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Durrell, John LeonardPhoto Credit: Unknown |
Title | Sub-Lieutenant (A) (RNVR) |
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Official Number |
Birth | 17/03/1924 | Death | 19/12/1995 |
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Place | North Bay | Place | Allison |
Area | ON | Area | ON |
Country | Canada | Country | Canada |
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Biography |
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After his naval service he graduated from Queen's University in 1951 with a mechanical engineering degree. |
Military Service |
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He was appointed as an AC 2/c RCAF 1942. He was appointed as a LAC RCAF 1943. RCAF Windsor for 1 Elementary Flying Training School 1943. RCAF Camp Borden for 1 Service Flying Training 1943. Awarded Pilot Wings 1944. (CFR). He was appointed as a Pilot Officer RCAF 05/05/1944. RCAF Maitland 1944. RCAF Trenton for 1 Flying Instruction School 1944. RCAF Dunnville for 6 Service Flying School as Flying Instructor 1944. RCAF Trenton 1944. (Transferred to RNVR 1945). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (A) (Temp.) RNVR 1945. He served in H.M.S. Seaborne 1945. He served in H.M.S. Macaw 1945. RN College Greenwich 1945. RAF Ternhill for 5 AFU 1945. He served in RNAS Hinstock for Instrument Flying School 1945. Demobilized 06/12/1945. |
Vessels Owned | |
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Aircraft Flown | Total Flying Hours: 391. Aircraft Flown: Tiger Moth, Harvard, Anson, Hudson, Oxford, Crane, Cornell |
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References |
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Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); |
Last update |
2011-02-08 00:00:00 |