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RCAF Pilot's Flying Log Book-RNVR Fleet Air Arm of Lt. Woods, A.J.
Item · 1943-09-19 - 1949-12-16
Lieutenant Woods, A.J was born in Los Angeles, California on December 21, 1922, to Stanley Clifford Woods and Kathaleen Maude Sheperd. He was appointed as an AC 2/c RCAF with seniority dated May 4, 1943. In 1943, he served in RCAF Edmonton for #4 Initial Training School. He was then appointed as a LAC RCAF with seniority dated September 19, 1943. In the same year, he served in RCAF High River for #5 Elementary Flying Training School, and then in RCAF MacLeod AB for #7 Service Flying School, where he was awarded his wings on October 4, 1944. He was then appointed as a Sergeant Pilot RCAF with seniority dated October 4, 1944. In 1944, he served in RCAF Calgary for #2 Aircrew Graduates Training School and was released from RCAF Special Reserve to RCAF Class E Reserve on December 1, 1944. He was transferred to RNVR on June 14, 1945, and appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (A) (Temp.) RNVR with seniority dated June 14, 1945. He served in the RN College Greenwich for Courses in 1945, RAF Colby Grange for Service and Advanced Flying Courses in 1945, and H.M.S. Premier for Training in the same year. He was then transferred to RCN(R) on October 1, 1945, and appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (P) RCN(R) with seniority dated October 1, 1945. In 1945, he served in RNAS Peplow for 758 RN Squadron for Advanced Instrument Flying School, RNAS Rattray for 717 RN Squadron, and RNAS Inskip for 766 RN Squadron.In 1946, he was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) RCN(R) with seniority dated April 6, 1946, and served in RNAS Eglinton for 719 RN Squadron for Strike Forming Training Unit, RNAS Arbroath for 783 RN Squadron for Anti-submarine homing Radar Training, and H.M.S. Implacable for Deck Landing Training. In 1947, he served in RCAF Pat Bay for 825 Squadron and HMCS Warrior for Carrier Qualification, where he was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) (SSA) with seniority dated April 6, 1946, for Short Service Appointment commencing April 30, 1947. He then served in RCNAS Dartmouth for 825 Squadron, HMCS Stadacona for Officers Divisional Course, and HMCS Magnificent for 19 Carrier Air Group as Pilot in 825 Squadron in 1948. In 1948, he served in RCAF Trenton for Central Flying School for Flying Instructor School, and in 1949, he served in HMCS Shearwater for Instructor Duty in #1 TAG. In 1950, he served in HMCS Naden for Duty with Reserve Training Commander and HMCS Antigonish for Watchkeeping Training. In 1951, he served in HMCS Shearwater for Flying Refresher, 803 Squadron, 870 Squadron, and 880 Squadron, as well as in RNAS Lossiemouth for Maintenance Test Pilot Course. He also served in HMCS Shearwater as Naval Air Test and Liaison Officer and in RNAS Anthorn for #1 Aircraft Receipt and Dispatch Unit. In the same year, he served in RCAF Centralia for Instrument Flying School.In 1953, he survived a ditching of a Sea Fury at the entrance to Musqudoboit Harbour NS on July 1. He was then selected for permanent commission and served in NHQ for Special Duty at Naval Detachment Central Experimental Proving Establishment at RCAF Station Edmonton. He also served in RNAS Gosport for 705 RN Squadron for Helicopter Conversion Course and RCAF Edmonton for Special Duty as Officer-in-Charge of Naval Detachment Central Experimental Proving Establishment at RCAF Station Edmonton. In 1954, he was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (P) RCN with seniority dated April 6, 1954. In 1955, he served in HMCS Niagara for Duty at USNAS Boca Chica for Fighter All-Weather Training Unit, USNAS Cecil for Banshee Trainer, USNAS Oceania for F2H-3 Conversion, and HMCS Shearwater for 870 Squadron as Senior Pilot. In 1956, he served in HMCS Stadacona on Staff of Flag Officer Atlantic Coast as Staff Officer (Air Training). In 1958, he served in HMCS Naden as Commanding Officer VU-33 Squadron, and in 1960, he served in HMCS Hochelaga for #6 Officers Management and Logistics Course. In 1961, he served in NHQ on Staff of Director of Naval Aircraft Requirements, and in 1963, he served in CFB Borden for Senior Officers NBCD Course. In 1964, he served in HMCS Chippawa for Duty as Liaison Officer RCAF Training Command, and in 1965, he served in HMCS Chippawa on Staff of Deputy Chief of Staff as Staff Officer Multi-Engine Pilot Training. He was retired on July 1, 1968.Lt. Woods received the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the air when a British 'Attacker Jet Aircraft' was being ferried from RCAF Station Namao to Halifax for loading on board HMCS Magnificent to return the aircraft to Britain. Lt. Woods had an engine flame-out at 30,000 feet, 60 miles from Sault Ste Marie, and despite only having a 2,000 foot ceiling, he made a successful dead stick landing. The fault was repaired, and he headed for Ottawa where once again, at approximately 60 miles out, the engine failed again, and all attempts at a relight failed. The plane had an ejection seat, but Lt. Woods chose to save a valuable aircraft and made a successful belly landing.Lt. Woods retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Commander (P) (RCN)in 1968. Sadly he passed away on the 19th of January 1980 in New Westminster BC. SAM.1996.56.1a
Ernesto Vinci
Collection · 1912, 1939-1945, 1983
Consists of Scrapbooks (1939 - 1945), and an obituary and item on his career (1983). The scrapbooks pertain to music, Halifax, the Conservatory of Music, Vinci and Portia White. Also includes a scrapbook of poetry and photographs, a photograph album and MacKinlay's Map of Nova Scotia (published in 1912), and a photographic album and newspaper clippings.
Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than pilot of Capt. Wood, Lee
Item · 1978-09-11 - 1979-12-06
Captain Lee Wood served as a navigator on the Canadair CL-28 Argus aircraft stationed at Greenwood, Nova Scotia with VP-405 Squadron. The squadron was formed as a Maritime Reconnaissance unit on March 31, 1950, and later renamed Maritime Patrol on July 17, 1956. It was the first of four squadrons established in Maritime Air Command and the first to fly Lancaster, Neptune, and Argus planes on East Coast maritime duty. On February 1, 1968, the squadron was integrated into the Canadian Armed Forces. Captain Wood received his training at ANS Winnipeg. As a navigator, he was one of the four crew members on the Argus, a long-range maritime patrol aircraft which was manufactured in Canada and was considered the most advanced anti-submarine aircraft in the world when it was introduced in 1957. It was used by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Sam.2019.0091.004
Buildings in Pictou photographs
Collection · ca.1895
Collection consists of 5 photographs of buildings in the town of Pictou, Nova Scotia. 2 are of the ruins of Pictou Academy after a fire; 1 is of a fire at “Hotel Wallace” on Front Street; 1 is of a gentlemen’s club, and 1 is of an unknown building that may be the “round house”. Photographer is unknown. 2017-036
Rev. Jonathan Scott
Fonds · 1764 - 1777, 1885 - 1900
Fonds consists of Rev. Jonathan Scott's diary from 1764 - 1777. The fonds also consists of a page of genealogy related to the Akin Family, Falmouth, containing some births and baptism, 1885 - 1900. On the same page as the genealogy is a baptism recorded in the Aylward Family, Falmouth, 1886. MFM 10,991
Midshipman Journal of Robert Clifford Willis RCN
Item · 1939-12-01 - 1941-03-01
Midshipman Robert Clifford Willis was a Royal Canadian Navy officer, As a Midshipman he was holding the most junior rank of a naval officer, an officer by courtesy but not yet commissioned. His logbook contains a handwritten account and pictures of the battle of the Mediterranean, including the sinking of the Italian battleship, the Bartolomeo Colleoni.During the Battle of Calabria, Midshipman Willis was on board the HMS Royal Sovereign. He also wrote in his Journal about the British Navy's attack on neutral French Navy ships stationed at the Mers El Kébir naval base near Oran, on the coast of French Algeria. The attack was part of Operation Catapult, a British plan to prevent neutral French ships from falling into German hands after the Allied defeat in the Battle of France. The British bombardment of the base resulted in the death of 1,297 French servicemen, the sinking of a battleship, and the damaging of five other ships. In contrast, the British suffered a loss of five aircraft and two crewmen. The Royal Navy carried out the attack by air and sea after France had signed armistices with Germany and Italy, which came into effect on 25 June.The British were particularly concerned about the five battleships of the Bretagne and Richelieu classes and the two fast battleships of the Dunkerque class, which were the second largest force of capital ships in Europe after the Royal Navy. The British War Cabinet was worried about these ships falling into Axis hands. Despite repeated assurances from Admiral François Darlan, the commander of the French Navy, that the fleet would remain under French control, even after the French armistices with Germany and Italy, Winston Churchill and the War Cabinet deemed the risk too great. Darlan refused British requests to place the fleet in British custody or move it to the French West Indies, out of German reach. Midshipman Willis was on board for HMS Royal Sovereign and HMS Malaya and was part of other Operations which he recorded in his Journal Midshipman Willis had a long career with the Royal Canadian Navy. Records show that he was a Paymaster Midshipman during World War II in 1940 and a Paymaster Lt. at Cornwallis in 1943/44. He was also found attending the University of Western Ontario in 1959 and was the Commander of the Naval Supply Depot in Halifax in 1965.
Association of Outdoor Nova Scotians
Fonds · 1974 - 1983
Consists of correspondence (1975-1982), meeting minutes (1976-1981), constitution and aims & objectives (1976-1982), reports from president and committees (1976-1979), membership lists (1976-1981), association newsletter “Outdoors” (1979-1981), project files such as the Cape Breton Earthcare Project (1974-1979), financial statements (1976-1981), newspaper clippings (1970s), and correspondence and research on environmental legislation (1978-1981). Also includes brochures on how to hike and cross-country ski (1970s), a report on Pictou County Coastal Zone Inventory (1970s) and an audio recording of the Association’s public service message on protecting nature used in their Wise Use Campaign during 1979 Nova Scotia Environment Awareness Week.
Government of Cape Breton
Fonds · 1783-1820
Contains the administrative records of the colonial government of Cape Breton Island and includes Executive Council meeting minutes (1785-1820); Proclamations (1788-1820); Financial records (1787-1820), Appointments and other material (1787-1819); Roads correspondence and other material (1803-1815); Ordinances (1783-1820); Dispatches (1784-1820); Petitions (1802-1820); and Executive and Privy Councils meeting minutes and other material (1783-1820).
Lorne White family
Fonds · 1917-2009
Fonds consists of newspaper clippings (1917-2016); photographs (ca.1916-ca.2000s); correspondence (1948-2009); programs, fliers, and memorabilia (1945-2005) all collected by family members. They document the singing and acting careers of Lorne White, his famous sister Portia White and the posthumous recognition given their father Rev. Captain William A. White. The records also document the experiences of Lorne and Mary (Hennigar) White, an inter-racial couple raising a family during the latter half of the 20th century in Nova Scotia. Fonds also includes an Order of Canada certificate for Lorne’s older brother Bill White (1997), newspaper clippings on the singing career of Yvonne White (sister, 1987-2002), a music CD by Chris White (nephew, 2005), a children’s book about racism by Sheila White (niece, 1993), newspaper clippings on racism in the RCMP collected by Cpl. Calvin G. Lawrence (b.1941-d.1998), a re-print article on anti-black racism by George Elliott Clarke (great nephew, 2012), and a White family genealogy by Bill’s wife Vivian R. (Keeler) White (2002). Fonds also includes a video recording of a fictional scene 2 men and 1 woman socializing and playing a piano in a bar (no audio). The fonds is arranged into file folders, one for each family member, with photographs filed separately.
Views of Halifax photographs
Collection · 1870-1890
The collection consists of one photograph album which was compiled by Thomas Mower Martin, an English-born Canadian painter. Most of the photographs depict scenes in Halifax and Cape Breton, including the Public Gardens, the Citadel, Melville Island, and Point Pleasant Park. Each photograph has a caption indicating the location of the scene. Many of the photographs are inscribed with the name of the photographer on the front, including William Notman, Umlah, and J.M. Margeson. Some photographs taken by William Notman also have a number assigned by the photographer. At the end of the album, there are six contrived studio portraits of unidentified African Nova Scotian men and women. Using props and costumes they are not authentic representations of the past but examples of anti-Black racism. There is no information about the photographer of these portraits.