Background
Carr grew up in Newfoundland, one of six children, with four brothers and a single sister.
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Education
At age 18 he attended Mount Allison University and obtained his Bachelor, during which time he sold typewriters to earn extra money for school.
Career
lieutenant was during university that he joined the Canadian Officer Training Corps. Recruited for service in 1941, when deployed overseas he was stationed first with Number.9 OTU (operational training unit) with photo reconnaissance training on the Spitfire. Later he was deployed to Number.
542 Squadron at Royal Air Force Benson flying the Spitfire Puerto Rico Mk XI, one of which he flew to Malta when he was transferred to Number.
683 Squadron. During one mission he suffered minor injury when his Spitfire was his by flak over Perugia, Italy. He also had one of the first encounters with one of the first Maine-262 during a mission near Munich.
After the war, Carr made swift progress through the ranks. He became Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff in 1973 and the first Commander, Air Command in 1975 before retiring from active duty in 1978.
After retirement from the Canadian Forces Carr joined Canadair where he became Vice-President of International Marketing, primarily in sales of the Canadair Challenger and later in the same role for Bombardier Aerospace.
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Canada
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legionnaire of Legion of Merit; Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross; Order of Military Merit; Venerable Order of Saint John; Legion of Merit
The Legion of Merit (LOM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements.The Legion of Merit (LOM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces that is given for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements.