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Alex Pancer
- Accession Number
- 2007-7-1
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2007-7-1
- Material Format
- graphic material
- textual record
- object
- Physical Description
- 20 photographs : b&w
- 2 folders of textual records
- 2 badges
- Date
- 1943-1945
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of textual and graphic materials documenting Alex Pancer's military career during the Second World War, both in Canada and overseas. The images depict Pancer in military dress, portraits of his Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Mobile Field Photographic Section and fellow servicemen, German soldiers, photo images created by Pancer as keepsakes or postcards, and a few reconnaissance photographs. The textual documents include postcards, an RCAF newspaper, Pancer's autograph book and loose sheets containing the names and contact information of fellow servicemen, RCAF correspondence including Pancer's record of birth, last will and testament, life insurance documentation and certificate of education, train berthing and identity cards, a meal ticket, and Pancer's discharge papers. The accession also includes two sew-on jacket badges.
- Custodial History
- The records were in the custody of Alex Pancer's son, Jeff, until they were donated to the Archives on 2007-07-09.
- Administrative History
- Alex Pancer (1923-2001) was born in Toronto in 1923. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Airforce in 1942 at the age of 19 and joined the photo reconnaissance unit. He saw combat in France, Germany and Holland. He married Bella Pancer in 1959, and had two sons, Jeff (b. 1960) and Daryl (b. 1963).
- Descriptive Notes
- Availability of other materials: Digitized material.
- Subjects
- Canada--Armed Forces
- World War, 1939-1945
- Name Access
- Pancer, Alex, 1923-2001
- Source
- Archival Accessions