Great information, Shane!
shane mattison wrote:
> joni mitchell's father, bill anderson, was stationed in Fort Macleod, Alberta
> at one of the many air bases of the (British) Commonwealth Air Training Plan,
> a mammoth project of the Second World War, preparing thousands of pilots and
> flight crews from all over the world for bomber and fighter service in the
> european war theatre...during his time there, in 1943, joni mitchell was
> born...
> there are many interesting websites which describe this huge project and even
> a couple of movies...
> 1) an overview of the plan,with photos and a list of the prairie bases,
> including Fort Macleod:
> http://www.ualberta.ca/EDMONTON/CONTRIB/airmuseum/aambcatp.html
> 2) the biggest of the plan air museums, from brandon manitoba, with a virtual
> tour of the kind of atmosphere and equipment bill anderson was involved with:
> http://www.airmuseum.ca/
> 3)a wartime jimmy cagney film about the plan
> http://www.ualberta.ca/EDMONTON/CONTRIB/airmuseum/aamcagney.html#bcatpreturn1
> 4) a modern film, For the Moment, with russell crow, about life and love at
> these bases - the story describes the lives of a couple resembling that of
> close friends of my family...the plot is very real and happened alot in those
> days...the andersons took part in this environment and culture...
> http://www.airmuseum.ca/moments.html
> these sites are worth seeing in that they help the joni mitchell fan
> understand a big part of her origins...
> shane
