Albert Cuffe Explained

Albert Cuffe
Birth Date:2 May 1895
Birth Place:Kilasser, County Mayo, Ireland
Allegiance: Canada
Serviceyears:1914  - 1944
Rank:Air Marshal
Branch: Royal Canadian Air Force
Battles:World War I

Air Marshal Albert Abraham Lawson Cuffe (2 May 1895  - 24 March 1969) was a Canadian air force officer who was briefly Director of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Career

Cuffe enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1914 and, having joined the Royal Flying Corps, served in World War I.[1] After the War he became an instructor at Camp Borden.[2] He was responsible for forming No. 2 (Operations) Squadron at High River, Alberta on 1 April 1925.[3] He served briefly as Director of the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1932 before, having been promoted to wing commander, he became Commanding Officer of No.4 Squadron at Vancouver around 1935.[4] He served in World War II in initially as Air Member for Training[5] and then, from February 1942, as Commander of the Eastern Air Command of the Royal Canadian Air Force.[1] [6] He retired in 1944.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www3.sympatico.ca/wfmcgee/Brett/Historical/Air_Marshall_Cuffe.html Air Marshal Cuffe
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=wHLxu7NGjjUC&dq=A+A+L+Cuffe+squadron+leader&pg=PA239 Warrior Chiefs: Perspectives on Senior Canadian Military Leaders
  3. http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=84947&start=350 New formations
  4. http://airforce.ca/awards.php?search=&keyword=&page=685&mem=&type=rcaf Small, F/L Norville Everett
  5. http://www.journal.forces.gc.ca/vol10/no2/08-stouffer-eng.asp Military History
  6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19420221&id=i_kuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u9sFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5301,3971403 Change Command for Air Defences on Eastern Coast