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N E W S L E T T E R

Our Airshow displays

and pre-show media on

gift flight to Stocky.

Heritage Stones and

BoB parade.

Bob Richter Farewell

Read all about our

brand new website.

Museum goings on in

2013.

Some wonderful dona-

tions have come our

way.

Fun and puzzles.

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Thanks to the generosity of Doug Walker, of Courtenay Mazda, the media were introduced to many of the exhibitors and guests who had arrived by early afternoon, including Drew Watson’s Harvard Mk IIa of the Yellow Thunder team commissioned to fly Canadian WWII Ace, Stocky Edwards, around the field and away in one of his favourite planes.

A DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus made an exceedingly long roll out after touching down. San Jose Tower noted:

"American 751, if you are able, make a hard right turn at the end of the runway. If you are

unable, take the Guadeloupe exit off Highway 101, make a right at the lights and return

to the airport."

L I G H T E R T H A N A I R


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Heritage Stones Dedication

We recently had our 8th Heritage Stones Dedication Ceremony with the Battle of Britain parade, which was held at the Protestant Chapel on the Base. Col. Benninger spoke to those present and we are grateful for his acceptance to attend. One of the new stone purchasers were the McGee family and I wish to repeat some of what they wrote to the Museum as it so clearly speaks as to why families wish to purchase these stones.

“Dad was Base Commander of Canadian Forces Base Comox from 1989 to 1992. ........ Whenever our families are in the area..... we are always proud to see the aircraft, some of which he used to fly in his younger years, resting in the field by the heritage stones. The heritage stone is a meaningful tribute for us to both parents who shared this experience with us.” The Stones are an ongoing program and we welcome new purchasers at any time during the year. ...President.


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It seems to me that time has been “flying”

here at the Comox Air Force Museum. I know

that our volunteer Coordinator and Program

Manager, Mr Jon Ambler is fond of saying “we

only move at a Museum’s pace here”; but, it is

impressive how much has been accomplished

over the past few months. There is always

something new to check out.

The Air Show was a great success, as we

showcased our Heritage Vehicles and Aircraft

out on the line. The Gift Shop Tent did a

tremendous amount of business. Kudos to Ken

and all the volunteers who put in so much time

and effort to make it all go off without a hitch.

If you haven’t been through the Main

Gallery lately, you’re in for a treat! The World

War II section has been totally redone with new

cases installed for the artefacts. Jon is now

keeping Irv busy working on changes to the Air

Traffic Control diorama.

Elsewhere, the aircraft team has been busy

making the final touches to their paint job for

our CF-104. You’ll be able to see the new

colours when it is

re-installed in the Air

Park this spring.

WO Barnucz has

been extremely busy

behind the scenes

making sure military

requirements are met

and our volunteers are

kept supplied with all

the materials they need

for all our various projects.

We’ve also got our new Web Page up and

running. It looks fantastic! Just type in

“Comox Air Force Museum” into your browser

and check it out. Many thanks to Corrine and

Len who have put a huge amount of work into

this site! If you want to be involved – just get in

touch – we can always use some more help!

Lynn C Barley

Captain Museum Director / Wing Heritage Officer 8145

DIRECTOR’S WORD

MANAGEMENT MATTERS

Volunteers: ya gotta love 'em!

At first glance the statement above seems obvious and one-sided, it's really a "motherhood" statement; but,

you just have to love all that the volunteers do in any given organization. This is certainly true of our Museum, because there is no element of it that does not rely, in whole or in part, on the efforts of them. I have

said it before, and I say it again, ‘no volunteers means no Museum’.

There is a second and less obvious dimension to the statement above and one must take a moment to re-read it with different emphasis: “volunteers, you have to love them”. This is a reminder to all of us "paid staff" that volunteers have to be loved, respected and appreciated.

Equally, it means that we have to not take their

efforts for granted, nor must we "go to the well too often".

As Volunteer Coordinator this is the most important aspect of my job. We go forward, anticipating all the good work we are about to do in 2014, and I have to remain aware of each and every volunteer, and always get the balance between his/her expectations and mine just right.

The Association plays a huge part in this, and throughout 2013 the Association has taken extra steps to look after the volunteers, whether it be supplying the beverages in our coffee area, buying snazzy new vests, organizing sandwiches and drinks at the Air Show or putting on the Annual Volunteer Appreciation Event (next on Wednesday, 11 December).

Oh yea, and by the way, the Association Board are volunteers too!

Volunteers, ya gotta love em!

Jon


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The staff and volunteers at

the Museum are mourning the

recent passing of one of our

stalwarts: Bob Richter. An Air

Force veteran, Bob served a

full career as a Long Range

Patrol Navigator. His final

duty in uniform was on the

staff of the Air Force Indoctri-

nation School here in Comox.

Upon retirement from the

Air Force it was a natural progression for him to

bring his love of the Air Force with his knowledge of

its proud history and take the helm of the Comox Air

Force Museum. Starting in 1996 he served as the

Curator, and much more. Under his tireless and savvy

leadership the Museum kept going, even in tough

times, and gradually grew and improved over the

years. In 2008 Bob handed

the reins to me, giving me

thorough and detailed in-

structions on every element

of Museum operations. In a

way we had come full circle,

because back in 1980 I was a

brand new Long Range

Patrol Navigator, and Captain

Bob Richter was an instructor

of mine on the mighty Argus.

It is not possible to overstate Bob’s positive im-

pact on the Museum, and a big part of his legacy is

indeed our beautiful Museum, of which he was so

proud. While we mourn the loss of Bob, we celebrate

his achievements and recognise his leadership over

the years.

Jon Ambler Program Manager & Volunteer Coordinator.

Per Ardua, Bob

The Website team along with website designer Pieter Vorster worked long and hard throughout this summer and fall. The result is

what we believe to be a fantastic site. In order to continue the momentum we need to continue to add content and items of interest

through our use of posts.

If you have not yet gone through the site, we invite you to do so. Most of the pages contain information from our old site which we will to contin-

ue to update and improve. Other projects under consideration include adding a digital archive of items not on display, scanning of photographs,

logbooks, and vintage magazine articles, uploading the DVD collection to YouTube, adding content to the Family Fun, Gift Shop, and CVAFMA sections and

adding a Squadron History section. Posting items of interest will be a constant, as will the taking of photographs to supplement these posts.

Ideally we hope to have a volunteer from each day of the week learn how to contribute, post and add photographs to the site. Norm Danton

(Thursdays) and Augustina Fredrickson (Wednesday and Friday) and Rodney Jones (Friday) have joined us as contributors. We welcome anyone who

wishes to be a part of the team. Feedback is always welcome so if you have any ideas, suggestions, or corrections or wish to join the team, please

contact Len Philips, Corrine Bainard, or Captain Lynn Barley.

Already, the website has moved from a novelty to becoming a part of our normal operations. As a direct and immediate connection

to our visitors and partners, it is being used for daily updates on news, developments and events.

..Corrine

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Designed, Built,

Commissioned and.. ..Approved

Meanwhile, Irv’s parallel spitfire project awaits the patter of more tiny boots!

C O M P O N E N T S U P D A T E

PROP BLADE AND HUB

SPINNER AND GEARING

MOTOR & COPPER COOLANT PIPES TO WING RADIATORS

INSTRUMENTS PANEL, FRONT & BACK. FUEL TANK NOT INSTALLED


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Info Sessions

Safety:

Workspaces, PPE, procedures, tools, education were discussed by Lynn and Jon. We were advised that volunteers have done a wonderful job in recent clean-ups of the museum, paying attention to proper equipment and clothing.

Booklets are available on safe use and procedures for our equipment and we were asked to report on any safety

issues or concerns observed by us. Particular note should be made of any potentially toxic or flammable items, especially in outer buildings.

Main Gallery:

MAJOR UPGRADES:

Completed the early warning display with Bomarc and Voodoo models.

The POW display is now embellished with a symbolic barbed wire wooden fence and enlargement of the Colwell Diary display is imminent.

The new artifact display boxes are installed.

443 (MH) SQUADRON:

We have seen images of the HMCS Vancouver model and it’s looking good.

Don Smith will place the model as centrepiece of the display, accompanied by models of Spitfires, Sea Kings and Cyclones.

LARGE SCALE MODEL DONATION - STOCKY’S P-40:

Made and donated by Graham Rak. Aircraft flown by Stocky during his North African desert service.

Now displayed in WWII gallery.

EOD (EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL) SUIT:

Donated and installed on personnequin near ejection seat display.

CP140 MODEL:

Was on loan to Esquimalt naval base and is now suspended over the 407 Sqn display. It has replaced Short SE5A fighter, which will be moved to the Comox Base Hospital foyer display.

OTHER MODELS:

Many needed models have been donated by Rick

Cottrell for which he used seven kits and built original builds. Recent purchases included a Vampire and Rufe, a P40 and a Baltimore now under construction.

Museum Visitors’ Quiz:

Our new volunteer, Norm Danton, has created a quiz for children to carry through the gallery

and thus throw a new light on their museum experiences. Try one; they sit on the donation box in the museum foyer. In the next few months, Norm hopes to create another one for adults.

Wing HQ:

For their Communications Branch 110th Anniversary of 24th October, Mel has gathered artefacts for a display at the HQ.

Mid-Term Plan being drafted:

We don’t do too badly with our yearly plans; however, our 1-5 year plan needs more work. We are upgrading it to better reflect our resource needs planning.

Uniform display:

With an abundant supply of uniforms being received from donors we are in a wealthy position with which to create a display of the 220 uniforms worn by military personnel on the base in the last century.

Queens Diamond Jubilee medals:

Presented by Don Manley to Herbie Lightfoot and Mel Bernie in appreciation for their dedication.

Library & Archives:

We have recently received a number of researchers on various topics who have expressed strong appreciation for our volunteers’ patient assistance to their work.

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Selling donated books:

Brian O’Cain is currently reviewing many interesting books, of which we already have copies, for offer at our next garage sale.

New Webpage:

Corrine and Len are busy at work in setting up our new site on a new server with Pieter, our consultant. Its first issue was made at the end of September and upgrades continue.

http://www.comoxairforcemuseum.ca/Home.html

Please also visit our site on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ComoxAirForceMuseum

Newsletter:

Many activities for your editor have, regrettably, meant no newsletter issue since last winter. Similar challenges exist for contributors to supply us with ideas and item to include. All and any inputs are gratefully received by your editor. When provided

with a good set of facts and images we can sometimes assist with the initial task of writing them up.

The value of the newsletter is not only felt by members and visitors alike, but also by our Director and her staff as a record of our activities and purpose, so please don’t hesitate to send in your ideas, thoughts and products to us.

Gift Shop:

Recently, our gift shop manager and his team’s efforts have yielded well in terms of enhancing visitors’ ex-perience at the museum and our exposure to a broader area of interest, particularly in connection with the August Comox air show:

The air show was a big success and exceeded expectations for the gift shop, which ran a concession on the base. We give many thanks to the 28+ volunteers, helping for the day, and WO Barnucz for all their help.

$10,535 of sales occurred in the one day, a record and crowning glory for Ken and his 10 years with the museum. Carry on Ken!

The unsold airshow stock is to be sold from the gift shop.

Renovations:

We are continuing with renovations through this fall, including painting, general sprucing up and reorganization of stock and displays.

Heritage Aircraft:

There has been a change in our heritage aircraft team leader. Gary Crossan has joined us as team leader and provides Herbie with a well-earned rest. Thanks for all those years, Herbie! Current projects are:

417 Sqn CF-104 “Colours Bird” painting;

Dakota ailerons acquisition and attachment; and

A review of the condition of our aircraft on display and selection of the next project.

Heritage Vehicles:

T-33 trainer cockpit and front-end, currently on the base, is to be relocated by the museum, re-painted, mounted on a trailer and provided with viewing steps alongside.

CMP in parades. This 1943 CMP truck, originally used in the 1943 base construction is now completely restored and fully operational for this season in parades and static

displays at the museum’s discretion.

Our Constant Gardener!

Despite Sally Atton’s absence from the session, Bill, made a point of expressing our strong appreciation to her for all the work she does in keeping the gardens in shape for the pleasure of us and our Air Park and Museum visitors.

Summer progress:

VISITS AND DONATIONS:

We have had a great summer:

June 801 visitors (2012: 762) $2,716.

July 1,337 visitors (2012: 1,191) $4,244.

August 1,766 visitors *(2012: 1,573) $5,130.

*(despite 2 “lost” days for the Air Show and construction activities)

Silver Totems Hockey Camp: 90+ kids.

Comox Library Summer Reading Program.

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https://www.facebook.com/ComoxAirForceMuseum

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As the New Year approaches this is a good time to review the past 12 months’ activities for the

Assn. We had our AGM in April and it was a pleasure to receive some new blood to the Board.

We welcomed Dennis Dupuis, Harlin Price, Murray Smith and Deb McKenzie, who has taken

over as Treasurer. We were sorry to lose Herb Lightfoot, Rodney Jones and our past Treasurer and

a former President Mike Spooner. Much has been accomplished this year. We had a tremendous result from our sales at the Air

Show and to all those who participated I offer my sincere thanks for your efforts. At the beginning

of the year under Capt Lynn Barley’s guidance and with the professional assistance of Pieter

Vorster of Continual Palingenesis (don’t you just love that name) we started to revamp the

museum website. This is an initiative wholly funded by the Association and the work done by

Corrine and Len Phillips can now be seen. A well deserved round of applause to them for their

efforts. It is an ongoing process and any ideas, suggestions etc. will be welcomed by Corrine and

Len, along with any assistance. I would be remiss if I did not also mention the work that Sherry

Irvine, along with Len and Corrine, has been doing on cataloguing the museum’s photo collection.

When completed, it will be tied in to our new website.

In September we had our Heritage Stone Dedication and the new racks purchased by the Assn. were on display for the first

time. When fully installed they will make a distinct improvement. Mike Hendren and Dave Mellin are to be congratulated on their work for this project.

It was disappointing to lose our Lottery funding this year, but we do have an ongoing appeal and if that fails we will

certainly be applying again in the New Year.

My thanks go to all of you who over the year have participated in supporting the museum. Through your

efforts we just get better and better. Well Done.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for the New Year. Bill


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EL PRESIDENTE'S

PODIUM

This cake is supposed to be dense and squidgy - you can sub out the almond meal for all-purpose flour (3/4 cup

plus one tablespoonful of flour), if you would prefer a more cakey consistency.

Ingredients: 2/3 cup regular olive oil (not extra virgin), plus a bit more for greasing pan.

6 tb. unsweetened cocoa, sifted.

1/2 cup boiling water.

2 tsp. natural vanilla extract (not imitation).

1-1/2 cups almond meal (also known as almond flour).

1/2 tsp. baking soda.

1 cup sugar.

3 eggs.

Equipment: 1 - 9" springform pan.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease springform pan, and line bottom with

parchment paper, trimming it into a circle to fit.

Measure cocoa and sift into small bowl. Whisk in boiling water to make a runny paste, and add vanilla. Set

aside to cool.

In another small bowl, measure out almond meal, and stir baking soda into it to mix.

Put the sugar, eggs and olive oil into mixing bowl and beat for several minutes until pale yellow, thickened and

aerated.

Turn speed on mixer down a bit and add the cocoa mixture. Mix thoroughly. Now, add the almond/soda

mixture, combining gently.

Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until sides are set and the very centre, on top, still

looks a bit damp. A cake tester will come out fairly clean with a couple of chocolatey crumbs sticking to it.

Let cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack, then loosen sides of cake away from pan and remove the pan's ring. Let the cake cool, then dust with confectioner's sugar. Transfer to serving platter by inverting quickly and carefully

onto another plate, remove parchment paper, then quickly place cake right side up on serving platter.

Enjoy warm or at room temperature, either plain or with whipped cream or ice cream.

..Amanda Low

Info Session Choice Recipe — Chocolate Almond Olive Oil Cake


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Welcoming two new volunteers

Gary was born in 1957 in Gillingham England, where his

father was playing professional soccer with the Gillingham

Football Club. His family moved back to Canada in 1960

when Gary was three.

He grew up in Coquitlam and joined the Army Reserves at

17, transferring to the Royal Canadian Air Force into an

Integral Systems Tech position in 1983. Gary’s career

comprised postings to Greenwood, Trenton, Comox, and

Borden. He retired back to the Comox Valley in 2010.

In his words; “I enjoy building and flying RC airplanes,

skiing, snowshoeing, and just hanging out in this beautiful

Comox Valley. The best thing about volunteering at the

museum is the great people and the second best thing is being

a part of a team keeping the RCAF heritage aircraft

maintained for future generations to enjoy.”

Gary Crossan “G2”

Heritage Aircraft

Augustina Charles-Frederiksen

Gift shop, Library

Augustina hails from the

Caribbean island of St. Lucia, where

her family - mom, two brothers and

two sisters - currently reside. At

eleven she ran her first race finishing third which started a lifelong love

affair with track and field. She is

most proud of garnering a track and

field scholarship to Missouri State

University where she became a ten-

time Missouri Valley Champion,

two-time NCAA All American.

She earned her BSc in

Industrial Management,

leading to her second

love, i.e. Logistics, and to graduate school for a

MBA in International

Management.

Today, she and her first love, husband Lt. Erik

Frederiksen, an Air Maintenance Officer in the RCAF, call

the Comox Valley home. On any given day you will find her

either at the museum, running the trails, or working out at the

track here on base. Augustina came to the museum after

hearing about it from Erik, a past volunteer. She is fascinated

by the hands-on approach and the quantity of information to

be found at the museum. In her own words, “No matter what age you connect with it and learn much of Canada’s military

history, I see the value of our museum volunteers as ‘Living

Artifacts’; because, they represent the very people we learn

about in history class. Also, they are a tremendous historical

resource, as most of them are former RCAF members.”

As a member of the Cougars Track & Field team,

Augustina is using her accomplishments to propel a new

generation of track stars to the next level. She is the long

sprint and middle distance coach for the team. “those who

can’t do, teach”, she says, to describe her

approach to coaching. Her track career ended

after a string of injuries during her collegiate years. She feels that it’s an honor to work with

the club, bringing her experience and

knowledge to the team. “Seeing the happiness

and pride on their faces after a hard practice or

a great race is a very gratifying experience.”


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ACROSS:

1. Advanced ground school provider.

6. Abbreviation for Fort McMurray airport authority.

10. Quebec's Service _____, which helps fight wildfires south of the border.

12. Canadian charter airline that flies to Alberta's oil patch.

14. Yukon is in the ____ of Canada.

15. Excessively?

16. ___plane, go on board.

18. New base for Air Tindi.

21. No longer in active service, abbr.

22. Airshow sound engineer, ____ McLaren.

23. Tire pressure measurement.

25. Industry fueling the growth of Fort McMurray airport (2 words).

27. Multi-function display, abbr.

29. Picowatt, for short.

30. Weapons provider, with Systems.

31. Decibel, for short.

32. Martial artist.

35. Arctic ____.

40. Drag ____.

41. One of Canada's most experienced fighter pilots, Billie____.

43. Blue colour.

44. Exist.

45. Nickname for a Thanksgiving charter flight.

47. See 43 down.

50. All nations org.

51. Airline light metal symbol.

52. Air _____, can cause rapid loss of altitude.

53. ____ flight checklist.

54. A dashboard instrument abbr.

DOWN:

1. Died down.

2. Exceptional.

3. Major flight simulator company.

4. Take-off direction.

5. Advanced ground school pioneer, Peter ___________.

7. Captain’s superior.

8. There’s a gauge for it.

9. Boeing 787, for example.

11. Zero.

13. Radio abbrev.

14. Astronaut’s home base.

17. Navigation receivers, for short.

19. Attitude direction indicator, for short.

20. Modern positioning equipment.

24. While.

25. Have.

26. Computer network type.

27. Business degree.

28. Cooler.

31. ___7 aircraft.

33. Arctic sight (2 words).

34. F-35 Lightning II ___, for short.

36. Instrument with displays.

37. Where CAE is based.

38. Watches closely.

39. Indicates the manufacturer.

42. Weight measurement.

43. Bombardier 415 aircraft, used to assist in fire suppression in Los Angeles county, (goes with 47 across).

45. Hole.

46. Ukraine neighbour.

48. Vehicle.

49. Edge.

Solution on Page 16.

A V I A T I O N C R O S S W O R D

by Myles Mellor


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C O L L E C T I O N S C O R N E R — D O N A T I O N S


It is generally accepted by the museum volunteers that they never know how their day will

evolve, who will come through the door, what will

be brought and what they will learn.

Such a day started with an email received by our Director, Capt.

Barley, that was passed to Collections Management for action.

Judy Hudema's email message stated; “I am caring for a

wonderful 93 year old veteran gentleman who has log books and papers etc. and would our museum be interested in receiving

them”?

Our reply was, of course, that we would be delighted to, this being our raison d’etre. Some time passed until the day Steve

McNamee greeted Judy at the museum and received, in a “roll

on” suitcase, her items to donate.

Steve started the receipt process, opened the case and to his

delight and amazement discovered a beautifully bound pilot's log book to a W/C John MacKay along with a set of

medals including a DFC and Bar. This of course caused much excitement among the volunteers.

Now, W/C John MacKay, why was that name familiar? Into the books and on to the Net they went,

to find out about this

veteran pilot.

F/O J. Mackay, WW2

RCAF Fighter Ace, shared in the shooting

down of the first enemy jet aircraft, had

three victories on one sortie and, after

having expended all of his ammunition, was credited victories that

he forced to crash.

He was one of twelve members of the RCAF to receive the

American Air Medal while serving in the Korean War with the

USAF. He had a notable wartime record flying about 300 sorties.

There has been much written of him, most notably by

Hugh Halliday in his book The Tumbling Sky; but, included in the donation is a snippet of his career, written by himself telling of his

attempts to join the RCAF to start with and get overseas into the

fight.

W/C J. Mackay served in many capacities in the RCAF. He

was Chief Flying Instructor of 403 Sqn 1948-49 and accumulated 1459 hours flying Harvards. He had a period during

1954 -55 as O.C. Pilots Weapons School at MacDonald, Man. Through the “Golden Years” in

Europe he had 882 hours on Sabres while serving as C.O. on a number of squadrons and Chief Operations

Officer at No. 2 and No. 4 Wings and served an exotic tour a the Winter Experimental Establishment at

RCAF Station Watson Lake, Yukon. He retired in Feb

1969 after a twenty-seven year career in the RCAF.

The Comox Air Force Museum is delighted

to be the recipient of W/C John MacKay's RCAF memorabilia and to be the place “to let his treasures

rest so others can enjoy the history”. . ..Mel Birnie

Kathleen, Toni, Stocky & Graham

Stocky’s P-40 model, by Graham Rak

Medals & Papers

Log Books W/C John MacKay


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C O L L E C T I O N S C O R N E R — D O N A T I O N S

Rick Cottrell's complete model collection

2.

Recently challenged with reduced mobility and the need for a

much smaller residence, in which he can no longer keep so many

possessions, Rick Cotrell has chosen to donate his substantial

model collection to the museum. He still enjoys a bit of skiing, however, and

so the Association has been pleased to donate some money, with our thanks,

to his ski fund, thus helping him sustain his enjoyment of the sport. ..Terry

W/C Kenneth O. Moore,

DSO, American Silver Star commanded 407

Sqn here in Comox from 23 June 64 to 22

Dec 65. Twenty years earlier, then F/O Moore

RCAF, in a B-24 Liberator, he sank two Ger-

man subs in the space of 22 minutes on June

8, 1944 off the coast of France. Recently, his

family has expressed interest in donating his

medals and other artefacts to the museum.

Construction of the display area, which will

comprise the Rich Thistle painting of his

Coastal Command Liberator, as displayed

here, a model of the aircraft and other arte-

facts has begun. Subject to scheduling, the

display will be largely complete by early-2014

and unveiling of the display is hoped to in-

clude the Moore family for a coffee and cake

reception ceremony. Media might also

attend. ..Jon

W/C K.O.Moore medals and artefacts


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A BIG WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS:

Some advantages of Association membership are:

Being part of a community-focused organization.

Broadening your network of contacts and making

new friends.

Learning first hand about Canada’s role in military

aviation.

An opportunity to develop new skills.

Involvement in a wide range of museum activities.

A voting member of the Comox Valley Air Force

Museum Association (CVAFMA).

Opportunity to become one of the Association

Directors.

Enjoyment of membership activities and social

functions.

Receive a discount at the Air Force Museum Gift

Shop.

Anthony Detering

Norm Danton

Bill Kennedy

Ron Philip

Anton Dyck

Tara Lindsay

Howard Coram

Dan Brennan

Alain Monette

Maxim Dionne

Peter Wybenga

Deb McKenzie

Robert Swanson

Gary Brammer

Bill Vanschouwen

Augustina Charles-

Frederiksen

Jack Holden

Dorothy Danton

Michael McKenna

Jill Ambler

Peter Kroon

Brent Robertson

Val Wilson

In our previous issue, we introduced you to Nurse Violet and to

Jean MacPherson, the real life nurse, whose uniform and belongings

inspired our Nursing Sister display. Jean was one of the 3,141

Canadian Nursing Sisters who provided medical services during the

First World War. Until the Crimean War the only women with training in nursing were midwives and members of religious orders. Florence

Nightingale, appalled at the treatment of wounded soldiers in Crimea, began in 1856 to develop nursing programs to train

middle class women. Her teaching method spread throughout the British Empire and with Canada opening its first nursing

program in 1874 at the General and Marine Hospital in St. Catherine’s, Ont. Once trained, the Nursing Sister’s served in

several successful missions such as the Northwest Rebellion (1885), the Yukon Gold

Rush with the Royal Canadian Dragoons (1898), and South Africa with the Canadian

Army (Boer War). The Canadian Nursing Service was officially established in 1901 and,

by 1918, nurses had become part of the RCAF.

By the medal pinned to her collar, we know that Jean trained at Brandon General

Hospital’s Training School for Nurses and graduated in 1913. By the time she enlisted in

1916, nurses had been serving with various armies for 31 years.

In WWI, 46 nurses lost their lives in service to their country, as casualties of war and through disease. These women served in hospitals, on the front lines, on trains, on ships

and barges, in horrendous conditions, anywhere they were needed.

Jean’s life ended in obscurity, as did so many others, but her belongings will continue

to represent the women who served in that conflict and remind us of the sacrifices made

by them all.

..Corrine

“Nurse Violet” cont..

COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES

To join our Association, download the application on our website (below) under Volunteer, leave a phone message at the Muse-um, or drop by and fill out an application. For only $10 annually, some of the benefits you receive include our newsletter, discounts in the gift shop, and a voice in the organization.

If you are currently receiving this newsletter by mail, please forward your email address to receive a high quality issue via the Internet.

Our thanks to those of you who have contributed articles and other material for this issue. If you have been thinking of doing so, whether it be a photo, story, or anything relevant to what we do and who we are, please don’t hesitate to send it along to the contacts below:

[email protected] or leave a message at the Museum;

The editor, at: [email protected] ; or

Visit www.comoxairforcemuseum.ca or drop by the museum to find out more about current activities.


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Director Captain Lynn Barley, 19 Wing Heritage Officer

Deputy Director WO Michael Barnucz

Program Manager & Volunteer Coordinator Jon Ambler

Gift Shop Manager Ken Oxley

Museum Administration Information

President Bill Cuell

Vice President Harlin Price

Secretary Jean Ennis

Treasurer Deb McKenzie

Membership Len Phillips

Director Terry Chester

Director Dennis Dupuis

Director Mike Hendren

Observer Capt. Lynn Barley

Observer Jon Ambler

Comox Air Force Museum

19 Wing Comox, Lazo BC V0R 2K0

Phone/Fax: 250-339-8162

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.comoxairforcemuseum.ca

Roseland Spitfire Project Website: http://www.vintagewings.ca/Aircraft/tabid/66/

articleType/ArticleView/articleId/257/language/en-CA/The-

FL-Arnold-Roseland-Supermarine-Spitfire-Mk-IX.aspx

OPENING TIMES: Museum, Library and Gift Shop Tuesdays to Sundays: 10 - 16:00

Spitfire Hangar Saturdays 11 - 14:00. Other times, please ask at museum.

Heritage Airpark May - September: 10 - 16:00

Editor Rodney Jones Asst. Editor Augustina Charles-Frederiksen Photographers Alex Boyko, Len Phillips

Newsletter

CVAFMA Executive 2013-14

Director Dave Mellin

Director Murray smith

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.comoxairforcemuseum.ca/

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.comoxairforcemuseum.ca/

http://www.vintagewings.ca/Aircraft/tabid/66/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/257/language/en-CA/The-FL-Arnold-Roseland-Supermarine-Spitfire-Mk-IX.aspx



Spotters’ QUIZ

JL Publishing

Last Issue

quiz answer..

This mystery gentle-man was the Wright brothers’ engineer friend Octave Chanute, author of the “Progress in Flying machines”, and their prin-cipal initiator and adviser on adding power to the Wright Flyer I.

No correct entries were received.

F U N F A R E


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C R O S S W O R D S O L U T I O N

Words of Wisdom

Over heard at Red Flag:

A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't

have one, you'll never need one again.

..Geoff

..Geoff

Here we have Geoff Plant’s partial

renditions of six of our volunteers.

The challenge is to name each and every

one of them.

Clue: the crowns don’t match the bodies.

SPOTTER QUIZ SOLUTIONS: For a well deserved CVAFMA $10 cheque and untold fame and

fortune, please provide the correct answers by Feb 28th to: [email protected] or phone him at 250-650-0166.


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M U S E U M O U T R E A C H & V I S I T S

O N G L O B A L T V N E W S C A D E T S Q U A D R O N S

S C H O O L S

Carrier ops explained

Airport Elementary

Terrace - AIR

DELTA & SURREY- AIR

CAMPBELL RIVER - NAVY

J U N I O R F O R E S T R A N G E R S

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E L E C T R O N I C R E S T O R A T IE L E C T R O N I C R E S T O R A T IE L E C T R O N I C R E S T O R A T I O NO NO N

W W I I L A N C A S T E R W O S TW W I I L A N C A S T E R W O S TW W I I L A N C A S T E R W O S TA T I O NA T I O NA T I O N

WWII Relics from

T3 Hangar, CFB

Comox ..

..to a possible

working display...

..by the now infamous Parksville Pickers

..to Bill’s & Howard’s

work benches & then..

Once commended

by the W/C for some

rapid tracking of a

foreign visitor, Ruth

and her visiting

family amused us

with many stories of

this building in the

old days and the

differences in how all things were in the 50s

and 60s. She is interested in learning of any

work we may do in the future about the base’s

communications.

A S U R P R I S E V I S I T F R O M A N O R I G . M U S E U M B U I L D I N G “ T E L E P H O N I S T, R U T H P O I R I E R .


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CFCFCF---101 re101 re101 re---paint completepaint completepaint complete

TTT---33 soon for museum display33 soon for museum display33 soon for museum display

CFCFCF---104 paint104 paint104 paint---readyreadyready

H E R I T A G E A I R C R A F TH E R I T A G E A I R C R A F TH E R I T A G E A I R C R A F T


C A N A D A D AY P A R A D E

19 wing sisip volunteer

celebration


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D I S P L A Y S & C R A F T W O R K

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

FINISHED DISPLAY

AURORA - 407 SQN

Now, searching for 443

Sqn archives to display.

443 (MH) SQN—HMCS VANCOUVER MODEL


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After 5 years of producing the newsletter, which has become more of a magazine, it is now time for me to re-trench, albeit with mixed feelings, hand over its production to integrate into the website and pursue other museum and personal needs that have been building up for a while.

It is very fortunate that we now have a hard working team doing new work for advancement of our web site and who have already accomplished the greater objectives of: rapid interaction with our members; furtherance of our out-reach goals and direct access to our activities and achievements by a larger audience. We have aspired to this for long enough and now it’s here.

For my part, I will have time to complete my first task for our collections management of sorting through all our 16 & 8 mm films and various tapes for relevance to convert to our library set of historical DVDs. This job has been in the process since 2006 and needs finishing. I look forward to that, particularly with recent interest expressed by the Comox Valley Probus clubs who came to view some of our recently copied DVDs of historical aviation, especially of this region.

Despite absorbing monumental amounts of time, the newsletter production has been extremely rewarding, a lot of fun and taught me more about Canadian aviation history than I would otherwise have learned. It also introduced me to many of you who have been diligently helping with articles, ideas, images and advice. Thank you for that.

It may be that the newsletter medium still has a place in our communications arena, whether it stays in a magazine format or returns to a smaller and more frequently issued publication. I would strongly encourage anyone interested in this kind of journalism to consider the opportunity of taking it on and its integration into our new website. I would be more than ready to help with that.

Thanks to Geoff Plant for recently offering to help with his supply of cartoons for our Fun Fare section, see page 16. For a long while I have thought and been told that cartoons of us at work and other related topics would enhance any of our publications. I would hope Geoff is able to continue helping us look at ourselves in this way.

The answers to this issue’s puzzle and winner, if any, will be posted on the website by early March. ad Astra, Rodney

Editorial

T H E E X E C U T I V E

AWA R D

AWA R D

“ L i f e t i m e m e m b e r ”

“ S p i r i t o f t h e V o l u n t e e r ”

AWA R D

“ S m a s h i n g g o o d p i c t u r e s ”



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C O M O X A I R F O R C E M U S E U M G I F T S H O P

U N I Q U E G I F T I D E A S

Anyone interested in Aviation will cherish a gift from our collection of hundreds of items.

Something for any budget, any age.

Toys, models, clothing, mugs, hats, books, models, clocks, decals, posters, patches, pins etc.

Open Tuesday to Sunday 10 A.M. – 4 P.M.

[Located outside the gate at CFB Comox at Ryan Road and Military Row]

250-339-8162 www.comoxairforcemuseum.ca

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Heritage Stones For Sale $175.00 ea., with tax receipt

http://www.comoxairforcemuseum.ca

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