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them supplied with all they need
to win this war, needs careful
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'WEEK-END WITH CANADIAN
BOMBER GROUP
By R. P. MacLean
Part II •
The first station of the RCAF group
Ave visited was a permanent station.
It was built before the war and built
as a permanent station of the R,A,F.
Consequently it is well built. The
buildings are well constructed and
comfortable. The quarters are good
and there is central heating.
After we had seen the boys come
back to his station from the Leipzig
raid we had breakfast and left in our
OR. R. L STEWART
PHYSICIAN
Telephone 29
solid mass in the air it was so cold.
And yet we ettrened one door and the
next room was so, hot that one could
hardly breathe. It was here that the
men's flying suits were being dried
out. Great care is taken to see all
clothes worn by the men when they
start on a trip are thoroughly dry.
That is understandable, but, I wonder
why could not just one pipe be run
through the wall and that would be
sufficient to raise ,the temperature of
the messroom at least above the freez-
ing point.- It seems to me that some-
thing should be done ...
Late in the afternoon we left this
station and went to Group Head-
quarters to have tea there. The drive
was again through attractive English
countryside-the type of country I had
always pictured as "English".
Group Headquarters is ,situated on
an old estate, We were told that the
estate is enclosed by a brick wall
thirty miles long. That may or may
not be, but certainly we saw about
eight miles of it!
It seems that the chappie who owns
the estate was far from happy about
it being taken over by the services. In
fact he refused to get out and was in-
clined to be a bit nasty. He lives in a
house on the estate and is -so happy
about the whole thing that he objects
to the WD's strolling down to his
duck pond to watch the ducks swim
around. Or so they tc41d us.
Tea there and a most interesting
hour in the group control room where
the whole plan of the coming raid on
Stuttgart was given us in detail. Then
back through the ear& evening dark-
ness to our base station for another
evening in the mess with the chaps
who were visiting Germany again that
night.
None of our party had any desire to
see the men return from their trip the
next morning and so we called that
off. We left the station as the planes
were circling the field preparing to
land. We, each of us were wondering
as we drove away how many would
be missing when the final tally was
made an hour or so later, but we were
subsequently advised that all ow
friends returned safely";
The record of the Canadian Bomber
Group is impressive. During 1943 the
group dropped over 13,00Q tons of
bombs on enemy targets, taking part
in almost all major attacks during the
year, In the "Battle of Berlin" which
started as such on November 18th,
1943, Canadian bombers slave taken
part in every .major assault on that
city, This important phase of the war
which is causing such havoc has, how-
ever been costly, Canadians have lost
64 bombers which represents a loss of
448 perSonnel, killed, missing or pris-
oners of war,
Considered from any angle the con-
tribution of Canadian Bomber Group
is great. At the present time one in
every six bombers in major night at-
tacks against the enemy is Canadian.
It is expected that in the near future
this creditable showing will become
even greater with one in every five
being Canadian. To this must be ad-
ded, of course, the great number of
Canadian personnel in the RAF and
the RCAF who serve with the RAF
bomber groups based in Britain. In
addition one of the top "Pathfinder"
squadrons, serving with an RAF
group is Canadian.
Canadians serving on bombers are
either attached to the RAF or the
RCAF. The fornier are located at
practically every RAF bomber station
in Britain and serve on mixed crews,
often composed of Australians, New
Zealanders, Soupi. Africans, Rhode-
sians, and, of course, English. Some
crews are almost wholly composed of
Canadians while others may have only
one Canadian on an otherwise all-
English crew. Those who serve with
RCAF bomber squadrons serve with
all-Canadian crews under the com-
mand of the Canadian bomber group.
The aircraft now being used by
RCAF bomber squadrons are Lan-
casters and Halifaxes; both four-eng-
ine aircraft of proven efficiency.
THE ALPS DISTRICT
The following is a copy of a letter
received by Mrs. Geo. King of the
2nd of Culross.
Friday 3. 3. 44
50 Hartington Road
Walthamslow,
London, Eng.
Dear Mrs. King:-
I expect .this letter will come as
quite a surprise to you. But let me
explain that my husband was the
grateful receiver of your Christmas
ditty bag, and I am sure you will
understand.
He has been home just recently, and
told me about the lovely things he
received, but as he had very little time
to write to you, I thought I would write
and thank you myself. It is good to
know there are such kind people about
who can supply their needs.
When I s,aw your Christmas card
and the piece of paper inside it say-
ing "A Merry Xmas - Mrs. Gee.
King," I wondered how you knew
whom you were sending the parcel to.
But as you see, it was just a coinci-
dence that my name should be the
same as yours,
This is about all I can say now, ex-
cept to say "Thank you" once again
for your kindness shown to our boys.
Missing Overseas
Reported missing after air opera-
lions January 21, is Warrant Officer
John George Coflin,, 21, son of Mr, and
Mrs. J. J. Cain, Blaine Lake, Mani-
toba,
John George enlisted in the fall of
1941 while employed in the Red and
White store in St. Walburg. He
trained in Edmonton and Saskatoon,
graduated as navigator in September
1942, in Regina, and arrived overseas
November 6th. In England he be-
longed to the Lion Squadron, flying in
a Halifax bomber. He was on opera-
tional flights since May 1943. He has
two brothers in the service, C. S. M.
Coflin in England, and Pte. Joseph
Coflin at Camp Shilo, Manitoba. WO.
John George ,Coflin's mother is a sis-
ter of Mrs. George King of the 2nd
of Culross.
Following is a letter received by
Mrs. Geo. King from her son Joe,
Dear Mom:-
Received your letter a few days ago.
How are you all keeping? I hope
you haven't caught the flu, like so
many. Was sorry to hear about poor
Willie Donnely. I have a picture of
you and him, and one of myself and
Willie. I'll send them to you some-
time.
Well, at long last I'm going to go
on leave; they told me the other day
I was, so I guess'I'll go to Chilies,
and then on up to Scotland for the re-
mainder. I had a letter from that Miss
Henderson, and she invited me to
spend my leave at their place in Hunt-
ley, Guess I'll go there fora couple
of days, and there is also another
family near there that want me to go
to their place for' a day. They also
figure they are related to us.
What do you think of my typing?
I'm practically getting to be a pro-
fessional at it.
The mail came in a few minutes ago,
and was I ever lucky! I scored with
300 cigarettes from you and 300 from
Alex. They couldn't have come at a
better time as I was pretty well down
to the last. Now, I'll have lots for
my leave. 'Usually if we get a bit
low, -we borrow off each other until
we get our own supply in. Keep, up
the good work! Boy, there is nothing
in the world I like to see come better'
than cigarettes. -
Nearly every night I cook some
soup. It sure goes good with bread
and butter from home, There is real-
ly nothing I need, Just keep on send-
ing the cigs. I have all kinds of
soaps, shaving cream and such, though,
if you can get Noxerna, you could send
a jar of it. The cucumber pickles
were very, very good. I gave KennY
some, and I had a hard job keeping
him away from them then,
Well, guess I'm getting near the
bottom, I hope this thing turns out
all right. I'm going to give up typ-
ing forever if it doesn't. 'Well, hope
you are all well, Guess I'll close. '
Love
Joe
it
ThurWay, May 18th, 1944
WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIM$
cars for a "dispersed" or "statelite
station. Here life was different.
These stations are temporary ones
and the buildings are mere shells that
do little more than keep out the rain.
There was plenty of mud around'and
the buildings are scattered over a large,
area. The mess hall is 'frequently a
mile from the living quarters, At one
station, I was told, the conditions were
so bad, and the distances so far, that
the WD's had to be removed from that
station.
The station commander made no
bones about the fact that we would
see little "spit and polish" there. He
frankly said that "smartness" just
could not be maintained under the
conditions in which they lived. He
did say, though, that the very hard-
ships themselves made a much better
spirit among the station personnel and
many of the men preferred to live on
dispersed stations. • I wonder.
It Was at this station that we saw
the groundcrew at work. And in the
words of the station commander,
"They deserve a helluva lot more
credit than they get," Practically all
the work on the planes is done outside.
A bomber never goes into a hangar
unless it needs major repairs. The day
we were there was raw and cold with
a piercing wind blowing. But work
was proceeding. Motors were being
tuned; flak rips patched; adjustments
made; bombs being loaded for that
night's trip against Stuttgart.
We talked to several of the ground-
crevif and asked them about the cold.
They.said: "Oh, you get used to it
We had a •detailed inspection of one
of the new Halifaxes. The aircrew
was there to explain the thousand and
one gadgets to us. It was an interest-
ing hour.
We had lunch there and like all
meals at service stations, it was a. good
one. But it was cold, I mean the
temperature of the dining room and
not the meal. The mess was cold`and
the dining room. Thanks, I had- no
desire to live in that temperature.
Later we inspected the station and
on one occasion I was burned up. In
the sergeant pilot's mess a score of
chaps were huddled around two little
stoves. As you walked across the
room your breath almost became a
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DONALD 0. BLUE
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Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Geo. King (Hilda)
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A pleasant time was spent in Lang-
side Hall last Friday evening in hon-
our of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tiffin. Jr„ a
bride and groom of last.week. The
hall was well filled, and music was
supplied for dancing throughout the
evening by different groups of players.
Immediately after lunch the young
couple were called to the platform.
An address was read by Jamieson Pet-
tapiece, and Wallace Conn presented 4
them with a sum of money. Numer-
ous gifts from relatives were also on
display on a table on the platform. ,
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
Ross McRae on the birth of a fine
baby boy in Wingham General Hos-
pital, on Monday, May 15th.
A carload from the 2nd attended the
organization meeting of a Sunday
School at Holme's School, 10th of
Turnberry, last Sunday afternoon.
During the winter Mrs. John Kelly
vtras speaking to the pastor, Rev. John
Lucas, of the good Sunday School
there was in that school years ago.
Recently Mr. Lucas approached the
trustees on the matter also the teacher '
of the section, Miss McBurney, and,
the pupils'of the school with the re-
sult that 46 adults and children were
present last Sunday. Four classes
were planned for and teachers appoint-
ed and a good attendance is hoped for
at 3 o'clock next Sunday afternoon.
Are Your Laying Birds
Pale and Scoury?
Use Finn's Poultry Conditioner and Intestinal
Cleanser. Fed in feed, one cent a bird for
5 day treatment.
Stainton Hardware, Wingham, Ont. Hunkins Gen. Store, Belmore.
Rae's Hardware, Wingham, Ont. Pollocks, Whitechurch, Ont.
Jos. Chilvers, Bluevale. Coultes, Belgrave, Ont.
eititsurlm 4. Part or eye 22. Long-legged;
1. A sign of 5. Vex bird
spring 6. Yellow 23. Antelope
( Northern song bird ( Air.)
U. S.) 7. JUmp 25. Spread
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1.1. Conscious 9. Help 27. Open (poet.)
12. Eagle's nest 10. Property (L. ) 31. Sea duck
13 Braid 16. Radium 32. Money
14. Spikenards (sym.) 35. Hewing
15. Thong 17. Minister's tool
l7 Prefix to house (Scot.) 37. Passage folk
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names 19. Knoblike 38. Preserve
20. House god protuber- 39. Part of
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21. A fish 40, Speck ...
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26. A rustic
28. Back of neck
29. Coin (Turk.)
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112. English
writer
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