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111 Squadron Ground Crew waiting for train at Anchorage for next leg of their trip to Kodiak Island. Late October, 1942.  
Except for several faces, I am speculating who the others might be. 1. Boston Noel. 2. Ren Baker, identified by his daughter, Vicki Baker,
3. John Ostupchuk, 4. Fred Child, 5. C.A. Eley, 6. Jack Fordham, 7. Fred Ferris, 8, Bill Manzer, 9. Mike Percheson, 10. Don or John MacDonald?,  
​11. George Lay, 12. Clive "Pop" Hindson, 13. Johnny Richards 14. ?, 15, ?. 16, ?, 16, ?, 17. ? 18. ?, 19. ?
Photo by P/O (Pilot) Lou Wise which he took when he was a Sergeant (Air Frame Mechanic) in 111.

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All names I have found to be associated with 111 Squadron are listed here in alphabetical order.  To see all of the information I have on each person and perhaps a picture or two, click on the tab People. To find the person you are interested in click on the sub-page for his trade. 
                                                                              a note about initials and spellings of names: 
many of these names were taken from microfilm of the Squadron Daily Diary.  Even in the best of circumstances, they were fuzzy.  So initials and names might not be accurate here.  If you think you recognize someone but the initials or spelling don't look quite right, your version is probably better than mine. Please contact me
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This button was owned by Sergeant Thomas N. LaFave, (Wireless Mechanic). It signified No. 111 Fighter Squadron, of X Wing in the Western Command. It was sent by Sgt LaFave's daughter, Annette LaFave. I had never seen this insignia before and am wondering if anyone knows how it came into being.


Name                                          Trade
Adamson, Robert J.               Ground
Ahlskog, Vincent                   Ground

Aikin, Robert                         Ground
Aikin, Edward Cameron      Ground
Allison, John .A.                     Admin
Allman, Leonard Ralph       Pilot
Anderson, Frank M.            Ground
Anderson, Sid                        Ground
Antonchuk, O. W.                  Admin
Ashburner, Leslie J.               Pilot
Aspin, Austen                        Ground

Austen, F.A.                           Ground
Babcock, Mel                          Admin
Baird, Gordon D.                   Pilot
Baker, Ren                             Ground
Baldester, Douglas R.         Ground
Baldwin, Allen A.                 Ground
Bartlett, G.B.                         Ground
Beatty, James H.                  Pilot

Beeman,A.L.                         Admin
Bell, Alfred E.                        Ground
Bell, Kenneth W.                  Ground
Bell, Vivian Maxwell          Ground
​Bergen, Henry G.                Ground
Betts,                                     Admin
Black, Ivan Leo                   Ground
Blackley, T.W.                     Ground
Blair, G.R.                               Pilot
Blow, Clifford A.                  Ground 
Bond, Robert McD.            Ground
Boomer, Kenneth                 
Pilot
Borkowski, Edward D.       Ground
Boulton, Keith R.                 Ground
​Bower, R.C.                           Admin
Boyd, A.J.T.                           Admin
Brennan, C.M.                      Ground
Broeder, William                 Ground
Brown, G.W.                         Admin
Brown, R.W.                         Ground

Brown, Robert Wm.           Ground 
Buchanan, J.                         Ground
Buckingham, L.G.                Admin
Bull, Alfred E.                      Ground
​Burch, R.D.                           Admin
Burgess, W.J.                        Admin
Burke, J.V.                             Pilot
Burk, M.E. "Ed"                   Admin
Burkett, W.L.                       Admin

Butler, G.R.                           Ground
Byers, H.R.                            Ground
Cameron,                              Admin
Campbell Donald Claude  Pilot
Campbell, William Ronald Pilot
Cannon, R.E.L.                     Pilot
Child, Fred A.                      Ground
Christman, H.                      Ground
Christopherson, Del E.      Ground
Christy, Richard R.              Pilot
Clacken, Courtney             Pilot

Clark,                                   Admin
Clark, W. Donald                Ground
Clarke, Archibald E.           Pilot

Clarke, J. H.                        Pilot
Cole, Sidney                       Ground
Coleman, M.H.                  Ground
Conn, Kenneth B.             Admin
Costello, G.A.                     Pilot
Coutts, Kenneth               Ground
Cowan, Robert J.              Admin
Craddock, S.A.                   Admin
Crandall, Max E.               Ground
Crawford, H.W.                 Admin
Crawford, Norman E.     Ground
Cripps, W.M.                      Ground
Cross Harold                     Ground
Crowley, Francis J.           Pilot
Cummings, G.L.                Admin
Dale, John Ernest            Ground
Dalzell, R.J. Bert               Ground
Davies, Philip                   Ground
Davies, R.J.                         Ground
Davies, T.H.                       Admin
Davis, Donald A.              Ground
Davis, Hal                           Ground
DeBeaupre, R.J.                Ground
Delaney,                             Pilot
DeVyre, M.                         Admin
Dewar, J.F.                         Pilot
Dion, J.B.F.B.                     Admin
Disbrow, H.B.                   Ground
Doak, J.B. "Joe"                Pilot
Doidge, R.W.                    Pilot

Doughty, E.D.                   Ground
Douglas, G.                        Ground
Dowling, Ian M.                Admin
Dowsett, G.W.                  Ground

Drummond,                      Admin
Duffacy,                             Admin
Duncan, R.A.                     Ground
Dunn, Roland A.              Ground
Dunne, M.W.F. Roger      Admin
Dyer, Walter O.                 Ground
E_____ing, Ralph Edwin     Ground
Edwards, F.A,                     Ground
Eley, C.A.                             Ground
Ellerson, Robert Roy       Ground
Elliott, George J.                Pilot
Elliott, Theodore W.         Ground
English, Delbert F.            Pilot
Eskil, Odin John                 Pilot
Evans, T.                              Ground
Fackler, G.W.                     Admin
Farrell, O.V.N.                    Admin
Ferris, Fred                         Ground       
Flett, A.P.                            Ground
Flewelling,                          Admin
Forbes, John                       Ground
Fordham, Jack Graham     Ground
Francis, Carl                       Ground
Fraser, C.                             Admin
Fulis (?), Bertrum J.          Admin
Fulton, R.                            Ground
Funk, J.                                Admin
Garrity, Stanley J.             Ground
Garside, Stanley V.          Pilot
Giffen, A.J.                          Ground
Gifford,                                Admin
Glass, A.A.                           Admin
Gohl, James G.                   Pilot
Goldenberg, S.                   Admin
Gooding, Harold O.           Pilot
Gordon, Donald                Ground
​Gordon, John A.                Pilot
Graham,                             Ground
Graves, A.L.                       Ground
Griffiths, L.J.                      Ground
Grindrod, George             Ground
Gropp, H.R.                        Admin
Guigaien, N.J.                    Ground
Haines,                               Ground
Hair, Douglas G.                 Admin
Hall, Alfred D.                    Admin
Hanchet, Walter H           Pilot      
Hanlon, Cornelius G.        Ground
Hannigan, Milton N.         Ground
Hanson, B.M.                       Ground
Harrison, A.L.S.                   Pilot
Harrop, B.F.                         Admin
Hathaway, E.L.                   Ground
Hawthorne, Ed                   Ground

Heath, Roy Hinkle             Pilot
Heavens, W.G.                    Ground

Henley,  Ernest                  Ground
Herring, William                Ground
Hicks, Clifford                     Pilot
Hindson, "Pop"                   Ground
Hines, Herbert Henry       Ground
Hobson, Leo                        Admin

Hohnstein, G.                     Admin
Holton, Godfrey                Ground
Hopper, N.D.                      Ground
Howden, F.H.                     Ground
Hudson, J.L.                        Admin
Hyman, James S.               Ground
Ingalls, John M.                  Pilot
Itson (?), Harry Wm.        Ground
Jacobson, F. L.                   Admin

Jarred, Arthur                    Pilot
Johnson, Gerard P.            Pilot
Johnson, J.H.                      Admin
Jones,                                  Ground
Jupp, Clifford C.                Ground
Jurgesatch, Earhart J.      Ground
Kellett, R.E.                         Ground
Kelly, J.J.S.                           Admin
Kelly, Gerald E.                  Ground
Kendall,                               Admin
Kennedy, R.M.                    Admin
Kerwin, John William        Pilot
Keyworth, A.O.                  Ground
Killip, A.C.                           Admin
Kuykendall, Ken               Ground
LaBrash, Jack E.                Ground
​LaFave, Thomas               Ground
​Laine, O.H.                         Admin
Laing, William                   Admin
Laird, Robert Cath.          Ground
Lang, Bruce Haig               Ground
Lang, W.A.                          Admin
Lans , E.T.                           Ground
Larson, Henry R.              Ground
Lavoie, J. L. Paul               Ground


Lawrence,                          Ground
Lay, George R.                  Ground
Lennon, Frank                  Pilot
Levack,  R.R.                     Ground
 
​ Name                                           Trade

Lillico, Robt John                      Ground
Lippert, John Wm.                    Pilot

Listwood, Dennis Joseph       Ground
Love, James W.                         Ground
Ludlow,  W.  Wallace               Ground
Lush,  J.N.                                   Admin
Lutes,                                          Admin
Lynch, Gilbert Hylton             Ground
Lynch, Robert                            Pilot
M______, George                        Ground
MacDonald, Donald                Ground
MacDonald, J.W.                      Ground

MacDonald, D.W.                     Admin
Mann,                                       Admin
Manser, William P.                 Ground
Martin, George Arch.             Ground
Matheson, George T.             Ground
Maxmen, Stanley Ray            Pilot
McAndrew, Michael Walt.     Ground
McClelland, Ronald                 Ground
McGill, D.R.                                Pilot
McGregor, Gordon R.              Pilot
McIntosh, H.C.                          Ground
McIntyre, W.E.                          Ground
McKay, F.T.                                Admin
McKibbon, Jack Gibbs            Ground
McLeod,                                     Ground
McLeod, S.R.J.                          Pilot
McMorris, Allen                       Ground
McNab, Ernest A.                    Pilot
McVay, Patrick                        Ground
Merkley, Edward A.                Pilot
Middleton, B.E.                       Pilot
Middleton, Norman C.          Admin
Millar, G.G.                               Pilot
Mitchell, Harry Thorne          Pilot

Mitchell, William "Bill"         Ground
Mitchinson, T.C.                     Ground
Molnar, N.J.                              Admin
Moodie, Lyall                           Admin
Moore, Fred. LLoyd                Ground
​Moore, J.K.                                Admin

Moran,                                       Admin
Morgan, T.B.                             Admin
Morin, G. M.                             Ground
Morley, Al E.                              Ground
Morrow, Robert E.E.               Pilot
Morse, Hugh                             Pilot
Morton, Arthur                        Admin
Mortwedt, I.E.
                          Ground

Moss, J.H.                                   Admin
Muldoon, John                         Admin
Murry (?), Walter                    Ground
Mussieux, Bernard R.            Ground
Nadler, H.J.                               Admin
Neale, D.B.                                Admin
Nesbitt, Arthur Deane           Pilot
Newman, J.G.R.                       Admin
Newman, Leroy H.               Ground
Nicol,                                       Ground
Noel, Boston                          Ground
Nolan, Harold                        Ground
Norris, L.K.                             Admin
Norrish, William Edwin       Ground
O'Boyle, G.W.                         Ground
O'Neill, John Bernard           Ground
Open, Henry Morgan           Ground
Orr, James Donald                 Pilot
Orthman, Tom                       Pilot
Ostupchuck, John                 Ground
Oxenham, Albert John        Ground
Paquet, J.W.                            Admin
Parkhill, D.L.                           Ground
Parkhill, J.Y.                            Ground
Patterson, G.F.                       Ground
Paul, John McBain                 Admin
Paynter, Harold C.                 Pilot
Peacock, W.D.                        Pilot
Pearce, G.F. "Bob"                 Admin
Pederson, Arthur Neal        Ground
Pelletier, Joseph Dennis      Ground
Pentland, William H.             Pilot
Percheson, Michael              Ground
Perkins, A.F.                           Ground
Perkins, Joseph                      Ground
Peverley, B.G.                        Admin
Phillips, R.A.                          Ground
Phillips, W.K.                         Ground
Phoenix, Percival L..            Ground
Pichard, Joseph                     Ground
Pierce, C.B.                               Pilot
Pigden, W.L.                             Pilot
Pike, C.                                      Ground
Pilkey, Colin Bruce                Ground
Pitcher, Paul B.                       Pilot
Poole, Walter Ernest            Ground
Porritt, Donald Eyre             Ground
Pott___s,  Stanley Garrett    Ground
Pratt, Floyd John                    Ground
R______S, Gilbert Henry          Ground
Rabe, August W.                    Pilot
Ralphs, Fred                            Ground
Ramsay, D.L.                           Pilot
Ranahan,                                 Ground
Reeder, C.R.                            Admin
Rennie, David T.                    Ground
Richards, John                       Ground
Riding,                                      Admin
Risso (?), John Francis          Ground
Robinson, Freddy                 Admin
Robinson, William John      Ground
Rol, Dutch                               Ground
Roseland, Arnold                  Pilot
Rosets, M.G.                           Admin
Sabourin, J.L.                         Pilot
Sagar,  "Sugar"                     Ground
Sartore, L.S.  "Smug"          Ground
Saunders, Neil B.                 Admin
Scale, Almondo                    Ground
Schofield,                               Admin
Schwalm, George T.             Pilot
Sewall, Donald James         Ground
Sewall, P.J.                             Ground
Simmonds, G.H.                   Ground
Skelly, F.R.                             Pilot
Smith, Clarence Ed.             Ground
Snow, A.J.T.                            Ground
Spencer, Joseph                   Ground
Spero, D. E.                            Ground
Springborn, Frederick        Admin
Stan, N.                                  Admin
Stapleton, D.L.                     Pilot
Staples, H.W. "Ted"            Ground
Steinberg, Sammy               Admin
Sterling,                                 Pilot
Stewart, James                    Pilot
Stiles, Douglas Stewart     Pilot
Stiles, William                      Pilot
St Louis, W.J.                         Admin
Stocks, R.Y.                           Ground
Strader, J.K.                           Admin
Stri____, Phillip Gerrard      Ground
Stringer, Cedrick                 Admin
Stusiak, Nicholas                 Pilot
Sullivan, G.P.                        Admin
Summers, J.A.                      Ground
Sunstrum, Lyman              Ground
Sutherland, William          Ground
Tellier, Joseph Bernard      Admin
Tenebein, Maxie                  Admin
Thompson, H.C.                   Admin
Thompson, Norman J.       Ground
Thompson, R.G.                   Ground
Thornton, George Walter  Ground
Thrasher, J.A.                        Ground
Tingley, Davis Peter            Ground
Tompkinson, Fred               Ground
Trepanier, R.R.                      Ground
Trigg, G.W.                             Ground
Troughton, Wilfred Ike        Ground
Trusz, J.P.                                Ground
Usherwood,                           Ground
Wakeling, Nelson"Duff"       Pilot
Walker, Bradley R.                Pilot
Walker, R.T.                           Pilot
Walsh, Thomas                     Ground
Walton, Leslie K.                  Ground
Ward, Harold D.                   Ground
Ward, Walter N.                    Pilot

​Wardrop, J.N. "Les"             Admin
Waterbury, Lafayette J.     Ground
Watkins, A.A. "Al"                Pilot
Watkins, Elliot Allen           Pilot
Webb, W. Ian                        Admin
Weber, Gordon Robert      Pilot
Weber, Robt George          Ground
Weeks, W.R.                          Pilot
Wendland, David Jacob    Ground
West,                                       Admin
Whitecross, A.F.                   Ground
Whiteside, Dean E.              Pilot
Whitlock, George M.           Ground

Whyte, C.M.                          Ground
Wickett,                                 Ground
Williams, E.C.                        Pilot
Wilson, Buck                       Admin
Wilson, R.L.                         Ground
Winters, Ernest W.            Ground
Witherspoon, Karl A.        Ground
Wise, Lou                             Ground
Wright, Donald V.               Pilot
Wright, Dennis L.               Ground
Wright, R.M.                        Ground
Wright, AC2                         Admin

Young, Forrest Bee             Pilot
Young (?), John Alex.         Ground
Yoxall, A.B.                          Admin


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Squadron Portrait - Middle Section
Date: March 3, 1942   
Patricia Bay, British Columbia
I'm only missing 22 from this section. See anybody you know? Help! Their names are among the names above.
See below for the top rows magnified.
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Left side of top rows of the middle section, magnified

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Right side of top rows of the middle section, magnified
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Squadron Portrait - Left Side
Date: March 3, 1942   Patricia Bay, British Columbia

See anybody you know? I'm only missing 3 from this section.  Help! Their names are among the names above.
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Squadron Portrait - Right Side
Date: March 3, 1942   Patricia Bay, British Columbia

See anybody you know? I'm only missing 16 from this section.  Help! Their names are among the names above.
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Note to Relatives:
I am grateful to Christie Anne Jensen, daughter of S/L David Ramsay, for  discovering that this Certificate is available.
She wrote:
"The Governor of Alaska will issue a certificate of appreciation to WW 2
veterans serving in the Aleutians during the campaign period of June 3, 1942
through August 24, 1943.
Any member of a veteran's family can apply. Anyone who has not received one, should write to: Jerry Beale, Director Veterans Affairs, Department of Military & Veterans Affairs, P O Box 5800, Fort Richardson, Alaska, 99505-5800."


            
  
     This is the one that honours her Father.

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