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Flying from Ottawa, Lord Tweedsmuir dropped in on Camp Borden yesterday to inspect the air and tank training depot
Flying from Ottawa, Lord Tweedsmuir dropped in on Camp Borden yesterday to inspect the air and tank training depot

Flying from Ottawa, Lord Tweedsmuir dropped in on Camp Borden yesterday to inspect the air and tank training depot

Date11/25/1939
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Original Toronto Star caption: Flying from Ottawa, Lord Tweedsmuir dropped in on Camp Borden yesterday to inspect the air and tank training depot. When he paused to talk with Col. F. F. Worthington, head of the armored fighting vehicles school, he was speaking with hte O.C. of the tank unit in which his son, Hon. Alistair Buchan, serves as a lieutenant.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0086995F
Wings parade: 1944 photo at Camp Borden has young Canadians who got their flying training under the Commonwealth Air Training Plan marching past a Fairey Battle (left) and twin-engine Oxford trainer
Wings parade: 1944 photo at Camp Borden has young Canadians who got their flying training under the Commonwealth Air Training Plan marching past a Fairey Battle (left) and twin-engine Oxford trainer
12/28/1940
Camp Borden's O.C. in command at Camp Borden during the summer manoeuvres at present is Lieut. Col. F. F. Worthington. Tank drill and army supply practice constitutes the training program
Camp Borden's O.C. in command at Camp Borden during the summer manoeuvres at present is Lieut. Col. F. F. Worthington. Tank drill and army supply practice constitutes the training program
8/11/1939
1. Team work, team training and team spirit that make a tank crew behave with a single mind. That's how the men of Canada's army at Camp Borden are ha(...)
1. Team work, team training and team spirit that make a tank crew behave with a single mind. That's how the men of Canada's army at Camp Borden are ha(...)
7/25/1942
Royal visitor takes off for Camp Borden after inspection of huge training establishment, High-ranking air officers are no novelty at Trenton active ce(...)
Royal visitor takes off for Camp Borden after inspection of huge training establishment, High-ranking air officers are no novelty at Trenton active ce(...)
8/2/1941
Bullets of light, not lead, stream from the muzzle of this tank gun in battle practice at Camp Borden
Bullets of light, not lead, stream from the muzzle of this tank gun in battle practice at Camp Borden
4/25/1941
A tank crew halts its heavily armored vehicle at the top of a hill near Camp Borden to observe enemy locations
A tank crew halts its heavily armored vehicle at the top of a hill near Camp Borden to observe enemy locations
8/27/1938
One of Canada's fighting tanks, six tons of concentrated destructive power, tops a rise at Camp Borden as recruits put it through actual war paces. Th(...)
One of Canada's fighting tanks, six tons of concentrated destructive power, tops a rise at Camp Borden as recruits put it through actual war paces. Th(...)
10/7/1939
Reporter now tank man. Trooper Norman Phillips Canadian Armored Corps. before joining the army was The Star's Camp Borden reporter
Reporter now tank man. Trooper Norman Phillips Canadian Armored Corps. before joining the army was The Star's Camp Borden reporter
10/23/1942
Machine-Gun Work is another training feature at Camp Borden
Machine-Gun Work is another training feature at Camp Borden
8/17/1940
In signals, Herbert Walker, a member of The Star mailing room staff, who has now been in training several months with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals at Camp Borden
In signals, Herbert Walker, a member of The Star mailing room staff, who has now been in training several months with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals at Camp Borden
4/5/1941
Lord (John Buchan) and Family Tweedsmuir
Lord (John Buchan) and Family Tweedsmuir
5/5/1923
Lord Tweedsmuir (right), British peer connected with major Canadian companies told annual dinner of the Toronto Board of Trade last night that Canada (...)
Lord Tweedsmuir (right), British peer connected with major Canadian companies told annual dinner of the Toronto Board of Trade last night that Canada (...)
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