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  • Memory Project Archive

    Bessie Aileen Red Heaslip Strathdee (Primary Source)

    Bessie Aileen Red Heaslip Strathdee served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Read and listen to her testimony below. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/3191_original.jpg Bessie Aileen Red Heaslip Strathdee (Primary Source)

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    Betty Pedersen (Primary Source)

    Betty Pedersen served in the Royal Air Force as a cook during the Second World War. Read and listen to her testimony below.  Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada. 

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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/7621_original.jpg Betty Pedersen (Primary Source)

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    Bill Baluk (Primary Source)

    Bill Baluk served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Read and listen to his testimony below.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/2924_original.jpg Bill Baluk (Primary Source)

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    Bill Hawryluk (Primary Source)

    "So I told him, you want to know what’s going on? Get up off your butt and come on up here and take my place and I’ll take yours." Bill Hawryluk served in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. See below for Mr. Hawryluk's entire testimony. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada. 

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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/BillHawryluk/3224_538.jpg Bill Hawryluk (Primary Source)

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    Bill Hollahan (Primary Source)

    Bill Hollahan served in the Merchant Navy during the Second World War. Read and listen to his testimony below. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/4994_original.jpg Bill Hollahan (Primary Source)

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    Bob Hull (Primary Source)

    Serving with the Second Tactical Air Force, Bob Hull undertook supply missions which aided underground organizations in Occupied Europe as well as resupplying the forces which fought the ill-fated Operation Market Garden.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9 Bob Hull (Primary Source)

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    Bruce MacKenzie (Primary Source)

    "During the previous campaigns we had lost at least 50% of our experienced flying personnel; some had been shot down, while others had finished their tours." Bruce MacKenzie served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. See below for Mr. MacKenzie's entire testimony. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/MemoryProject/BruceMacKenzie/1335_538.jpg Bruce MacKenzie (Primary Source)

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    Bruce Underwood (Primary Source)

    Bruce Underwood served as a Radar Technician with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Radar technology was closely guarded during the Second World War and he served primarily in Great Britain. This did not mean that he avoided the dangers of war, as enemy aircraft and V-1 flying bombs struck into England.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    Bruce Wetherall (Primary Source)

    Joining the Merchant Navy with a friend, Bruce Wetherall was posted to the Park-series of vessels, named after notable Canadian parks. During two trips to South Africa, Wetherall recalled the camaraderie and experiences he lived through. His life was spared when he took a wireless operator course back in Canada, missing his third trip with the SS Point Pleasant Park, which was sunk by enemy fire.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9 Bruce Wetherall (Primary Source)

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    Cécile Grimard (Primary Source)

    The transcription in English is not available at this moment. Please refer to the transcript in French.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/mpsb/Cecile-Grimard/5130_538.jpg Cécile Grimard (Primary Source)

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    Claude LaFrance (Primary Source)

    Major-General Claude LaFrance joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in July 1947. Prior to his service in Korea, he instructed fighter pilots at RCAF Station Chatham (New Brunswick). In May 1952, he was seconded to a squadron of the US Air Force’s 39 Fighter-Interceptor Wing and flew the North American F-86 Sabre jet. On 5 August 1952, while leading a patrol of four, he shot down an enemy Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 jet and chased the remaining aircraft back across the Yalu River. He was awarded the American Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/14313_original.jpg Claude LaFrance (Primary Source)

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    Clayton Currie Leigh (Primary Source)

    "I knew when I was hit because I was losing glycol; and I knew I had to get onto the ground, fast, before I burned. I landed and, unfortunately, I landed in the middle of the German Army and they came and took me right out."Clayton Currie Leigh served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. See his full testimony below.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/mpsb/Clayton-Currie-Leigh/6681_original.jpg Clayton Currie Leigh (Primary Source)

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    Clayton Stones (Primary Source)

    Clayton Stones served in the Merchant Navy during the Second World War. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/8695_original.jpg Clayton Stones (Primary Source)

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    Clifford Bush (Primary Source)

    Clifford Bush served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/The-Memory-Project/image/5546_600.jpg Clifford Bush (Primary Source)

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    Clifford Harvey Hammer Wunder (Primary Source)

    Mr. Wunder served in the Merchant Navy during the Second World War.Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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    https://development.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/images/tce_placeholder.jpg?v=e9dca980c9bdb3aa11e832e7ea94f5d9 Clifford Harvey Hammer Wunder (Primary Source)