North Luffenham
General Photographs



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  1. Ticket to the Airmen's New Year's Eve Ball - 31 December 1952.
    Courtesy Ed Holmes.

  2. Visit by the Minister of National Defence, Brooke Claxton - 9 December 1952.
    Courtesy Ed Holmes.

  3. Front of 1 Fighter Wing Christmas card - December 1952.
    Courtesy Harry Meens.

  4. Inside of 1 Fighter Wing Christmas card - December 1952.
    Courtesy Harry Meens.

  5. Inside of 1 Fighter Wing Christmas card - December 1952.
    Courtesy Harry Meens.

  6. Lord Alexander visits 1 Wing at North Luffenham - 14 November 1952.
    Courtesy Ed Holmes.

  7. Earl Alexander Visits Canucks - 14 November 1952.
    Newspaper article.
    Courtesy Frank Newberry.

  8. Unidentified RCAF personnel at what appears to be a typical gathering - November 1952.
    Courtesy Ed Holmes.

  9. Canadian Wings Over Britain - 11 October 1952.
    Star Weekly Newspaper photo.
    Courtesy Frank Newberry.

  10. G/C Hale and Lester B Pearson - 20 September 1952.
    Courtesy Frank "Buzz" Moran.

  11. Blockade Squeezes - 15 September 1952.
    Kingston Whig-Standard newspaper clipping.
    Courtesy Frank Newberry.

  12. Part of the crowd at Air Force Day - September 1952.
    Courtesy Frank "Buzz" Moran.

  13. Fly past of 1 Wing aircraft at Air Force Day - September 1952.
    Courtesy Frank "Buzz" Moran.

  14. Pirates "Muscle In" on Air Show - August 1952.
    Leicester newspaper article.
    Courtesy Frank Newberry.

  15. Cpl Hagland's convertible sports car (an MG, probably a T2) with right hand drive - August 1952.
    Notice the row of caravans in the background.
    Courtesy Jean-Guy Choquette

  16. 1 Wing squadrons in a fly past - July 1952.
    Courtesy Jack Fortin

  17. Corporal's Club membership card - June 1952.
    Courtesy Jack Fortin

  18. The Control tower - June 1952.
    Courtesy Frank "Buzz" Moran.

  19. Airmen's barracks - June 1952.
    Courtesy Frank "Buzz" Moran.

  20. Feeding the beast. I was a fuel tender operator at the time - May 1952.
    The rest of the story.
    Courtesy Jim O'Connor.

  21. Jim O'Oconnor standing by a 426 Squadron North Star - May 1952.
    The rest of the story.
    Courtesy Jim O'Connor.

  22. My wife standing by a 426 Squadron North Star - May 1952.
    Courtesy Jim O'Connor.

  23. My wife Virginia, due in two weeks, standing close to the 426 Squadron North Star - May 1952.
    Courtesy Jim O'Connor.

  24. Front cover of a Quarantine Service booklet - 10 April 1952.
    Courtesy Frank Newberry

  25. Certificate of Vaccination Against Smallpox - 10 April 1952.
    This shot was provided by RCAF medical personnel at RCAF Station Uplands prior to my departure for North Luffenham.
    Courtesy Frank Newberry

  26. The main gate at North Luffenham - April 1952.
    Courtesy G Fitzgerald

  27. RCAF personnel on their way to dinner. Notice the "issue" coffee/tea mugs - March 1952.
    (L-R) Unknown, LAC Doiron, LAC Guimond, LAC Lacelle stepping out of "billet #55". England was still on ration at the time. Airmen carried their utensils and food was placed on a tray.
    Courtesy Jean-Guy Choquette

  28. Aircraftsman Meens Joins Fighter Wing in Britain - January 1952.
    Newspaper clipping from Bellville Intelligencer.
    Courtesy Harry Meens.



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Updated: February 26, 2005