Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Item |
Print, Photographic |
Title |
Ginger Coote with leading aircraftsman |
Collection |
Phyllis Johnson collection |
Photo Number |
2010.009.011 |
Date |
ca.1942 |
Year Range from |
1942 |
Year Range to |
1943 |
Description |
Ginger Coote wearing a uniform of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and holding a dog. Seated next to him is a Leading Aircraftman in the Royal Canadian Air Force. |
Provenance |
Russell Leslie Ginger Coote was born on June 17, 1898, and joined the Westminster Regiment as a bugler at the age of 12. Three years later he transferred to the 47th Battalion, CEF, and went to France as a sniper and a scout. At the age of 17 he won his commission and was wounded twice at Vimy Ridge. Nicknamed Ginger because of his red hair, he learned to fly as a member of the Royal Flying Corps in World War I. After the war he operated Ginger Coote Airways, which flew passengers and freight into remote mining communities. Coote died January 10, 1970 at Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam, and was survived by his wife Molly, and one daughter Jocelyn Parsons. Ginger Coote is a member of the British Columbia Aviation Hall of Fame. |