Vol. 16, No. 4

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Them Days Vol. 16 No. 4 – 1991

If a ship or submarine was used then it’s an old codger’s imagination working time. Jens Herman Jensen was born in Denmark in 1921. Raymond Firth was in Goose Bay of 1942 before that they were in Rigolet where the Hudson’s Bay Company’s post was. Robert H. Davis great granddaughter asks “Why is this called Otter Creek?” and he says because people used to catch otter here. Goose Bay airport was built by Department of transport for the Department of National Defence in 1941-42. In 1990 Judy McGrath was able to visit Czechoslovakian, who had flown in the World War Two. During the outbreak of world war two needed a military base in the North. Flying overseas was a aircraft will never forget.

The Perseverance- Leonard Budgell
Building Goose Bay- Herman Jensen
New Brunswick Rangers- Raymond Firth
Otter Creek- Robert H. Davis
History of Canadian Airports (excerpt)- Tom McGrath
Czechoslovakian Flyers at Goose Bay- Judy McGrath
People Came From Everywhere- Ralph Barrett
Goose Bay Recalled- Forrest S. Clark
Labrador Gallery, John Michelin

Front cover: Robert Davis, Otter Creek – 1991. D.J. Saunders photo.

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