"Royal Canadian Air Force" found 118 records

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of the office where John Shaw worked during his time with the Royal Canadian Air Force. John has written on the back of the photograph: "The orderly room again. Can't see a heck of a lot though. Should have been a time exposure."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1941]

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Series: Military series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 485-034

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2005-15; 2006-01; 2007-18

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of the office where John Shaw worked during his time with the Royal Canadian Air Force. John has written on the back of the photograph: "The orderly room again. Can't see a heck of a lot though. Should have been a time exposure."

Subjects: Buildings - Military; Furniture; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Air Force personnel

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1941]

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of twelve men in Royal Canadian Air Force uniforms outside their barracks in Vernon, BC. John Shaw is in the middle row, second from left.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1941]

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Series: Military series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 485-006

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2005-15; 2006-01; 2007-18

Scope and Content: Photograph of twelve men in Royal Canadian Air Force uniforms outside their barracks in Vernon, BC. John Shaw is in the middle row, second from left.

Subjects: Clothing - Uniforms; Occupations - Military Personnel; Buildings - Military; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Shaw, John Horace "Jack"; Royal Canadian Air Force; Hatton, Bill; Shields, Joe

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Note on verso of photograph reads: "All the gang from 220. Joe on my left and then Bill Hatton on his left, another fine lad. He was posted to Prince Edward Island, 60 miles from home. Will you please keep this for me?"

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Application for enlistment or appointment to RCAF during transition period

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1945]

Collection/Fonds: Elmer Wilson Martin fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 p. (one page double sided)

Scope and Content: Item consists of Appendix to Afro 1455 - Application for Enlistment or Appointment to RCAF during the Transition period issued to Elmer Wilson Martin, Wing Commander, Number C 522. Application includes Martin's education, civilian qualifications and brief service history with RCAF, other education,…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Elmer Wilson Martin fonds

Series: E.W. Martin military records and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 p. (one page double sided)

Scope and Content: Item consists of Appendix to Afro 1455 - Application for Enlistment or Appointment to RCAF during the Transition period issued to Elmer Wilson Martin, Wing Commander, Number C 522. Application includes Martin's education, civilian qualifications and brief service history with RCAF, other education, honours and awards and special qualifications.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Forms; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Martin, Elmer Wilson; Royal Canadian Air Force

Accession Code: BV019.40.41

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1945]

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: February 8, 2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item

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Application for enlistment or appointment to RCAF during transition period, [1945] thumbnail

Application for Leave of Absence for Enlistment in the Royal Canadian Air Force - L. Francis

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 70566

Meeting Date: 8-Jul-1942

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 70566

Meeting Date: 8-Jul-1942

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 70566

8-Jul-1942 Meeting Minutes

Appreciation certificate to Elmer Wilson Martin

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 26 May 1944

Collection/Fonds: Elmer Wilson Martin fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 certificate : lithographic print on blue paper ; 50.5 x 33 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a certificate of appreciation to WC E. W. Martin for his services as Chief Engineering Officer of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The certificate is signed by RCAF members of the maintenance wing wishing him luck while serving overseas.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Elmer Wilson Martin fonds

Series: E.W. Martin military records and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 certificate : lithographic print on blue paper ; 50.5 x 33 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a certificate of appreciation to WC E. W. Martin for his services as Chief Engineering Officer of the Royal Canadian Air Force. The certificate is signed by RCAF members of the maintenance wing wishing him luck while serving overseas.

Subjects: Ceremonies - Awards; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Martin, Elmer Wilson; Royal Canadian Air Force

Accession Code: BV019.37.11

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 26 May 1944

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: February 4, 2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item

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Appreciation certificate to Elmer Wilson Martin, 26 May 1944 thumbnail

badge

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.31.49

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.31.49

Description: Pin or badge for Royal Canadian Air Force - Operations Badge. the badge is gold in colour in the shape of a set of feathered wings with an "O" in the middle.; The back has two threaded posts and a back plate.

Object History: Item belonged to Joseph “Joe” Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie who served as a Navigator for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) between 1942 and 1945. He went on to be a BC Provincial MLA and later a Burnaby Municipal Council Member along with various other pursuits. See Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds for full biography.

Category: 08. Communication Artifacts

Classification: Personal Symbols - - Status Symbols

Object Term: Insignia

Subjects: Personal Symbols; Personal Symbols - Badges; Personal Symbols - Pins

Names: Corsbie, Joseph Hardcastle-Cumberland "Joe"; Royal Canadian Air Force

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Bancroft family correspondence

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923-1948

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence pertaining to the Bancroft family, most of which is written on Royal Canadian Air Force paper.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923-1948

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bancroft family subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS110-006

Accession Number: BHS2004-06

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence pertaining to the Bancroft family, most of which is written on Royal Canadian Air Force paper.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Bancroft family subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]-1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]-1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bancroft family subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1986-44; BHS2004-06

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the Bancroft family and friends and ephemera pertaining to agricultural farming and the air force.

History: Rose Croucher was born to Ann Eliza "Annie" (b. August 1861, d. 1962) and R. Coucher in January 1895. In 1907, the Croucher family moved to British Columbia. As a student, Rose studied geometrical drawing using Blair’s Canadian Drawing Series workbooks. On on February 21, 1914, Rose married James Oakes Bancroft in Vancouver, BC. Together they had three children: James A. (b. 1916 or 1917), Rosie (date unknown), and George E. (b. August 1927). The Bancroft family were poultry farmers throughout the early 1900s, transporting their farmed eggs from Burnaby to the Hudson’s Bay Company Vancouver using the British Columbia Electric Railway system. Rose Bancroft also served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Central Park Poultry Co-op Association in the 1920s until her husband's death in 1930 at the age of 42. In the late thirties and early forties, while James A. Bancroft was stationed in Calgary with the Royal Canadian Air Force, his younger siblings lived together with their mother and grandmother at 1963 21st Avenue in Burnaby. Rosie Bancroft studied French and English history in Social Studies in 1937; her brother George studied the seasons in General Science II in 1942. Rose died in 1965 at the age of 76.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Cartographic Material

Creator: Bancroft, Rose

Notes: MSS030, PC490, PC507, and MSS110; Title based on creator and contents of subseries

Billy Bishop

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1941 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Billy Bishop, World War One pilot, standing next to a plane. The photograph has been autographed by Billy Bishop.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1941 and 1945]

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Series: Military series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 485-050

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2005-15; 2006-01; 2007-18

Scope and Content: Photograph of Billy Bishop, World War One pilot, standing next to a plane. The photograph has been autographed by Billy Bishop.

Subjects: Occupations - Military Personnel; Clothing - Military Uniforms; Transportation - Air; Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Bishop, Air Marshal William A. "Billy"

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Royal Canadian Air Force

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Signature on recto; Photographer's stamp on verso; Note on verso reads: "Billy Bishop - First World War Pilot - This Picture Belonged to John Hoarce Shaw"

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Billy Bishop, [between 1941 and 1945] thumbnail

blazer crest

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV014.33.4

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV014.33.4

Description: Royal Canadian Air Force Veteran's Blazer or Pocket crest. The crest is embroidered on to heavy felt with a canvas backing. The crest features an eagle in flight surrounded by the RCAF motto "PER ARDVA AD ASTRA" and the "ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE" embroidered below. At the top of the crests is the King's crown. On the back of the patch are three stud pins for affixing to a blazer pocket.

Object History: Thomas "Tom" Charles Mark was born in 1923 and grew up in New Westminster where his father operated a Shell gas station at 402 6th St. He went to High School at Oak Bay in Victoria. Mr. Mark joined the Canadian Air Force in World War Two and was a Corpral - Air Frame Mechanic. He met his wife Joan Patricia (Dunne) Mark (1924-1987) in England and married her in 1945 before they returned to Canada. Their son was born in 1947. Mark was an active community volunteer and awarded the Kushiro Cup as Citizen of the Year in 1995.

Category: 03. Personal Artifacts

Classification: Personal Symbols - - Status Symbols

Object Term: Insignia

Measurements: w: 9.5 cm h: 9.5 cm

Subjects: Wars; Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Personal Symbols; Personal Symbols - Badges

Names: Royal Canadian Air Force; Mark, Thomas "Tom"

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bracelet

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.31.51

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.31.51

Description: Identification bracelet issued by Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). The bracelet has an oval plaque attached to interlocking chain. Engraved on the obverse of the plaque is "J.H. Corsbie / J 89983". Above the engraving are pilot wings with blue and red enamel details.; The reverse of the oval is engraved with "Honor Student / Courbe 65 / #7 I.T.S. R.C.A.F. / Dec. 1942 / STERLING BIRKS"

Object History: Item belonged to Joseph “Joe” Hardcastle Cumberland Corsbie who served as a Navigator for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) between 1942 and 1945. He went on to be a BC Provincial MLA and later a Burnaby Municipal Council Member along with various other pursuits. See Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds for full biography.

Category: 08. Communication Artifacts

Classification: Personal Symbols - - Personal Identification

Object Term: Bracelet, Identification

Names: Corsbie, Joseph Hardcastle-Cumberland "Joe"; Royal Canadian Air Force

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Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Edition: Rev. ed.

Publication Date: 1994

Call Number: 971.133 BUR COPY 3

1 digital book

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0969282826

Call Number: 971.133 BUR COPY 3

Edition: Rev. ed.

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: 1994

Physical Description: 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Burnaby (B.C.); Biography

Notes: Includes index.; 3 copies held: copy 3.

Digital Books

button

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV007.4.4

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV007.4.4

Description: Brass Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) buttons with image of eagle in flight and crown above.

Object History: Worn by Thomas Charles Mark, while serving in RCAF during WWII.

Subjects: Personal Symbols

Names: Royal Canadian Air Force; Mark, Thomas "Tom"

Images

button

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV007.4.5

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV007.4.5

Description: Brass Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) buttons with image of eagle in flight and crown above.

Object History: Worn by Thomas Charles Mark, while serving in RCAF during WWII.

Subjects: Personal Symbols

Names: Royal Canadian Air Force; Mark, Thomas "Tom"

Images

button

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79124

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV007.4.6

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV007.4.6

Description: Brass Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) buttons with image of eagle in flight and crown above. The surface is badly corroded.

Object History: Worn by Thomas Charles Mark, while serving in RCAF during WWII.

Subjects: Personal Symbols

Names: Royal Canadian Air Force; Mark, Thomas "Tom"

Images

button

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79125

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV007.4.7

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV007.4.7

Description: Brass Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) buttons with image of eagle in flight and crown above.

Object History: Worn by Thomas Charles Mark, while serving in RCAF during WWII.

Subjects: Personal Symbols

Names: Royal Canadian Air Force; Mark, Thomas "Tom"

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button

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79126

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV007.4.8

3 images

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV007.4.8

Description: Brass Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) buttons with image of eagle in flight and crown above. The surface of edge and back is corroded.