Different Aircraft and Tough Navigating
Heroes Remember
Different Aircraft and Tough Navigating
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Description
Mr. Wilson discusses his surprise at being selected for fighter pilot training, and goes on to describe training on the Miles Master and Hurricanes. He describes the challenge of navigating in industrial cloud cover.
Gordon Wilson
Gordon Wilson was born on December 5, 1917 in Limerick, Saskatchewan. The Royal Canadian Air Force was no longer accepting recruits when he enlisted so he joined the Royal Regina Rifles. Six months later, Mr. Wilson joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at Brandon, Manitoba. His first wartime deployment saw him serving in North Africa near El Alamein, where he initially flew Hurricanes in a Royal Air Force squadron. He later piloted Spitfire 9’s in Sicily, Italy and the Middle East. After the war, Mr. Wilson completed a university degree and became a museum curator.
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- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Duration:
- 2:13
- Person Interviewed:
- Gordon Wilson
- War, Conflict or Mission:
- Second World War
- Branch:
- Air Force
- Rank:
- Flying Officer
- Occupation:
- Pilot
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