R191686
Royal Canadian Air Force
Sergeant

Born: May 18th 1921, Bright, ON
Died: December 25th 1996, Oakville, ON
Enlisted: July 26th 1943
Trained: Elementary training in RCAF #11 E.F.T.S. in Cap de Madeleine, Quebec flying Fleet Finch II's; then posted to Centralia, ON flying Anson MK II's; Mossbank, Saskatchewan; Flying Squadron No. 2 Wireless School, Calgary-Shepard, Alberta; Summerside, NS
Served: Canada
Discharged: 1945

After the War: Undertaking; tailoring; Imperial Oil, Sarnia for 36 years in the lab working his way up to Terminal Supervisor with Interprovincial Pipelines in Clarkson, ON until his retirement in 1984. Continued to fly Chipmunks and Cessna's at London and Brampton, ON Flying Clubs; Caledon Gliding Club and a member of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

Family: Married to Betty Lillian Harlow, Strathroy, for 53 years
Daughter - Virginia Hunter
Grandchildren - Kyla and Tara

Comments: Enjoyed music, airplanes, weed spraying business, tinkering with mechanics, sewing on the old treadle machine and their retirement home in Florida