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“Punch” Dickins, pioneering bush pilot

A photograph of C.H. “Punch” Dickins, Canadian First World War pilot. Punch Dickins · Bzuk at English Wikipedia · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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C.H. “Punch” Dickins (1899–1995), a distinguished First World War airman, became a pioneering bush pilot in the 1920s and 1930s, flying vast distances in Canada’s North and proving flight possible in remote areas and extreme cold. In the 1940s he contributed to the design of the de Havilland Beaver, helping make Canada a world leader in frontier aviation.

Scope & context

His aviation career, not the wider history of northern aviation.

Sources behind this record

C.H. “Punch” Dickins (1899-1995) National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada

Historical importance; plaque text