Victor William Joseph "Brick" Evans
b. December 15,1909, East Angus, Quebec.
d. December 26, 2001
Before the Second World War, Victor received his Bachelor of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto to become a Pharmacist. Throughout the 1930s, Victor worked as a druggist and by 1937 was employed at the Hooper Drug Co. in Toronto, Ontario.
In November 1940, Victor enlisted with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) as a pharmacist, and served at No. 1 Manning Depot, located in Toronto, Ontario.
In 1941, Victor remustered for aircrew training in order to serve overseas. He retrained as a Navigator at No. 1 Air Observer School, Malton, Ontario, and was later posted overseas in August, 1943 to Operational Training Units (OTU) Ouston, Cranfield and Charter Hall. As part of Fighter Command, Victor was trained as a navigator and radio operator for Night Fighter duties on Bristol Beaufighters and de Havilland Mosquitos.
Victor joined No. 410 "Cougar" Squadron as a Night Fighter on the de Havilland Mosquito. Victor flew operationally in the night skies of Europe after the invasion on D-Day where the "Cougars" were highly regarded for their victories until V-E Day in May, 1945.
Victor's first aerial victory occurred on the night of August 2/3, 1944 in Mosquito "P" piloted by Flight Lieutenant Plumer, when their aircraft destroyed a Ju 88.
Victor flew his last operational sortie on August 26, 1944 and was soon after accidentally injured and unable to continue flying operations. In 1945 he returned to Canada where he continued his service as a pharmacist with the RCAF.
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