Edith Marie Collins

Home Town: Ottawa, Ontario Conflict: World War II Branch: Air Force

  • Edith Marie Collins and Lavada Beesack nee Conduit in front of United States service plane in August of 1944. Edith and 'Lot' travelled or 'hitch-hiked' after their discharge via American Navy planes.
  • The 'duty boat' which ran between Halifax and Dartmouth Nova Scotia, shuttling service personnel free of charge between cities in 1944.
  • The interior of the W.R.N.S. - A.T.S. - W.A.A.F Service Club in New York City visited by Collins while on leave in May 1944. She was provided a place to stay on Park Avenue, and given two tickets to a Broadway show by this service club.
  • The Royal Canadian Air Force Discharge papers of Edith Marie Collins nee Hudson, August 1946. Collins also received the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal.
  • The article featured the trip Edith Marie, Lavada and Peggy Ferguson took around the United States on service planes at the end of their war service in 1946.
Edith Marie Collins and Lavada Beesack nee Conduit in front of United States service plane in August of 1944. Edith and 'Lot' travelled or 'hitch-hiked' after their discharge via American Navy planes. Edith Marie Collins
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