I found this about Flight Lieutenant F. Buchanan. He was in the picture taken by Norm Pringle in the 1940s.

Flight Lieutenant Buchanan is on the right

FLIGHT LIEUTENANT F. BUCHANAN
Our O.C. Gunnery is a native Manitoban born at Griswold.
Served for the Bank of Montreal from 1919 to 1925. The travel itch then siezed him and he landed up in California serving as an Accountant with an Accounting Firm.
In 1927, he “took to the Air” under the instruction of “Speed”‘ Johnson the famous barnstormcr.
In 1928 he joined the Curtiss Wright Flyinq Service as an Accountant and in 1932 served as Assistant Manager of the Curtiss Wright Grand Central Air Terminal at Los Angeles. then under the noted Major Moseley.
Joined the R.C.A.F. in December. 1940, was at Picton and at “Mosspuss”. Is now O.C. Gunnery and enjoys taking pot-shots at previous records. F/L Buchanan even took time off last summer to manage the formidable Officers’ Softball Team and piloted them through to their many (?) victories. Is also a popular and frequent member of the “circle” in the Mess –
Good flying, Sir.
Source: Paulson Post February 1943
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