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Aviators Flying Logbook (volume 1 & 2) of Hewer, John Lt
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.
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
Correspondence from Corning and Chipman
File
File contains correspondence from Corning and Chipman, a law firm based in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Materials were created in 1879, 1881, 1888, 1891, 1893-1903, 1906, 1912, 1915, 1917 and 1923. MS-4-67, SF Box 46, Folder 23
Fleet Air Arm Pilots Flying Log Book of S/Lt Bremnar, Garth C.
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
John Alexander Webster fonds
Fonds · 1963
Fonds consists of correspondence, a pamphlet on Dartmouth Academy, and postcards. MS-13-43
Killam Brothers fonds
Fonds
Fonds contains shareholder records and a list of ships owned or managed by members of the Killam family. MS-4-17
P - Bulletins
Series · 1965-1992
Part of Fonds Père Clarence d'Entremont
la série est constituée de 57 dossiers classés par noms de société :Le Réveil de Pombcoup; Le Réveil, New-York, USA; Forum français de Yarmouth; Société historique acadienne de la Baie Sainte-Marie; FANE; ASHANE; Société Saint-Pierre; Société généalogique canadienne-française; Société historique acadienne de la Nouvelle-Angleterre; Société historique acadienne – groupe de la Nouvelle-Angleterre; Institution française – Worcester, Massachusetts; Falaise – Acadie – Québec ; Société historique franco-américaine; Les Amitiés acadiennes; Racines et Rameaux français d’Acadie; AROAA – Nantes; Revue française de la généalogie; Argyle Municipality Historical and Genealogical Society; Cape Sable Historical Society; Nova Scotia Historical Society; Genealogical Society of Nova Scotia; Federation of Museums, heritage, and historical societies of Nova Scotia; Castine Scientific Society; Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums; Madawaska Historical Society (Maine); Massachusetts Society of Genealogists; Le conseil de la vie française en Amérique; Société historique acadienne de Pubnico-Ouest; La Société historique acadienne de Pubnico-Ouest 1989,1990, 1991, 1992; Le musée acadien de Pubnico-Ouest 1989; Société historique acadienne de Moncton (1 de 2 et 2 de 2); Société historique de la Mer-Rouge; Société d’histoire de la rivière St-Jean; Institut d’histoire acadienne; La Société historique Nicholas-Denys; L’Association des écrivains acadiens; Société historique du Québec; Fédération acadienne du Québec; Société généalogique des Martins; American – Canadian Genealogical Society of New Hampshire; Acadian Cultural Society of MarlBoro Mass.; American – French Genealogical Society of Rhode Island; Federation of Genealogical Societies; New England Historical Genealogical Society; Evelyn Richardson Literature Memorial Trust; The Association for Canadian Studies in the USA; Society of Acadian Descendants; Bristol County Chapter of Massachusetts Society of Genealogists; Compagnie des Cent-associes francophones; 11ième congrès des Franco-américains; Genealogical Societies; Acadian Day in Massachusetts; Archeological Society of Nova Scotia; Les Chevaliers de Colomb; Société généalogique de Québec; Les Amitiés généalogiques canadiennes-française; La Fédération des familles-souches québécoise inc. 1998.3-f11
R -Transcripts et recensements
Series · 19-?
Part of Fonds Père Clarence d'Entremont
la série est constituée de 46 dossiers classés par régions d’où les registres ont été compilés : Pubnico Baptist Church (Mizpan) Pubnico Head, N.S - Records of Church Meetings (1913-1954); Registres de la Mission d’Ekopahay, Haute-Rivière-St-Jean, N.-B. ; Cimetière Immaculée Conception Cemetery, Pubnico-Est, Nouvelle-Écosse, East-Pubnico, Nova Scotia, Transcription 11 juillet/1986 ; Registres Sainte-Anne-du-Ruisseau, Baptêmes : 1867-1899 ; Mariage : 1867-1899 ; Registres Notre-Dame-de-la-Purification, Baptêmes : 1859-1923 ; Mariage : 1859-1929 ; Sépultures : 1859-1929 ; Recensements 1671, 1686, 1693, 1698, 1700, 1701, 1703, 1707, 1714, 1732, 1752 ; Recensements 1671-1752 Census ; Registres Sainte-Anne-du-Ruisseau, Baptêmes : 1900-1929 ; Confirmation : 1908-1915 ; Mariages : 1900-1929 ; Funérailles : 1900-1919 ; Paroisse Saint-Michel-de-Wedgeport, N.-É., Index des Baptêmes : 1896 à 1917 J.E. Léo Maillet, curé 11 avril 1989 ; Index des Baptêmes Paroisse Saint-Michel-de-Wedgeport, 1871 à 1896, avec notes, préparé par Léo Maillet, curé de Wedgeport avec l’aide de Père Clarence d’Entremont et Coral d’Entremont ; Index de Mariages (1871-1951) Saint-Michel-de-Wedgeport ; Catalogue des familles de Ste-Anne et de St-Pierre d’Argyle 1816-1824 par Père J-M. Sigogne ; Index des Mariages Saint-Ambroise de Yarmouth ( début de la paroisse jusqu’à 1919) ; Catalogue des Familles de Ste-Anne-du-Ruisseau et de St-Pierre d’Argyle 1816-1824, par Père Sigogne ; Registres Paroissiaux Notre-Dame-des-Îles, Île-des-Surettes (1859-1899) ; Baptêmes Sainte-Marie de Church Point (1858-1893) ; Baptêmes Saint-Michel-de-Wedgeport (Janvier 1871 - Juin 1896) Sépultures Saint-Michel-de-Wedgeport (Janvier 1871 - Mai 1934) ; Baptêmes Saint-Ambroise, Yarmouth (1845-1877) Mariages Saint-Ambroise, (1853-1853) Sépultures Saint-Ambroise, (1853-1876) ; Vital Statistics from the Newspaper Évangeline (1887-1931) compiled by Coral d’Entremont, 1991-1992; Baptêmes Summary/Supplement Sainte-Marie de Church Point (1858-1893); Registres de la Fabrique, district du Cap-Sable (1799-1838) Saint-Pierre-de-Pubnico-Ouest, Registres de la fabrique Saint-Pierre-de-Pubnico-Ouest (1872-1909) Registres de la fabrique de Saint-Pierre de Pubnico-Ouest (1890-1909); Registres de Baptêmes Saint-Ambroise, Yarmouth 1 octobre 1877 – 28 avril 1906; Descendants de Philippe Mius d’Entremont baron de Pubnico-Ouest ; Copie de registres Chezzetcook, 1768 – 1773 ; Copie registre Miramichi, 1786 – 1796; Les familles de St-Michel-de-Wedgeport; Mass. Archives, Nova Scotia and Canada 1643 – 1719; Mass. Archives, French Neutrals 1755 1769; Extrait de La France aux Colonies – Acadiens et Canadiens, par E. Rameau, 1859; Registre des mariages St-Pierre-de-Pubnico, 1856 – 1910; Registre des enfants nés dans Clare, 1864 – 1878; Recensements de Pubnico-Est et Pubnico-Ouest, 1896 ; Archives acadiennes, Canada, Boston; Archives Massachusetts, N. S, London, Ottawa; Mass. Archives; Archives départementaled de la Charente-Maritime, Registre 1640; Census of Port Royal, 1678 ; Reproduction des recensements de 1799-1811 et 1818-1844 de la Baie St-Marie, par le père Sigogne [originaux et copies]; Grande-Anse, généalogie (1816); Rôle des familles acadiennes 15 , septembre 1772 à l’occasion de l’émigration des Acadiens au Poitou; Spurr Family; The Census of Odule LaPlante; Tableau des Percherons émigrés au Canada au XVIIième siècle ; Une section de l’index des mariages à Wedgeport, compilé par J. E. Léo Maillet ; Historical Genealogy of a Branch of the Comeau Family- data and chart by Rev. James Comeau, Mius Genealogy. 1998.3-f11
RCAF Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot of C.G. White
Item · 1943-05-14 - 1945-03-13
C.G. White joined the RCAF as an Air Gunner he was sent to No.9 Bombing & Gunnery School, which provided Instruction to Air Observers, Bomb Aimers & Wireless Air Gunners in the Techniques of their Trades. He was then sent to No.121 Composite Squadron in Dartmouth, NS for further training. He then re-mustered to flight engineer in July 1943. He qualified as a 1st engineer in the Canso "A" and was then posted to No. 162 Squadron. No. 162 Squadron RCAF was a Royal Canadian Air Force Eastern Air Command unit. It was formed as a bomber reconnaissance squadron at RCAF Station Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada on May 19, 1942, with Canso A aircraft. SAM.1998.58.A5
RCAF Pilot's Flying Log Book of P/O Donegani J.
Item · 1943-11-17 - 1945-07-12
Pilot Officer J. Donegani commenced flight training at No. 13 Elementary Flight Training School (E.F.T.S.) in St. Eugene, Ontario from November 14, 1943, to January 4, 1944. He then proceeded to No. 31 Service Flying Training School (S.F.T.S.) in Kingston, Ontario. Following this, P/O Donegani attended the Naval Air Instrument Flying School, Hinstock (N.A.I.F.S) and then moved on to No. 9 Advanced Flying Unit RAF Errol, near the village of Errol in Perth & Kinross, Scotland. Subsequently, P/O Donegani was posted to 717 Squadron at HMS Owl, which housed the Royal Navy’s Barracuda Operational Training Unit, No. 1 Barracuda Servicing Unit, No. 3 Barracuda Servicing Unit, and No. 1 Avenger Servicing Unit. He was then transferred to 769 Squadron at Royal Naval Air Station East Haven (RNAS East Haven, also known as HMS Peewit), a former Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm station, located 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. This facility was specifically built as an airfield for a Deck Landing Training school. Donegani then proceeded to No. 1 Naval Air Gunners School (NAGS) in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. From there, he was stationed at HMS Goshawk, a Royal Naval Air Station in Trinidad, British West Indies. SAM.1998.87.6