A. Slczvnrt MacDonald D.F.C., MD. C..M. 
     
    
   
   
    
     good as in Canada. I was in 17 different stations and the 
     
     food was always good when I arrived, but after a few days, 
     
     it seemed to be poor. I began to think it was me. I recalled 
     
     the long lines in the morning at Toronto, but I was always 
     
     up the first and one of the first in line. One day I forgot my 
     
     tie pin, and I had to go back and get it. When I got back, 
     
     there were literally hundreds in the lineups, and as a result 
     
     I went without breakfast. I may add that officers did not 
     
     wear tie pins. We stayed in Bournemouth for a couple of 
     
     months. One morning I was listening to the German radio, 
     
     because I liked the music. Lord Haw Haw came on and 
     
    

    
     he said, “We know the Canadian forces are stationed in 
     
     Bournemouth, but they are not worth bombing, as half 
     
     will kill themselves in training, and the other half will kill 
     
     themselves drinking." I always felt sorry when the English 
     
     executed Lord Haw Haw after the war, although he had 
     
     become a German citizen. 
     
    

    
     I was glad when we went to the Ghost squadron 
     
     #428 at Middleton, St. Georges, in the north of England. 
     
     While there, I and another officer decided to drive our 
     
     bikes down to Manchester many miles away. We had the 
     
     wind at our backs when going, and a week later the wind 
     
     was at our backs on the way home. The next time I met 
     
     this officer, I was in the House of Commons listening to 
     
     the budget speech and I saw the Deputy Minister getting 
     
     up and coming up to the gallery - he was the officer I had 
     
     gone to Manchester with years before. 
     
    

    
     On arrival, Ken Roulston and I were placed in a 
     
     Nissen hut about half a mile from the mess. The beds were 
     
     all filled and there were about 50 - the next morning many 
     
     of the beds were empty as the planes lost on the raid the 
     
     night before were very heavy; not the best beginning. The 
     
     arrangement in the Nissen huts was to stay on for a few 
     
     weeks, until it was decided to move all the ground 
     
    
   
   
    
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