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Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.
Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.

Airmen meet and remember. Group Capt. Leonard Cheshire, right, of the famed World War II Dambusters Squadron of the RAF visits with RCAF veteran Fred Brand in the veterans' wing of Sunnybrook Hospital yesterday. Cheshire, a Victoria Cross winner, has founded a World War Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief for which he hopes to raise $800 millions by Sept.3.

Date5/3/1989
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Object NumberTSPA_0125878F
Veterans angered: William Bull, left, president of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association Toronto- York wing, discusses the Billy Bishop movie with Percy Waters, 83, a World War I veteran.
Veterans angered: William Bull, left, president of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association Toronto- York wing, discusses the Billy Bishop movie with Percy Waters, 83, a World War I veteran.
1/19/1984
War Hero: Milo Vassalo of the Maltese Consulate gives Alexander Milne, 81, a congratualtory hug after presenting him with the Maltese George Cross for bravery as an RCAF pilot during World War II
War Hero: Milo Vassalo of the Maltese Consulate gives Alexander Milne, 81, a congratualtory hug after presenting him with the Maltese George Cross for bravery as an RCAF pilot during World War II
7/29/1993
Alan Bell: Veteran lost his left leg when his plane went down in World War II and now can't work because of sickness.
Alan Bell: Veteran lost his left leg when his plane went down in World War II and now can't work because of sickness.
10/21/1983
Hurry Crossley: An ad on the back of a matchbook led this World War II Veteran to a career as a locksmith after he'd worked for 30 years as a laborer.
Hurry Crossley: An ad on the back of a matchbook led this World War II Veteran to a career as a locksmith after he'd worked for 30 years as a laborer.
9/10/1981
RAF Squadron Leader Angus McPhee
RAF Squadron Leader Angus McPhee
9/4/1995
Lulgi Brusatin: Italian war veteran was driving force behind street name change.
Lulgi Brusatin: Italian war veteran was driving force behind street name change.
12/18/1984
Fare fight: Malcolm Cairnduff, 63, is ready to take on the Toronto to Transit Commission in his battle to get free transit fares for war veterans. The commission has already turned him down once.
Fare fight: Malcolm Cairnduff, 63, is ready to take on the Toronto to Transit Commission in his battle to get free transit fares for war veterans. The commission has already turned him down once.
12/31/1982
Quiet hero buried: The casket of Victor Kugler, who hid Anne Frank and seven others from the Nazis, is saluted by war veterans as pallbearers carry it from the funeral home yesterday
Quiet hero buried: The casket of Victor Kugler, who hid Anne Frank and seven others from the Nazis, is saluted by war veterans as pallbearers carry it from the funeral home yesterday
12/17/1981
From the wars: Wearing a French helmet from World War, Rick Davies works on the figure of a British soldier in the Napoleonic wars. His shop in Oshawa is full of military momentos (below and right), some miniatures of medieval soldiers and others the real thing, such as a Nazi uniform from World War II.
From the wars: Wearing a French helmet from World War, Rick Davies works on the figure of a British soldier in the Napoleonic wars. His shop in Oshawa is full of military momentos (below and right), some miniatures of medieval soldiers and others the real thing, such as a Nazi uniform from World War II.
5/11/1983
New viola is being created by Otto Erdesz in his studio on Scollard St. He has made 800 violas, many of which are now making beautiful music with many of the world's finest symphony orchestras.
New viola is being created by Otto Erdesz in his studio on Scollard St. He has made 800 violas, many of which are now making beautiful music with many of the world's finest symphony orchestras.
4/23/1975
Former prisoner of war, Etobicoke Controller Pete Farrow and his wife, Dorothy, model the sweatshirts they'll wear at a reunion of former air force PoWs in England next weekend. He spent three years as prisoner in World War II after being captured by Germ
Former prisoner of war, Etobicoke Controller Pete Farrow and his wife, Dorothy, model the sweatshirts they'll wear at a reunion of former air force PoWs in England next weekend. He spent three years as prisoner in World War II after being captured by Germ
5/5/1977
British businessman Joe Bamford boasts high productivity at his Staffordshire plant, which produces earth-moving equipment. Bamford, who went into business after World War II says U.K. is underdeveloped. Plant has no unions.
British businessman Joe Bamford boasts high productivity at his Staffordshire plant, which produces earth-moving equipment. Bamford, who went into business after World War II says U.K. is underdeveloped. Plant has no unions.
7/15/1969