Beatty
James Hughes ,
J14471, A/S/L, DFC, Posted in from 440 Squadron 24 Jan 1945 on a 2nd Tour.
Home
in St.Catharines, Ontario; enlisted Hamilton, 12 June 1941. Trained at
No.3 ITS (graduated 25 September 1941), No.21 EFTS (graduated 21
November 1941) and No.9 SFTS (graduated 10 April 1942). Crashed
Kittyhawk ET866 of No.132 Squadron at Armstrong, Ontario, 5 June 1942.
Twin bother William also flew Typhoons with No.438 Squadron. DFC
Award
presented at Stamford Centre, Ontario, 7 August 1949.
Bechdoldt
Rae, Cpl, Technician, Airborne Radar & Telecommunications, Sabres Circa
1963
Belford
E.
Ground crew first mentioned as a Sgt belonging to the newly
designated 123 Squadron circa 24 Feb 1943.
Bédard
R F/O Ray 32496 F-86
Sabre
Pilot. The
son of Paul Emile Bédard and Marguerite Moore, and the
husband of the former Mizpah Jane Wood, F/O Joseph Jean
Raymond Bédard (age 25) was a native
of (Malton) Ottawa, Ontario. Killed when his Canadian F-86 Mark II Sabre Serial Number
19193 crashed during a training exercise on the 23 June, 1953 near
Boston, in the county of Lincolnshire, England.
Bélanger
Marc M/Cpl Aircraft Technician T-Bird & Griffon Circa 2005
Bélanger
Patrice Capt SAMEO (Senior Aircraft Engineering Officer) Circa 2005
Belieau
S/L CO 439 July 1953 - January 1956. Transferred
back to Canada.
Bell B.E. F/O,
J44311, 06
Nov 1944 Listed missing 28 Dec 1944
Bell,
J.P. John S/L, Sabre
Pilot.
CO 439 July 1960 - Jan 1963
Bennett
DW LAC 14937 F-86
Sabre Circa 1952
Bernhart
P.N. F/O, Pierre-Nicholas J25260, Pilot, ???? - 30 Nov 1944. Tour expired. Posted
to 83 GSU. Son
of Antoine and Marie Bernhart, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Killed in
a flying accident at Millfield, England 04 Mar 1945 at age 24.
Bernleithner
Michael M/Cpl Flight Engineer Griffon Circa
2005
Bews
J.T., LAC Circa 1944
Billedeau
Victor Albert (Vic) Sgt 23126 F-86 Sabre Luffenham England Circa 1952.
Retired 1972 with the rank of Master Warrant Officer after 31 years of
service. Deceased at the age of 77 on the 13th of October 1997 in
Surrey, BC
Blake
Gary Pilot USAF exchange pilot with 439 Squadron from 1972 to 1975
Blessin F/O Sabre
Pilot Circa 1959 -
Bliss
WH
William F/L 17921 selected to go to
Korea 1951 - to fly with the USAF in order to gain for Canada
some truly operational flying. On Sep
11, F/L Bliss resumed Squadron flying after returning from Korea where
he flew 31 sorties with the Americans. Former CO 439.
Retired with the rank of Wing Commander
Blyth
, F/Sgt Airman ???? - 08 Aug 1945
Bodson
Paul "Dobbie" LAC, Armament
Technician F-86 Sabre Circa
July 1959 - 1963
Boilard
Serge Cpl Flight Engineer Griffon Circa
2005
Boivin
Hélene Cpl Admin Clerk Circa
2005
Bollis
Sgt Airframe Technician, Sabres Circa 1963
Boswell
LC LAC 18552 F-86 Sabre Circa 1952
Botchar
Ken LAC, Technician, Instrument & Electrical, Sabres Circa
1963 -
Boucher
Jeannot Capt Pilot Griffon
Circa
2005
Boulé
Michel M/Cpl Aviation Technician T-Bird
& Griffon Circa
2005
Bourassa
André M/Cpl Avionics Technician T-Bird
& Griffon Circa
2005
Bourget
JM LAC 35766 F-86
Sabre Circa 1952
Boylan
Cpl Airframe
Technician, Sabres Circa 1963
Bradley
M. F/O Mike
Sabre
Pilot March1953 -
Breault
Patrice Cpl Technician
T-Bird & Griffon Circa
2005
Breck
A.W. Bill, F/L, J6955, Pilot 28 Jan 1945 - 22 July 1945 Posted
in from 83 GSU for a second operational tour. He did 42 sorties
on his first tour, 31 on his second tour with this Squadron totalling 98:00 operational hours
for a grand total of 822:35 flying hours.
Posted out to 421 Squadron
Brien
Stéphane Cpl Technician
T-Bird & Griffon Circa
2005
Bricker,
Calvin David, "Cal",
Squadron
Leader , 26072 (or C1449) , Born in Regina; home in Grenfell,
Saskatchewan; enlisted there 2 January 1940. Instructed in Canada
before going overseas. Awarded DFC
23 March 1945 for services with 430
Squadron. Award presented 11 January 1948Attached to USAF,
January 1950; first Canadian to fly the Atlantic in a jet (F-84, July
1950, as part of USAF exchange duties). Awarded Queen's Coronation
Medal, 23 October 1953 while a Squadron Leader at Station Macdonald.
Appointed Commanding Officer 439 Squadron
from Sept 1951 - 8 July
1953.
Britton
LAC Airframe
Technician, Sabres Circa 1963
Brock
J.S. Jack, F/O, J36551 , Typhoon Pilot, 27 Mar 1945 - 20 July 1945, Posted to 3 PRC Bournemouth.
Records indicate that he had 8 operational sorties totalling 8:40 operational hours
with 439, and a grand total of 594:40 flying hours overall.
Brown
C Cpl 25856 F-86 Sabre Circa 1952
Brown J.A.,
F/O, J28760, Pilot, 23 May 1944 - ????
Born Berwyn Alberta. On the 6 Nov 1944
on a
morning show J.28760 F/O J.A. Brown, one of our old timers failed to
return. It is presumed that he had gone in onto the target a little
too low and that he got a blast from his own bombs as he was pulling
up. The aircraft was streaming glycol, but F/O Brown set a southerly
course for Allied territory, reaching Deventer when flak started to
come up. F/O Brown took to the silk and shortly after the flak was
intensified. We do hope he landed safely. This pilot has done 77
operational sorties totalling 80:25 operational hours and giving him a
grand total of 703:05 flying hours.
It was
subsequently learned that he was captured as a POW
and was interned at Stalag Luft
3 at Sagan. Number 8662.
Brown
R.A. Ray, F/O, J21136, Pilot, 23 Feb 1944 - ???? Posted in
from 182 Sqn.
On the 23 June 44 F/O Ray Brown had engine trouble on his return
journey from a reccee over France and baled out south of the Isle of
Wight. The fellows feel that he wasn't in the sea long enough even to
get his feet soaked. He was taken to Calshot where he spent the night and was
equipped with part of a zoot suit.
Again on the 18th of August 1944 while on
his second sortie of the day F/O R.A. Brown suffered a shrapnel wound
in his leg and some damage to his aircraft (MN375). Ray landed at
Carpiquet and has now been invalided to hospital in England
(50 MFH)
and will be out of action for about a month.
Brown
R.N., F/O, J90481, Pilot, 30 May 1945 - ????, From 245 Sqn
Brown
F/O Sabre
Pilot Circa 1958 -
Brown
J.T. P/O
Pilot with 123 Squadron
during 1942 or early 1943 . In
March 1943 he was dispatched westward to Boundary Bay, British
Columbia, where a new Army
Co-operation Squadron (No. 163)
was being formed.
Brunk
Allen ground crew member
of 439 from 1988 - 1991 . Original posting was
1 CAG later 1 AMS as of 24 May 84,
spent time in GSE attached to the Sqn. for Dispersals to Lahr during
Snowballs. Was transferred to the Sqn in '88. Retired from the
Forces as of July of 91 and have been working in the Private Sector in
Germany in A/C and non A/C related fields.
Buffet
Harold Gordon Sabre maintainer stationed with 439 Squadron at Marville
France in the late 50's or very early 60's. Deceased 1993
Bullock
J.W., Johnny, F/O, J38357, Pilot, 24 Jan 1945 - ????, Posted in
from 83 GSU. Deceased 21 December 2005 at the age of 77.
Bunstone
FA Cpl 21099 F-86 Sabre Circa 1952
Burden
G.F., George, F/L, J88715, Pilot, 17 Apr 1945 - 03 May 1945. Son
of Edward E. and Myrtle M. Burden, of Fredericton, New Brunswick,
Canada. Killed
at the age
of 22 on
24-Mar-1945.
Burgess
Charles Lebert. , "Chuck", A/S/L, J21143, .
Born in 1920 in Fredericton, New Brunswick; home there. Enlisted
in Saint John, New Brunswick, 28 July 1939; commissioned November
1942. Trained at No.3 ITS (graduated 24 April 1942), No.17 EFTS
(graduated 31 July 1942), and No.2 SFTS (graduated 20 November 1942).
Pilot, with 123 Squadron circa May 1943 and 439 Sqn to 26 Nov
44, Tour expired. Posted to 56
OTU . Recommended when he had flown 91 sorties (93 operational hours).
DFC effective 13 January 1945
. Postwar service included No.413
Squadron at Rockcliffe, Ontario
(now in Greenwood, NS)
Burke
F/O Sabre
Pilot Circa 1958 -
Burton
William Donald , "Don", F/L, J18959, Pilot, Born in 1921, Brantford, Ontario; home there.
Enlisted in Hamilton, 5 June 1941, commissioned 1943. Trained at No.1
ITS (graduated 13 September 1941), No.10 EFTS (graduated 7 November
1941) and No.6 SFTS (graduated 27 February 1942). Posted from
174 Sqn he
was with 439 Sqn from 24 Feb 1944 - 17 Oct 1944 .Tour Expired after 123 Operational Sorties totalling
127:30 operational hours. Awarded DFC
effective 18 December 1944. Award presented 14 June 1949.
Bushey
FR LAC 13398 F-86 Sabre Circa 1952
Tiger
Squadron