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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project
In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
SLt Hunter survived the crash of an Avenger aircraft near Shearwater, NS on 25 Jan 1954. AB.NA Zruna also survived. The pilot, who was a RN officer, died in the crash.
After his service in the navy he worked in the Canadian Coast Guard as an Administration Officer. (The Nauticapedia)
Ships served in: HMCS QUEBEC - Appointed to Quebec 10 Jan 1953 as a Midshipman (seniority 03 Jun 1952), RCN (Navy List Apr 1953) HMCS SHEARWATER - Appointed to Shearwater 21 Aug 1953 as an A/SLt, RCN for No. 4 Observer Course HMCS SHEARWATER - Appointed to Shearwater 05 Jun 1954 as an A/SLt (O), RCN, Add'l. (Navy List Jul 1954) Appointed SLt (O) (seniority 01 Jul 1954) (Navy List Oct 1954) HMCS NIOBE - Appointed to Niobe 06 Oct 1954 as a SLt (O), RCN, Add'l for disposal HMCS MAGNIFICENT - Appointed to Magnificent, VS-880 14 Apr 1955 as a SLT (O), RCN (Navy List Jul 1955) HMCS SHEARWATER - Appointed to Shearwater, VS-880 06 Dec 1955 as a SLT (O), RCN (Navy List Jul 1956) RCAF STATION SASKATOON - Appointed to RCAF Station Saskatoon 17 Sep 1957 as a Lt (O), RCN for flight training (Navy List Jul 1957) HMCS SHEARWATER - Appointed to Shearwater, HU-21 31 Oct 1957 as a Lt (P)(O), RCN for Helicopter Conversion (Navy List Jan 1958) HMCS SHEARWATER - Appointed to Shearwater ,HU-21 07 May 1958 as a Lt (P)(O), RCN (Navy List Jul 1958) * Selected for Permanent Commission - SSA terminates 01 Aug 1956 (Navy List Jan 1959) HMCS SHEARWATER - Appointed to Shearwater, HU-21 23 Feb 1959 as a Lt (P)(O), RCN (Navy List Jul 1959) HMCS SHEARWATER - Appointed to Shearwater 14 Aug 1961 as a Lt (P)(O), RCN, Air Observer (Navy List Oct 1962) HMCS ATHABASKAN - Appointed to Athabaskan 01 Apr 1964 as a Lt (P)(O), RCN (Training and Transient) (Navy List Apr 1964) HMCS SHEARWATER - Appointed to Shearwater, HU-21 01 Aug 1956 as a Lt (P)(O), RCN (Navy List Apr 1965)
Article on AB Frank Zruna and S Lt E. Ross Hunter surviving Avenger crash Halifax Chronicle-Herald 26 Jan 1954 Research by / Courtesy of George Newbury
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