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O'Neil, Robert Christie

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Title Lieutenant (P) (RCN)
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Birth 00/00/1927 Death 09/04/1953
Place (nk) Place Halifax
Area (nk) Area NS
Country (nk) Country Canada
 
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He was appointed as an Officer Cadet RCN. He was appointed as a Midshipman RCN (With seniority dated 01/01/1947). He served in H.M.S. Duke of York for Training 1947. He served in H.M.S. Sussex for Training 1947. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 01/05/1948). He served in HMCS Niobe for Royal Naval College Greenwich for Sub-Lieutenants Courses 1948. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 01/05/1948). He served in HMCS Cayuga (Korean War Service) 1950. He was appointed as a Lieutenant RCN 16/02/1951). He served in HMCS Crusader 1951. He served in RCAF Centralia for Flying Training 1951. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) RCN (With seniority dated 01/10/1952). He served in RNAS Lossiemouth for Operational Flying Training 1952. He served in RNAS Eglinton for Operational Flying Training 1952. He served in HMCS Shearwater for VF-870 Squadron (31st Support Air Group) 1953. (He died in a Sea Fury night-flying mid-air collision over Bedford Basin NS on 09/04/1953.)
 
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Aircraft Flown Service Aircraft Flown: Sea Fury
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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997);
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