Biographical Data
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Title	Lieutenant (P) (RCNVR)
Official Number	O-2069

 

Birth	09/01/1923	Death	09/08/1945
Place	Trenton	Place	Onagawa Bay
Area	ON	Area
Country	Canada	Country	Japan

 

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Biography

 

Military Service

He was appointed as a Probationary Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) (SB) RCNVR (With seniority dated 28/02/1944). He was appointed as an A/Lieutenant (Temp.) (SB) RCNVR. He served in H.M.S. St. Vincent for #51 Pilot Training Course. He served in USNAS Grosse Isle for Training. He served in USNAS Pensacola for Training. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) (SB) (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 28/02/1944) (With seniority later backdated 24/05/1943). He served in H.M.S. Formidable for 1842 Squadron as Pilot 1944. He was killed when his plane crashed into the sea (lack of fuel) while returning from a raid at Onagawa Bay Japan 09/08/1945.

 

Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown	Service Aircraft Flown: Corsair;
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Anecdotes
(His death is reputed to have been the last naval aviation casualty of World War Two.)

 

References
MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON;
Last update
2011-02-05 00:00:00

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