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Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and Leonard Cheshire, a wartime commander of the Royal Air Force 617 (Dambusters) Squadron, examine World War I(...)
Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and Leonard Cheshire, a wartime commander of the Royal Air Force 617 (Dambusters) Squadron, examine World War I(...)

Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and Leonard Cheshire, a wartime commander of the Royal Air Force 617 (Dambusters) Squadron, examine World War I(...)

Date6/21/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and Leonard Cheshire, a wartime commander of the Royal Air Force 617 (Dambusters) Squadron, examine World War I German helmet at the Royal Canadian Military Institute, where Diefenbaker addressed Dambusters last night during their first reunion held in Canada.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0043695F
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.
5/3/1989
He has a message, John Diefenbaker, the 78-year-old former prime minister, tells members of the Canadian Club yesterday in the Royal York. The message(...)
He has a message, John Diefenbaker, the 78-year-old former prime minister, tells members of the Canadian Club yesterday in the Royal York. The message(...)
2/11/1974
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker shows Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award to Ellen Fairclough, a former minister in his government, as Conservative MP Robert Coates looks on
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker shows Eleanor Roosevelt Humanities Award to Ellen Fairclough, a former minister in his government, as Conservative MP Robert Coates looks on
10/2/1977
Favorite son, former prime minister John Diefenbaker told the East York Progressive Conservative Association that high federal spending and Prime Mini(...)
Favorite son, former prime minister John Diefenbaker told the East York Progressive Conservative Association that high federal spending and Prime Mini(...)
3/15/1974
Election smear. Maria Maruszczak wipes lipstick smear from former prime minister John Diefenbaker's cheek as Parkdale-High Park Tory candidate Yu Shymko and daughter Lisa, 17, watch. [Incomplete]
Election smear. Maria Maruszczak wipes lipstick smear from former prime minister John Diefenbaker's cheek as Parkdale-High Park Tory candidate Yu Shymko and daughter Lisa, 17, watch. [Incomplete]
4/6/1979
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker addresses Estonians at rally in Nathan Phillips Square today during festival of Estonian culture held through this week
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker addresses Estonians at rally in Nathan Phillips Square today during festival of Estonian culture held through this week
7/15/1972
Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker signs autographs Saturday in Orangeville during a stop by a special train celebrating the 100th anniversary of (...)
Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker signs autographs Saturday in Orangeville during a stop by a special train celebrating the 100th anniversary of (...)
9/23/1973
Back at Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate institute in Agincourt, which he opened 10 years ago, former prime minister John Diefenbaker speaks last nigh(...)
Back at Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate institute in Agincourt, which he opened 10 years ago, former prime minister John Diefenbaker speaks last nigh(...)
10/28/1974
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker relaxes on patio at his Barbados cottage while working on final volume of his memoirs. Star writer Val Sears sa(...)
Former prime minister John Diefenbaker relaxes on patio at his Barbados cottage while working on final volume of his memoirs. Star writer Val Sears sa(...)
1/23/1977
Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker appraises Parliament today under Pierre Trudeau as rapidly achieving the position of a morgue operated by its o(...)
Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker appraises Parliament today under Pierre Trudeau as rapidly achieving the position of a morgue operated by its o(...)
1/12/1971
Former Prime Minister Diefenbaker
Former Prime Minister Diefenbaker
3/15/1974
In sparkling form, former prime minister John Diefenbaker told the Empire Club today that detergent should be provided at House of Commons to launder (...)
In sparkling form, former prime minister John Diefenbaker told the Empire Club today that detergent should be provided at House of Commons to launder (...)
3/9/1972