Donald Norrie

Donald Norrie enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) in 1953 as a munitions and weapons technician. For the next 18 years, he served on F-86, CF-100, CF-104, CF-5 and Bomarc squadrons until being commissioned as a Land Ordnance Engineering officer in 1971 and retiring in 1988. Donald lives in Redwood Meadows, Alberta, (30 kilometers west of Calgary) with his wife, Ruby, and their miniature schnauzer, Murphy.

Articles by Donald Norrie

• Ice fishing tales of a gun plumber

  Wednesday, October 30, 2013

  I was a poor munitions and weapons technician on the strength of CEPE/AAED at RCAF Station Cold Lake. I say poor because I had purchased a new mobile home and financed it through the only institution an airman in those days could get credit: the Industrial Acceptance Corporation (IAC). The monthly payments turned out to be higher then contracted, and I was in a financial pickle. I could sell the unit or get a part-time job. I chose the latter and became a bartender in the officers' mess at 50 cents an hour.