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Burrill Johnson engine no. 2
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Item is a photograph of a steam fire engine, built around 1900 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. This particular engine, the Burrill Johnson Engine No. 2, was purchased by the Sydney Mines Fire Department in 1908. The engine was operated by Paddy Keigan. 76-11
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Agreement of sale of the schooner Nine Sisters of Shelburne, Nova Scotia from Reuben Clements, John Crosby, Elbanah Clements, John Trask and David Rose and Stephen Rose, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, October 27, 1810 MS-4-215, SF Box 21, Folder 16
Item · 1942-1945
S/Lt Garth Bremner was a member of the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve and was attached to the RCAF for flight training. His logbook contains comprehensive notes on aircraft, courses, test results, specialized flying training for navy pilots, exercises, and newspaper articles.S/Lt Bremner began his training at #14 Elementary flying training school in Elmdon, West Midlands, England, flying Tiger Moths. In July 1942, he was transferred to 32 S.F.T.S in Kingston, Ontario, for training on Harvard and Harvard II aircraft. Starting in January 1943, S/Lt Bremner trained on Oxford and Sparrow aircraft at the Royal Naval Air Station Danibristle, located East of Fife, Scotland. In February, he was moved to #1 Naval air Gunnery school in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, where he trained on Swordfish and stayed after training to fly Swordfish aircraft until February 1945.In March 1945, S/Lt Bremner was transferred to the Royal Naval Air Station Trinidad, also called NAS Trinidad, NAS Port-of-Spain, which was a large United States Navy naval base built during World War II to support the many naval ships fighting and patrolling the Battle of the Atlantic. S/Lt Bremner flew Grumman Goose, Reliant, Anson1, and Dakota Aircraft on flights to Puerto Rico, Nassau, Baltimore, New York, and New Zealand.The Swordfish HS-469, flown by S/Lt Bremnar, is currently displayed at the Shearwater Aviation Museum. SAM.1991.0008.001
Item · 1953-1958 & 1960-1962
This logbook is part of a set of 2 textual records. This item contains A certification the CAP 100 orders, several black and white photographs: one of two women and an infant, an aircraft with the caption “Firefly T-Mk1 R.N.A.S Culdrose”, a pilot (most likely Hewer),) of pilots caption “Starboard Watch 34 A/S Pilots Course R.N.A.S. Eglinton”, an aircraft captioned “Firefly MK6 HMS Illustrious”, Aircraft on carrier ship with crew surrounding it captioned “Prang! 11-6-54”, of the deck of an aircraft carrier captioned “Firefly MK6 HMS Illustrious June 1954”, Military personnel caption “Canadian Joint Training Center Rivers Manitoba Sept-Oct 1954”, cut out of an aircraft no caption, photograph of infant captioned “Susan Lee Hewer born one hour before take-off for Bermuda 15-11-1954”, Pilots and crew caption faded may read “RED Flight” accompanied by names underneath caption, Photo of LSO’s with names beneath photo, several helicopters in formation note in log with arrow appears to indicate date is Feb 20 1957, Helicopter caption “Tow Adapted HSL-1”, photo taken on beach of a helicopter and a ship caption “Towing by Helicopter(HSL) Panama City FLA”, close up of flying helicopter no caption, photo of the Helicopter Anti Submarine squadron 50 (HS-50) caption about wining a tropey for1958 competition, aircraft carrier no caption, Helicopter in flight dropping a line no caption but notation on photo HSS-1, photo of 10 tag staff from December of 1971, 12 photos taken which appear to show celebrations of certificates earned including a 1000 hours certification and a “Good Show” certificate. Illustrated photographs: a helicopter flying over snow capped mountains no caption, two helicopters flying over a cityscape. This item also contains a number of textual documents: a type-written poem by gill Wilson, A record of flying time, and a poem taped to the inside cover by John Magee Jr. from 1941, a certification for solo flying is stapled to one of the pages, a certification form the operational flying school Culdrose, two assessments with type of aircraft and a breakdown of hours between day and night flying as well as notes on performance, a certificate card for completing an oral examination from the Naval Air Anti-Submarine School, a certification from the Naval Air Anti-Submarine School on completing familiarization on the firefly 5&6, Certification of completed radio warfare course, a confidential instructional information relating to the October Crisis, certification to carry out daily inspections, taped to a page is a typed note about unclassified materials and what is to be done with them, Posting instructions to the Shearwater base for 1967, 403 (Hel) OTS Base Rescue course certification, a political cartoon which has been added to, 403 (Hel) OTS Completion of conversion course certification, UER qualification sheet, 4 records of flying time, two certificates of 10 tactical air group’s aircrew categorization, 403 (Hel) OTS Pilot’s technical course certification, a sheet detailing temporary duty rates, several letters and note cards of congratulations on his promotion to colonel and director of individual training at NDHQ.
Item · 1941-07-01 - 1942-12-01
Geoffrey T. Sayre, also known as LAC Sayre, was born on June 12, 1916, in Saint John, NB. During World War II, he fought for his country as an Air Force Pilot from 1939 to 1945. After the war, he worked at F.E. Sayre Ltd. and Pollett River Lumber Co., which were owned by his family. Later on, he dedicated his life to the town of Rothesay, where he served as the first volunteer firefighter. He helped in forming the Rothesay Fire Department and eventually retired as its chief. He also served as Councilor and Mayor of Rothesay and created the Rothesay Regional Police Force.LAC Sayre's Pilot's Flying Log Book documents his service with #3 EFTS in London, Ontario, #113 Bomber Sqn in Yarmouth, NS, and #31 General Reconnaissance School in PEI. He flew Hudson's, Anson's, Harvard's, and Yale's from July 1941 to December 1942.LAC Sayre's Logbook also contains his flying assessments, RCAF application for enlistment, and his discharge certificate. SAM.2022.0024.001
Item · 1941-11-24 - 1944-12-12
LAC Levy, E.H. began his career with the Royal Canadian Air Force in November 1941 at #4 Wireless School Flying Squadron in Guelph, Ontario. He then continued his training at #1 Bombing and Gunnery School in Jarvis, Ontario until March 16, 1942, after which he was posted to #3 Operational Training Unit, 116 Bomber Squadron at RCNAS Dartmouth. He served with 116 Bomber Squadron until August 10, 1943. LAC Levy was then posted to Patricia Bay, British Columbia, and subsequently to #6 Bomber Squadron in Allifred Bay, British Columbia. He later joined the Meteorology flight section at RCAF Station Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on September 23, 1944. LAC Levy was then attached to 145 Squadron in Torbay, Newfoundland on December 12, 1944. He served as a Wireless Operator with the Royal Canadian Air Force. SAM.1981.76.A20