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Rare Artifact Found and Donated to Local Museum News Volume 54 • Issue 44 • November 8, 2019 1 -“Delivering The Contact news and information. At home and around the world.” • “Transmettre des nouvelles et de l’information, d’ici et d’ailleurs.” November 08, 2019 CHRISTINASELLSQUINTE Christina Charbonneau Sales Representative Certified Negotiation Expert (CNE1) #3 Ranked Agent* - EXIT Realty Group - 2017 to 2019, Trenton S e r v i n g 8 W i n g / C F B T r e n t o n • 8 e E s c a d re / B F C T r e n t o n • h t t p : // t h e c o n t a c t n e w s p a p e r . c f b t r e n t o n . c o m *Ranked in the Top 3 for 1st Quarter, 2019 436 Transport Squadron Cell: 613-243-0037 Address: 309 Dundas Street East, INSIDE Quinte West, K8V 1M1 th BRONZE AWARD WINNER, Regional 75 ANNIVERSARY & National EXIT Realty, 2017 & 2018 SPOTTING THE WESTERN 75e anniversaire du 436e Escadron de transport www.christinasellsquinte.com CHORUS FROG Rare artifact found and donated to Page 5 local museum NEW HONORARY COLONEL FOR 436 TRANSPORT SQUADRON 1-877-857-7726 613-962-7100 bellevillenissan.com By Makala Chapman elleville resident Jeremy BBraithwaite will be one of the rst to tell you that one man’s trash really is another man’s treasure. In this case, the treasure is a membership card to the caterpillar club, an artifact as rare as it is signi- cant in the aviation community. Page 7 Instead of keeping the historical treasure for himself, 8 WING TO HOLD TALENT Braithwaite decided to donate it to the National Air Force Muse- SHOW um of Canada (NAFMC) on Oct. 29. It was two years ago when the Loyalist College professor said he rst came into posses- sion of an old garbage truck that was once used by the school in the late 1980s. It wasn’t until he was refurbishing it that he then found the card under one of the oor mats in the back. “I found Photo by Makala Chapman all kinds of other interesting stuff but this one really stood out,” he explained. “I felt it had some real Members of 8 Wing Trenton and the National Air Force Museum of Canada meet to accept Page 8 importance and decided to hang a donation of a caterpillar club card on Oct. 29. 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Patterson. on it.” With only the safe keeping, Braith- School of Applied Sci- the Royal Canadian still, however, a silver “To be able to reunite name of the cardhold- waite said it wasn’t ence, Skills and Tech- Air Force (RCAF) his- lining to the story. It his card in its rightful er, ‘S/Ldr J.E. Ma- until a conversation nology at Loyalist tory and heritage de- turns out the NAFMC place in the collection honey’, printed on the with a colleague, who College, reached out partment at the RCAF was already home to is really meaning- laminated rectangle, had just retired from to his colleagues at 8 Aerospace Warfare more than 200 person- ful. It’s a great sense Braithwaite had little the air force, that he Wing Trenton, who Centre at 8 Wing al items belonging to of pride to recognize information to go on. gained a renewed in- in turn reached out to Trenton. His team ‘S/Ldr J.E. Mahoney’ the service of this But, he noted, that terest in gathering in- the museum, in search had made their own – who was later iden- member in the ser- was all he needed to formation on the card. of more information. attempts at reuniting tified in full as Squad- vice of his country.” at least tell that it be- It was then that re- One of the points of the card with its right- ron Leader John E. Originally from longed to a member of tired Lieutenant-Col- contact was Major ful owner. While there Mahoney. “His story Ontario, S/Ldr (ret’d) the air force communi- onel Ken Brooks, now (Maj.) 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WWW.LASAGUENEENNE.COM WWW.CFAPPRECIATION.CA News 3 - The Contact November 08, 2019 Continued from page 2 the Royal Air Force in 1937, was created in part by Mahoney’s personal his diary, he was just al- where he served as pilot in parachutist Leslie Irvin items, such as his POW ways so optimistic. His England, Egypt and India. – founder of the Irving diary, medal set, ight log letters home show that His aircraft was later shot Air Chute Company. Its books and photo albums, he understood the impor- down while ying over purpose was to act as an it was the perfect t. In tance of his role and that Berlin in 1943 - the inci- exclusive club for anyone fact, within the museum’s really makes you appre- dent that made him eligi- whose life had been saved collection is the ofcial ciative of his sacrices,” ble for the caterpillar club. by a parachute as a result certicate addressed to S/ she said. “This card was He later spent the remain- of a stricken aircraft. Rec- Ldr (ret’d) Mahoney, from obviously important in der of the war as a prison- reational parachutists or Irvin Air Chute Company, this man’s life and getting er of war (POW) at camp those who willingly exited inducting him into the ex- to tell his story is one of Stalag Luft III. Following the aircraft, such as per- clusive club. When asked the reasons why I do what the war, upon his return to sonnel on training, were if there was any oppor- I do here at the museum.” Canada, he then enlisted not eligible for member- tunity to reunite the card But, the collection isn’t in the RCAF. “My family ship. Once the individual with its owner, she noted quite complete, as the and I are honoured to be submitted their applica- that, unfortunately, S/Ldr golden caterpillar pin has able to donate something tion and the company was (ret’d) Mahoney had died yet to be found. How- like this,” said Braith- able to substantiate their several years ago and had ever, as the return of the waite.
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