LEST WE FORGET 315 QUINNEY, Arthur Ross “Art” WWII Art was born on May 30, 1920, in Elrose, Saskatchewan. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940 and was sent to Manning Depot in Toronto, then to Technical Training School at St. Thomas, Ontario. In 1941, he arrived at #2 SFTS in Calgary, Alberta and in 1943 he was transferred to #17 SFTS in Souris, Manitoba. In 1944, he was posted overseas to Bournemouth, England and then to St. Athens, Wales. At the end of World War II, he was returned to Moncton, New Brunswick and received his discharge in Vancouver, British Columbia. Art had become a propeller specialist. It took him twelve years, but Art had completed this magnificent replica of the famed WWI fighter plane, The Newport 28. The original engine for the plane was passed down to him by his father and Art took it upon himself to build the plane around it. The original places were built in France and flown by the Americans in World War I. The Newport 28 is an exact replica of a 1917-1918 Newport 28 Scout aeroplane that World War I American Ace, Eddie Rickenbacker, piloted when he shot down twelve German planes. Art passed away on May 7, 1986. RANDAL, Henry Arthur “Hank” WWII Henry “Hank” Arthur Randall was born on August 16, 1916, in Winnipeg, the son of Owen (1888-1983) and Hilda May (Spooner) (1892-1977). He worked as a clerk in a general store as well as a gas attendant in Outlook, Saskatchewan in 1940. He married Lillian Rae Gavel on October 30, 1946 in Outlook. The couple had five children: Shirley, Myrna, Murray, Brian and Jeannie. Hank enlisted in the Canadian Army in Regina and served in Canada, Britain and northern Europe between October 30, 1940 until February 13, 1946, in the radio and line-laying division.When he was discharged after the war, he had attained the rank of Lance Sergeant and was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, the France and Germany Star, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp and the War Medal 1939-1945. After the war, he attended the Saskatchewan Forestry School in Meadow Lake and worked as a Field Officer with Sask Forestry at Hudson Bay between 1947 and 1951. He finished his career as a Conservation Officer in Big River. Hank passed away on May 14, 2002, in Prince Albert. He is buried in the Big River Cemetery. QUINNEY, Lloyd Chater WWII Lloyd was born in Rosetown, Saskatchewan on October 10, 1918. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in Saskatoon in 1941. He was sent to Manning Depot in Brandon, Manitoba then to Technical Training School at St. Thomas, Ontario. In 1942, he was stationed at No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery at Paulson, Manitoba. He remembered the number of planes which crashed there and killed pilots and crews before the “big brass” realized that 100 octane gas should have been used instead of 80-70. He was discharged in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1945. Lloyd passed away on April 5, 2003.
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