Career
Whealy was a medical student at the University of Toronto before World War I. He learned to fly at his own expense at the Curtiss Flying School, the first flying school in the United States, founded by Glenn Curtiss. Whealy was commissioned on 29 February 1916. On 24 August 1916 that he was posted to 3 Wing.
He served with both 3 Naval Squadron and 9 Naval Squadron within that wing.
He flew his Sopwith Pup to three victories as a pilot of 3 Squadron. Then, on 9 May, he scored for the first time with 9 Squadron.
He was still flying a Pup. He became an ace on 7 July.
9 Naval re-equipped with Sopwith Triplanes.
Whealy first scored with his new aircraft on 29 July 1917, knocking one Albatros Doctorate.V down out of control and destroying another one in flames within the hour. He then switched to the Sopwith Camel back in 3 Naval. He scored once more in 1917, on 5 September, sending another Doctorate.V down without certifying its destruction.
He followed that up with five claims in March, including the capture of an Albatross Doctorate.V. He added three further victories in April, six in May, and a single tally in June, on the 7th, running his total to 24.
After a six week lull, he scored his final three victories within two weeks, on 22 and 27 August, and on 4 September. On 24 September, he was posted to Home Establishment.
His final record comprised 9 enemy airplanes destroyed by himself, three destroyed in conjunction with other pilots, ten down out of control by himself, two shared out of control victories, and one enemy plane captured.