Getting back home was no shorter . . . Although some got lost here and there flying back over unfamiliar territory. It took sweat and hard work to support the C-47s landing here and there to break up the long journey into doable segments. Men like Leon who knew how to speak French and worked with Engineers to lay the strips, build mess halls, sleeping quarters and other buildings. Generally they kept the air trains moving in both directions.
Lets get on with it and get the job done.
What memories for the X-Canadian . . . Down Town Hotspot. Leon got to visit and work in Casablanca, Tunis, Tunesia, Dakar, Algeria, Tripoli, Libya and even a short stay in Naples. Why home of course. A French Chef stands to left of the truck.