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Rankin, James Palmer If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Lieutenant-Commander (O) (RCNVR)
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Birth	(nk)	Death	24/12/1986
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He was appointed as a Lieutenant (O) (Temp.) RCNVR (With seniority dated 31/12/1939). He served in H.M.S. Raleigh (Officer Training Establishment). He served in H.M.S. St. Vincent for 23rd Pilot Course. He served in H.M.S. St. Vincent for #47 Observer Training Course. H.M.S. Goshawk (Piarco Trinidad) for Observer Training. He served in RNAS Arbroath for 718 RN Squadron 1942. He served in USNAS Quonsett Point for 849 RN Squadron 1943. He was appointed as an A/Lieutenant-Commander (O) (Temp.) (WHA) RCNVR. He served in H.M.S. Puncher as Senior Air Operations Officer 1944. (He was an Executive Branch officer qualified as an Air Observer under AFO 5025/1941.) (He was demobilized.)

 

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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997);
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2011-03-22 00:00:00

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