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Sosnokowski, Joseph

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Title Lieutenant-Colonel (PLT)
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Birth 05/02/1932 Death 06/11/2012
Place Zakopane Place Victoria
Area Area BC
Country Poland Country Canada
 
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Military Service
He was appointed as a Naval Cadet RCN (With seniority dated 01/09/1949). He served in Royal Roads Military College 1949. He was appointed as a Midshipman RCN (With seniority dated 12/08/1951). He served in HMCS Ontario for Training. He served in HMCS Crescent for Training. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN (With seniority dated 12/12/1952). He served in HMCS Niobe for RN College Greenwich for Sub-Lieutenants Courses 1952. He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (P) RCN (With seniority dated 12/12/1952). He served in HMCS Crusader as Watchkeeper 1953. He served in HMCS Sussexvale as Watchkeeper 1955. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) RCN (With seniority dated 12/03/1955). He served in HMCS Niagara for Flying Training With USN at USNAS Pensacola FL USA 1955. He served in USNAS Kingsville for Flying Training 1956, Awarded USN Wings 1956. He served in HMCS Shearwater and HMCS Bonaventure For Duty With VF-871 Squadron 1956. He served in HMCS Shearwater for VX-10 Squadron as Project Pilot 1958. He served in USN Test Pilot School Patuxent MD USA for Test Pilot Qualifying Course 1960. He served in USN Test Pilot School Patuxent MD USA for Project 1961. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN (With seniority dated 12/03/1963). He served in HMCS Shearwater for VX-10 Squadron for Flight Evaluation 1963. He served in HMCS Shearwater for VX-10 Squadron as Senior Test Pilot. He served in HMCS Shearwater for VX-10 Squadron as Executive Officer. He served in HMCS Assiniboine for DDH/CHSS-2 Haul Down Trials. He served in RN Staff College Greenwich for Staff Course 1967. He served in Aeronautical Experimental Test Establishment Ottawa as Proejct Pilot and Deputy Senior Test Pilot 1969. He served in French Language Training 1971. He served in CFB Comox for 409 AWF for CF-101 Training Course 1971. He served in the International Commission for Control and Supervision in Viet-Nam 1972. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Colonel (PLT) (With seniority dated 01/07/1973). He served in CFB North Bay for 22 NORAD Region as Deputy Chief of Exercises. He served in CFB Bagotville for 425 AWF Squadron as Commanding Officer 1976. He served in RAF Cranwell UK for Air Warfare Course 1978. He served in NDHQ for DUTY With OSMET 1978. He served in HQ AAFCE (Ramstein Germany) as Staff Officer (Plans) 1979. He served in USAF Syracuse NY/Rome NY for #24 NORAD Region as Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations 1983. (He was retired 1988.)
 
Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown Total Flying Hours: 5,000 hours. Total Fixed Wing Deck Landings: 139. Total Rotary Wing Deck Landings: 175. Service Aircraft Flown: T-33, CF-101, Voodoo, CF-5, CF-100, F9F-5, T-2VI, T-38B, F2H-3, A4D-2 & 5 & E, CF-104, Falcon Jet, F4-B, FJ-3 & 4 & 4B, F4D-1, F11F-1, F8U-2N, Lightning T5, Tutor, Harvard SNJ/AT-6, T-28B, TBM Avenger, AD-1/A1-E, CP-121, C-45, C-47 Dakota, B-26 (variable Stability), Albatross, Argus, P-3A Orion, Buffalo, CHSS-2, UH-2 Huey, HO4S-3, H-13, H-46, HTL-6, H-21B, S62-A, HU2K-1, H-34, HH-43A/B. Civilian Aircraft Flown: Tiger Moth, Auster, Cessna 150 & 152.) (Qualified with a Watchkeeping Certificate. He survived a broken wire on landing in Bonaventure.)
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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997);
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2013-07-26 00:00:00

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