Spitfire Fund
Date(s) occurred: 15 November 1940 - 15 May 1941
Account of events: At the Fall Formal in November 1940, held at Memorial Hall, the UNB Spitfire Fund was launched in an effort to aid the war effort. The goal was to raise enough money to purchase a Spitfire plane, and under the direction of chairman of the Spitfire Fund Committee Darrell (Dag) Munro. students spent the winter and spring of 1941 raising funds through various functions such as dances, auctions, as well as the annual Conversazione. The first fundraising effort involved the sale of pieces of the Lieutenant-Governor's flag-pole, from which the Royal Standard Flag had flown during the 1939 Royal visit to Fredericton by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. By May of 1941 the students had raised $500, which they then cabled to Lord Beaverbrook, who was the British Minister of Aircraft Production at the time.
See also: The Second World War at UNB
Source(s):
- Up the Hill Yearbook, "Social Committee," 1941.
- UA Case 128; Section 2; File 7; Spitfire Fund.
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