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From scrapbook page MS-690 s. 7, f. 1 (o/s)

From scrapbook page MS-690 s. 7, f. 1 (o/s)

On verso, L to R:
Back row - S/L PDP Holmes, Col. JC Allan, F/L H. Olafson,
Third row - Lt. Col. SW Thomson, L. Col. A.F. Macdonald, Capt. S. Mooney, Brig. J. Cardy, A/Comr. GW Mudge, Cmdre AG Boulton,
Second row - RAdm AH Storrs, Lt. Col. FDH Nelson, RAdm MG Stirling, Brig PD Smith, Lt. Gen ME Pollard, Brig RM Cox, Maj. AG MacIssac
Seated - Cdr AC Wurtele, Lt. Cdr. MK Clark, RAdm CJ Dillon, Maj. Gen. NH Ross, Brig JS Adam, G/C CC Wyatt.

Annotation by Mickey: 2 years before death in Sept. '81 in Victoria - volunteering to the end.

On verso: Wing Commander R.F. Begg of Vancouver, commander of a Royal Canadian Air Force army co-operation squadron in Britain, discusses an exercise with Major Alan F. Macdonald, former Edmonton lawyer who is now an air liason officer in the Canadian army. He is one of the officers living and training with the RCAF overseas to assure the closest co-operation between air and land units when the day comes for the Canadian army to spearpoint a new front.

On verso: Alan with ? and Ernie Wilson.

On verso: Before World War II - Training plane crashed on their tents - Alan could've been killed but sustained only an ear injury.

On verso: the following names and nicknames,
L to R: 'Pete' Wilson - Sigs Off; Alf Gostling - B.M.; A.E. Potts - Brig; W.H.G. Roaf - S.C.; Howard Young - A.T. Coy Comd; Tomatonose - Stupidity Officer (Alan Macdonald).

L to R: Squadron Leader Greenwood, Flight Officer Cliff Horncastle, Flight Lieutenant Clark, Wing Commander D.M. Smith, Major Alan F. Macdonald.
This photo was used in an Edmonton Journal article published 21 Aug 1942.

On verso: Mickey, Please keep this photo safe, dear. Cliff Horncastle at whom we are all looking was killed and I value it for his memory. Alan.