| LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS |
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| Deputy Minister of Health Bow hands antitoxin to “Wop” May and Vic Horner at commencement of Fort Vermilion mercy flight. |
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| 2. | Captain W. R. “Wop” May |
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| 3. | Con Farrell |
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| 4. | C. H. “Punch” Dickins |
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| 5. | “Wop” May with Caudron plane |
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| 6. | Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Knight of Germany |
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| 7. | Anzac riflemen fire volley over Richthofen’s grave |
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| 8. | The Curtiss Lark pioneered in commercial aerial transportation in early 20’s in Red Lake goldfields |
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| 9. | “Doc” Oaks at Nipigon House, 1924 |
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| 10. | The Oil Rush Group at Fort Norman, 1921 |
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| 11. | “The Muskeg Limited” en route to Fort McMurray |
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| 12. | Bush fliers at Richmond Gulf, 1929 |
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| 13. | The “Black Gang” |
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| 14. | New Style—Bellancas line up in Edmonton for pioneer airmail trip to Aklavic |
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| 15. | Old Style—Mail leaves Fort McMurray on 2,000 mile haul to Aklavik |
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| 16. | Con Farrell landing prospectors in the heart of the Barren Lands |
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| 17. | One of the “Black Gang” making friends with Hudson Bay Eskimos during the McAlpine search |
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| 18. | Charles and Anne Lindbergh at Fort Churchill on historic flight across the Barrens |
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| 19. | Jack Hornby, Hermit of the Barrens, who lost his life in the tundra |
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| 20. | Group at Fort Simpson, 1921 |
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| 21. | The arrival of the Avian at Peace River |
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| 22. | The triumphant return to Edmonton |
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| 23. | Fort Resolution, gateway to the land of caribou and musk-ox |
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| 24. | Arrival of “Red Armada” at Fort Simpson with first airmail |
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| 25. | Fort Chipewyan, “Athens of the Northwest” |
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| 26. | Inspector A. N. Ames |
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| 27. | Hitherto unpublished photo of the “Mad Trapper” |
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| 28. | Members of the posse who hunted the “Mad Trapper” |
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| 29. | “Wop” May and Jack Bowen with Bellanca during the “Mad Trapper” hunt |
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| 30. | Quartermaster-Sergeant Riddell and Staff-Sergeant Hersey |
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| 31. | Johnson’s cabin after dynamite explosion and flight |