Biographical Data
Hewer, John Downie Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Title	Colonel (PLT)
Official Number	(nk)

 

Birth	14/12/1930	Death	(nk)
Place	Guelph	Place	(nk)
Area	ON	Area	(nk)
Country	Canada	Country	(nk)

 

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Honours
Awards
Qualifications	pcsc.

 

Biography
After his naval service he went into real estate first in sales and then in management.

 

Military Service

(Short Service Appointment 01/01/1952). He was appointed as a Midshipman (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1952). He served in HMCS Cornwallis for #2 Junior Air Officer Basic Training Course 1952. He served in HMCS Ontario for Sea Training 1952. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 08/03/1953). He served in NHQ For Special Duty on Flying Course at RCAF Station Centralia 1953. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 08/03/1953). He served in RNAS Culdrose for OUT. He served in RNAS Eglinton. He served in H.M.S. Illustrious for Deck Landing Qualification. He served in HMCS Shearwater and HMCS Magnificent for VS-880 1954. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 23/09/1955). He served in HMCS Shearwater for HU-21 Squadron for Helicopter Conversion 1956. He served in HMCS Shearwater and HMCS Bonaventure For Duty With HS-50 Squadron 1957. He served in HMCS Shearwater as Pilot in HS-50 Squadron 1958. He served in USN Naval Air Mine Defence Research Laboratory (Panama City FL) for Helicopter Mine Sweeping Course, NAS Norflk and USS Randolph for HS-7 Squadron on staff of Commander Naval Air Atlantic 1960. He served in USS Intrepid for HS-3 Squadron. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (P) RCN. He served in HMCS Gatineau for Watchkeeping training 1964. He served in HMCS Shearwater for HS-50 Squadron as Executive Officer 1965. He was appointed as a Commander RCN (With seniority dated 01/07/1967). He served in CFB Shearwater for HS-50 Squadron as Commanding Officer 1967. He served in CFB Toronto for Canadian Forces Staff College Course 1969. He served in CFB St. Hubert for Mobile Command HQ in 10 Tactical Air Group as Senior Staff Officer Operations and Training 1970. He served in CFB Uplands for 450 Squadron as Commanding Officer 1972. He was appointed as a Colonel (PLT) (With seniority dated 01/01/1975). He served in CFHQ as Director of Individual Training 1975. (He resigned 01/01/1979.) (He claimed to have been the last naval aviator to have been promoted to the naval rank of Commander.)

 

Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown	Total Flying Hours: 4,300. Total Fixed Wing Deck Landings: 103 (straight deck) Service Aircraft Flown: Harvard, Firefly 1 & 4 & 5 & 6, TBM, C-45, HTL, HO4S, HUP, T-33, HSS-1, HSS-1N, HSS-2, HSL, CS2F, Otter, CHSS-2, CH-135, Twin Huey
Named Features

 

Anecdotes

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997);
Last update
2011-02-18 00:00:00

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