Biographical Data
Marlow, George Herbert If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Lieutenant-Commander (P) (RCN)
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Birth	05/08/1923	Death	(nk)
Place	Saskatoon	Place	(nk)
Area	SK	Area	(nk)
Country	Canada	Country	(nk)

 

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Biography
After his naval service he worked with GRD Inc.

 

Military Service

He was appointed as a Aircraftsman 2/c RCAF (With seniority dated 27/11/1942). He served in #9 RCAF Recruiting Depot London ON 1942. He served in RCAF Toronto for #1 Manning Depot 1943. He served in RCAF Borden ON for #1 Service Flight Training School 1943. He served in RCAF Lakeside Toronto ON 1943. He served in RCAF Toronto for #1 ITS WETP 1943. He served in RCAF Victoriaville PQ for #3 ITS 1943. He served in RCAF Stanley NS for #17 Elementary Fliying Training School 1943. He served in RCAF Moncton NB for #8 Service Flying Training School 1944. He served in RCAF Weyburn SK for #8 Service Flying Training School 1944. (CFR). Pilot Officer RCAF 30/06/1944. He served in RCAF Maitland NS for #1 AGTS for Commando Training 1944. He served in RCAF Dauphin MB for #10 Service Flying Training School 1944. He served in RCAF Souris MB for #17 Service Flying Training School 1944. He served in RCAF Dafoe SK for Bombing and Gunnery 1945. He served in RCAF Regina SK for Release Centre 1945, (Transferred to RNVR) 16/03/1945). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (A) (Temp.) RNVR 08/05/1945. He served in H.M.S. Seaborne (Halifax NS) 1945. He served in H.M.S. Macaw1945, RAF Errol for #9 AFU 1945, RAF Ternhill for #5 (P) AFU 1945. He served in H.M.S. Godwit (Peplow Salop) 1945. He served in H.M.S. Macaw (Bootle) 1944, (Transferred to RCNVR 30/09/1945). He was appointed as a Lieutenant (A) RCNVR (With seniority dated 30/12/1945). He served in H.M.S. Dipper (Henstridge Somerset) 1945. He served in H.M.S. Gannet (Eglinton) 1945. He served in H.M.S. Peewit (Easthaven Pertshire) for H.M.S. Premier Deck Landing Qualification Training 1946. He served in H.M.S. Pintail (Nutt's Corner N.I.) for 883 Squadron 1946. He served in H.M.S. Pintail for 803 Squadron 1946. He served in H.M.S. Daedelus (Lee-on-Solent) 1946. He served in HMCS Warrior 1946. He served in HMCS Stadacona for RCNAS Dartmouth 1946. He served in HMCS Warrior for Deck Landings 1946. He served in HMCS Stadacona for RCNAS Dartmouth 1946, (Short Service Appointment commencing 30/04/1947). He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 30/12/1945). He served in HMCS Stadacona for Officers Divisional Course 1947. He served in HMCS Niobe 1947. He served in RNAS Worthy Down 1947. He served in H.M.S. Gannet (Eglinton) 1947. He served in RAF Nuneham Park (Oxford) for Air Photo Interpretation Course 1948. He served in HMCS Bytown for Special Duty at Canadian Joint Air Training Centre Rivers MB 1948. He served in HMCS Antigonish 1950. He served in HMCS Bytown for Special Duty at USNAS Ellyson Field Pensacola FL USA for Helicopter Training 1951. He served in HMCS Bytown for Special Duty at Lakehurst NJ 1951. He served in HMCS Shearwater 1951. He served in HMCS Bytown for NHQ 1953. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (P) RCN (With seniority dated 30/12/1953). He served in HMCS Shearwater as Commanding Officer HS-50 Squadron 1955. He served in HMCS Magnificent 1956. He served in HMCS Shearwater Detached to Knob Lake 1956. He served in HMCS Stadacona for Junior Officers' Leadership and Technical Courses 1957. He served in HMCS Stadacona for Cadet Reserve Training 1958. He served in HMCS Shearwater for VU-32 Squadron for Training Observer's Mates 1958. He served in HMCS Algonquin as Operations Officer 1958. He served in HMCS Bonaventure as Operations Officer 1960. He served in RCAF Staff College (Toronto) for Staff Course 1961. He served in HMCS Bytown for NHQ on Staff of Director Naval Aircraft Requirements as Staff Officer (Helicopters) 1962. He served in HMCS Niagara for Duty at US Naval Air Development Centre (Warminster PA) as Project Officer (Carrier Based Aircraft Development) 1964. (He was retired 20/04/1969. (First member of RCN to qualify as an Army parachutist 1949. First RCN officer to qualify on helicopters as pilot. He survived a crash of a Hurricane on the flight deck of H.M.C.S. He served in HMCS Warrior 1946. Qualified with a Watchkeeping Certificate.)

 

Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown	Total Deck Landings: 8. Aircraft Flown: Tiger Moth, Harvard II & III, Cessna Crane, Avro Anson II, Oxford NAIFS, Seafire III & XV, Hurricane, Sea Fury X, Mosquito, Avro XIX, Dakota, Auster VI, Bell 47-D, Hiller HTE-1, Ho3S, S3A.
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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); The Navy List Volumes I, II and III (HMSO London);
Last update
2010-12-04 00:00:00

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