Fullerton, Elmer G.

Identity area

Type of entity

Person

Authorized form of name

Fullerton, Elmer G.

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Description area

Dates of existence

1891-1968

History

Born in Pictou, Nova Scotia and educated at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, Elmer G. Fullerton, air officer, aviator, served with the Royal Canadian Engineers, the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force during World War I. Following the war, with the exception of 1921-22 when he made some sub-Arctic bush flights into Fort Norman for Imperial Oil, Fullerton served with the Canadian Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force. In 1925 he became a flying instructor at Camp Borden, in 1930 chief flying instructor, and retired in 1946 as Commanding Officer at Trenton, Ontario. He was awarded the McKee Trophy in 1934. He was the author of several technical articles on the magnetic compass.
See: Alice Gibson Sutherland, Canada`s Aviation Pioneers, (Toronto: McGraw Hill, 1978) pp. 76-84
(Description from Library and Archives Canada)

Places

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

Mandates/sources of authority

Internal structures/genealogy

General context

Relationships area

Access points area

Subject access points

Place access points

Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

Institution identifier

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Language(s)

Script(s)

Sources

Maintenance notes

  • Clipboard

  • Export

  • EAC

Related subjects

Related places