RCAF Flt Sgt Orville Begley - October 1941 Just before inspecting a new slip for the RCAF in Dartmout N.S.
Walter Hyney in 1945 RCAF West Coast Diver
WWII Diver FLT SGT Orville Begley (in suit) ready to go down> Crocket tending. Other person ?
RCAF FFLT SGT Begley is the diver and Crocket is to his right. 1941 Note the haircuts!!
WWII RCAF Divers on the west coast L to R: Ron Angel (with helmet), Top - Bill Barclay & Jim Pollock, Seated in white with RCAF Wedgee is Norm Jackson (Engineer) and Walter Hynek in the Diving Suit. Year is 1945
Young, Brownie (Chief Diver in Newfoundland), Stokes, Lukeman, Murray (with Helmet) and Begley on the ladder WWII Years
"Dressing the Diver" some WWII RCN & RCAF Divers aboard "The EDITH" Diving Boat L to R: Hilton, Rose, Ole, Jim Murrey, Lukeman, Crocket & Minnie (Minhinnick?). Halifax, NS 1941
Taken on the Navy Diving Boat in 1941 juat as FLT SGT Orville Begley is going down. RCN Diver attending is Joe Scoville. Boat is "The EDITH"
Spindling up in 25 ft of water, Crocket is the diver Halifax 1941
WWII Diving Boat "The EDITH" with crew in Halifax Harbour - 1941
RCAF Diver Sgt Jim Pollock & RCN Diver Bert Drake Nose-to-Nose in 1941 East Coast
Sgt Jim Pollock (RCAF Diver) Halifax 1941
Halifax Divers in 1941
Mitchell Bomber being salvaged from Boudary Bay, BC in 1941. RCAF Divers Orville Begley and Walter Hynek were the diving crew.
Almost every ship carried a Diver as part of the crew. One of these men is being lowered into the sea for an inspection of a fighting Ship's hull. Divers frequently saved valuable time by carrying out work that would otherwise have to be done in drydock.
Recovered PBY CANSO Aircraft from North West River near Goose Bay, Labrador in WWII Diving Team was Lt A. Baker, Bert Drake and Harry Bowden. People are looking on
