J0en i4A.W.l Frankie IngramAmong the high-Itghts of the evening wasthe "Traditional Dance of the Islands" en-thusiastically interpreted by "A" Flight ofCourse 89 as the boys swayed their hips en-ticingly in grass skirts. "A" Flight againcame into the lime-light when LAC Burdtsgave a convincing portrayal of a young ladybathing, and FlO "Moose" Matthews playeda top-notch Master of Ceremonies, letting hishair down for the evening.General opinion favours more stage enter-

tainment at our Station Dances. We shallhave to do something about this .

OFFICERS' MESSFestive season celebrations started off with

a sudden r-ush eady Chrj.stmas Eve. Informalnovelty dancing added to the amusement, ofall, mid gifts for the priae dancers weredistributed among the guests.Christmas day afforded the officers the

opportunity of serving Dinner in the Air-~en's Mess -fun and frolic for everyone!New Year's Eve and Day revealed the

results of detailed planning by FlO Hamilton,FlO MacLeod and many others. Each guestwas tagged for Identification purposes and.paper hats and novelties were popular as us-ual, kmong the guests entertained thisyear 'were many Para-Troopers and "M" De-pot personnel. FlO Roberts came forward onthe spur of the moment, to everyone's SUl'-prise; as a capable Master of Ceremonies,Quote: "You have to be smooth to be good."Unquote.New Year's Day was spent visiting around

the st~tion and errtert.aining-, with time out tvparticipate in a delicious dinner prepared bythe staff.SERGEANTS' MESSThe cheer of "Good Old Home-LITe" was

the theme of Christmas Eve in the Mess tbisyear. Itconsisted of an entirely informal get-together of friend and foe in the cozy aur-voundings of the lounge. Christina", Day waswell spent ent.erta ining- families and fr-iends,and dinner was served on Boxing Day. In-formal danc-ing added to the entertainment.Celebrated more zestfully, 'was New Year's

Eve and Day: refreslunents were served in thelounge by the staff for whom. there was loudpraise, and 1944 was ushered in with a bang.Among the many guests present were theOfficers of the station, to whom there is astanding invitation, one of the oldest customsof the service.The Sergeant Cook was the only casualty

and of course it was that old, old story aboutthe door-knob.CHRISTMAS DANCENot to be forgotten was our Christmas

Dance held .midst cheer-y decorations, thanksto LAC Bronstein who did a grand job. En-tertainment was plentiful, and Father Christ-mas was there in the form of F IL Dunphy topi-eserrt numerous dancing prizes.

KIDDIES' TREESanta Claus set up his office for No. 12 in

the "Rec" Hall where he was visited by about200 'kiddies for their Christmas parcels. F/SLarry Paton, offtciattng- as Santa, was veryconvincing,A movie was shown much to the glee of the

little folk, and lunch was served in the W. D.Canteen after which the children were muffleaaway home by attentive Mothers.CUPID'S D. R. O'sSanta was not only very good to us this

year, but many trooped back home to No.12 with a promise for life on their finger.LAW Lahd now. wears a beautiful spark-

ler. The lucky mall is Corporal Dick Shep-herd.Bride-Elect f'or the month of February is

LAW Ruth Betts. "One would hardly bo-lieve it, it happened so quickly,"Ruth and LAC Morris Sweet have details

down to perfection, The wedding is to takeplace in OUr own chapel. We shall be thereas. a mighty force, . Ruth and Morris - nowstop' quibbling!THE RHYTHMETTES AND COMPANYOn January 8th No. 12 played host to

Flenrette McCuaig and her Concert Troupe.Judging f'rorn the enthusiastic reception withwhich this party was received, we are sureyou will be glad to hear that arrangementshave been made for the visit to our stationof a different troupe each month.The "chorus line" of the Rhythmettes took

part in the first entertainment given outsideWinnipeg by a concert party. Little lRiaymondWebber, the "mascot" of the Troupe, has

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Flight Room Patter"The forgotten course", 89, feels that it 'hasworn out its welcome at No. 12, and at last,after delays, extensions and postponements,will be leaving on the 28th (they hope). Itisrumored that on graduation, members of thecourse will receive a new trade badge. Ofstriking design, the new badge carries a mop,a broom and a pail rampant on a field of linol-eum. Some particularly proficient members,recognized by the paint under their nails, hopeto get their- "A" group in interior decoration.A special award is being considered for thosekeen types: Jack "Short Circuit" Gardner,for his new delayed approach technique, Bar-ney Adair, for his candlelight slip-bombing ofthe east fence, and "Wheels Up" Fulcher, forremember-ing in time. And we vote a junior"Oscar" to Des Mayne for those technicolor,Movietone dreams."C" Flight extends a belated welcome to a

new F'light Commander, FlO Jack McLeod,and to two new instructors, PIO Oldfield andPIO TyrelL "Barney" Oldfield is a mad Aus-tralian who will come down to earth in time.His beret has become the envy of all the in-structors. Our under-cover agents have not'yet filed a complete Teport on PIO Tyrell.Good-bye and the best of luck to our fightingIrishman PIO Stan Collican, posted to Dafoeand MacDonald. FlO Harry Cane is rumoredto be writing a book based on the' experiencederived from his recent intensive studies ondrill.The New Year added one more married

pigeon to the ranks of "D" Flight. LAC Robt.Aaron Bell took the matrimonial vows duringhis New Year's leave, after a "D" Flight dele-gation to Dauphin, consisting of LAC Brooks,had given its approval.

FlO Jack Burgess, overheard admonishinghis students to be there early, "Make sureyou're here at a quarter to one-especially atnoon!"F/S Quarton has a novel way of doinghis Christmas shopping. Undecided as to whe-ther his girl-friend took a junior, medium orfull size, he spent part of one afternoon inthe elite shopping' section of Brandon, en-quiring of blushing maidens what size they'Wore."Off the record" records from "E" Flightstudents include claims of the: Largest andsmallest circuits; highest and mostest bumps;cleanest and shiniest floor waxing; greatestaccumulation of maps (topographical) and

HONOUR STUDENT

LAC R. L. JamesCourse 89

bottles (Coke). Honorable mention goes toHeath for taking 45 minutes to get a pinpoint. Says Max, "Time is no object. It's thespirit that counts." Ray Lyons remarks, "Ifyou can't get lost in two minutes, why getlost at all?"Flying is no thrill to Greg Johnson - he

jumped 'trucks off twelve-foot ramps at home.Ace navigator Brown is a sitter for GeR.,Ace J. B. Cronin is a sitter for any W.D.,Pretty Pat Hoult delights in personal fittingsat the parachute section.BAT (Beam Approach Training) Flight,

composed of twelve assorted painters, car-penters, upholsterers and scroungers, claimsto have the most versatile crew of instructorson the- station. They are very proud of theirnew modernistic,streamlined flight room inthe N.E. corner of No.1 hangar at the sign ofthe Black Bat. Drop in and see it. Free es-timates for any interior decorating.Pnstings and matrimony have made deep in-

roads into the ranks of Nav. Flight. FlO WilfMorgan was a double casualty, being bothposted and married. FlO Jim McKnight wentalong with Wilf-no, just on the posting-to F.r.S. at Pearce. PIO Gordy McKee hasalso been posted-to N0. 3 Wireless School,Winnipeg.F/L Doug Ireton is giving a series of lee-

tures on the care and feeding of twins.


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No. 12 takes on the Army

Sports Ed itorialA short time ago the two letters P. T. were

the abbreviated term for physical torture.During the past six months a rapid changehas taken place in our physical program.Physical torture has given away to physicaltraining' and now under the 'R.C.A.F. dutyfitness program P.T. has a new meaning;"Pleasant Training".Drop down to the drill hall some morning

or afternoon and take a look at our aircrewtrainees. They enjoy themselves. You willprobably heal' them growling a little during;the f'irst fifteen minutes of their hour periodbut soon all is forgotten as they throw bodiesaround playing those popular and great con-ditioning games of basketball an! floor hock-ey. The period ended, a man has stretched,strained and strengthened every muscle inhis body. He has acquired more stamina. Dur-ing the hour he has done a great amount ofwork, and, to top it off, he has had a lot pifun.This whistle-while-vou-woik program is

proving successful in preparing men physical-ly. From a duty fitness booklet written byAil' Marshal! Breadner we quote, "In orderthat they may be fit to cope with the rigors ofcombat flying and the arduous duties ofground CI-e,Y. It is a Pl'OgTam designed todevelop in the airman those essential qualitiesof endurance, strength, co-ordination and aburning desire to win."There you are fellows - you 'work, you play

and you benefit.F/S D. EARLES.

. . II ! Hockey

On January the 6th the. hockey season open-ed at No. 12 with a decisive, victory for oursquad. The Army put up a very good showbut by superior stick handling and fastbreaking our boys ran up the score to 10-4.This game was followed by a close contestwith Virden which unfortunately ended in awin for them. The trouble seemed to be thatom two regular goalkeepers were unable tuattend. However, since this game a canvassof the station has been made and we now haveample protection in this spot.Personalities on the team include Harrison,formerly with Buffalo in the American Lea-

gue; Don Morrison, formerly with SaskatoonQuakers; Sloan, who played considerable hoc-key aCl'OSS the line; Lieut. Sibbald of theCanadian Dental Corps.The team is handled by Capt, Goodison, an

experienced coach, who predicts that his team,already strong contenders, will be a realchampionship threat.

Bowling FlashesMaintenance League started in "Down-

town Brandon" with a clean sweep for the"Isn't Its" and "Hypodermics." Top scorerswere Sgt. Knox of the "Spark Plugs" andCpl. Watson of the "Hypodermics" who tiedwith 280 for a single game. Cpl. Irene Camp-bell of the "Hypodermics" topped the ladieswith a single of 239.The Equipment League is ably g-uided by

Sg-t. Bodz (WD.) and LAW Guest. This lea-gue is run entirely by the section and indi-cates a rapid rise in interest in the art oftrundling.Foul' teams turn out each week: Pl'OPS,

Flaps, Wings and Cranks, captained respec-tively by Doran, Sparkes, "Torgie" and Price.Accounts got back in the bowling swing

with an entirely new series, the first game ofwhich was played on January the 10th. F/SJimmie Wilson amazed himself and the restof the Accounts with 335 for a single gameand a three-game average of 241. LAC ManlyLevitt (Air Bomber entry) took a skid for a160 average. High single for the night: F/SJ. Wilson, 335; Cpl. M. Wagner, 221.


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.JANUARY, 1944. 9

In the Sport Lightw.o. Hoop News

The W. D. basketball team has won allgames played to date, finishing on top of thefirst half of the schedule by a wide margin.We predict that ours will be the team to beatfor the cup. The balance of the schedule shouldprove quite interesting since the teams seemto be getting into the spirit of things.Once again, however, we feel it is necessary

to put in a plug for a few more players. Todate there are but seven active members onthe team. How about it, girls! Grab yourselfa pair of shorts and get into the game.Personalities on the team include:Olga Rowlak-"Cuddles" is the "small girl" ofthe team but makes a large contribution tothe success of the team. She is a fairly re-cent addition from the "Regina .Jitterbags".

"Pat" PaUerson-"Pat" in her first year ofbasketball is making a name for herself.(Ask a blonde LAC who plays for the men'steam).

Phyllis Dunford-A veteran of No. 12's bas-ketball teams. Centre of the "Famous Quin-tette" she can be counted on to play a goodgame at all times.

Eva Turner-A newcomer to the team who isis already pmving that she knows what thethe game is all about.

"Tex" Roper-another newcomer and defin-itely a coming star of the aggregation.

Mary Scriver-has the .h appy faculty of beingunder the basket at the proper moment.

Marg. Hickling-Captain and all round acefor the team is predicting a championshipteam for No: 12.

R ing NotesWe have it directly from the trainer that

"we are fortunate in having on the station acouple of future pugilistic champions, "Bat.tl-ing" Steve Burke and John "Curly" St. Den-nis. The former, a lightweight, is an easternboy and has done some snappy boxing in andaround Toronto. The latter is a heavyweightand judging by his appearance in training beshould be right in there when it comes to out-pointing the opposition. Incidentally theseboys are handled by Mickey Larner, who is noslouch in the ring himself.

RCAFWDYSYWCA - -Huh?

Doub le D ribb leThe basketball season re-opened here early

in January with a very poor show by our boyswho only managed to run up a score of 52 to6 against the Army team. However, we donot believe that the Army team was at itsbest and expect some real opposition fromthese boys in subsequent games.The highlight so far this season was the

game at Virden. Our boys returned withbruises, aches and experience. Chown wasthrown into the chairs three times, once pr'ac-tically landing on the C.O.'s lap. The gamewas definitely the toughest yet played by ourteam, but once again we were victoriousthrough the efforts of Wright, Chown, Huirand the rest of the boys.Incidentally, the coaching reins have been

taken over by PIO Perreault, a very capableand experienced "ballhawk". "


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Ground Instructional SchoolMEN AT WORK

Intellig.ence LibraryEDUCATIONAL EXTRACTSTo most of us the very word Education con-

jures up the thoughts of the three Rs, bring-ing to mind memories of cramming, sternfaced teachers and long hours at the desk,looking fur-tively at the birch r-od tucked awayin a corner. But here in G.I.S., our EducationOffice plays a more enticing' role.

FlO Clary is ready at any time to act as aguide for those airmen and air women anxiousto explore the vast region now open to theadventurous mind. On the itinerary we findall information in connection with UniversityCourses, Provincial High School Subjects, andCanadian Legion Correspondence Courses,Every station has ground crew eager to ex-

plore further in order to acquire the educa-tional qualifications necessary for aircrew.The Education Officer can aid them, as G.I.S.hums with activity both day and night; Air-crew Remuster, Aircraft Recognition, Signals,and other classes form part of the nightlyprogram.One of the most interesting expeditions is

lead by F/Lt. Kelshall,. of No. 1 C.N.S.,Rivers, who each Tuesdayevening takes, usdeeper into the realm of the drama being en-acted currently throughout the world.Take an evening to drop around sometime

for a short excursion through our IntelligenceLibrary. A Squadron Duty Officer supervisesevery evening from 1900 to 2100 hours-you'will find it well worth while!THE WIRELESS SECTIONIn the first issue of Aer-Log we gave you a

general picture of our set-up at No. 12. Thesection consists of Wireless Mechanics, Wire-

less Operators and Telephone Operators. Hereis the service history of a Wireless Mechanic:He first completes an eighteen-week course

at a W.E.T.P. Centre where he is "genned-up"on radio maintenance and practical Morse. Ifhe rates the blessing of the Trade Test Boardhe's on his way to No.1 Wireless School, Mon-t.real, for advanced training. For five and ahalf months he battles with a thoroughly COIT-cent.rabed course in the use and application ofService radio equipment. Providing our boymakes good, he leaves Montreal with a group-ing that tells him just how good he is. Butseriously, the W. M. is mighty proud of those"sparks" on his right arm - they representplenty of hard work and he is satisfied thatthey are worth the effort. The "Mech" whois able to absorb still more knowledge wadesthrough a highly-specialized training and em-erges an S.B.A; operator and mechanic, a skill-ed technician off to do his job of work.

LAC W. KARASHOWSKY.LINK JOTTINGSSince last going to press we've had a

change of O.C.'s. FlO Anderson, after a littleget-together for the clan, was bid adieu as hedeparted during the holiday season for his newpost in Winnipeg. Our new O. C., F/L F'rankPalmer, since arriving from Gimli (pronounc-ed Grimly) has been up to his neck - that'sover three feet - in work. Reorganizingschedules and procedures to conform with hisup-to-the-minute efficiency standards. F/LPalmer was for years O. C. of Link at Up-lands where he acquired a prestige that aug-urs well for the future welfare of OU X ' section.These keepers of the "Gremlin Boxes" are

a queer lot. Not the least of these are thosetwo foreigners, Sgt. Swanson, a wee laddiefr-om Edinburgh, and Sgt. Yost, a yank inthe R.C.A.F. who flew the beam upside downlast week, "Because the pressure wasn't sogreat on my .head." When "Scotty" Swansoncame to Canada, his mother said, "Son, youhave a face like a saint, a St. Bernard, soyou ought to do well in the snowdrifts ofCanada."Then there's Sgt. "Long Tom" Cole- who

got lost at Air Observer's School when he pin-pointed himself two miles south of a cumuluscloud, lanky Sgt. "Flip" F'Iewwel ling, thehei-ringchoker from N_B., and "Curly" Sigurd-son ,the Singing Cowboy from Neepawa who

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.JA:'SIUARY,1944.

The Originals

Front Row (left to right): Sgt. .Jobmrrie Czech. Sgt. "Boomer" Martin, Sgt. HMark" Sourisseau, Sgt. ,cRab ...bit'" Cuthbert, Sgt. Bert Tullock, F /L "Pete" Peters, S/L C. L. T~ .Sewle, Sgt. Ralph Knox, FIS Stan Woods,F IS Jimmie Wilson, F /S Art Pdce, FIS George "Charts" Phipps.Second Row- (left to right): Cpl. HPerry" Burre l ] , C p l , Harvey Hammell, C p l , Hal Switzer, Sgt. Al Kerr.Sgt. Mac" McKenzie, Sgt. G.eorge Styles, Sgt. Jack McCoy, Sgt. Freddie Seema.n; Sgt. George UTiny" Wlson~Sgt. Pete Sour+sseau, Sgt. Vic Oster, Sgt. D. B. '


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Deer Mable:Heer it is 1944 alreddy, and so help methe corperal duzzent seem to think i noe it.

He keeps telling me to get up. to date.Well, Mable, imust tell you abo-ut my leev

and the time ihad. The day before we wereskeduled to go the boys went into town, andi went too, thanks to their kind invitashun.Ail the way down they kept telling me howi was supposed to help them out on' somepeculyar transacshun, the eggsact idea of wichi coodent kwibe follow. Ennyway our down-town jerney took us to where a long lineupof people were waiting to get into a bildingnot haf big enuff for them all. We finely gotinside and then followed a kwik sukseshunof misteryus moves wieh they sed konsti-chooted my inishayshun into the "Baa:elClub!' Idident get it, but sins it only costwun dollar from now till April 30th igyessits alright. Iwent frum wun end of the coun-ter to the uther, with my pals behind me,telling me. just to go ahead as if i newwhat iwas doing, and then they got me outthe uther dorr, grabbed the pakkaje out ofmy hand wioh i had been given and sed -"See you on the trane,' Rufus.."Wen i got to the trane itwas shm-e

crowded. I finely got a seat and had justnicely settled when a fellow cairn along witha sik frend. Nacherly I let him have my seetand went back into the smoking car to Jissento the boys flak there telling their advan-chures. My but there are a lot of heroelcboys in the servies, and they were all COil-gregaited in that wun car - i felt reely on-nered to be able to sit bak and llssen to themtell of their exployts, Most of the boys wereaiding queerly - noizy and laffing at storiesthat dident seem funny at all. Icoodent fjg-gel' it out till i saw wun of them get upvery wobbly-like, and then inew "-- it wastranesikkness - thats wut it was - trane-sikkness on a mass scale. All of them seemedto be affected wun way or anuther and i wasglad i had such a tuff constichcoshun anndident get that way. Then sum of thembegan taking whut they called the cure, butto me it seemed all Tong, cuz the more curemedisin they took, the more tranesik theygot,Wun of the fellows was real f'eiendly-Ifke

----calledme "Bub" and kinely invited me tohis hnnting loj to spend my leev. i dident

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The British Home Fleet sent us cheeringnews for the Christmas Season when it report-ed that the German battleship Scharnhorst hadbeen sunk off North Cape, the northernmosttip of Norway.The newspapers gave us a thrilling report

of how the Scharnhorst was intercepted by theescorting cruisers and destroyers as' it at-tacked a United Nations' convoy bound for theRussian port of Murmansk. In describing theday-long naval action and the subsequent.sinking of the German raider by the escortingunits assisted by the British battleship Dukeof York, the press gave us a "front-page"story, but not a complete story,North Cape lies above the Arctic Circle to-

wards the "land of the midnight-sun"; but nosunlight bathes those dismal stretches of nor-them sea in the late days of December. Atbest a dim twilight may brighten the sea fora few hours and supply enough light to sil-houette prominent objects, Then the battlemust have been fought in semi or total dark-ness.How, then, did the Scharnhorst stalk the

convoy and how was she, in turn, trailed anatrapped when the visibility at high noon wouldnot be more than two or three miles.When we are told that this was accomp-

lished by the use of electrical detection appar-atus which receives energy waves from thetarget and enables the operator to determineits position, the story gains new interest. Yes,the Scharnhorst hunted the convoy and was it-self trailed and trapped not by sight but bysense,

Try your luck, and remember that this is avery logical problem.One morning, a man left his hunting cabin

and walked 10 miles due South, Then he madea right angle turn and walked 10 miles dueWest. At this point he shot a bear. Then hewalked 10 miles North and was back at hishunting cabin.Now the question is "What colour was the

bear1"(Turn to page 16 for the Answer.)


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1. When in the hangar area thou wi lt, chal-lenge all unknown persons approachingthee.2. Thou shalt not send any engraving nor

any likeness of any airship in Heavenabove or any postcard of the earth be--neath, nor any drawing of any submarineunder the sea, for I, .the censor, am ajealous censor, visiting the iniquities ofthe offenders with three months C.B., butsnowing mercy .urrto thousands by letting-their letters go free, who keep my com-mandments.

3. Thou shalt not use -profane language un-less under extraordinary circumstances,such as being told, "There's no more beer,"or getting beans again :for lunch ..

4. Remember the airman's week consists ofseven days; six days shalt thou labor anddo all thy work, and on the seventh daydo all thy odd jobs.

5. Honor thy King and country. When in- the circuit keep thine eyes well-peeledtbat thy days may be long above the landof- the enemy.

6. Thou sbalt not steal thy comrades kit.7. Thou shalt not kill-TIME.8. Thou shalt not adulterate thy flying boots

by using them as bedroom slippers.g. Thou shalt not bear false witness againstthy comrade, but pr-eser-ve a strict neu-trality on J1is outgoings and his incom-ings.

See page 14 if you don't get it.

10. Thou shalt not covet thy'Sergeant's post,nor the Corporal's, nor the Flight Ser-geant's, but do thy duty and by dint ofperseverance rise to the high position ofLAC-"C" Group

LAW Bette Kerr.I rushed madly to the door of our room in number foul',

Only to be g-reeted by a loud and mighty roar,"Do you k.now what time it is? "-'Twas twenty after eight,

"Not again this week, will you dare to be so late!"I stammered and I stuttered and was quite at a loss,

This couldn't be the sergeant, my quiet little bos~;"Itmust be a l l a dream", I very sadly thought,

Then I pinched myself real hard, and I found that it was not.I became very brave and I muttorad "No excuse",

FOl'my tongue couldn't move and my brains seemed loose;I shifted so uneasily on one foot then the other,

And silently 'wished iO}.' my g'?ritle little Mother.Learn a lesson from. this tale,-the moral of itshows,

In ordev to be on the bit and always on your toes,Arrive at work, no matter how,-just be there right on time,

And you'll keep YO-Ul' secticnj-unning in an order tbat's sublime.


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ChaterItis with the kind permission of the Pr.ison-

er-s of War Association that A and B Flightsbring you this month's epitaph, We are writ-ing from our home of exile, politely named bythe Ail' Force, "Chater".There is night life at Chatel' although itlacks the feminine touch - The bl'ight lightsof the Night Club begin to attract the patrons

immediately after dinner - among the earlycomers are the members of the Literary So-ciety w'hich meets each evening to peruse theIatest, periodicals and papers (1938). Despitethe distraction of the shouts from the baga-teIIe hockey gam.es being played: by half-de-mented airmen who haven't seen a femalesince Manning Pool days, the literary groupmanages to issue far-sighted predictions of awar with Germany in 1940.LAC Irvine and his Corn Orchestra enter-

tain as the limited quantities of beer avail-able are consumed in preparation: :for thesprr-ited meetings of the Chater Glee Club.The silence of the lone prail'ie settles onthe community at 2300 hrs., disturbed onlyby occasional snoring and the rattling of cof-fee cups f'rorn the instructors room, as the fly-ing schedule for the ensuing day is l'eceiviIlIl:its final adjustments. 'There seems to be somedifficulty in arranging 'three five-plane for-mations with twelve aircraft..At an early hour which would shock thebird who caught the worm, the station sudden-ly becomes a hive of industry. Yells, screamsand whoops of joy come floating from theshower l'ooms, while au occasional moan canbe heard from the late risers as they aaeforcibly ejected from their beds by the moreplayful members of the outfit. Breakfust isServed nnder a ceiling of smoke from burn-ing toast hy our genial cooks, who have mademore than one student pinch himself by ask-ing, "How'lI ya have yer eggs!". Our little wards, the students, dress up as:if going to a Sunday-school plcnic and uashmadly for the hangar to assist Sgt. Jack Mc-Goy and his men to ron out the aircraft andwarm them up. on the line ready to go.Meanwhile our G. O. F/L Kjellander, ,(whois training the boys to de:feat Gundal' Haag,)and F /L Cranna make last minute adjust-ments to their masterpiece, the days flying:schedule, LAC's Clark and Ayres have beensent to relieve LAC's Crerar and James fromspud barbering so they can finish'their bomb-ing, and the first formation pilots have }'eceiv-

ed their instructions. Out into the dawn gothe instructors and students, retul'rung homeonly for fuel and lunch, until the sun sinksinto the west,Chatel' Classified Advertisements =LOST-One carton of corn flakes; last seenwandering around jn the beds in thewest bat-rack bloek.'tVANTED-A first class dryer and presser isneeded to recondition one battle dress

which was pr-oved by lengthy experi-ment not to be sbower-jrroof.

Tower ChatterAWl Chlire Lamothe

Santa was certainly g-ood to the Tower 1>,91'-sonnel this year with leaves and all. F/LYoungs ,is now a Squadron 'Leadar, AWs'Carswell and Weller became LAWs, and LAWShortt is in line for her Corporal hooks; COIl-gratulations to you all.Our office was a bright spot during thefestive season with decorations galore. Whenit came time to take them down, F/L Mc-MilIan ripped them purposely as he prophesiedthat the 'war would be over this year, Weil,he can dream, can't he?F/L "Slats" Thompson became a proud pa-pa on December 8th - a bouncing baby boyof 7% pounds. The future Air Marshall wasnamed Teny Thompson.Here's a new. excuse for being A.W.O.L"

LAW Weller of the. wir-eleas section wenthome to Montreal and returned, a few dayslate, with a sparkling diamond, Did work-ing overbime on him bring this about, Eunice?Among the happy faces in the hall we meetAW Mel Po:mbert recently added to FlyingRecords pea'eormel, and Cpl. Hurrter from thoMt, Section whose sister was recently post-ed here. Some people have aU the Juck.Cpls. Hickling and Esplen are heard hum-

ming happily as they prepare lectures for theClerk Generals, Did we hear someone say theywished they were a Corporal?. Is S/L Bair-d going to take the "Rinso" titleaway from S/L -Youngs. It looks very muchlike it.The Daily Smile =Mr, Womlaeott-Hmv long have you beenworking in the orderly 'I'oom, Levine?AWLeville--Since I heard you coming downthe hall, SiT! ,Now as the checkered' flag is raised Oncemore we'll "wash-out" until next month..

WHOZIT?-F /0 J. V. NEWTON


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Admin. Memoranda THEY DOOD IT!LAW May Dougherty

Putting up a good front FlO Rolfe startedthe New Year l'ight by telephoning KingGeorge. Wonderful, isn't it, what a wee drapand imagination will do. SIO Lester anaSIO Cassidy have had their postings confirm-ed and cancelled so many times they don'tknow if they're coming or going. Oh well,they're still with us, so why worry!Flight Ross has his right ann back since

Sgt. Fay Ford returned from her recentAdmin. course at Trenton. Congratulationsand Good Luck to LAC Bill Grassick who re-cently left for aircrew training. Heard fromLAW Marg. Whyte recently posted to NorthBay; she's enjoying her work attached to theMobile Recruiting Unit. Conspicuous by herabsence is LAW Dorothy Dorrance, in DeerLodge Hospital. Hurry and get well Dot-dash back.The hangover prevailing in the S.W.O'soffice seems to have dampened the Corporals'ardour. They hand back the W.D. "I" cardswithout a second glance.Figuratively speaking, the Accounts, still

performing acrobatic wonders by keeping bal-anced, are teetering into action with S'/LMcIntosh returned in time to stop PIO Wal-lace from walking in his sleep and muttering"4 to 44". FlO Paull, a minature "Exhibit A"of what' the well-dressed off'icer will wear ina blackout - that scarf really IS white! Sgt."Curly" Jacques and Flight Wood are passingthe hat after many (too many) renditions ofdisharmonized "Mareseatoats". LAC Bill Sur-tees is -Iooking for advice - Please! how doyou remove lipstick before greeting the Mis-sus? Cpl. Pake DID buy that pipe - itWASN'T an Xmas gift! Cpl. Warner is nowconverted to Cpl. Stinson, even if the groomhas flown the coop to No. 5 A.O.S. LAWGoodridge is trilling a light Fantasia thesedays in the pay office wi.th two FlightyLAWs Hamill and Maxwell. Smarten up onyour "parley-vous", fellows, we have two 'newW.D. accountants, AW2's Belanger and Beau-cage.

NOTICE! !TO THE HOLDERS OF COPIES NUMBERED

273 384 567AER-LOG is pleased to present each of you with

a pass to the Station Theatre E!1.titling you to freeadrnf ss.Ion for all showings in the month of February.

You may cfa.irrr your pass by showing your luckycopy of AER-LOG to F/0 Jeffrey in MaintenanceOffice, No.4 Hangar.

LAC (Mr.) Stinson and Cpl. (Mrs.) Stinson

w. D . N ew sAs we see us and you'd like to see U!S:06:30 and all quiet on the feminine from.

06:30% and all quiet on - Oh, why doesn'tPolly send that contraption overseas for anAir-Raid alarm? Listen you eggs-Eggs?Breakfast. ~ Over the top, girls. Say, isthere a new male cook or are the boys goingto breakfast earlier? Seems as if all wehear lately is "Gall me early I'm going tobreakfast." Why the water has to keep pacewith the temperature these days we can't un-derstand - though it does really waken us!Do plumber's ever work in our barracks

other than from 12:00 to 13:30, 17:00 to 18:30and 20:00 to 22:00 hrs, Seems they hadsome sweater trouble one night. Ask .JeanErskine was apparent. (Ed. Note: Carefully,deal' reader, that's very subtle, we recom-mend very slow, imaginative reading.)Polly as Santa Glaus had nothing' on Ruth

Betts as "the glad rags gal" with articlesfrom the "hangovers" in the ironing room."Home was really like this" - Locker cleanupin preparation for inspection was just likethe good old days of "go wash behind yourears, company's coming." Incidentally, enougharticles were collected to hold. a profitableRummage Sale.Hope Betty Kerr got her feet clean thenight she slipped on the soap and stuck a footin the scrub pail. Was Sadie practicing for"Hawkins" day the time the blind went upand she sought sanctuary in the ablutions?Wonder if Mr. Ingram thought it was a "bare"necessity when he let Frankie return with hispyjamas. Gosh, Frankie, STIchglamour!


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16 AER-LOGMORE ABOUT .. OUR C. O.(Continued from page 2.)

No.1 Armament Officers' (Pilot) Course atMountain View and was posted at Dafoe asC. I.taking command of the Training Wing.Number 3 Wireless, Winnipeg, was the next

Command of S/L Michelson and while therehe was promoted to the rank of Wing Com-mander.On the seventh of September, 1943, WIC

Michelson was posted to No, 12 to assume theduties of Commanding Officer. We have rea-son to believe that we are going' to be abletopush our activities full speed with everyco-operation from our C. O.MORE ABOUT . . . RHYTHMETTES

(Continued from page 5.)been dancing for six years ~he is ten yearsold now! Miss Shirley Piggot, the accomp-lished elocutionist is a veteran of three yearsof anter'taining. We regret to report thatthe heart of Pat Dadson, the very attractiveblues singer, belongs to Daddy - who isserving with the Navy.Ed Wynn, the genial pianist, was actually

pinch-hitting for Harold Green. His realjob is that of an executive member of theEntertainment Committee of the WinnipegCc-urdinnfion Board 'for War Services.

MORE ABOUT. G.I.S.(Continued from page 10.)had a government job in Winnipeg before thewar ---' working-on "G.R." for fifty cents perday and aU he could eat.

Sgt. D, FLEWWELLING.PHOTO FLASHESCome up and take a look into our darkroom

someday and see what goes on. Not that youwill be able to see anything until you havebeen sufficiently fortified by several trays ofour "Inner Sanctum Joy Juice" to enable youto see eye to eye with the regular membersof the "Blackout Department,"As you stumble amongst the benches and

drying racks you'll meet Flight Sergeant Mel-stead who seems to be the only sane onearound and Cpl. Donna McFadden as nutty asa fruit-cake but loved by everyone. Andspeaking of fruit cakes ... No, I won't tellyou!~Then watch out for the "Two Musket-.ears" (strictly corn, ear and all) , LAWs .TeanErskine and Hess Ennis also known as Jump-ing Jean and Batty Bess, And, oh yes, we'vegot a new man, AC Jim Vallance, a Iamnamong feminine wolves. Oops, that's "Goo:fieNewfie" (AW Doris King) from Newfound-

land you just sidestepped, she's a "Photo Joe"with yours truly, AW Pat Standing.

MORE ABOUT .... MABLE(Continued from page 12.)intend to go with him, but he got a worseattack of tranesickness than most and had tobe helped off the t.rane. i saw it was mydooty to taik him hoam, and in doing somissed the trane out. His mother lookedkwite perplecksed to see him suffering fromthis stranje malady and sed sumthing abouta chip off the old block which made his dada little peevd. Soe i staid right there for myleev, The meels were good, but icoodent getused to drinking anything but cows milk. idont go for this Wild Moose Milk ~hey keptserving all the time. i dident get to see thehunting loj, and evry time imenshuned it hechanjed the subjek.Well we got bak to the stashun okay afterthe holidays, and everybuddy seemed a lotquieter than wen we left. The corperal seemedannoid about sumthing and called the boys~ bunch of "cake-eaters" which was fightingtalk were I cum from. The boys: weren'tinsulted though and just laft and sed - "Youcant prove nothing."The S.P, (i still havent seen their saxa-

fanes) came around and gave us dirty looksand a good lokker checkup, and went out stilllooking a bit peevd and puzzld, mutteringsumthing about, "Five of them-right intothin air."Well, Mable, theyve niknamed me Babe

Ruth now-cant figger it out, but they sayits cuz i'm a cleanup man,which l'et)1inds methat ibetter get out my gunnysak and finishgathering my newspaper klippings, Haf torun now,

Luv in a hurry,RUFUS.

ANSWBR TO NAVIGATION PROBLEM:The bear was a polar bear j consequently it's

colour was white,The hunting cabin ...vas located at the North

Po'le.The first 10 miles was due South along a

meridian of longitude. The second 10 mileswas due West along a parallel of latitude. Thethird 10 miles was due North along a merid-ian of Longitude. These facts will be evidentif one looks at a globe, 'remembet'ing that theEarth is spherical. We are SO accustomed tousing flat maps which usually distort the re-lationship of places near the Poles that thisproblem may escape us for a little time,


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Russ ianHere the greatest success of the war ag-ainst.

Germany is in the off ing, NaviRg smashedthe Dneiper line towards the end of the sum-mer campaign, th{) Red Al'm continued toroll OR past Kiev in what seemed at the timeto be a very risk" over-exte"nsion of the drive.It meant supplying a ~()ntil'ltling offensive


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President: S/L Mclnt

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