I have taken to sharing my photographs on this site.  However in honour of Rememberance Day, I decided to share some photos taken by my grandfather.

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As I have a love for Canada, I decided to share photos that were taken on the train in Canada and in the town of Moncton, where he underwent training to fly a spitfire.

 

aretheydoingburpees

Are they doing burpees? – Must run in the family.

 

 

Barrack view at Moncton canada

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The barracks

 

 

 

Canada 1941 canadascenary1 canadascenary2  canadascenary5 canadastreetscene canadatowerbuilding  churchincanada

Various scenary

fromplane

There were stories my grandfather crashed his plane.  I hope he wasn’t taking a photo while flying!

militarymarch

Marching

horseandcart

 A horse and cart

   house Main street of barracks - Moncton 1941   monctonscenary1

More scenary – Canadians if you recognise any of these places let me know.

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Train appreciation

Front end of train - 4 carriages from rear, Canada 1941 at 50 mph

Taken from 4 carriages to the rear at 50 mph.

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Various people met on the journey.

In the middle photo my grandfather is the one sat down on the furthest to the left.

View from Barracks - Moncton, Canada 1941 monctonscenary2View from train - Canada 1941 Dec

It looks pretty cold – we have no right to complain in the UK!

 

Going to Moncton to replicate these photos were I can is on my ‘bucket’ list.  Thanks for viewing these photos.

don

Donald Wilson

2 thoughts on “Flying spitfires in Moncton, Canada, 1941

  1. Hey I’m from Moncton NB Canada I’ve seen your post and was curious too see what my city looked like back in the 40s lots of places in the photos you posted are still standing today and know almost every spot in the list of photos

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    1. Hi Cody, thanks for sharing. I’ve still not had chance to go over Moncton for a picture/picture comparison.

      I’m glad to hear that lots of the places are still standing!

      Like

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