Biographical Data
Quarton, Gerald Photo Credit: Unknown

 

Title	Lieutenant (P) (RCN)
Official Number	(nk)

 

Birth	24/12/1920	Death	17/01/1948
Place	Lloydminster	Place	Watson Lake
Area	SK	Area	YT
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

 

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Military Service

He was appointed as a AC 2/c RCAF (With seniority dated 29/01/1941). He served in RCAF Brandon for #2 Manning Depot 1941. He served in RCAF St. Thomas 1941. He served in RCAF MacDonald 1941. He served in RCAF Saskatoon for ITS 1942. He served in RCAF Virden for #19 Elementary Flying Training School 1942. He served in RCAF Claresholm for #15 Service Flying Training School 1942. He served in RCAF Vulcan for #2 Flying Instructor School 1943. He was appointed as a Sergeant Pilot RCAF 05/03/1943. (CFR). He was appoointed as a Pilot Officer RCAF. He served in RCAF Brandon for #12 Service Flying Training School 1943. He served in RCAF Deseronto 1944. He served in RCAF Brandon for #12 Service Flying Training School 1944. (Released 06/04/1945). (Transferred to RNVR 07/04/1945). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (A) (Temp.) RNVR 07/04/1945. He served in H.M.S. Macaw 1945. He served in RAF Errol for #9 AFU 1945. He served in H.M.S. Macaw 1945. He served in RNAS Arbroath for 803 Squadron 1945. He served in RNAS Angus 1945. He served in RNAS Henstridge 1945. He served in H.M.S. Blackcap 1945. He served in RAF Stretton 1945. (He was released 23/04/1946.) (Short Service Appointment 01/06/1947). He was appointed as an A/Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN 01/06/1947). He served in NHQ for Special Duty at RCAF Trenton 07/06/1947. He served in NHQ for Naval Winterization Party at Namao AB 1947. He died in a flying accident at Watson Lake YT while flying out of Namao AB on 17/01/1948 in a Sea Fury.

 

Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown	Total Flying Hours: 2000 hours. Service Aircraft Flown: Tiger Moth, Cessna Crane, Anson, Oxford, Cornell, Harvard, Seafire, Expeditor, Firefly, Prentice, Spitfire, Mustang, Sea Fury. Civilian Aircraft Flown: Cornell, Dakota
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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997);
Last update
2011-02-08 00:00:00

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