Blandy, Walter Stairs: my Navy recollections (April 13, 1988) ...
ABSTRACT: Commander Walter S. Blandy Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Royal Canadian Navy After two years at Victoria College Cmdr. Blandy joined the Navy as Acting Probationary Sub-Lieutenant. Sent to HMCS Chippewa (Winnipeg) then to HMCS Kings (Halifax) training new entries and learning for...
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.58066/qjvv-4q35 http://vault.library.uvic.ca/concern/generic_works/43257dbf-6868-4ba3-920e-f4638ba36182 |
| Summary: | ABSTRACT: Commander Walter S. Blandy Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve Royal Canadian Navy After two years at Victoria College Cmdr. Blandy joined the Navy as Acting Probationary Sub-Lieutenant. Sent to HMCS Chippewa (Winnipeg) then to HMCS Kings (Halifax) training new entries and learning for himself. Appointed to Fairmiles in Newfoundland, most often doing harbour patrols and the same later in Halifax. Volunteered for service in MTB's in England (October/November 1944) then to MTB 726 as navigator. Their base was at Ostend and their operational area was north of the Scheldt estuary. They were directed against German E-Boats by a destroyer out to sea. Part of his job, when morphine was given, was to pin chits to jackets of injured members of the crew. Describes his first action although as Navigating officer his position was in the chart room and he saw very little. The boat was in refit so was not involved in the fire at Ostend that destroyed a number of boats. Fairly modest action against E-boats, ... : Interviewer: Lawrence, Hal ... |
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