Career
He is the second most highly decorated pilot in Canada. Hobbs moved to Canada at a young age. In 1915 he went to take flight training at the Wright Flying School in Dayton, Ohio.
In 1915 Hobbs Joined the Royal Naval Air Service as a Flight Lieutenant.
While flying a Curtiss H-12, He is one of the few Canadian pilots to score a victory over a German Zeppelin. In 1920 Basil Joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, he resigned his commission in 1927 holding the rank of Major.
During this time he was employed by the Canadian Air Board as a "certificate examiner". At Canada"s entry into the Second World War, Basil was recommisioned as a Group Captain in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Stationed in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, he was employed in anti-submarine operations and training.
He died in 1963.