Hillman Military Sites

NAVIGATION MAP TO THE HILLMAN
WORLD WAR II & MILITARY NOSTALGIA SITES

CONTENTS

Tribute to the Crew of Lancaster Bomber KB879
H.M.C.S Prince Robert Tribute: History ~ Photos ~ Diaries ~ Letters ~ Memories
As You Were . . . A Webzine of War Years Memories
Short Bursts Monthy Webzine
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
XII Manitoba Dragoons and 26 FD. Regt. RCA Museum
Mike Spack Memoirs: WWII RCAF
Edgar Rice Burroughs: Dean of WWII War Correspondents: Letters ~ Photos ~ Journals
Memories of World War II Series

A MEMORIAL SITE PAYING TRIBUTE TO
F/L WILLIAM GAVIN CAMPBELL
and the
CREW OF LANCASTER KB879
www.AirMuseum.ca/rcaf

SITE NAVIGATION CHART
Part I: The Home Front

Staging Area - Contents - Dedication	William G. Campbell Tribute Site
Wonders of the Internet: Sandon/Strathclair Two Villages Meet	A Hometown Story: Strathclair, Manitoba, Canada
Campbell Family Album: Early Years	Campbell Family Album: 1920s
Campbell Family Album: 1930s	Campbell Family Album: 1940s
Hope... and Despair	Victory
Lancaster Story & Links	RCAF Pilot's Flying Log Book
Greetings & Mementos from Canada I	Greetings & Mementos from Canada II
Brandon Sun FP Story: WWW.HEROES	MY FRIEND BILL by Mick Spack
Sandon Memorial & Fly-Past Photos: Phill Barratt Photo Gallery	Final Tribute May 4, 1945

Part II: Overseas

Day 1: Arrival	Day 2: The Grand Tour ~ Sandon Church & Hall
Day 2: Sandon House	Day 2: Sod Turning for the Stone
Day 3: Stone Village Tour I	Day 3: Stone Village Tour II
Day 4: Blacon Cemetery I	Day 4: Blacon Cemetery II - Memorials
Day 4: BBC Radio Interview	Day 5: Chatsworth
Day 5: Banquet at the Crown	Day 6: Memorial Dedication I
Day 6: Memorial Dedication II	Day 6: Lancaster Fly Past
Day 6: Greyhound Inn Reception	Day 6: F/S Graham Ward
Day 7: Goodbyes: Memorial Site Burston & Purl Cottage & Sandon	Day 8: Return ~ Home Again

H.M.C.S. PRINCE ROBERT TRIBUTE

HILLMAN WWII PHOTO GALLERY

Main ROBERT Directory	1. The Early Years	2. Shakedown Cruise
3. Getting There	4. The Japanese	5. Hong Kong
6. Homeward Bound	7. Specs Sheet	8. Caught In The Net I
9. Caught In The Net II	10. Caught In The Net III	11. Alliford Bay ~ 1941
12. The England Connection Robin Neale	13. Official Communiques	14. Caught In The Net IV
Prince Robert on the Web AS YOU WERE . . . Special Edition	Special Prince Robert Edition AS YOU WERE... October 2002	AS YOU WERE. . . War Years Nostalgia eZine

THE PRINCE ROBERT STORY

Main ROBERT Directory	1. Contents: Prince Robert Story	2. CNSS Prince Robert 1930s
3. Capture of the MS Weser 1940	4. Hong Kong 1941	5. West Coast Defence 1942
6. Atlantic & Mediterranean 1943	7. Hong Kong 1945	8. S.S. LUCANIA 1952
9. Looking Back	10. Prince Robert Remembered

DIARIES ~ ANECDOTES ~ PHOTOS
FROM OTHER CREW MEMBERS OF THE HMCS PRINCE ROBERT

A.B. Charles Anderson Diary

Photo Album: Sept 1940 - March 1941

Ronald B. Suddick's Tales of the Prince Robert ~ 1945

**THE MARTIN McGREGOR WAR DIARIES**
**Hong Kong 1945** ***Compiled by Gary McGregor***
Martin McGregor	Prince Robert Photo Gallery I Hong Kong 1945	Prince Robert Photo Gallery II Hong Kong 1945
Prince Robert Photo Gallery III Hong Kong 1945	Prince Robert Photo Gallery IV Hong Kong 1945	Prince Robert Photo Gallery V Hong Kong 1945
	Prince Robert Photo Gallery VI Hong Kong 1945

**THE MARTIN McGREGOR WAR DIARIES** **The Atlantic Theatre** ***Compiled by Gary McGregor***
Martin McGregor	White Ensign, Black Pit By Gary McGregor	Part I
Part II	Part III	Part IV
Part V	Part VI

**The Roland Poirier Collection**
**Introduction**
Photo Gallery 1	Photo Gallery 2	Photo Gallery 3	Photo Gallery 4
Photo Gallery 5	Photo Gallery 6	Post Cards	Press Clippings

AS YOU WERE...
www.AirMuseum.ca/web
WAR YEARS MEMORIES
Compiled by Bill Hillman
Wherein we share an eclectic assortment of items gleaned from the
Internet, media and contributing readers.
AS YOU WERE . . . ARCHIVE

Latest Issue	November 1999	December 1999	January 2000
February 2000	March 2000	April 2000	May 2000
June 2000	July 2000	August 2000	September 2000
October 2000	November 2000	December 2000	January 2001
February 2001	March 2001	April 2001	May 2001
June 2001	July 2001	August 2001	September 2001
October 2001	November 2001	December 2001	Editor on leave Jan - May 2002
June 2002 Prince Robert Edition	July 2002	August 2002	September 2002
October 2002 Prince Robert Edition	November 2002 Remembrance Edition	Winter 02/03 Prince Robert Diary	Spring 2003 Prince Robert Photos
Summer 2003	Fall 2003: Prince Robert Memories	Winter 2004 Airport Flight Sim Tour	Spring 2004 Tiger Moth's Last Flight
July 2004 BCATP Heritage Hangar	August 2004 S.O.E. Missions Log '44	September 2004 Reach For the Sky Project	October 2004 Reach For the Sky Project II
November 2004 F/O J. Gordon Hillman	December 2004 Don Roy: Life of a Piper	January 2005 Grant Military Heritage	February 2005 Dragoon Staghound Restored
March 2005 Staghound Magazine	April 2005 Henk Bredewolt Collection	May 2005 The BCATP Story	June 2005 Poirier Prince Robert Pics

SHORT BURSTS

www.AirMuseum.ca/mag
The Official Monthy Webzine for the RCAF Ex-Air Gunners
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This Month's Edition

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Feb 2004	Mar 2004	Apr 2004	May 2004	June 2004	Jul/Aug 2004	Sept 2004	Oct 2004	Nov 2004	Dc/Jn 2004
Feb 2005	Mar 2005	Apr 2005	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN SITE

www.AirMuseum.ca

Welcome to CATP Museum Briefing Room	Virtual Tour Over 200 Photos	Virtual Tour Print-Out Text Only
AS YOU WERE... Bill Hillman's Online Monthly Magazine for Army, Navy & Air Force Vets	SHORT BURSTS ARCHIVE Back Issues of the Ex-Air Gunners Magazine	SHORT BURSTS Ex-Air Gunners Association Monthly e-Zine
F/L Campbell Tribute Lancaster KB879 Memorial	Women of the War Years WWII Tribute Photos ~ Orders ~ Press ~ Stories	Hillman WWII Gallery H.M.C.S Prince Robert
Stuart Johnson's Freedom is Not Free ~ Pt. 1	Stuart Johnson's Freedom is Not Free ~ Pt. 2	Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
WWII Movies: A List of Over 600 Films	LINKS	Canadian WWII Propaganda Posters
Tiger Moth Adventure	Bill Graham Remembers the RCAF	Harvard Wings Over Brandon
Remembrance Day 1999 CATPM Open House	Spotlight on the BCATP Movie FOR THE MOMENT Starring Russell Crowe	CATP Museum Executive
Support the CATPM Membership & Gift/Bequest Forms	CONTACT Newsletter Info For CATPM Members
The CATP Memorial Book $10 Website Discount Memorial Addendum	Museum Development Plan	Senator Sharon Carstairs Roundtable
The Capital Campaign	The H Hut Project	Special Themes Museums
Message from President: John McNarry	Sign or Read the CATPM Guestbook	Special CATP Gift Shop Offer FOR THE MOMENT on Video
Director's Year End Report	Mike Spack's WWII RCAF Memories 100 pages of text ~ 100 photos	A Virtual Tour of the Brandon Municipal Airport
Last Flight of the Tiger Moth	Dedication of the BCATP #1 Hangar as a Heritage Site Archie Londry Remembers

XII MANITOBA DRAGOONS
and
26 FD. REGT. RCA MUSEUM
XII Dragoons - 26 RCA Museum

www.12mbdragoons.com

Welcome	Tour 1: Library	Tour 2: Mementos
Tour 3: Fire Power	Tour 4: Blades	Tour 5: Badges
Tour 6: Displays	Tour 7: Hand Guns	Volunteers
Museum In The News I	Museum In The News II	Museum In The News III
Museum In The News IV	FLAG WALL	Web Tracks I; Staghounds and More
As You Were Military Nostalgia Webzine	MAIL CALL	HMCS Prince Henry at Normandy
.	Dutch Tribute Sites from Dick van Faassen Wierden - Nederland	.
Tribute from Holland	Tribute from Holland [English Translation]	Liberation of Hardenberg
.	BRANDON PHOTO ARCHIVE THE GREAT WAR YEARS	.
Brandon Archive ~ Introduction	Brandon Archive I: Downtown	Brandon Archive II ~ CPR Yards
Virtual Tour of Brandon Today	Brandon Archive III: Victory Parade	Hillman WWII Tribute Sites
	STAGHOUND RESTORED *A Tribute to the* *XII Manitoba Dragoons* by Marco Hogenkamp
PART I	PART II	PART III
	NEW FEATURES
The Staghound The Latest Edition	Henk Bredewolt Collection Dragoons: WWII Netherlands	Henk Bredewolt Collection Dragoons in England 1943
	Armoury Museum Quiet Treasure ~ News Article

HILLMAN BRANDON HISTORY PROJECT
BRANDON PHOTO ARCHIVE
THE GREAT WAR YEARS

Brandon Archive ~ Introduction	Brandon Archive I: Downtown
Brandon Archive II ~ CPR Yards	Brandon Archive III: Victory Parade
Virtual Tour of Brandon Today	Brandon Museums: Stroll Into The Past
Community Archive Project Online

Mike Spack Memoirs: WWII RCAF
http://home.westman.wave.ca/~mspack/rcaf.html

THE STORY *100 pages of text*	THE PICTURES *100 photographs*
INTRODUCTION	Intro Gallery
PART I Recruitment and Training in Canada	Gallery 1
PART II Overseas Parts 1-3	Gallery 2
PART III Overseas Parts 4-5	Gallery 3
PART IV Overseas Parts 6-7	Gallery 4
PART V Overseas 8 and Post War	Gallery 5

The Dean of WWII Correspondents in the Pacific
Edgar Rice Burroughs: The War Years

ERB WWII Time Line: 1940-1942	ERB WWII Time Line: 1943-1945	Photos 40-42 Photos 43-45
1940 Letters	1940 Letter Highlights	1940 Illustrated Timeline
1941 Letters	1941 Letter Highlights	1941 Illustrated Timeline
Pearl Harbor: Eye Witness Account	USS Shaw / ERB Connection	ERB-Truman H. Landon Connection
1942 Letters	1942 Letter Highlights	1942 Illustrated Timeline
1943 Letters	1943 Letter Highlights	1943 Illustrated Timeline
1944 Letters	1944 Letter Highlights	1944 Illustrated Timeline
1945 Letters	1945 Letter Highlights	1945 Illustrated Timeline
ERB: War Correspondent	Pre- and Post-Wartime Timelines	ERB Visits WWII Australia Text
Our Japanese Problem ~ Hawaii Magazine	ERB & Military: Early Years	ERB Bio Timeline ~ 1875-1950
ERB Wartime Files v.1: Hawaii Clippings	ERB Wartime Files v.2: Articles	ERB War Files v.3: Laugh It Off

MORE HILLMAN WEB FEATURES IN OUR
MEMORIES OF WORLD WAR II SERIES

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.		MUSEUM: COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN Brandon Airport ~ Brandon, Manitoba, Canada www.AirMuseum.ca	.
.		TRIBUTE SITE: F/L W. G. Campbell & Crew of Lancaster KB 879 Tribute www.airmuseum.ca/rcaf	.
.		TRIBUTE SITE: CPO R. G. Hillman & H.M.C.S Prince Robert www.airmuseum.ca/rcn	.
.		MUSEUM: XII MANITOBA DRAGOONS & 26 FIELD REG. Brandon Armoury ~ Brandon, Manitoba, Canada www.12mbdragoons.com	.
.		TRIBUTE: Edgar Rice Burroughs: The War Years War Journals of the Oldest War Correspondent in the Pacific www.erbzine.com/mag10/1019.html	.
.		TRIBUTE: Mike Spack Memoirs WW II RCAF Mosquito Pilot http://home.westman.wave.ca/~mspack/rcaf.html	.
.		WEBZINE: SHORT BURSTS Official Monthy Webzine for the RCAF Ex-Air Gunners www.airmuseum.ca/mag	.
.		WEBZINE: AS YOU WERE . . . An Online WW II Nostalgia Magazine www.airmuseum.ca/web	.
.		NAVIGATION MAP to Hillman Tribute Sites World War II & Military Nostalgia Sites http://home.westman.wave.ca/~hillmans/ww2refs.html	.
.		TRIBUTE: F/L Donald E. Hillman S.O.E. Secret Halifax Missions Log www.airmuseum.ca/rcaf/donald.html	.
.		TRIBUTE: F/O J. Gordon Hillman Lancaster Downed in 1000 Bomber Mission http://www.airmuseum.ca/rcaf/gordon.html	.
.		Military Heritage of the Extended Grant Family and From Pharmacy to Helicopters by Lieutenant Colonel James Grant	.
.		Canadian Joint Air Training Command CJATC Rivers, MB www.airmuseum.ca/rcaf/rivers01.html	.
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