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SUMMARY:Nanaimo Historical Society Special Presentation
URL:http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/nanaimo-historical-society-special-presentation101/
LOCATION:Bowen Park Complex :: 500 Bowen Rd Nanaimo, V9R 1Z7
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Canadian wartime production of aircraft soared from the advent of the Second War.  By 1941, the huge Boeing PBY Catalina Plant #3 was completed on Sea Island in Richmond, B.C., for the production of the Catalina/Canso PBY-5(A) flying boats and amphibians, and later fuselage sections for the B-29 Super Fortress (e.g., Enola Gay). =0D=0A=
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Locals may remember seeing a pair of PBY-5A's, painted yellow, stored at the Cassidy Airfield for many years. =0D=0A=
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Our speaker, Jack Nellist, will discuss his memories and experiences of wartime on the west coast, as well as the showing of an 8-minute video compilation of archival images and footage of the production of the Catalina and B-29.  The presentation will also cover some of the missions these aircraft were assigned.=0D=0A=
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Nellist has also retained original technical drawings from the factory some of which will be displayed at the presentation.=0D=0A=
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About the speaker:=0D=0A=
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Nanaimo resident, Jack Nellist is also the author of the book, Aircraft Production During World War II: Boeing Aircraft of Canada. Jack started building model airplanes at the age of ten - and he's still building them. 
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