Biographical Data

Willis, Frank Cecil

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Title Colonel (PLT)
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Birth 08/01/1933 Death 07/02/2021
Place Flin Flon Place Halifax
Area MB Area NS
Country Canada Country Canada
 
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Military Service
(Short Service Appointment 10/06/1952). He was appointed as a Midshipman (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 10/06/1952). He served in HMCS Cornwallis for Junior Air Officer Basic Training Course #3 1952. He served in HMCS Quebec for Training 1953. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 01/07/1954). He served in RCAF Centralia for Flying Training 1953. He served in RCAF Gimli for Jet Conversion 1954. (Awarded Pilot Wings 01/07/1954). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 01/07/1954). He served in HMCS Shearwater 1954. He served in RNAS Lossiemouth 1954. He served in H.M.S. Bulwark for Carrier Qualifications 1955. He served in HMCS Niagara for Banshee Training With USN 1955. He was appointed as a Lieutenant (P) (SSA) RCN (With seniority dated 01/12/1955). He served in HMCS Shearwater for Duty With VF-870 Squadron 1955. (Selected for permanent commission). He served in HMCS Shearwater for Vt-40 Squadron 1958. He served in HMCS Shearwater for VF-870 Squadron 1959. He served in HMCS Outremont as Watchkeeper 1962. He served in HMCS Shearwater for HU-21 Squadron for Helicopter Conversion 1964. He served in HMCS Shearwater for HS-50 Squadron 1965. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RCN (With seniority dated 27/05/1965). He served in HMCS Shearwater for HU-21 Squadron as Deputy Commanding Officer 1965. He served in the NDHQ as Staff Officer Naval Air Requirements 1966. He served in the CFB Toronto for Canadian Forces Staff College Course 1967. He served in NDHQ for Maritime Air Requirements 1968. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Colonel (PLT) (With seniority dated 01/07/1971). He served in CFB Shearwater for HS-50 Squadron as Commanding Officer 1972. He served in MARCOM HQ as Senior Staff Officer Rotary Wing 1974. He was appointed as a Colonel (PLT) (With seniority dated 01/01/1978). He served in Maritime Air Group as Deputy Commander 1978. He took German Language Training 1981. He served as Canadian Forces Attache Bonn 1982. He served in the NATO Defence College Rome as Canadian Faculty Advisor 1985. (He was retired 01/04/1989.)
 
Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown Total Flying Hours: 3212. Total Fixed Wing Deck Landings: 123. Service Aircraft Flown: Harvard, T-33, Sea Fury, Vampire, Sea Hawk, Expeditor, F3D, F2H-3 Banshee, Crusader, Tracker, HTL, HO4S, Sea King
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References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-296200/WILLIS_F.%20C (website viewed 04/03/2021);
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2021-03-05 00:00:00

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