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Charles Walder Parke WW2 Collection
Description: Canadian one-dollar bill issued by the Bank of Canada. The Bank of Canada only took over the printing of paper money for the country after 1935, so there were many older forms of currency still in circulation during WWII. C. Walder Parke arrived in Newfoundland on April 5, 1944 on his way to Stone, England, and probably acquired this banknote at that time. Charles Walder Parke was born on July 28, 1924, and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 intending to be a pilot during WWII, but spent most of his military career as a navigator on B-17 Flying Fortresses in the 94th Bombardment Group. Parke earned two Bronze Stars, an Air Medal with several Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his successful bombing missions, including some over Berlin. He is best known for being on board a B-17 which was shot down over France by German planes on June 25, 1944, during a non-combat mission. The crew managed to make an emergency landing, and everyone inside survived. After the war, Parke founded the Cleveland-based Laurel Industries Inc., which became a prominent supplier of antimony oxide to the plastics industry. He died of Lou-Gehrig’s Disease on September 15, 1996, at the age of 72. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1510_B01F34_008_01
Subjects: Dollar, Canadian; Foreign exchange
Places: Canada