Duty as a Timekeeper

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Duty as a Timekeeper

Transcript

Of course I had the best job there was. It was the men learning to fly, squadrons, you had about sixty five young men who had been through their elementary training and they were learning to fly and assess their planes. And the units had a timekeeper, that was what we were, and we had charts to keep, logbooks for them to sign and keep their books and they had about four months, took their course in flying, night flying, we had to work then when they were night flying too. And it was the most interesting place to be. I could still go and watch planes taking off and landing, and see if they do a good one or a bad one.

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Ms. Brown explains her routine as timekeeper maintaining charts and logbooks of those pilots learning to fly.

Celia Brown

Celia Brown was born December 30, 1920 in Sussex, New Brunswick. Her motivation to join the Air Force was inspired at a young age by the fascination of wanting to fly. After joining up in New Brunswick, Ms. Brown travelled to Toronto for training and later performed much of her In-Canada service in Dofton, Manitoba serving in the Clerk Administration field holding rank of Corporal. Today Ms. Brown is very active with the Women’s Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force where she advocates for their recognition and contribution made by the Women who served with the Canadian military. On November 12, 1945, after 4 years service, Ms. Brown discharged from the Air Force.

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