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Re: Another Spitfire Inquiry AR614 [2]
Posted by Andrew on Wed Jul 30, 2003 08:36:57 AM
In reply top Re: Another Spitfire Inquiry AR614 [2] posted by Lee Walsh on Tue Jul 29, 2003 05:32:35 PM
: Andrew:
:
: AR614 along with some of Don's other a/c were sold after h
: e passed away some years ago. He was a senior member of th
: e Cdn Aviation Historical Society and responsible for many
: of the aircraft being held at Rockcliffe. He was good fri
: ends with Bob Bradford and Ken Molson who lead the creatio
: n of the NAM in Ottawa around 1965+.
:
: I had a chance to speak with Don just after he had a strok
: e some years ago. I had to speak with him as he was the be
: st person to speak with in clearing up some of the stories
: of the other Spitfires that were in Canada during and aft
: er WWII. Don said he would help me in any way he could con
: cerning an article I am writing about the other 11 Spitfir
: es that were in Canada from 1940 to 1953. Don gave me the
: names of a few persons and was amazed at what came about.
: Hope to have this article published very soon. Everytime I
: am ready to publish it some new material comes about that
: envolves some more digging.
:
: Lee
Thanks Guys for the information. I was loaned some old Canada Air Force magazines and I found the article about AR614. It was written by Don himself. The Spitfire
is still a survivor because of those like him.