Canada, Commonwealth. A Second War Royal Canadian Air Force Memorabilia Group

Includes:

1. Royal Canadian Air Force Photo Album: thirty two-sided black photo pages but missing its original cover, remaining bound together via two screws, dated June 1942 on the first page, incorporating multiple black and white photographs and interspersed with a few souvenir photo cards, in various sizes, with assorted accent cartoon graphics in red, green or yellow, the first few pages age soiled. Various locations are identified in white china marker: Niagara Falls, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario; Detroit, Michigan, Turner Field and the town of Albany, Georgia; Tallahassee, Florida; New Orleans, Louisiana; Cincinnati, Ohio; multiple locations in Quebec, including Ancienne Lorette, Loreeteville, Charlesbourg, St. Emile, St. Etienne, St. Nicholas, Donnacona, Portneuf, Cap Sante, Lac Beauport, Quebec City, Kent House. It illustrates an assortment of buildings, historical sites, training facilities, airplanes, street scenes, woodland scenes, winter scenes, all of which were visited by the RCAF men in training. The back three pages have photos of two Avro Ansons flying together, a DeHavilland Tiger Moth in flight and three Stearman P.T. 173s on the ground.

2. training aerial panorama consisting of eight photos stapled together to form one image and dated February 21, 1943.

3. seven aerial photos of towns and seaports (each of which is marked with a crown flanked by "A" and "M" [Air Ministry} and "CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED" on their reverses),

4. large photo of two female and one male airmen, along with a mechanic at the door of an aircraft.

5. large reproduction photo of Raymond standing in front of an aircraft in his dress uniform and wearing a ribbon bar for either a Distinguished Flying Cross or an Air Force Cross below his wings.

6. four group photos:

(i) one of ten officers (with the names of each inscribed below, stamped "ROYAL AIR FORCE OFFICIAL CROWN, COPYRIGHT RESERVED, R.A.F. STATION, WIGTOWN" and dated October 5, 1943);

(ii) three of airmen (one inscribed "Air Observers Course Class C, RCAF Station Mountain View", with fifteen signatures in black or blue ink on the reverse; one inscribed "AL.53-13 MAY 43", with twenty-one signatures in black or blue ink on the reverse; the other without inscriptions and incorporating a postcard style backer).

7. three Identification Cards:

(i) Royal Air Force Identity Card and Department of National Defence (Air Force) (named to J48078 Frank S. Raymond, numbered 1595349);

(ii) Identification Card for Mechanical Transport Drivers (named to B.82605 Private F.S. Raymond, 62 Cdn. Gen. Tpt. Coy., R.C.A.S.C., C.A.S.F.).

8. Royal Canadian Air Force "CANADA" Shoulder Flash (in light blue, dark blue and black embroidery, measuring 80 mm (w) x 40 mm (h)).

Very fine.