Tudhope, John Henry 'Tuddy'

Educated in South Africa and England, Tudhope served with the army in German Southwest Africa. He was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps in April 1917 and was posted to 40 squadron where he scored ten aerial victories during the war. He emigrated to Canada after the war and joined the RCAF. As operations manager for Trans-Canada Air Lines at Winnipeg, Squadron Leader Tudhope's survey of available routes through the Rocky Mountains resulted in the Trans-Canada air mail route that connected the prairies with the Pacific coast. He received the McKee Trophy for meritorious service in Canadian aviation in 1930 and flew the first dawn to dusk flight across Canada, from Montreal to Vancouver, in 1937. Tudhope retired from the RCAF with the rank of Squadron Commander in June 1938. Later, he became president and manager of the first Aviation Insurance Group in Canada.