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Name/TitleBill Loftus Archive

About this object.1 - Personal flying logbook
.2 - 110 Black and white photographs of South Georgia, whaling and helicopter work
.3 - Sealers license badge from the Department of Fisheries, Canada, attached to a black piece of fabric
.4 - 4 newspaper articles relating to sealing in Canada dating from 1967
.5 - Receipt for seal hunting permit 1967
.6 - License to operate an aircraft engaged for work in the Atlantic Seal Fishery 1967
.7 - Council document relating to amendments made to the Seal Protection Regulations Canada 1967
.8 - Menu for Christmas Dinner aboard the Southern Harvester 1954
.9 - List of catchers
.10 - List of code words
.11 - Report of whales caught in South Georgia 1956
.12 - Weekly report from 1956 of the Southern Harvester and the Southern Venturer
.13 - Flight Control procedures for the 1954/55 season
.14 - Weight schedule
.15 - Membership letter to join The Goldfish Club, London
.16 - Southern Harvester whale report week ending 19th March 1955
.17 - Report sheets for whale catches dated 1955
.18 - Report sheet from whale catches dated 1956
.19 - Blank report sheet from whale catches dated 1954/55
.20 - Specification leaflet for a Westland s. 55 Helicopter
.21 - Picture of a Westland S. 55 Helicopter
.22 - Three tracings of ice positions from sailing
.23 - Hand drawings of parts of a parachute
.24 - Hand written note on how to use the Air Almanac

Medium and MaterialsPaper

CollectionDonation

Credit LineJohn Wright
737 Bolton Road
RR3
Merrickville
Ontario
KOG IN0
Canada

Object TypeSocial history

Object numberSGHT.2017.16.1-24

Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved

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