Anne Gafiuk's "What's in a Story?" Story Writing and Memoirs

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Past Projects

Will You be Our Mrs. Muir book cover Co-authored, with Kenneth Wright, Will You be Our Mrs. Muir

A collection of Canadian Second World War stories, featuring the RCAF and the men who flew in the Lancaster, Spitfire, Stirling, and Typhoon aircraft, plus three bonus stories about men in the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Navy.

Available on Amazon in paperback, or an eBook


Anne interviewed Typhoon pilots, their family and friends, and collected stories about the Typhoon aircraft and its role during WWII. Please visit www.thetyphoonproject.org where 200 men's stories can be found.

For more information about the Typhoon, Harry Hardy Takeoff Typhoon view Harry Hardy's presentation on YouTube.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3





Okotoks / De Winton Scrapbook Project

She Made Them Family: A Scrapbook from the Prairies, a collection of letters, photos, anecdotes, magazine and newspaper clippings from The Second World War compiled by Mrs. Alice Spackman, Okotoks, Alberta.Book Cover

Here's an inside look at the scrapbook.

Press Coverage

CBC's The National with Carolyn Dunn
CBC Calgary ... a more local take.







George Crewe

For Posterity's Sake: HMCS Quinte


Bob O'Connor

Calgary Mosquito Society


WWI Stained Glass Window at Scarboro United Church, Calgary


Scarboro United Church vignette.
Central United Church WWI Soldiers Memorialized in Bronze


Gordon Jones

Gordon Jones passed away Sept 10, 2013

Vintage Wings - A web article... Me and Mr. Jones!

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Television Coverage

CBC National - with Peter Mansbridge!!
CBC Newsworld - Local news version

Newspaper

Bomber Command Museum of Canada Newsletter - Spring 2013, Page 12
Okotoks Western Wheel - Gordon's story is on pages 6 and 7.

Gordon Jones trained and later became an instructor as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) at High River, Alberta during WWII.

Wings Over High River is only available through the Bomber Command Museum of Canada or in select libraries, including the Calgary Public Library and the High River Library.

Book Reviews

COPA Magazine ... "delightful, yet compelling" - a review by Adam Hunt

Airforce Magazine Baking, Bribery, and a Tiger Moth
Down Under!










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