Biography
After his naval service he joined Okanagan Helicopters Ltd. 01/01/1957 as General Pilot. Appointed Flight Safety Manager at Vancouver Head Office 1970. Retired 1980.
Military Service
He was appointed as a AC 2/c RCAF (With seniority dated 01/10/1942).
He served in RCAF Regina for Pre-Flight and Elementary Training.
He served in RCAF Brandon for Service Flying Training. (CFR).
He was appointed as a Pilot Officer RCAF (With seniority dated 28/10/1943).
He served in RCAF Arnprior for #3 FIS for Instructor Training.
He served in RCAF Dauphin for #7 BG, Demobilized 01/09/1945, (Transferred to RCAF Reserve).
He was appointed as a Pilot Officer RCAF(R), (Transferred to RCN on Short Service Appointment 1954).
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN 1954.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) RCN.
He served in HMCS Shearwater for VU-32 Squadron as Pilot 1954.
He served in HMCS Shearwater for HU-21 Squadron, (Released 1957).
Aircraft Flown
Total Flying Hours: 2,500 (fixed-wing) 12,500 (rotary.) Military Aircraft Flown: Tiger Moth, Cessna Crane, Anson, Chipmunk, TBM, Cornell, Harvard, C-45, Sea Fury, HTL- 4 & 6, HUP-3, HO4S 2 & 3. Civilian Aircraft Flown: Bell 47 204 & 205 & 206 & 212, Hiller 12-E, FH-1100, Sikorsky 5-51 & 55 & 58 & 58T & 61 & 62 & 76, Aerospatial Allouette II, Gazelle, Beech 95, AC-500, Piper Aztec, Cessna 320
References
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- MacFarlane, John and General Robbie Hughes (1997)
