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Soutar, James GrantPhoto Credit: Unknown |
Title | Lieutenant (P) (RCN) |
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Official Number | (nk) |
Birth | 26/10/1922 | Death | 18/07/2004 |
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Place | Vancouver | Place | East Sooke |
Area | BC | Area | BC |
Country | Canada | Country | Canada |
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Biography |
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After his naval service he joined Okanagan Helicopters Ltd. 01/01/1957 as General Pilot. Appointed Flight Safety Manager at Vancouver Head Office 1970. Retired 1980. |
Military Service |
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He was appointed as a AC 2/c RCAF (With seniority dated 01/10/1942). He served in RCAF Regina for Pre-Flight and Elementary Training. He served in RCAF Brandon for Service Flying Training. (CFR). He was appointed as a Pilot Officer RCAF (With seniority dated 28/10/1943). He served in RCAF Arnprior for #3 FIS for Instructor Training. He served in RCAF Dauphin for #7 BG, Demobilized 01/09/1945, (Transferred to RCAF Reserve). He was appointed as a Pilot Officer RCAF(R), (Transferred to RCN on Short Service Appointment 1954). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN 1954. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) RCN. He served in HMCS Shearwater for VU-32 Squadron as Pilot 1954. He served in HMCS Shearwater for HU-21 Squadron, (Released 1957). |
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Aircraft Flown | Total Flying Hours: 2,500 (fixed-wing) 12,500 (rotary.) Military Aircraft Flown: Tiger Moth, Cessna Crane, Anson, Chipmunk, TBM, Cornell, Harvard, C-45, Sea Fury, HTL- 4 & 6, HUP-3, HO4S 2 & 3. Civilian Aircraft Flown: Bell 47 204 & 205 & 206 & 212, Hiller 12-E, FH-1100, Sikorsky 5-51 & 55 & 58 & 58T & 61 & 62 & 76, Aerospatial Allouette II, Gazelle, Beech 95, AC-500, Piper Aztec, Cessna 320 |
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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 |
2011-02-08 00:00:00 |