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Old 01-06-2008, 09:08 PM   #115 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by rlaughton View Post
Yes "Johnie" had 2 bars to his DFC, but he is not our "mystery man". Johnie was a fur rancher in western Canada, not a doctor in Ontario.

Rob McNair also had DFC and 2 bars, plus the DSO. He certainly was a hero, particularly with his post-war act of bravery to save the passengers of the downed North Star transport in Vancouver. Rob died in 1970 of leukemia

I don't know of Vincent Woodward, only Vernon Woodward and he only had one bar to the DFC. Maybe there is a Vincent as well??
I found him in list of Canadian Figher Aces of WW2
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