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Photo: Princess Alice
AF2016.022 - Cannings, Kenneth Laverne-AF2016.022-AF2016.022.013 - 1 · Item · 1939-1946
Part of Kenneth Laverne Cannings

Photo: Princess Alice meets with WD servicewomen as they dine in the mess hall. Circa WWII. Black and white, original.

AF2016.022 - Cannings, Kenneth Laverne-AF2016.022-AF2016.022.003 · Item · 1939-1946
Part of Kenneth Laverne Cannings

Photo: Nose art of Goofy dropping bombs with the name Medicine Hat on a Lancaster. Circa WWII. Black and white, original.

Photo: Graves
AF2016.022 - Cannings, Kenneth Laverne-AF2016.022-AF2016.022.008 · Item · 1944
Part of Kenneth Laverne Cannings

Photo: The grave of Sergeant Kenneth Cannings in Wevelgem Communal Cemetary, Belgium. Circa WWII. Black and white, original.

Photo: Bomb Loading
AF2016.022 - Cannings, Kenneth Laverne-AF2016.022-AF2016.022.013 · Item · 1939-1946
Part of Kenneth Laverne Cannings

Photo: RCAF servicemen load bombs in a Harvard Aircraft. Circa WWII. Black and white, original.

Kenneth Laverne Cannings
AF2016.022 - Cannings, Kenneth Laverne · Fonds · 1939-1946

Contains a series of documents and one journal belonging to Pilot Officer Kenneth Laverne Cannings during his service in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1940 until 1944. The collection includes a journal written by Cannings, detailing his experiences overseas during his training in Bournemouth, Hooton Park, Wellesbourne, Dalton, and Dishforth. A few photographs and documents are also included. Cannings passed away 9 May, 1944 during a bombing raid over Belgium. A transcription of the journal is available upon request.

The Air Force Museum of Alberta
Document: Operational Wings
AF2016.022 - Cannings, Kenneth Laverne-AF2016.022-AF2016.022.005 · Item · 1946
Part of Kenneth Laverne Cannings

Document: Operational Wings made out to Pilot Officer K.L. Cannings. They were postumously awarded. Dated November 21, 1946. Original document.

AF2016.022 - Cannings, Kenneth Laverne-AF2016.022-AF2016.022.006 · Item · 1944-05-09
Part of Kenneth Laverne Cannings

Document: A certificate from the Ministory of National Defence for Air to Mr. George Albert Cannings. It commemorates the 'gratitude of the Government... for the life of a brave man," Pilot Officer Kenneth Laverne Cannings. Dated May 9, 1944. Original document.