Hello Pierre,
here is the scan.
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Monthly Archives: April 2015
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This comment…
Hello,
I’m enjoying to read something about the Spitfire KH-H.
My later grandfather witnessed the downing of this aircraft and he described it with nearly the same words. He was a German soldier who had sentineled the crashed Spitfire. And he took a picture of the KH-H.
I saw this picture in my grandfather’s photo album and he told me the story behind…
Additionally to the posted story he stated:
– it was a dogfight between English and German fighters
– the Spitfire was in a position to fire at a Bf109
– suddenly a Bf 110 appeared behind the Spitfire and startet to fire, the Spitfire began to smoke
– the Spitfire came down very smooth with something “at it”, surprisingly it was the pilot
– the aircraft “landed” in a field, the pilot had a broken leg only
– in the hospital the pilot wanted to meet the German pilot who shot him down (this was granted)With best regards
R.L.
Interrogation of a German engineer – typewritten by J. B. Le May
This comes from J. B. Le May’s collection of WW II artefacts. It was typewritten by him.
Why I Wrote This Blog…
Sharing and paying homage to unsung heroes…
And let Mark White contribute…
This…
November 4, 2012
Hello Mark:
My brother emailed me this article today and I could not let the moment pass without commenting on your picture. I did not recognize your dad, but we might find him somewhere in some of my dad’s pictures. My dad is the Clyde Hillman in your photo. We have a lot of photos from dad’s war experience, but this one was entirely new to us.
Dad passed away in 2012 and I felt as if we had lost one more amazing war historian! Dad, like Mr. Strain, and many of the other WWII vets in Kenora, had a special connection or camaraderie My siblings and I grew up knowing who other vets were and we always respected them. They also had incredible wartime memories -not just as it related to their own lives at that time, but also their hometown…
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Wings Abroad Volume 1 No. 12 – 31st May, 1941
Dr. Albert (Al) JOHNSTON – Redux
A great research and article from Mark
Dr. Albert (Al) JOHNSTON
JOHNSTON, Dr. Albert (Al) Charles West MD.CM., FRCS
December 7, 1923 – July 28, 2013
With great sadness, we announce that Al passed away peacefully at age 89 on July 28, 2013 in Port Moody, B.C. He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years Peggy (nee Mouat), his children Kathleen, James (Barbara), William (Diane) and Thomas (Deanne), his grandchildren Alexander, Robert, James and Daniel, and his brother Jack and sister Maureen Bailey, and predeceased by his brothers Herbert, Walter and Victor.
Born in Armstrong, B.C., Al grew up in Nanaimo, B.C. where he attended elementary school thru grade 13.
He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942 and served as a Leading Aircraftman for the RCAF 403 Wolf Squadron in England, Holland, Belgium and Germany thru 1946.
He returned to Canada and graduated from University of British Columbia, B.Sc (Zoology) with honors in 1949, McGill University medical school in 1953, and from Ophthalmology training at Wayne State University and Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit in 1958.
Al and Peggy opened medical practices in Vancouver in 1959 in an office they shared together until their retirement in 1989. During his years of practice, Al was associated with UBC/VGH Department of Ophthalmology as Clinical Professor devoting time to clinical teaching, developing the Neuro Ophthalmology program at UBC and to serving as an examiner for the Royal College of Physicians.
Al loved the outdoors and he and Peggy actively spent time on Saltspring Island, on their boat in B.C. and travelling in other parts of the world. Following retirement, Al and Peggy moved to Saltspring where they built their retirement home and they greatly enjoyed retirement with their extended family.
Thanks go out to his doctors and the staff at Eagle Ridge Manor in Port Moody, B.C. where he spent the final stage of life and special thanks go to Dr. Tony Wilson, Dr. Saul Isserow and to Dr. Christine Todorovic.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Mark’s Church, 961 North End Road, Saltspring Island, B.C. and a gathering of friends to celebrate Al’s life will also be held in Vancouver from 1:00pm to 4:00pm on Sunday, September 15, 2013 at Royal Vancouver Yacht Club at 3811 Point Grey Road, Vancouver, B.C.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Walter George Johnston research fund (UBC faculty of medicine) #P128, or the Saltspring Island Foundation named fund would be welcome.
Published in The Times Colonist from August 17 to August 18, 2013
Dr. Albert Johnston was a very talented and remarkable human being.
The ERK wearing the glasses is very prominent in a lot of my dad’s war pictures.
I’m no expert, but I think Dr. Albert Johnston may be in some of these pictures.
Wouldn’t it be nice if you readers could identify more of these airmen.
Mark White – October 2013
What do you think?
John Le May is sharing this…
Operation Bodenplatte – Probably some scenes taken on January 1st, 1945
Captured image using Print Screen
Wings Abroad – Volume 1 No. 11 – 15th May, 1941
New Guinea Camp Life
You will like this one Mark…
This week, the US National Archives posted a rare video that was shot and later put together by Lt. Col. Ken Gerrish of his time in New Guinea from 1942-1944. Head over to the National Archives blog for the back story and watch the video either here or on their blog.
RCAF No. 403 Squadron 