Getting Through Fighter Activity

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Getting Through Fighter Activity

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I would say that the worst we had was weather, really, to a lesser, of course, fighter activity, even though we lost some to fighter activity. You knew that you had to get through or, if it was at all possible with your load and so I think you took chances that you sometimes wouldn't have and the weather out there is rated as probably one of the, particularly when the monsoons come, the worst in the blinking world, but it was not uncommon for you to get caught in some of these down drafts and up drafts. I've seen us there at 4,000 feet trying to get over hills and going through a hole and first thing I know you're just going straight up about 16,000 feet just holding onto everything and everything is unwinding and what have you and then the next thing, bringing you down so it's a bit of a horrifying thing if you get caught in one of these and you try to avoid them but I think practically everybody experienced some unpleasant weather deals.

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Mr. Dungey provides details of weather conditions and how horrifying the activity could be when getting caught in strong winds

George Dungey

George Dungey, the youngest of three children, was born in 1924 near Barrie, Ontario. His father, a First World War Veteran, was a laborer, machinist and semi-pro ballplayer. Before they enlisted, Mr. Dungey and his older brother operated a bakery. Following his brother, he enlisted in the Air Force when he was seventeen and a half, at Owen Sound. Mr. Dungey hoped to be bomber crew; following his Canadian training on Tiger Moths at Virden, Manitoba and Ansons at Souris, Manitoba, he received his pilot's wings. In England, he trained in Oxfords and Dakotas. It was as a Dakota pilot that Mr. Dungey was deployed to the Far East, where he joined the newly formed 435 Squadron at Impal, India. His squadron performed a number of valuable roles. It delivered supplies to British land forces in Burma, paradropped assault troops where needed, towed gliders to combat areas, and ferried the sick and wounded to safety. Mr. Dungey remained in the RCAF after the war, most notably serving in 412 Squadron, flying Canadian dignitaries to several different international destinations. After retiring from the RCAF, Mr. Dungey joined Transport Canada as a civil aviation inspector.

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