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Photograph of men and women air force personnel marching outdoors on what is likely a military base under a cloud filled sky. A man in uniform is seen standing in salute at left.

Materials created or accumulated by Bettie Bernice Wilson and related to her years in the Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division (1942-1945). Includes photographs of instruction and training sessions, of facilities, of graduating classes, and of Wilson and her colleagues; official documentation and ephemera related to Wilson's service and different events she attended; writings by Wilson and her colleagues; related newspaper clippings, and correspondence sent and received by Wilson.

Photgraphs of different military graduating classes.
Includes photographs from the No. 16 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) Hagersville (Ontario) class 115 (from 1945), class 7222 (from 1942), and class 120 (from 1945).
Also contains one photograph from a class at the No. 1 Technical Training School in St. Thomas (Ontario). And one photograph from a graduating class in an unidentified location.

Ephemeral materials related to different events, locations, and products. Includes advertisements from 1944 for Jacob Ruppert Brewery at New York, Chesterfield tobacco, the Royale theatre, and Schenley Whiskey; napkins and table covers from the Hotel Roosevelt Grill, the Yacht Cafe at Montreal, and the Chic-n-coop at Montreal; tickets for events; and a newspaper clipping about the red letter day at No. 16, Service Flying Training School. Also includes personal notes and short writings in the form of jokes and wordplay.
Also contains programs and information pamphlets for:

• Ontario Services Football League (October 14 and October 21, 1944),
• Canadian Women's Army Corps. Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Qualifications (September 1, 1941),
• Dedication of the Chapel Cross and the Chapel and Narthex windows at St Bartholomew's Church in New York (November 19, 1944),
• Order of Service, St. Bartholomew's Church, New York (Easter 1943),
• New Year's Dinner. No. 16. Service Flying Training School (SFTS), Hagersville, Ontario (1944).

Group portrait of graduates (men and women) from the No 1. Technical Training School in St. Thomas, Ontario seen standing and seated in rows outdoors.

Group portrait (all men) of Class 115 of No. 16 Service Flying Training School in Hagersville, Ontario. The group is seen standing and seated in rows indoors, and dressed in uniform.

Group portrait (all men) of Class 120 of No. 16 Service Flying Training School in Hagersville, Ontario. The group is seen standing and seated in rows indoors, dressed in uniform.

Group portrait (all men) of Class 72 of No. 16 Service Flying Training School in Hagersville, Ontario. The group is seen standing and seated in rows indoors, and dressed in uniform.

Personal correspondence sent and received by Bettie Bernice Wilson. Also contains a paper and metal badge included in one of the letters.

Programs for Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division reunions and anniversary celebrations. Includes:

• First Ontario Reunion R.C.A.F. Women's Division (October 30-31, 1948),
• 25th Anniversary Reunion Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division) (October 1966),
• The 50th Anniversary Reunion, Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division (June 13, 1991).

Photograph of Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division members in uniform, seen marching along a city street in what is Hamilton, Ontario. A Honey Dew coffee shop storefront is partially visible in frame.

Photograph of Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division members in uniform, seen marching along a city street, possibly in Hamilton, Ontario.

Photograph of Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division members in uniform, seen marching along a city street, possibly in Hamilton, Ontario.

Scrapbook album created by Bettie Bernice Wilson with photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings related to her years in the Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division. Includes photographs of Wilson, Wilson and her colleagues training and socializing, as well as her graduating class from No. 6 "M." Depot in Toronto; newspaper clippings about the R.C.A.F., the R.C.A.F. Women's Division, and Wilson's colleges; and related ephemera, including dinner menus and health clearence cards.

Published edition of the Talepin Vol. 1, No. 4 (July 1945), published monthly at the Royal Canadian Air Force Station St. Hubert (Quebec).
Includes a newspaper clipping about Petty Officer John W. Charles.

Copy of The 16th Oracle, Volume 'A', No. 1, issued at No. 16 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) Hagersville (Ontario).

Photographs taken at the Red Cross quarters in Toronto and showing several persons posing with promotional posters for donations in different attitudes. Two photographs show two women holding a promotional poster for Toronto donation campaigns, one photograph shows a man placing a Red Cross pin on one of the women's lapels while the other woman observes, and one photograph shows a woman giving a donation to another one while a third one observes.

Photographs related to military training. Includes photographs of a body from the Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division marching in different locations. Also includes photographs of people socializing, and photographs of facilities and training equipment.

Group portrait of an unidentified class (all women with one man front row centre) seen standing and seated in rows indoors, and dressed in uniform. Bottom of photo includes typed identifications:

Front row: Cpls. Weddell, L., Monahan, J., Peddie, M., Sery, M., Morris, J., Dryden, E., Sgt. McGillivray, J., S/O Dunn, A.,. W/C Harding, D.A., A/S/O Jay, A., A/S/O Rodgers, E., Cpls. Woodcock, S., Gregson, L., Richardson, R., Jackson, E., Knack, S., Ledingham, H., Wyatt, G.

Second Row: Cpls. Pardoe, E., McAllister, M., AW Black, D., Cpl. Hobin, A., Heath, M., Salt, F., Harrison, M., Wilson, B., Hudson, N., Campbell, M., Bignell, H., Schmidt, A., Callon, H., Sherblom, B.M., Brice, E., Lawrence, B., Kerr, M., McKay, J., Phillips, E.

Third Row: St. Germaine, B., Gilchrist, H., Williams, J., Belanger, A., Bittorf, F., Withey, C., Martin, L., Pratt, O., Lee, V., Jackson, M., Davidson, V., Atherton, F., McGrath, M., Ellis, O., Murphy, M., Fitch, W., Wood, V., Riddoch, J., Taylor, R.

Fourth Row: Penson, A., Miller, M., Burwell, G., Blessum, E.C., Dupuis, M., McGillivray, D., Gardener, F., Higman, M., Carter, V., Wilkes, M., Simpson, A., VanSickle, A., Wismer, M., Stewart, M., Crifhton, B. Foss, S., Coxhead, E.

Fifth Row: May, M., Ouellette, L., Nelson, E., Francis, P., Thompson, L., Champion, G., McLeod, F., Madison B., Bradfield, M., Blair, R., Dalzell, M., Redpath, A., Murchie, J., McCoy, E., Thirkell, J., Guest, K., Rudge, W., Chittim, M., Ball, M., Raven, O., Norris, H., McDowell, D.

Sixth Row: Evers, I., Robins, O., Moore, M., Gilbert, M., Murray, E., Mertz, E., Boyes, J., Hicks, E., Lennox, E., Hill, R., Swift, N., Henderson, D., Cryer, D., Meissner, M., Simpson, F., Imeson, G., McCaffrey, A., Cox, M.

Photograph of an unidentified military base seen from a distance with an air traffic control building and and small parked aircraft included in shot.

Photograph of Bettie Bernice Wilson (far left) standing outside of a residential home with unidentified friends, in casual uniforms, and an adult woman, possibly a parent.

Photograph of Bettie Bernice Wilson (second from right) standing outside of a residential home with unidentified friends, in casual uniforms, and an adult man, possibly a parent.

Photograph of a makeshift wooden house with a saddle on top seen outdoors on what may be an air force base.

Writings and paperwork related to Bettie Bernice Wilson during her time at the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Includes a drawing, a certificate of discharge for Wilson from the RCAF from September 1945, writing titled "The plight of 'C' flight" by AW2 Lockwood, J.B.E. in May 1942, the Christmas program for No. 16 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) Hagersville (Ontario) for 1944, and the menu for the 25th Anniversary Reunion of Women of the RCAF (1966).