Hoy, Ernest Charles Distinguished Flying Cross (Captain)

Prisoner of War 1918-September-28

Hoy enlisted in the CEF, joining the Canadian Engineers as a Sapper. He transferred to the RFC in mid 1917 and was posted to 29 Sqn in January, 1918. Hoy was missing in SE5a, C-1914; last seen South-East of Menin at 12,000 feet in combat with Hun Scouts on offensive patrol. Capt EC Hoy missing, later confirmed as POW, repatriated 1918-11-18. Post war, in an historic flight on 1919-08-07 Hoy made the first airmail flight over the Canadian Rockies. The flight in the Curtiss JN-4C, from Vancouver to Calgary, lasted 16 hours and 42 minutes.