RE: RE: Manganese Reported GoldbuyerIf you think this EZ is blowing bubbles for the next little while. I don't want to be a Gold blower but take a look at Claude. All 3 WDO,SGR and CRJ are actually mining gold. Not talking about trucking it around for someone else to take the cream off. Actually I would not mind if EZ was simply a triple from what it is worth today. But looks like I will sit on my sack of EZ coal until after Xmas.
Did anyone notice that CRJ closed at $1.70 last week and today it hit $1.84. It wasn't that long ago it was priced at .17cents. So you are looking at more than a 10 bagger. There still is time, do your DD and you should be happy with the results.
But with all due respect!!
Please remember the fallen of wars past. Wear your poppy with the respect it deserves. Here is one of my heroes that I have read about and have had the honor of meeting his brothers and sisters. One who still remains with us at a lively 95 years of age. We owe these individuals the freedom we now enjoy.
Leslie Cyril "Les" Gosling
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Cyril Gosling in Malta, summer 1943 from the book ' black='Crosses' off='My' wingtip=' By I.F.' hap=' Kennedy
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CANADIAN KIDS DEAL OUT DEATH
Flyers From Malta Keep Up Stern Warfare AgainstAxis
Valetta, Malta, July 14.—(CP Cable)—Led by a sharpshootingteam, the Canadian Kids of the Malta flying garrison blasted more enemyplanes from the sky Tuesday over Sicily as the R.A.F. maintained its relentlessdrive against Axis attempts to hamper the Allied invasion,
From dawn to dusk Allied fighters destroyed 22 enemy planes against aloss of only two Spitfires.
Flt.-Lt. Leslie Gosling, D.F.C., North Battleford, Sask., and Sqdn.-Ldr.George Son of Percy S. and Annie M. Gosling, of
- Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Born at Battleford, Saskatchewan, 5 October 1920.
Enlisted in Saskatoon, 24 April 1941.
Trained at No.4 ITS (graduated 5 August 1941),
No.5 EFTS (graduated 25 September 1941), and
No.7 SFTS (graduated 19 December 1941).
Arrived overseas, 21 January 1942.
Further trained at No.17 (P) AFU and
No.53 OTU. To
No.222 Squadron, 9 June 1942 and
No.229 Squadron, 21 October 1942.
Killed in action 19 July 1943;
Shot down by enemy fighters ten miles from Mt Etna
while flying Spitfire LZ808.
/www.acesofww2.com/Canada/aces/hill.htm">Hill, Pictou, N.S., continued their meteoricclimb with a double kill each during the last 24 hours. Gosling broughthis total up to 11 enemy aircraft downed.
Among the other Canadians prominent in Tuesday's battles were F.O. GeorgeKeith, Taber, Alta., and F.O. Reginald Morris, Windsor, Ont., both ofwhom made double claims.
Hill, who only Monday returned to the squadron after being forced downbehind British lines at Sicily, destroyed a Focke Wulf 190 for a totalof 13 since joining the R.C.A.F. Gosling shot down an ME109 after a duelwith the enemy pilot. It was his fifth enemy plane in a week and doubledhis previous total.
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Chris Shores "Aces High" - Victories list:
31 July 1942, one FW.190 damaged;
11 February 1943, one Z.506B destroyed;
25 March 1943, one Bf.109 destroyed;
13 April 1943, one MC.202 damaged;
19 April 1943, two Ju.88s destroyed (one shared)
7 May 1943, one Fi.156 destroyed;
13 June 1943, one FW.190 damaged;
29 June 1943, one Bf.109 damaged;
5 July 1943, two FW.190s destroyed;
11 July 1943, one Bf.109 destroyed;
12 July 1943, two Bf.109s destroyed.
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Canadian Airmen Maintain Record For Double Kills
Valetta, Malta, July 15. - (CP Cable)—Canadiansengaged in the unceasing air war over Sicily from bases here maintainedtheir record for double kills yesterday, although the air fighting taperedoff from the blistering pace set earlier in the week.
F.O. George Keith, of Taber, Alta., destroyed a Messerschmitt 109 andshared in the destruction of a second with an English squadron mate. F.O.Bennet Clarke, of Edmonton, was credited with a probable after a fightwith an Italian machine.
Sgt. William Hockey, of Kentville, N.S.; F.O. John Stock, of Ottawa, andP.O. W. J. Anderson, of Woodlawn, Ont., were all credited with damagingone each.
Starting the Canadians off in their quest for double kills in this areathis week were Squadron-Ldr. George Hill, D.F.C.and Bar, of Pictou, NS. and Flight-Lieut. Leslie Gosling, D.F.C., of NorthBattleford, Sask., who brought down a quartet of German planes Tuesday.Hill, one of the top fighters in the R.C.A.F., brought his total of planesdowned to 13, while Gosling jumped his score to 11.
F.O. Keith was also a double scorer earlier in the week, bringing downa couple Tuesday. Yesterday's count gave him a total of 3½planesfor a 48-hour period.
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Dunlap Leads Bomber Wing From Canada in Sicily Fight
Ottawa, July 18 (CP)—Group Capt. C. R. Dunlap ofVancouver is In command of the R.C.A.F. Wellington bomber wing which ishelping soften the Axis defenses on Sicily, the R.C.A.F. announced Saturday.
The headquarters statement said the Canadian bomber men based in NorthAfrica and a Malta-based Canadian Spitfire squadron have won "specialcommendation" from Maj.-Gen. James Doolittle, Commander of the NorthAfrican strategical air force.
Among new Canadian aces is Sqdn. Ldr. George Hill,D.F.C. and Bar, o£ Pictou, N.S., who scored a double “kill”this week and raised his total to 13 destroyed. He was forced down twicein two days and both times returned to combat.
Another top scorer is Flt. Lt. Leslie Cyril Gosling, D.F.C., of NorthBattleford, Sask., who destroyed five aircraft in the seven days endedTuesday, bringing his total score since posting to Malta to 10 enemy aircraft.
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GOSLING, F/L Leslie Cyril, DFC (J9359) - Bar to DFC -No.229 Squadron
Award effective 18 July 1943 as per London Gazette dated 17 August 1943and
AFRO 2005/dated 1 October 1943.
This officer has taken part in a very large number ofsorties in the Middle East and in recent operations over Sicily. He hasfought with great skill and determination and within a short period hasshot down five enemy aircraft. Flight Lieutenant Gosling has led his flightand at times the squadron with great ability. He has destroyed nine hostileaircraft.
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Air Casualties
Ottawa, Aug. 26 (M.—The R.C.A.F. in its 664th casualtylist of the war, containing 15 names, reported tonight that five men werekilled on active service overseas, seven are missing on active serviceafter air operations and three men previously missing on active servicenow is reported a prisoner of war in Germany.
Following is the latest list of casualties with neat-of-kin:
GOSLING, Leslie Cyril, D.F.C., Flt. Lt., missing on active service afterair operations overseas. P.S. Gosling (father), North Battleford, Sask.
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Photo PL-10188 shows him
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On these pages I use info from the Air force Association of Canada's web site
in Hugh Halliday's excellent Honors & Awards section,
Newspaper articles via the Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation (CMCC)
as well as other sources both published and private