St. Marguerite, Quebec
Whealy received his Aviator's Certificate (Am. 409) at the Atlantic Coast Aeronautic School in Newport News, Virginia on 1916-02-05. He was commissioned on 1916-02-29 and posted to 3 Wing on 1916-08-24. Serving with 3(N) Sqn and 9(N) Sqn during the spring and summer of 1917, Whealy scored seven victories while flying the Sopwith Pup. In the fall of 1917, he began flying the Sopwith Camel and scored an additional twenty victories for a total of 27Vs, before he was posted to Home Establishment on 1918-09-24.
Also listed as Arthur Treloar Whealey in the London Gazette and Arthur Trelvar Whealey on his Aviator's Certificate.
Whealy, Arthur Treloar (Captain)
Survived unkown date
Birth Date: 1893-November-02
Born: Toronto, Ontario
Parents: Joseph Samuel Arthur Whealey & Minnie Elizabeth Treloar
Spouse: Margaret Agnes Carrick
Home: St. Marguerite, Quebec
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Decorations: DSC & bar, DFC, MiD
Service
RAF
Unit
3 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RNAS)
Base
Rank
Captain
Position
pilot
Service Numbers
www.findagrave.comCamel serial: D9641
By unknown RAF photographer - gallery link image link, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8473883
The Sopwith Camel became the most successful British fighter of the First World War. The Sopwith F.1 and 2F.1 Camel first went into operations on the Western Front in 1917 and then served in virtually every theatre of Royal Flying Corps (RFC), Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and Royal Air Force (RAF) service. Several Canadian aces used the Camel as their mount. The Camel was very manoeuvrable, and it could be tricky to fly in the hands of a novice pilot. For experienced pilots, however, the aircraft proved to be a superb fighter.
The Camel's machine-guns were mounted on the forward fuselage with their breeches enclosed in a faired metal cowling "hump" that gave the Camel its name. Several Camels were also shipped to Canada in the post-war period as part of an Imperial gift. Three registered Sopwith F.1 Camels entered service with the RCAF at Camp Borden in 1924. The following year, the RCAF purchased seven additional aircraft to provide further spares for the active aircraft. These latter aircraft were in fact 2F.1 models that had been "navalized" variants. Used primarily by wartime experienced fighter pilots for refresher training, the Camels lasted another five years before finally being scrapped. Wikipedia
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