Prince Edward Island Regiment Museum
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

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Prince Edward Island - Memories of WWII

 
Prince Edward Island memories of World War II.
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Sid Clay, Charlottetown.
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Sid Clay joined the RAF on January 1937, at the age of 16, as an Air Engine and Air Fitter.
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Jack Meredith, wireless air gunner for the Royal Air Force.
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Airmen arriving near the new Prince Edward  Island base contended with "14 inches of soft, red mud."
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Arial View of RAF (Royal Air Force) Station, Charlottetown.
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The hangers were constructed of wood.  Aircraft were brought to PEI in crates, then assembled.
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Group Captain Blake, Commanding Officer.
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This is a picture of the Anson Aircraft used on the station.
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The inside of an Anson Aircraft looking forward to the pilot.
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The station maintained 92 aircraft, 18 to each flight (squadrons) and did 4 flights per day.
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Visiting dignitaries tour Airfield. Four thousand navigators were trained here during the war.
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Personnel from all Allied Airforces were trained here.
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This is an inspection inside one of the hangers.
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A painting of an Anson Aircraft making an emergency landing in the Gulf of St. Lawrence by Sid Clay.
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Newspaper clipping of Captain Carl Burke's rescue of a stranded crew of an Airforce Anson Aircraft.
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Airmen enjoy Legion canteen, Charlottetown.
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RAF (Royal Air Force) Station Cricket Team.
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