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Willa Walker [textual record]

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Fonds

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R12213-0-X-E, MG30-E498

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Textual material

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Item ID number:

3718913

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Willa Walker
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Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

4 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Willa Walker collection [graphic material]

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Fonds consist scrapbooks concerning Willa Walker's Air Force career during World War II and two files concerning reunions and speeches about her career. Photographs were transferred to the Art and Photography Division.

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Walker, Willa, 1913-
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Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force. Women's Division

Canada. Aviation royale. Women's Division

Walker, Willa, 1913-
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Walker, Willa, 1913- : Willa Walker (1913- ), Wing officer, M.B.E.; senior staff officer of the Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division) at bases throughout Canada, 1941-1944; amateur photographer.

Photographer.

Born in Montreal, Willa Walker report for training for the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941. She was appointed a staff Officer in 1941 and then a Flight Officer and Squadron Leader in 1942. In 1943, she became the Senior Staff Officer of the RCAF Women's Division.

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General note:

Presented in 1986 by Mrs. D.H. Walker of St-Andrews, N.B.
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World War, 1939-1945 Canada

Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Canada
Source:

Private

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1986-183 NPC

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MG30-E498
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Volume [MG30 E 498] 1

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