Biographical Data

Myers, Edgar Alexander

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Title Lieutenant-Commander (P) (RCN)
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Birth 18/01/1925 Death 18/01/2023
Place Toronto Place Peterborough
Area ON Area ON
Country Canada Country Canada
 
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Biography
Afterwards his naval service worked with the Peterborough County Board of Education 1970. He retired again on 30/06/1987.
 
Military Service
He was appointed as a AC 2/c (Pilot Candidate) RCAF (With seniority dated 22/07/1943). He served in RCAF Victoriaville for #3 ITS 1943. He served in RCAF Three Rivers for #11 Elementary Flying Training School. He served in RCAF High River for #5 Elementary Flying Training School. He served in RCAF Calgary for #3 Service Flying Training School 1944. Awarded Pilot Wings 27/10/1944. (CFR). He was appointed as a Pilot Officer RCAF (With seniority dated 27/10/1944). (He was demobilized to Class E Reserve 1945). (Transferred to RNVR 30/04/1945). He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (A) (Temp.) RNVR (With seniority dated 30/04/1945). He served in the RN College Greenwich for Course 1945. He served in RAF Ternhill for Advanced Flying Training 1945. He served in RNAS Peplow for Instrument Flying Training School 1945. He served in RNAS Arbroath for 883 (Seafire) Squadron 1945. He served in RNAS Nutts Corner for 883 (Seafire) Squadron 1945-1946. He served in RNAS Machrihanish for 883 (Seafire) Squadron 1946. (Transferred to RCNVR 1946). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RCNVR 1946. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 01/04/1946). He served in HMCS Charlottetown for Watchkeeping Training 1946. He served in HMCS Antigonish for Watchkeeping Training 1946, (Transferred to RCN). He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) RCN (With seniority dated 27/04/1946). He served in HMCS Stadacona for RCN Barracks Halifax at RCN Air Section (Dartmouth) 1947. He served in RNAS Lossiemouth for ADDL Training 1947. He served in H.M.S. Implacable for Carrier Qualification 1948. He served in HMCS Magnificent and HMCS Shearwater for 883 Squadron (19th Carrier Air Group) 1948. He served in RCAF Trenton for Central Flying Instructor Course 1950. He served in HMCS Shearwater for No.1 Training Air Group 1950. He served in RCAF Trenton and RCAF Centralia as RCN Liaison Officer 1951. He served in RCAF Centralia for #1 Instrument Flying School 1951. He served in HMCS Shearwater for No.1 Training Air Group 1953. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (P) RCN (With seniority dated 27/04/1954). He served in HMCS Shearwater for VT-40 Squadron as Officer-in-Charge All Weather Flight 1954. He served in HMCS Cataraqui as Staff Officer (Air) and Flying Instructor for VC-921 Reserve Squadron 1955. He served in HMCS Shearwater and HMCS Bonaventure for VS-880 Squadron as Executive Officer 1957. He served in HMCS Stadacona for Staff of Flag Officer Atlantic Coast as Staff Officer (Air) 1959. He served in HMCS Shearwater as Assistant Training Officer 1961. He served in RCAF Rivers at Canadian Joint Air Training Centre as Naval Assistant to Commandant 1962. He served in CFHQ as Staff Officer Air Training 1965. He served in HMCS Naden for VU-33 Squadron as Commanding Officer 1967. (He was retired 18/01/1970.)
 
Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown Total Flying Hours: 4418. Total Fixed Wing Deck Landings: 67 day & 21 night. Service Aircraft Flown: Cornell, Cessna Crane, Swordfish, Firefly, Auster, Seafire, Sea Fury, Harvard, C-45, Mustang, Vampire, TBM, CS2F, L-19, Chipmunk, CH-112
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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); Email (Chris Varley - John MacFarlane 21/10/2020); Laura Myers (Email to Nauticapedia 03/03/2023); https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/thepeterboroughexaminer/name/edgar-myers-obituary?id=39709870 (website viewed 03/03/2023);
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2020-11-13 00:00:00

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