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As part of Grand Forks’ Wartime Memories, three veterans of the Second World War who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force were interviewed by local secondary school pupils. These decorated veterans are Hume Ritchie, Dave Dale and Albert “Chick” Talarico. The flight log books included in this exhibit illustrate the years of intensive training that aircrews went through in order to serve their country in the wartime struggle. Both Mr. Ritchie and Mr. Dale served with bomber aircraft that were shot down over Europe, and against all odds they both survived their ordeals. While Mr. Dale was captured by the enemy and became a POW, circumstance allowed Mr. Ritchie to reach the American Forces and make his way back to safety in England. Mr. Talarico served in Burma and India as part of a crew of transport aircraft that dropped supplies for army units in the field.
The Boundary Museum Society would like to thank teacher Frank Triveri and his grade 11 Social Studies class for conducting interviews with these veterans, and teacher Murray Behl and his grade 11-12 Multimedia class (with special mention to student, Molly Butler), for their combined contribution toward the production of this Community Stories exhibit. Most of all, thanks must go out to these veterans for sharing their experiences of a formidable time in their own lives and in the history of Canada and the world.
