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• Title:Nickel trip : a Second World War bomber pilot from Boissevain, Manitoba shares his experiences with his youngest son / by F.C.C. Bird as told to Brad Bird.
  
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• Author/Creator:Bird, F. C. C. (Frederick Charles Clayton), 1919- author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Bird, Brad, 1959-
  Xwi7xwa Collection
  
• Published/Created:[Winnipeg] : Pemmican Publications, ©2004.
  

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  • Location:XWI7XWA LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: PF B571 N53 2004
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects: Métis.
  
• Library of Congress Subjects:Bird, F. C. C. (Frederick Charles Clayton), 1919-
  Air pilots, Military--Canada--Biography.
  
• Genre/Form:Autobiographies.
  
• Description:viii, 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:"Clayton Bird was always fascinated with planes and lived to fulfill his dream of becoming a bomber pilot. Clayton describes his humble beginnings taking his wife-to-be out in the beet truck to watch the planes fly over, to the adventures of being a bomber pilot in the Second World War. This is a touching and detailed story of a homegrown boy fulfilling his dream, as well as providing the reader with great insight into what it took to win the war." -- Back cover.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
  
• ISBN:1894717295
  9781894717298
  
• Contents:Introduction: Clayton Bird's Métis roots
  1. Growing up in Boissevain
  2. The war begins
  3. Elementary flying school
  4. Over to England
  5. RAF College, Cranwell
  6. A League of Nations at Cranwell
  7. Bomber Command
  8. Our nickel trip - excitement over France
  9. At Tholthorpe with 420 Squadron
  10. Tholthorpe and more ops
  11. Daylight bombing - and close calls
  12. Tour completed - and afterthoughts
  13. Home - and peacetime challenges
  14. Back in!
  15. Retirement - and a new teaching career.