Biographical Data
Monkhouse, William Leslie Photo Credit: Unknown

 

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

 

Birth	02/10/1935	Death	03/05/1979
Place	Toronto	Place	Halifax
Area	ON	Area	NS
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

 

Titles
Honours	OMM.
Awards
Qualifications

 

Biography

 

Military Service

(Short Service Appointment 30/08/1954). He was appointed as a Midshipman (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 30/08/1954). He served in HMCS Cornwallis for Junior Air Officer Basic Training Course 1954. He served in Quebec for Sea Training 1955. He served in HMCS Niagara for USNAS Pensacola FL for Basic Flying Training 1955. He served in USNAS Kingsville TX for Advanced Flying Training 1956. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 30/08/1956). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 30/08/1956). (He was Awarded Wings 22/03/1957.) He served in HMCS Shearwater for HU-21 Squadron for Helicopter Conversion 1957. He served in HMCS Shearwater for HS-50 Squadron 1957. (Selected for permanent commission). He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) RCN (With seniority dated 30/11/1957). He served in HMCS Shearwater as as Operations Watchkeeper 1959. He served in HMCS Niobe for Loan to RN as Helicopter Pilot in 700-H IFTU RNAS Culdrose 1961. He served in H.M.S. Hermes for 814 RN Squadron 1962. He served in RNAS Culdrose for 706 RN Squadron as Instructor 1963. He served in HMCS Shearwater for HU-21 as Instructor 1964. He served in RCAF Rivers MB for Canadian Joint Air Training Centre Army Aviation Tactical Training School for Conversion and Instructor Pilot Helicopter Course #3 1964, Awarded Instructor Qualification 1964. He served in HMCS Shearwater for HU-21 Squadron for Operations Department as Helicopter Flying Instructor 1965. He served in HMCS Bonaventure for HS-50 Squadron for ASW and Carrier Requalification 1965. He served in HMCS Shearwater for HU-21 for Flying Instructor Duties 1965. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN (With seniority dated 01/07/1966). He served in CFB Shearwater for VX-10 Squadron as Flight Evaluation Project Officer 1967. He served in CFB Shearwater for HS-50 Squadron and as Officer-in-Charge Helicopter Air Detachments in HMCS Annapolis and HMCS Saguenay 1970. He served in NDHQ for Directorate of Flight Safety (Helicopters) 1974. (He won the Sword of Honour for placing first in the Junior Air Officers Basic Training Course. He held three unofficial Canadian and/or Canadian military helicopter altitude records.)

 

Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown	Total Flying Hours: 4,321 hours. Total Fixed Wing Deck Landings: 6. Total Rotary Wing Deck Landings: 399. Service Aircraft Flown: SNJ-4 & 5 & 6, Harvard 2, T-28, S2F-1, HO4S-2 &3, C-45, CS2F-1 & 2 & 3, HTL-4 & 6, Wessex HAS Mk1, CHSS-2, Hiller CH-112, CH-136, Bell CH-135. Civilian Aircraft Flown: Tiger Moth.
Named Features

 

Anecdotes

 

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997);
Last update
2016-04-06 00:00:00

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