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Nash, Gerald Ewart If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at
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Title | Group Captain (RCAF) |
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Birth | 12/05/1896 | Death | 10/04/1976 |
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Place | Stoney Creek | Place | (nk) |
Area | ON | Area | (nk) |
Country | Canada | Country | (nk) |
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Military Service |
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He was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS (With seniority dated 01/04/1916). He was appointed as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS. He served in #3 (Naval) Wing. He was appointed as a Flight Lieutenant RNAS 1917. He served in #10 (Naval) Squadron in the "Black Flight" 1917, He was shot down 26/06/1917 and made a prisoner of war, repatriated after the end of the war. Mobilized for World War Two service. He was appointed as a Squadron Leader RCAF. He was appointed as a Wing Commander RCAF. He was appointed as a Group Captain RCAF. (He was retired 1945.) |
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Aircraft Flown | (He had 6 victories in World War One.) |
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References |
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Hiorth, D. (1995); Grant, Scottie & Bob Murray (nd); MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); |
Last update |
2011-02-08 00:00:00 |