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A collection of photographs and documents detailing James Thompson's career as an engine fitter in the Royal Air Force from 1938 until the end of the Second World War, as well as his life as a civilian in Canada during the post-war period. These include photographs of daily life during the interwar period, photographs and documents from his service in Capetown, South Africa (1942-1943) and in Bombay, India (1943-1944), and a small collection of photographs taken during his civilian life in Calgary, Canada from 1955 to 1978.

A collection of documents and photographs detailing John Raymond Srigley's service in the RCAF from October 1942 until January 1946. The collection includes photographs taken during the war, official RCAF documentation, and souvenirs picked up during the course of Srigley's military service, such as pamphlets to the Calgary Stampede, and RCAF dinner menus.

A collection of photographs and official correspondence from John Vernon Davey's service in the Royal Canadian Air Force and his subsequent Missing in Action status in 1942. The records cover the periods between 1939 to 1954 detailing his service in the 112 Squadron in North Africa. The collection includes photographs and correspondence between Davey's family and the War Graves Commission about his MIA status.

A collection of photographs, souvenirs, and documents from LAC J.G. Green's service in the Royal Canadian Air Force. The collection covers the periods between 1939 and 1945, detailing Green's time spent in 436 Squadron in Burma during the Second World War. The collection includes photographs taken from a Japanese soldier, an assortment of foreign money, and service records.

A collection of personal photographs taken by LAC Lem Mathany during his time in the RCAF during the Second World War. This collection includes photographs taken during his training in Kingston, Ontario in 1942 as well as photographs collected during his service in No. 118 Squadron in Alaska.

A collection of photographs and newspaper clippings pertaining to Lillian J.C. Brown's life between the periods of 1942 and 1947. The collection includes photographs during her service overseas in London as a record's keeping clerk in the RCAF Women's Division, photographs from her journey home back to Canada in 1946, and newspaper clippings and postcards from her time overseas.

A collection of photographs spanning Lloyd Douglas Thompson's service in the Canadian military. This includes photographs from the First World War (1914-1919), Thompson's volunteer service with the 17 Cavalry Field Ambulance (1926-1936), Thompson's service with the Royal Canadian Navy (1936-1939), and Thompson's service in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1939 until his retirement in 1964. Locations for his service and the photographs include West Coast of Canada ('39-'46), St. Hubert, Comox ('56), and Calgary ('58).

Contains a series of photographs taken during and after Lloyd Turner's time serving in the RCAF. This includes photographs from his time as a WAG at 406 Squadron during the Second World War, his service in the Reserves in the 1950's and 1960's, as well as photographs from an airshow taken in the early 1990's.

A collection of photographs and diary entries in an album, detailing Mary Elizabeth Fairey's time serving as a civilian nurse to the U.S.A.F. up in the Canadian Yukon. The photographs covers the periods between 1942 with the start of construction on the "Alcan Highway" that stretched from Edmonton, Alberta to Fairbanks, Alaska and its completion in 1944.