Hodgins, Rooney Alexander (Flying Officer)

unknown 1948-June-11

Flying Officer Rooney Alexander Hodgins RCAF

Birth Date: 1923-April-03

Born: Campbell's Bay, Quebec

Parents: Son of Alexander and Moletta (nee Rooney) Hodgins of Ottawa, Ontario. Brother of William, Bertal, Douglas, Mina, Evelyn, Joyce, Dorothy and Orsa Hodgins.

Spouse:

Home: Campbell's Bay, Quebec

Enlistment: Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1941-September-06

Distinguished Flying Cross

Service

RCAF

Unit

CEPE- Central Experimental & Proving Establishment
Exporto Crede

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Service Numbers

C/426388

Home
Google MapCampbell's Bay, Quebec
Final Burial
Google MapBeechwood Cemetery
Lot 17 Section 19 Grave 2

Unit Desciption

CEPE Exporto Crede (Central Experimental and Proving Establishment)

Museum Archives Association of Ontario

From the formation of the Air Board and the Canadian Air Force, test and development work was carried on at Ottawa Air Station (at Rockcliffe and Shirley's Bay). By 1930, a special Test Flight was established at Rockcliffe. Its purpose was to carry out investigations pertaining to flight testing, electronics, gunnery, navigation, and any aeronautical work that affected training. Due to the war, the demands for test flying for research and experiment increased and, as a result, the Test Flight was reorganized into the RCAF Test and Development Establishment in November 1940 and in 1946, its changed name to Experimental and Proving Establishment. Other experimental units such has the Winter Experimental Establishment were formed during and after the war. It was decided to centralize the control of their activities in one organization. On 1 September 1951 the Central Experimental and Proving Establishment was formed by the amalgamation of the E&PE at Rockciffe, the Winter Experimental Establishment at Edmonton, and the RCAF (National Research Council) Unit at Arnprior. Headquarters of CE&PE were at Rockcliffe, with detachments at several sites across Canada. In 1957 CE&PE was moved to RCAF Station Uplands, a move necessitated by the longer runways required for testing new jet aircraft.