Royal Canadian Air Force Notebook
Item
Title
Royal Canadian Air Force Notebook
Description
Dark blue "Royal Canadian Air Force Notebook" with "Air Bombers" and "C. B. McPherson 89 B" written on the front cover.
This notebook belonged to C. Bruce McPherson, a bomber aimer of the RAF No. 12 Squadron, part of #1 Bomber Command. He trained at #2 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mossbank, Saskatchewan, in September 1943. This might be when he created the notes in this notebook. All notes are written in pencil.
The content of the notebook includes:
- notes on reconnaissance operations
- rules for reconnaissance
- rules for report writing
- geographic details for Canada and European Countries such as: land links, coastline features, mountains, mountain ranges, rivers, peninsulas, railways, forests, industries, islands, river tributaries, seas
- aircraft patrol central part of Atlantic stepping stones (routes)
- passes from the Mediterranean to Europe
- illustrations of constellations, star groups, and navigation
- navigation with maps
- photography and camera operation, sketches of camera
- routes across the Atlantic
This notebook belonged to C. Bruce McPherson, a bomber aimer of the RAF No. 12 Squadron, part of #1 Bomber Command. He trained at #2 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mossbank, Saskatchewan, in September 1943. This might be when he created the notes in this notebook. All notes are written in pencil.
The content of the notebook includes:
- notes on reconnaissance operations
- rules for reconnaissance
- rules for report writing
- geographic details for Canada and European Countries such as: land links, coastline features, mountains, mountain ranges, rivers, peninsulas, railways, forests, industries, islands, river tributaries, seas
- aircraft patrol central part of Atlantic stepping stones (routes)
- passes from the Mediterranean to Europe
- illustrations of constellations, star groups, and navigation
- navigation with maps
- photography and camera operation, sketches of camera
- routes across the Atlantic
Date
Identifier
025.038.029