Biographical Data
Beutel, Harry Walter Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Title	Lieutenant-Commander (RCN)
Official Number	(nk)

 

Birth	08/02/1931	Death	(nk)
Place	Victoria	Place	(nk)
Area	BC	Area	(nk)
Country	Canada	Country	(nk)

 

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Biography
After his naval service he joined Pan-American World Airways as Pilot and Engineer 1966-92. Worked with various contract and charter airline companies. (He was retired 01/07/1993.)

 

Military Service

(Short Service Appointment 24/06/1953). He was appointed as a Midshipman (SSA) RCN 24/06/1953). He served in HMCS Cornwallis for #6 Junior Air Officer Basic Training Course 1953. He served in HMCS Ontario for Sea Training 1954. He was appointed as A/Sub-Lieutenant (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 24/07/1954). He served in HMCS Stettler for Watchkeeping Duties 1954. He served in USNAS Pensacola FL for Pilot Training 1954. He was appointed as Sub-Lieutenant (SSA) RCN (Appointed 01/06/1955) (With seniority dated 24/07/1954). He served in USNAS Corpus Christie for Advanced Flight Training 1955, USS Saipan for Carrier Deck Landing Qualification 1956, Awarded USN Wings 11/05/1956. He served in HMCS Shearwater For Duty With VS-880 Squadron 1956. He served in HMCS Magnificent 1956. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 09/01/1957). He served in HMCS Shearwater for VT-40 Squadron for Instrument Rating Course 1956. He served in HMCS Shearwater for Pilots Cross Training Course in Observer Skills. He served in HMCS Shearwater/ HMCS Bonaventure for VS-880 Squadron as Crew Commander 1959, (Selected for permanent commission 01/01/1960). He served in HMCS Shearwater for HU-21 Squadron for Helicopter Conversion Course 1960. He served in HMCS Naden for VU-33 Squadron as Pilot. He served in HMCS Assiniboine for Watchkeeping Duties and as Air Officer (Hauldown Trials) 1963. He served in HMCS Assiniboine as Navigating Officer 1964. He served in HMCS Shearwater for VX-10 Squadron as Administration Officer 1966. He was appointed as Lieutenant-Commander RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1966). (He resigned 01/11/1964.)

 

Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown	Total Flying Hours: 3400. Total Civilian Hours Flown: 22,000. Total Deck Landings: 139 (day), 29 (night). Service Aircraft Flown: SNJ, T-28B, SNB, TBM, S2F Tracker, HTL-6, HUP-3, T-33. Civilian Aircraft Flown: Cessna 150, B-707, B-747, Beech Sierra, Aircoupe, Navion, Stearman, Beech Baron, T-28B.) (Qualified as a pilot for naval aviation. He survived a TBM ditching while flying in Magnificent and a flight deck crash in Bonaventure. He made the first hauldown landing in Assiniboine 1963.)
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References
MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997);
Last update
2011-03-12 00:00:00

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