337 www.on.legion.ca ONTARIO COMMAND SLEIGHTHOLM, Harold M. Harold was born in Oldham, England in 1887. He was married and had two children when he left his job as a woodworker in Toronto to enlist in the Royal Flying Corps in March 1917. He became a mechanic who serviced the Curtis JN-4 training aircraft that was manufactured in Toronto, servicing the wooden propellers and airframe. He served at the Royal Flying Corps training aerodrome at Camps Rathbun and Mohawk near Deseronto as well as at the aerodrome in Leaside. In the fall of 1917, the training wings and aircraft from Camp Borden and Deseronto were shipped by train to Fort Worth, Texas for better winter training conditions and to assist the Americans in their pilot, observer and ground crew training. The Canadians returned to Ontario in April 1918. He left the Royal Canadian Air Force in January 1919 as a Corporal. Harold passed away on July 24, 1949. SMILEY, George George was born in Belfast, Ireland on March 26, 1916. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Army on July 1, 1940 and served with the 4th Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in Korea, Germany and France. He was discharged on August 23, 1966 and was awarded the France and Germany Star, the Defense Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp and the Canadian Forces Decoration. He was a member of Major Walter Bernard Legion Branch 125 for 40 years. George passed away on March 31, 1985. SLEIGHTHOLM, Howard M. Howard was born on October 13, 1915 in Toronto, ON. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in April 1940 and served with the No. 10 Squadron during World War II. He completed the course at the Montreal Wireless School before being transferred to the Technical Training School in St. Thomas, ON. Fourteen months after singing up, Howard was assigned to No. 10 Bombing/Reconnaissance Squadron based in Dartmouth, NS. He was an aircraft mechanic with the rank of Sergeant, preparing Digby bombers for U-boat patrol. In 1942, No. 10 Bombing/Reconnaissance Squadron was transferred to Gander, NL and reequipped with B-24 Liberators to help close the mid-Atlantic gap. Howard was assigned to No. 11 Pre-Air Training School in Toronto in 1944, became a flight engineer and was placed in reserve to train for reassignment to the Pacific Theatre. He was discharged in 1945. Howard passed away on January 1, 1966.
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