Biography
He died in the crash of a Twin Comanche near Brownsville TX USA.
Military Service
He was appointed as a Sergeant Pilot RCAF 1943. (CFR).
He was appointed as a Pilot Officer RCAF.
He served in #8 Bombing and Gunnery School 1944. (He was demobilized.) (Transferred to RCN(R)).
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R) 1946.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 21/05/1946).
He served in H.M.S. Seaborne 1945.
In 1948 he served in 803 Squadron. (Short Service Appointment commencing 09/04/1952).
He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 21/05/1946).
He served in HMCS Magificent for 19 Carrier Air Group as Pilot in 803 Squadron 1948.
He served in HMCS Shearwater 1950. (Reverted to RCN(R)).
He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (P) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 03/10/1954).
In 1954 he served in HMCS Chippawa. (He was retired 1967.
Aircraft Flown
Total Flying Hours: 4154. Service Aircraft Flown: Tiger Moth, Lysander, Harvard, Firefly, Seafire, Sea Fury, Avenger, Auster, Whitney Straight, Barracuda, Cessna 207, Dakota, Expeditor, Tracker, Oxford, Bolingbroke, Anson. Civilian Aircraft Flown: Cessna 172, Beech 45, Mooney 203, PT-17, PA-22, A-36
Anecdotes
On January 24, 1948 he survived the crash of a Sea Fury after loss of control in an inverted spin at Eglington, Lough Foyle, County Down, Northern Ireland .
References
- Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON
- MacFarlane, John and General Robbie Hughes (1997)
- Email (Barry Miller - Nauticapedia 24/12/2017)
