RCAF Radar Personnel in WWII -North Atlantic Region-

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Another Canadian radar man served RAF Hudsons in Iceland. Murray Garrett, of Etobicoke, Ont.,
recalls a moment of pride when “ . . .our squadron captured a sub (which) surrendered rather than
be sunk . . .”
A few Canadian radar men were occasionally required (contrived?) to fly on operational sorties.
Leslie Shvemar of Downsview, Ont. recalls a flight aboard an RAF Liberator : “ . . .I was aboard
a patrol flight between Iceland and Greenland . . .spotted a blip at extreme range, 125 miles . . . a
U-boat on the surface . . .disabled him with a straddle of depth charges . . .captured by a British
destroyer and towed to Reykjavik harbour . . .”
Two RCAF radar mechs on Shvemar’s squadron ‘served with distinction’: to quote Leslie . .
“Larry” Quebec (of Vancouver) and Hugh Carter (of Richmond Hill, Ont), a couple of whiz kids
in our section, developed a choke which could suppress the sea return which could hide a target at
a range of 5 miles . . .for this important development these fellows were Mentioned in Despatches
and awarded Oak Leaves . . .”
Russ Hodgson, of Scoudouc, NB, also served with RAF Liberators based in Iceland, as witness the
‘Brotherhood’ certificate reproduced below :
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