SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:01:27
Discussion about Air Navigation School; WWII, air navigation school, 1941, RCAF, 1943, RAF, general reconnaissance school.
SIDE A 00:01:27 -- 00:03:54
Discussion about aircraft and trainees in Charlottetown during WWII; 1940, Avro Anson, airplanes, aircraft, training aircraft, 1945, RAF, RCAF, WWII, Charlottetown.
SIDE A 00:03:54 -- 00:18:13
Discussion about graves for soldiers, plane crashes during WWII, Albert Hawks and his twin, pilots lost at sea, and pilot training; WWII, plane crashes, aircraft, airplanes, pilots, accidents, 1942, HMCS Charlottetown, German submarine, Albert Hawks, Southport, Bill MacLean, Amherst, airplane parts, Rolfe, dog fights, memorial service.
SIDE A 00:18:13 -- 00:22:40
Discussion about training as a pilot and a story about a German pilot who landed in Wales by mistake; Wolf 190, German pilot, WWII, pilots, airplanes.
SIDE A 00:22:40 -- 00:23:58
Discussion about aircraft he flew, ground crew test flights; test flights, aircraft, pilots, WWII, Avro Anson, RAF.
SIDE A 00:23:58 -- 00:24:53
Discussion about moving back to Canada after the war and his military background; 1930, 1950, pilot training, RAF.
SIDE A 00:24:53 -- 00:31:45
Discussion about Carl Burke and the beginnings of Maritime Central Airways, with mention of Sally Large; Carl Burke, training pilots, WWII, pilots, 1941, Boeing 247, Joe Anderson, RAF Ferry Command, Maritime Central Airways, Sally Large, wages, RAF.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:45.
SIDE B 00:31:52 -- 00:36:07
Discussion about Sally Large continues; Sally Large, pilot, WWII, Spitfire, RAF Ferry Command, Air Transport Auxiliary, 1942, RAF.
SIDE B 00:36:07 -- 00:38:08
Discussion about a war veteran who made up stories about his service; WWII.
SIDE B 00:38:08 -- 00:43:26
Discussion about Spitfires, Mosquitos, and other planes; Spitfire, airplane engines, Merlin engines, WWII, airplanes, clipped wings, de Havilland Mosquito.
SIDE B 00:43:26 -- 00:46:36
Discussion about pilots and his training for the RAF ground crew; John Riley, 1937, WWII, pilots, RAF, ground crew, Avro 504, aircraft mechanic.
SIDE B 00:46:36 -- 00:48:22
Discussion about his work in Charlottetown for the RAF and American soldiers in WWII; wages, RAF, RCAF, American soldiers, POWs.
SIDE B 00:48:22 -- 00:57:19
Discussion about his favourite aircraft, RAF units serving in Canada, and stories about Woofer Blake; Spitfire, aircraft, RAF, chain of command, Woof Woof, Woofer Blake, E. A. Blake.
***The remainder of the tape, 00:57:19 -- 01:03:39, is blank.
Tape ends at 01:03:39.
