In memoriam Monday, 02 February 2026 @ 03:16:44

In memoriam

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Born Birth location Served with My connection to them Died Death location
BISSONETTE, Wayne "Tiny Buffalo"
(CD1) 		About 1956     • CFNS, CFB Baden-Söllingen, West Germany 25TH Mar 2003
died age 47
(22 years ago)
CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada

FORBES, Jim "Gummer" 		    • VP-407 Maritime Patrol Squadron, CFB Comox, British Columbia, Canada  

GRATTON, Mike
(SSM, CD) 		About 1951 Canada • AWACS, NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, West Germany
• Aurora Software Development Unit, CFB Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada 		• Aurora Software Development Unit, CFB Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
• and good friend 		3RD Jan 2013
died age 67
(13 years ago)
Wawa, Ontario, Canada
HAAF, Jerry
(CD1) 		18TH Jul 1942 Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada   • Safety Systems, CFB Portage-la-Prairie, Manitoba, Canada 23RD Nov 2009
died age 67
(16 years ago)
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

ISFELD, Brian "Buckwheat"
(MSM, CD1) 		5TH Oct 1939 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada   • VP-407 Maritime Patrol Squadron, CFB Comox, British Columbia, Canada
• and good friend 		20TH Jan 2008
died age 68
(18 years ago)
Comox, British Columbia, Canada
ISFELD, Mark 14TH Aug 1962 RCAF Station Zweibrücken, West Germany
UN Peacekeeping with the Canadian Armed Forces

• UNIKOM, Kuwait (Apr 1991 - Oct 1991)
• FORPRONU, Bosnia (?)
• FORPRONU, Croatia (Oct 1992 - Apr 1993)
• FORPRONU, Croatia (11 Apr 1994 - 21 June 1994 ... killed by a landmine) 		Good friend, and son of Brian & Carol ISFELD 21ST Jun 1994
died age 31
(31 years ago)
Killed by landmine in Kakma, Croatia
LILLIES, Ron
(CD1) 		4TH Jun 1948     • Safety Systems, CFB Baden-Söllingen, West Germany 14TH Oct 2021
died age 73
(4 years ago)
 

LOGAN, Don
(MMM, CD1) 		10TH Jun 1943 St. John, New Brunswick, Canada   • VP-407 Maritime Patrol Squadron, CFB Comox, British Columbia, Canada
• Aurora Software Development Unit, CFB Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada 		14TH Aug 2017
died age 74
(8 years ago)
Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada



Maguire, Bill
(CD2) 		2ND Oct 1948 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada   • Safety Systems, CFB Borden, Ontario, Canada 12TH Mar 2021
died age 72
(4 years ago)
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada



McPHERSON, Jake
(CD) 		5TH Jun 1945 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada   • VP-407 Maritime Patrol Squadron, CFB Comox, British Columbia, Canada 11TH Jan 2011
died age 65
(15 years ago)
Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada


O'CAIN, Brian
(CD2) 		8TH Mar 1941     • Safety Systems, CFB Baden-Söllingen, West Germany 31ST Jan 2020
died age 78
(6 years ago)
Comox, British Columbia, Canada

RITCHIE, Scott 		17TH Nov 1958 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • 439 Tactical Fighter Squadron, CFB Baden-Söllingen, West Germany • 439 Tactical Fighter Squadron, CFB Baden-Söllingen, West Germany 18TH May 1983
died age 24
(42 years ago)
Died in CF-104 Starfighter plane crash,
CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada

THOMSON, Dave 		    • VP-407 Maritime Patrol Squadron, CFB Comox, British Columbia, Canada  

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  Born     Birth location     My connection to them     Died     Death location  
HOLTBY, Peter
(American Airlines) 		9TH Mar 1930 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada • Sanford Air, Sanford Airport, Maine, USA
• one of my airplane flight instructors, and good friend   		2ND Nov 2021
died age 91
(4 years ago)
Acton, Maine, USA
LUCAS, Robert "Bob" 6TH Apr 1939 Canada • Bank of Bermuda, Bermuda 10TH May 2010
died age 71
(15 years ago)
Collingwood, Ontario, Canada

McCORMACK, John "Jack"
(LCmdr, USCG) 		  • Rotorcraft, Inc., Sanford Airport, Maine, USA
• my helicopter flight instructor, and good friend 		  Kennebunk, Maine, USA

SMATT, Michael Adolph 		20TH Sep 1948 Bermuda • Smatt's Cycle Livery, Bermuda
• Bermuda Helicopters Ltd., Bermuda 		11TH Jan 2016
died age 68
(10 years ago)
Bermuda

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