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Object Description
Object ID
3143
Title
Portrait of RCAF cook Dora Cripps (Datwiler) in uniform.
Date
1942.
Description
Portrait of RCAF cook Dora Cripps (Datwiler) in uniform. Taken in Moose Jaw in 1942 by The Paramount Studios.
People/Subject
Armed Forces
See Also: army, navy, enlisted men, officers.
Datwiler, Dora Gladys (nee Cripps)
Dora Gladys Cripps was born on April 4, 1916, in England, to Ernest and Maggie Cripps, nee White. The family moved to Canada when Dora was 12, living first in Saskatchewan and then BC. Dora served in the air force during World War II. She married Mr. Datwiler in 1943.
Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was the air force of Canada from 1924 until 1968 when the three branches of the Canadian military were merged into the Canadian Armed Forces. The modern Canadian air force has been known as Canadian Forces Air Command (AIRCOM) since 1975, but still refers to itself as the "Air Force" and maintains many of the traditions of the RCAF.
World War, 1939-1945
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