Career
He enlisted in the United States. Army in March 1941 but was rejected from flight training because of a reaction to an inoculation. He left the United States Army and by Christmas 1941 he had earned his wings in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He shipped out to England and was assigned to Number. 121 Squadron Royal Air Force. He was Squadron Operations Officer from December 1943 until becoming Colorado of 335 Sq on February 5, 1944.
On 18 April 1944, he was shot down by enemy fighters over Germany.
He bailed out and was made a Prisoner Of War. He is credited with 13.883 aerial victories, all but one scored with the P-51B between 16 March and 12 April 1944.