WW2 Cdn Army Repatriation

[David Dunlop]

I should have seen this earlier, but did not recognize the data for what it actually was, because of the surrounding maritime data.

What I assumed to be mysterious 'numbered ships' are in fact Civil Aviation Registration Numbers for a Trans Canada Airlines Douglas Aircraft of some unknown model and a series of Colonial Aircraft from the United States all delivering passengers to La Guardia Airport in New York in the same time period as the previously mentioned ships arrived in port. All passenger processing was apparently done by the same local Immigration Office and merged for the day.

The aviation passengers all seem to be British, Polish, Czech, Russian, Canadian and American. None have any military ID, but all seem to have an 'Exempt' Customs Status. Most are travelling on some sort of business, although a 'housewife' does show up. Where they have to declare where they have been recently, odd places show up like Cairo, Egypt and Bogota Columbia. They all seem to know two or more languages.

David