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Rhymer, Ronald FrankPhoto Credit: Unknown |
Title | Sub-Lieutenant (A) (RNVR) |
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Official Number |
Birth | 30/06/1925 | Death | 13/04/1994 |
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Place | Castleford | Place | Dartmouth |
Area | Yorkshire | Area | NS |
Country | UK | Country | Canada |
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Biography |
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After his naval service he became a Chiropodist and emigrated to Halifax NS. |
Military Service |
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He was appointed as a Naval Airman 2/c Surveyor's Assistant RNVR (With seniority dated 09/09/1942). He served in RNAS Daedalus 1942. He served in RNAS St. Vincent 1943. He was appointed as a A/LA RNVR 1943. He served in RCAF Goderich for #12 Elementary Flying Training School 1943. He was appointed as an A/Petty Officer Airman RNVR 1944. He served in RCAF Aylmer for #14 Elementary Flying Training School 1944. (Awarded Pilots Flying Badge 19/05/1944). He served in H.M.S. Macaw 1944. (CFR). He was appointed as a Midshipman (A) RNVR (With seniority dated 28/06/1944). He served in #9 AFU (P) Errol 1944. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (A) (Temp.) RNVR (With seniority dated 01/10/1944). He served in Yarmouth NS for #1 NAGS in 754 RN Squadron 1944. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (A) RNVR (With seniority dated 01/07/1945). He served in H.M.S. Wagtail for FRU 1945. He served in RNAS Nabstock Australia for FRU in 706 RN Squadron 1945. (He was demobilized 01/02/1946.) |
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Aircraft Flown | Total Flying Hours: 364 hours. Service Aircraft Flown: Tiger moth, Harvard, Miles master, Anson, Martinet, Swordfish, Corsair) (He survived a Swordfish crash in heavily wooded area near Yarmouth NS.) |
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References |
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Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); |
Last update |
2011-03-07 00:00:00 |