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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1944
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2007.0051.046

MANUFACTURER: Royal Canadian Air Force
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 46
Total Parts: 69
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 20.3 cm
Width: 16.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Christie
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: WWII (1939-1945); this telegram dated Nov. 9, 1944
Canada: Unknown
Function: telegram from RCAF to T.W. Christie's mother confirming safe arrival at base of son previously reported overdue returning from mission
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: telegraph message reads: "MRS G A CHRISTIE/RIDEAU PARK BILLINGS BRIDGE ONT/M9266 PLEASED TO ADVISE THAT YOUR SON SERGEANT THOBURN/WELSEY CHRISTIE R TWO SIX TWO EIGHT FOUR FOUR IS NOW/REPORTED TO HAVE ARRIVED SAFELY AT HIS UNIT AFTER HAVING/BEEN OVERDUR AT HIS BASE FROM AIR OPERATIONS OVERSEAS/NOVEMBER SECOND STOP LETTER FOLLOWS/RCAF CASUALTIES OFFICER"
Missing: N/A
Finish: black lettering & logo on letterhead; purple lettering on tan paper; purple date stamp
Decoration: Canadian National Telegram logo featuring encircled globe on letterhead

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Royal Canadian Air Force, Telegram, 1944, Artifact no. 2007.0051, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2007.0051.046/

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