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| 1 | Birchall | Leonard Joseph | P/O F/O F/L S/L W/C ------- W/C G/C A/Cmdre | ![]() ![]() | CM![]() OBE ![]() DFC ![]() LOM (USA) ![]() | POW | C | 775 | PLT | Lincoln Regiment Royal Military College Camp Borden (RCAF) Station Trenton (RCAF) 5Sqn (RCAF) EAC HQ (RCAF) 2AC HQ (RCAF) ? 413Sqn (RCAF) 413Sqn (RCAF) 413Sqn (RCAF) RCAF RCAF RCAF -------------------------- AFHQ (RCAF) War Crimes Prosecuting Team Canadian Joint Staff Station Goose Bay (RCAF) Air Material Command HQ (RCAF) Canadian Delegation (NATO) Station North Bay (RCAF) AFHQ (RCAF) Royal Military College RCAF -------------------------- 400(Aux)Sqn (RCAF) 413Sqn (RCAF) RCAF | X X ? ? Stranraer X X ? Catalina Catalina Catalina AJ155 X X X -------------------------- X X X X X X X X X X -------------------------- X X X | 1932 - St. Catharines, Ontario 1933 - Kingstgon, Ontario 5 July 1937 - Flying Training - Borden, Ontario 1937 - Advanced & Seaplane Flying Training - Trenton, Ontario 20 May 1938 - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia 1940 - Signals O - Halifax, Nova Scotia 1940 - Chief Navigation Officer - Winnipeg, Manitoba ? Jan 1942 - RAF Sullom Voe, Scotland 2 Apr 1942 - Koggala, Ceylon 4 Apr 1942 - Shot down by fighters over the Japanese invasion fleet 1942 - Interned in multiple camps in Japan 27 Aug 1945 - Liberated from internment Oct 1945 - Repatriated to Canada -------------------------- 1946 - Dir Pers Admin - Ottawa, Ontario 1947 - Member os team for USA - Tokyo, Japan 1948 - Washington, DC, USA 1950 - Station Commander 1952 - Rockcliffe, Ontario 1954 - Paris, France 1958 - Commanding Officer 1960 - Chief of Operations - Ottawa, Ontario 1963 - Kingston, Ontario 1967 - Retired from the RCAF -------------------------- 1967 - Sqn Honorary Colonel 1989 - Sqn Honorary Colonel 21 Apr 1996 - Final retirement from the RCAF | ![]() (Photo: S/L Birchall in the cockpit of his 413 Sqn Catalina in March 1942) Hailed as “the Saviour of Ceylon” by Winston Churchill. - Member of the Order of Canada - Award effective 21 October 1999 as per Canada Gazette. - Officer, Order of the British Empire - No.413 Squadron - Award effective 2 February 1946 as per London Gazette dated 5 February 1946 and AFRO 280/46 dated 15 March 1946. - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.413 Squadron - Award effective 13 May 1943 as per London Gazette dated 18 May 1943 and AFRO 1078/43 dated 11 June 1943. - Officer, Legion of Merit (United States) - awarded as per AFRO 443/50 dated 8 September 1950. - Member of the Order of Ontario - 1989. - Deceased on 10 September 2004, in Kingston, Ontario. (Information courtesy Francois Dutil) | RCAFA Awards Database Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame The Canadian Encyclopedia Accident report Losses and Incidents Database Wiki Biography |
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