Centralia History from Canada's Directorate of History and Heritage
Item
Title
Centralia History from Canada's Directorate of History and Heritage
Description
A letter from Bill Johnston of the Canadian Directorate of History and Heritage, containing with it a short history of RCAF Station Centralia. The letter and accompanying documents were sent to a Mr. M. MacDonald (presumably Ann-Marie MacDonald's father), who then sent them to Ann-Marie.
At the top of the letter, it reads, "National Defence Headquarters Ottawa, Canada K1A 0K2", and the French translation beside it, "Quartier general de la Defense nationale Ottawa, Canada K1A 0K2". The letter itself reads,
"Our Ref: 97/102
31 January 1997
Mr. M. MacDonald
[Redacted Address and Zip Code]
Dear Mr. MacDonald:
Thank you for your telephone enquiry of today's date asking for information about RCAF Centralia.
I am enclosing a short history of the station from our permanent reference file on Centralia. I hope that this will answer most of your questions about the station.
Sincerely,
[Bill Johnston's signature]
Bill Johnston
Historian
Directorate of History and Heritage"
Underneath it is a handwritten note from Mr. M. MacDonald to Ann-Marie, "Dear A.M. I thought this might be useful in your current project. Love Dad. PS A contact at DND Directorate of History is Bill Johnston".
The Canada wordmark is in the bottom left corner. An excerpt from the documents can be seen from behind the letter reading, "field at Centralia. An advance party left Summerside on 8 June 1942, followed by the main party on 6 July, the date on which Centralia was officially designated No. 9 SFTS. Construction of the station was still in progress, however, and it was almost a month before flying training could begin. Never-".
At the top of the letter, it reads, "National Defence Headquarters Ottawa, Canada K1A 0K2", and the French translation beside it, "Quartier general de la Defense nationale Ottawa, Canada K1A 0K2". The letter itself reads,
"Our Ref: 97/102
31 January 1997
Mr. M. MacDonald
[Redacted Address and Zip Code]
Dear Mr. MacDonald:
Thank you for your telephone enquiry of today's date asking for information about RCAF Centralia.
I am enclosing a short history of the station from our permanent reference file on Centralia. I hope that this will answer most of your questions about the station.
Sincerely,
[Bill Johnston's signature]
Bill Johnston
Historian
Directorate of History and Heritage"
Underneath it is a handwritten note from Mr. M. MacDonald to Ann-Marie, "Dear A.M. I thought this might be useful in your current project. Love Dad. PS A contact at DND Directorate of History is Bill Johnston".
The Canada wordmark is in the bottom left corner. An excerpt from the documents can be seen from behind the letter reading, "field at Centralia. An advance party left Summerside on 8 June 1942, followed by the main party on 6 July, the date on which Centralia was officially designated No. 9 SFTS. Construction of the station was still in progress, however, and it was almost a month before flying training could begin. Never-".
Creator
Bill Johnston,
Mr. M. MacDonald
Mr. M. MacDonald
Date
January 31, 1997
Format
Letter
Language
English,
French
French
Subject
A short history of RCAF Station Centralia from the Canadian Directorate of History and Heritage
Source
From AMM's personal archive
