Ian White's Photo Album

Airline pilot and former TBM flyer, Ian White, has generously contributed some of his interesting photos for publication on this site

What he does for a crust these days.

Raccoon Team, 1983. Location, possibly Brockway, New Brunswick. Left to right, Tom Martindale, Ian White, Claude Marcoux. Tanker 20 was destroyed in a fatal accident a few years later at Boston Brook. "Out of interest in'75 our Conair Raccoon team flew 104 loads which I think may have been a record!" according to Captain White.

Once upon a time Conair of Abbotsford, British Columbia, dispatched TBMs to New Brunswick for the massive spray programme. Eventually the machines were all sold to Forest Protection Limited of Fredericton, NB. This photo was taken at Winnipeg in 1975.

Conair Tanker 7 on short final approach to Boston Brook. A lovely sight! "Tanker 7 was flown by Gerry Losee and I flew it in '76 as number 2 on Tango team with Stan Wood." said Ian.

Conair Tanker 1

The famous "Liar's Bench" of Sevogle. Left to right, Charlie the Woodlands Mechanic, Jimmy Driscoll the camp nurse, Pat Brophy the assistant camp boss, Black Bart, Bev McDougall (an official with Forest Protection Limited), and Tom Brennan the camp superintendent.