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Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.
Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.

Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.

Date5/3/1989
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  • Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.
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Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and Leonard Cheshire, a wartime commander of the Royal Air Force 617 (Dambusters) Squadron, examine World War I(...)
Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and Leonard Cheshire, a wartime commander of the Royal Air Force 617 (Dambusters) Squadron, examine World War I(...)
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6/21/1972
Veterans angered: William Bull, left, president of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association Toronto- York wing, discusses the Billy Bishop movie with Percy Waters, 83, a World War I veteran.
Veterans angered: William Bull, left, president of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association Toronto- York wing, discusses the Billy Bishop movie with Percy Waters, 83, a World War I veteran.
Darrell, Dick
1/19/1984
The Poppy, flower of remembrance for the Canadian dead in two world wars, is worn by Sunnybrook Hospital patients, themselves veterans of those wars. (...)
The Poppy, flower of remembrance for the Canadian dead in two world wars, is worn by Sunnybrook Hospital patients, themselves veterans of those wars. (...)
Combs, Erin
11/10/1974
War Hero: Milo Vassalo of the Maltese Consulate gives Alexander Milne, 81, a congratualtory hug after presenting him with the Maltese George Cross for bravery as an RCAF pilot during World War II
War Hero: Milo Vassalo of the Maltese Consulate gives Alexander Milne, 81, a congratualtory hug after presenting him with the Maltese George Cross for bravery as an RCAF pilot during World War II
Rankin, Jim
7/29/1993
Fare fight: Malcolm Cairnduff, 63, is ready to take on the Toronto to Transit Commission in his battle to get free transit fares for war veterans. The commission has already turned him down once.
Fare fight: Malcolm Cairnduff, 63, is ready to take on the Toronto to Transit Commission in his battle to get free transit fares for war veterans. The commission has already turned him down once.
Darrell, Dick
12/31/1982
Quiet hero buried: The casket of Victor Kugler, who hid Anne Frank and seven others from the Nazis, is saluted by war veterans as pallbearers carry it from the funeral home yesterday
Quiet hero buried: The casket of Victor Kugler, who hid Anne Frank and seven others from the Nazis, is saluted by war veterans as pallbearers carry it from the funeral home yesterday
Mahler, John
12/17/1981
Hurry Crossley: An ad on the back of a matchbook led this World War II Veteran to a career as a locksmith after he'd worked for 30 years as a laborer.
Hurry Crossley: An ad on the back of a matchbook led this World War II Veteran to a career as a locksmith after he'd worked for 30 years as a laborer.
Russell, Jim
9/10/1981
Alan Bell: Veteran lost his left leg when his plane went down in World War II and now can't work because of sickness.
Alan Bell: Veteran lost his left leg when his plane went down in World War II and now can't work because of sickness.
Beaty, Keith
10/21/1983
World War II veteran and author Arthur Bishop holds a photograph, above, of his father, Billy Bishop, the World War I flying ace. Right, the senior Bishop pins RCAF pilot wings on his son in 1942
World War II veteran and author Arthur Bishop holds a photograph, above, of his father, Billy Bishop, the World War I flying ace. Right, the senior Bishop pins RCAF pilot wings on his son in 1942
Bishop, William Avery, 1894-1956
10/15/1992
RAF Squadron Leader Angus McPhee
RAF Squadron Leader Angus McPhee
Stawicki, Andrew
9/4/1995
Veterans honored: Metro police Chief William McCormack greets Alexander Spivak, a World War II Russian pilot who took part in a parade yesterday by Jewish War Veterans of Canada
Veterans honored: Metro police Chief William McCormack greets Alexander Spivak, a World War II Russian pilot who took part in a parade yesterday by Jewish War Veterans of Canada
Bull, Ron
11/1/1992
Lest we forget. Veterans of the two great wars, Ed Horton, 68, left, a World War II flying officer, and Bill Greig, 92, a lance corporal in World War (...)
Lest we forget. Veterans of the two great wars, Ed Horton, 68, left, a World War II flying officer, and Bill Greig, 92, a lance corporal in World War (...)
Slaughter, Mike
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