Career
He later pioneered airmail flight over the Canadian Rockies. Hoy was serving in the Canadian militia, in the 93rd Regiment, when he enlisted in the regular forces on 3 March 1915. He gave his next of kin as Charles Hoy, and his own occupation as salesman.
Hoy joined 29 Squadron as a Royal Aircraft Factory pilot in January 1918.
He would not begin to score with them until 12 August. He then tallied up seven wins in August, and six more in September.
On 28 September 1918, the day after his final victory, Hoy was shot down and imprisoned for the rest of the war. He was vanquished by Leutnant Josef Raesch.
In August 1919, Hoy used a Curtiss Jenny to carry the first airmail from Vancouver to Calgary across the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
The pioneering flight took sixteen hours, forty-two minutes. 3 December 1918 - Lieutenant