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Arial View of RAF (Royal Air Force) Station, Charlottetown.1941
Charlottetown Airport - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
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The hangers were constructed of wood. Aircraft were brought to PEI in crates, then assembled.1941
Charlottetown Airport - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
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Group Captain Blake, Commanding Officer.1943
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This is a picture of the Anson Aircraft used on the station.1942
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Text from audio file:"As far as my daily routine was concerned as a Ground Crew Fitter. There was no such thing as an eight hour shift. At peak we had about ninety aircraft around there, and they were all Mark 1 Ansons and they were quite difficult to maintain at the best of times. They were very difficult in the wintertime because of the type of Aircraft they were. They weren't intended for extreme climates."
"But we used to...there would be eighteen aircraft to each flight, each hanger, and there was, I think, four trips a day. There was a dawn patrol, a morning flight, afternoon flight and what they call a dusk patrol. So you were going from, as far as the aircraft hangers were concerned, you were going from around five o'clock in the morning til the last one came in at night around ten or eleven maybe, maybe a little later. So most hangers were working on the two shift system, six days a week, one day off, every month you would get a short weekend and about every three months you would get a long weekend. Two weeks leave a year. And so you were pretty well on the go all the time, you know, there was very little slack time."
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The inside of an Anson Aircraft looking forward to the pilot.1943
No. 32 General Reconnaissance School, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
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The station maintained 92 aircraft, 18 to each flight (squadrons) and did 4 flights per day.1943
No. 32 General Reconnaissance School, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
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Visiting dignitaries tour Airfield. Four thousand navigators were trained here during the war.1941
No. 32 General Reconnaissance School, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
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Personnel from all Allied Airforces were trained here.1941
No. 32 General Reconnaissance School, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
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This is an inspection inside one of the hangers.1941
No. 32 General Reconnaissance School, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
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A painting of an Anson Aircraft making an emergency landing in the Gulf of St. Lawrence by Sid Clay.1943
Iceflow in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, off Prince Edward Island
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Newspaper clipping of Captain Carl Burke's rescue of a stranded crew of an Airforce Anson Aircraft.1943
Iceflow in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, off Prince Edward Island
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Airmen enjoy Legion canteen, Charlottetown.1942
Legion Canteen - Grafton Street, Charlottetown
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RAF (Royal Air Force) Station Cricket Team.1942
No. 32 General Reconnaissance School, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
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