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couver is Wren Otter. CF-MPP at
Churchill is Partridge. The plane
that was used in the destruction
of the gasoline caches was CF-
MPF—Falcon.

St. John’s to Victoria

These “birds” are scattered from
St. John’s, Nfld. to Victoria, B.C.,
with other detachments at Prince
Albert, Winnipeg, Edmonton and the
Rockcliffe headquarters.

Each detachment is manned by a
pilot and engineer, both of non-
commissioned officer status. Many of
the pilots are R.C.A.F. veterans, but
an increasing number are postwar
pilots who learned to fly at their own
expense.

Constables Gordon and Harold
Fallis, identical twins, joined the
force in May, 1952. During their

police training each began taking
flying lessons until they had earned
commercial licenses. Now they're
qualified both as policemen and
pilots. They joined the Air Division
last year.

Field attire for these men, while
inconsistent with R.C.M.P. dress reeu-
lations, meets the requirements of
Arctic survival. It is light, warm and
usually follows the time-tested pat-
terns of the Eskimos.

Canada’s sleuths of the skies
must be rugged individuals:
tough, resourceful, well-seasoned
in the ways of the north. Since
they regularly operate in country
lacking airport facilities, naviga-
tion aids and up-to-date weather
information, they must be pre-
pared for any emergency.

Millions of Miles Without a
Fatal Accident
It is significant to note that, in its
millons of miles of flying, the
R.C.M.P. has not had a single fatal
accident. There have been some close
calls, though.

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One plane, attempting a landing on
patchy snow and ice in 45-below
weather, ground-looped. No one was
injured, but the propellor was bent,
one ski broken and a wing tip dam-
aged. The crew radioed for spare
parts and settled down in a makeshift
tent fashioned from wing covers.
When the equipment arrived they
affected emergency repairs and re-
turned to base.

Another time, when he encountered
unreported low fog, the pilot of a

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