Keith Howes - RCAF

Keith was a tailgunner on a Lancaster Bomber towards the end of World War Two. He went to England in April 1944, and for a year he smoked a lot, got in some fights, met some interesting men and women, and waited. This blog is based on the letters he wrote to his mother in 1944-45.

Sunday, 4 November 2012

This photo of Keith was probably taken in Vancouver in early spring, 1944, just before he left for England. He was 20 years old.
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