Mapping Ann-Marie MacDonald

Notes on RCAF Expressions + Facts 2

A page of handwritten notes that is a continuation of RCAF expressions. It reads as follows:
"a scrub - <(cancellation)>
average flying hours per Lanc = 40
50000 pilots from BCATP
old Lancs recycled into pots + pans - chicken coops
6 weeks average lifespan of a bomber crew
for openers
"points of entry" porous
Bombs away with Curtis leMay - <re> Cuba "delete it"
sharpened
burn the books + head for the bunker
difficult delicate + pressing (Rodal 464)
last flypast
The end of the beginning
loose lips sink ships
blood + treasure / war treasure
USAFE SHAPE (150 nukes for CAN in Eur.) deployed
Office of Strategic Services
(Oh So Secret)
spools in black suit
flash priority
false dockets
not a flight at all (Fried's defection) but a mission
false dockets
ardent Nazi
mere opportunist
maximum peril
eyeball to eyeball"

There are a few notes written off to the right side of the page, reading as follows:
"come <unglued>
I'm easy
<adrift>
get the chop
atomic diplomacy
not too shabby
SIMON
quite
another fine mess
worse luck"

Ann-Marie MacDonald

English

The Way the Crow Flies

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