Winnepeg to Saskatoon 1930 Cover
signed by
Wilfred James Buchannan DFC
WJ Wilfred James 08.10.1895 AIR76-1 AIR 76/64/58 11503 BUCHANAN
Buchanan 2Lt WJ Wilfred James 1st Scots Guards 9074 Pte. RFC 2Lt. RFC 2Lt Medals WO 372/3/150803 5952 BUCHANAN
Buchanan Lt WJ Wilfred James 08.10.1896 09.01.18 embarked Port Said for Salonika 'HMT San Rita' move CF27681 37680 BUCHANAN
Buchanan Lt WJ Wilfred James 08.10.1896 17Sq 17.01.18 posted move CF27681 37681 BUCHANAN
Buchanan Lt WJ Wilfred James 08.10.1896 17Sq 19.09.18 missing - failed to return from special mission move CF27681 37682 BUCHANAN
Buchanan Lt WJ Wilfred James 08.10.1896 16Wg 15.10.18 rejoined (repatriated PoW) move CF27682 37683 BUCHANAN
Buchanan Lt WJ Wilfred James 08.10.1896 17Sq 15.10.18 posted move CF27682 37684 BUCHANAN
Buchanan Lt WJ Wilfred James 08.10.1896 09.12.18 embarked Itea for Taranto move CF27682 37685
SUPPLEMENT TO THE EDINBURGH GAZETTE, JANUARY 6, 1919
Married in 1922 and then emigrated to Canada
Like many early commercial and mail contract aviators, Wifred Buchanan served as a pilot during the First World War before turning his skills to civilian commercial aviation
On December 10, 1928, Buchanan lifted off from Winnipeg in a Fokker Super Universal monoplane at 9:10 a.m., carrying the first official air mail bags bound for Regina to inaugurate prairie mail delivery
He flew extensively across Western and Northern Canada during aviation's formative bush-flying era, working alongside other legendary pilots like Punch Dickins
Wifred Buchanan died in 1974