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I joined the RCN Sep 12 ‘55 at HMCS Hunter and arrived in Cornwallis on the 25’th as an OSNAS, posted to Shearwater Mar ‘56 for Air Ordnanceman training and posted to VF 870 Banshee Sqn and Bonaventure detachments. Posted to the base Armament Section ‘58 and and Prep School at Naden Jan. ‘59 to ‘60 and UWO till ‘61 and back to Shearwater. I remustered to Naval Aircrewman ‘62/63 and posted to VS 880 Sqn flying in Trackers off Bonaventure until ‘69. Unification in ‘67 put Naval Air into the history books and we became Air Element. Posted to CF Air Navigation School at CFB Winnipeg ‘69 to ‘74 instructing Basic Airborne Electronics and Communications Procedures in classrooms and Dak’s. In ‘74 was posted to VP 405 Sqn at CFB Greenwood flying in the Argus. In ‘80 was posted to VP 407 Sqn at CFB Comox flying in the Argus and the new Aurora. Took my release in ‘84 with 29 years Reg Force and then went with the CIL, (Security at Quadra) and the ARAF as an Ops Duty Officer for the next 6 years.

Like most Naval Air Types we maintained our RCN upbringing and traditions.

Ships served in:

HMCS HUNTER - Enlisted 12 Sep 1955 in the RCN

HMCS CORNWALLIS

HMCS SHEARWATER

VF 780 Banshee Squadron

HMCS BONAVENTURE

HMCS NADEN

HMCS SHEARWATER

VS 880 Squadron

HMCS BONAVENTURE

CF AIR NAVIGATION SCHOOL (CFB WINNIPEG)

VP 405 Squadron (CFB GREENWOOD)

VP 407 Squadron (CFB COMOX)

* Honourably Released 1984

CIL (HMCS QUADRA)

ARAF (Ops Duty Officer)

OS Knight - 1955

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