My Father's Memorabilia

agent2 · 14 September 2006, 11:22 PM

I am the son of a WWI flyer living in Canada and my brother is in possesion of my father's WWI memoribilia. The collection includes his log book, photo album, medals, badges, mascot, plane parts... If there is enough interest, please let me know the best way to display.

gipsymoth236k · 14 September 2006, 11:48 PM

agent2,

"PLANE PARTS"!!!!!!!!

Yes, please DO let us know exactly what you have there!

Regards, Gary Sewall

MrSmith · 15 September 2006, 04:18 AM

Would love to see any pictures you have and hear any stories your father may have passed down to you from his battlefield experiences.

margaret smith · 15 September 2006, 04:18 AM

I would love to see the photo album! PICTURES, LOTS OF PICTURES PLEASE!

agent2 · 15 September 2006, 07:51 AM

I'll see what I can do! Give me a few days.

Taz · 15 September 2006, 08:33 AM

agent2- With that amount of original data, it might be worth an article for Over the Front or Cross and Cockade Int. Plenty of people (myself included) who would be glad to help you put an article together. Not often we see such a complete package. You would then have something you could pass on to relatives and keep for posterity.

Taz
Terry Phillips

agent2 · 15 September 2006, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by MrSmith

Would love to see any pictures you have and hear any stories your father may have passed down to you from his battlefield experiences.

Not many stories to tell, he passed away when I was 7 years old. However the log book is quite detailed and extremely interesting. The photo album is fantastic with pictures of planes, fellow flyers, even a postcard of Red Baron's funeral. We also have the teddy bear mascot my father attached just behind the cockpit (seen in a 8"X10" photo). It's threadbare and (according to my mother) severed at the neck where it was hit by a bullet or shrapnel. Perhaps my brother knows more, he is 12 years older than I. Not many "plane parts" just small souvenir pieces from the plane (sorry if I conjured up images of a garage full of dismantled Camels)

agent2 · 15 September 2006, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Taz

agent2- With that amount of original data, it might be worth an article for Over the Front or Cross and Cockade Int. Plenty of people (myself included) who would be glad to help you put an article together. Not often we see such a complete package. You would then have something you could pass on to relatives and keep for posterity.

Taz
Terry Phillips

Thank you I will consider doing this. His name is William "Harry" Bland.

gipsymoth236k · 15 September 2006, 02:41 PM

Quote: "Not many "plane parts" just small souvenir pieces from the plane (sorry if I conjured up images of a garage full of dismantled Camels)"

I would love to know any more information that you might have on these "small souvenir pieces"!

Regards, Gary Sewall

Scott · 9 October 2006, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by agent2

His name is William "Harry" Bland.

When you have time, I would greatly appreciate an image to add to William Harry Bland's page.