2004 ELWOOD (WOODY) GRAHAM RICHMOND, BC Woody was born August 23, 1936 in Grandview, Manitoba and raised on a farm at Gilbert Plains, Manitoba. After high school he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1954 and went to basic training at St. Johns, Quebec and then to Camp Borden in Ontario for training on Airframe Maintenance. Later… Read More »
2004 ROBERT WHITFIELD BRIGGS GANDER, NL Robert W. Briggs was born in Moncton, New Brunswick on March 4, 1930 and was raised and educated in rural New Brunswick. He spent his young adult life working in logging and farming before attending George Brown Technical College in Toronto in 1950. He started his aviation career in September 1951 when… Read More »
2004 G. S. (GERRY) WOLFE KITCHENER, ON Gerry Wolfe started his aviation career with the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940. He was posted to the RCAF Technical Training School in St.Thomas, Ontario for Aircraft Maintenance Training were he graduated as the Gold Medal Student. In late 1941, after various Canadian postings, he volunteered for overseas service and… Read More »