Biographical Data
Hinch, Frank Valdemar Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Title	Instructor Lieutenant (RCN(R))
Official Number	U-34275; O-33206

 

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Biography
graduated with a B Phys Ed from UofT in the Spring of '52, with a home address of Victoria, BC. He taught school in Victoria BC. He was the brother of Flight-Lieutenant Carl Hinch RCAF(R).

 

Military Service

It was in 1940, also at UofT when he graduated from the RCAF-run wartime Aerial Navigation Course, the Pilot Qual must have come later. (He had Second World War service in the RCAF.) (He was demobilized.) He was appointed as an Instructor Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 16/01/1950). He served in HMCS York for UNTD 1949-1951. He was appointed as an A/Instructor Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R). He was appointed as an Instructor Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R). He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCN(R) (With seniority dated 01/05/1953). In 1953 he served in HMCS Malahat. (He was released.) (He was qualified as an Air Navigator and Pilot).

 

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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); http://www.canadianflight.org/content/bowlusnelson-dragonfly;
Last update
2016-08-14 00:00:00

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