2-Day 30

© Peter Mitchell

This Canadian flag, outside the Western Counties Wing entrance to Parkwood Hospital in London, Ontario, was flying at half mast in memory of Ted Dawson.

Ted joined the RCAF, Allouette Squadron 425, at age 18 and started training as a pilot. His first flight log entry was on Oct. 18, 1943. He later retrained as a flight engineer.

In June of 1945, after the war was over, he was on a crew flying a Lancaster X KW-E back to Canada.