Hugh Wharton, RCAF-12 Squadron

Hugh talks about his time in 12 Squadron as an Aerotech.

Hugh was born in 1923 in England and came to Canada in 1925. He answered the call to go back to England to serve in 1939 and was sent overseas in 1940.

I was trained on one particular gun, the Smith Gun to protect the airfields in case they tried to take the airfield from the air. It had twelve grenades, and you would crank it and it would shoot a grenade when it hit the ignitor. It was supposed to shoot up to 100 yards…it never went past 25.

Hugh Wharton, RCAF-12 Squadron