Christie, George Patterson (Squadron Leader)

Took off from Dorval in Hudson Mk III FH-395 was on a training flight which crashed at Lake St. Louis, (Pointe Claire) Quebec.

Killed includes Christie: W/C Brian Gethryn Carr-Harris RCAF C/52 pilot KIFA Cataraqui Cemetery Kingston Sec. G. Officers' Res. Plot. LAC Clement Stuart Llewellyn RAF pilot KIA Mount Royal Cemetery Montreal Sec. G.943. Grave 341.

Squadron Leader Christie DFC & Bar, a Canadian Ace pilot, served with 145 Squadron, flew unarmed high-altitude Spitfires with 212 Squadron at the Photographic Development Unit, Hurricane aircraft with 242 Squadron in the Battle of Britain, and Spitfire aircraft with 66 Squadron. He returned to Canada in early 1941 to join RAF Ferry Command and was the chief flying instructor for them at the time of his death

Aces High, A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces in WWII by Christopher Shores and Clive Williams, page 176

Aces High, Volume 2, A Further Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Air Forces in WWII by Christopher Shores, page 61

242 Squadron The Canadian Years, Being the Story of the RAF's all "Canadian" Squadron by Hugh Halliday, pages 84, 88-9, 93-5, 103n, 115

Canadians in the Royal Air Force by Les Allison, page 119

The Splendid Hundred by Arthur Bishop page 147

Battle of Britain London Monument - Flying Officer G P Christie

George Christie