William Keir Carr
Canadian Air Force officer (1923-2020)
Lieutenant General William Keir "Bill" Carr, CMM, DFC, OStJ, CD (March 19, 1923 – October 14, 2020) was a Canadian Air Force officer. He was called the father of the modern Canadian Air Force. He was born in Grand Bank, Dominion of Newfoundland. He became Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff in 1973 and the first Commander, Air Command in 1975 before retiring from active duty in 1978.[1]
Carr died on October 14, 2020 at the age of 97.[2]
References
change- ↑ Keir Carr William Keir Carr Archived 2012-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame
- ↑ "Farewell to the father of the modern RCAF". Archived from the original on 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
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