Career
Ronald Francis Redpath was born at Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 7 July 1888, to a merchant home. Redpath joined the Royal Naval Air Service as Probationary Flight Sub‑Lieutenant, 22 November 1915 in Ottawa. He was among the original Canadians (along with Raymond Collishaw) to be trained.
He was posted on 1 May 1916 to Number.3 (Naval) Wing, Manstone.
From there he was eventually posted to France. He is credited with ensuring that an early bombing raid did not mistakenly land in Switzerland.
Redpath died on 11 January 1970 at the age of 81.
