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Richard G. Fecteau (born 1927) [1] is an American Central Intelligence Agency operative who was captured by the People's Republic of China during a CIA-sponsored flight in the Korean War. [2] News of the capture of Fecteau and John T. Downey reached the United States in November 1954, sparking a nearly two decade battle of wills between the U.S ...
John Thomas Downey or Jack Downey (April 19, 1930 – November 17, 2014) was an American judge and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer. [1] As a CIA operative, he was shot down over China during the Korean War and was held prisoner for over twenty years—the longest-held prisoner of war in United States history.
Evans was returning to Toronto after testifying in a murder trial in Quebec Detective Sergeant John H. Bassett Toronto Police Service: Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec: November 30, 1963 Bassett was one of the 118 people killed on board Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 after takeoff. He was returning to Toronto after testifying in a murder trial in Quebec
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a cemetery located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries. It was opened in November 1876 and is located north of Moore Park, a neighbourhood of Toronto. The cemetery has kilometres of drives and walking paths interspersed with fountains, statues and botanical gardens, as ...
Air Fecteau: JG AFH FECTO Senneterre: 1936 – 1967 Merged with La Sarre Air Services to form Propair [23] Air Gaspé: QJ Sept-Îles: 1951 – 1986 Established in 1951 as Trans-Gaspesian Air Lines. Became a subsidiary of Quebecair in 1973 Air Georgian: ZX GGN GEORGIAN Toronto Pearson: 1994 – 2020 Assets sold to Pivot Airlines Regional ...
John G. Downey (1827–1894), Governor of California; John T. Downey (1930–2014), former CIA officer shot down over communist China and imprisoned for two decades; John V. Downey (c. 1884–1960), New York politician; John W. Downey (1927–2004), contemporary classical composer; John Downey (Iowa politician) (1834–1906), Irish-born ...
In 1916, the Toronto General Burying Grounds (now the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries) bought the property but didn't start to convert the 172 acres (70 ha) for cemetery use until 1946, two years before the cemetery officially opened in 1948. [1]
Convair 440 Convair 580 with Great Lakes Airlines cheatline in 1983 Convair 580 in 1983. Great Lakes Airlines was a regional airline in Canada.It was formed in 1958 [1] in Sarnia, Ontario by John Blunt and by 1983 became Air Ontario Ltd. [2] In June 1987 Air Ontario Ltd. merged with Austin Airways to form Air Ontario Inc. [2] which in turn subsequently operated Air Canada Connector code ...