Robert (Bob) Devlin radio operator and
radio inspector in the 1940's
My dad, Robert (Bob) Devlin worked
for 35 years for the DOT. He worked out of Edmonton, Dease Lake,
Teslin and Resolute Bay in the 1940's then Ottawa in the 50's to 1965 then he
retired after 14 years service at Winnipeg DOT flight checking.
He went to radio training with James (jim) Semper and worked in Edmonton with
Herby Foxcroft. He was good friends and worked with
Lou Colpitts in Resolute
and Winnipeg.
Bonni Devlin
29 December 2014
Here are some more details
and dates. I know my dad was working in Winnipeg for
MacDonald Brothers Aircraft Company then joined the DOT in about 1943. I
believe he was trained in Edmonton (or Winnipeg) and then worked for
Jake
Allen out of Edmonton.
Bonni Devlin
30 December 2014
One is about
Eric Devlin
(related to you ?) and the other is about Bob Devlin (your dad ?)
Albert Sager remembers: He had
graduated from Canadian Electronics Institute in Sept. 1941. He had
signed on with the DOT at Meteo HQ in Toronto in November and came to
the Test Rooms in Ottawa the following week, arriving Dec. 1 with about
six others, including Gilmour, Papazian and Wall (who did not stay
around long). They were sent to the monitoring station and on Dec. 2
Albert and Harry Lathwell began shift duty at the new building with only
Rene Arial working at completing the installation of equipment. A week
or so later other operators were moved in on a phased basis until all
positions were manned. Harry Lathwell had come in from a year or more
with the Merchant Navy on the north Atlantic where he was on a fast
ship, sailing alone. About Oct. 23, 1943 a large group of operators
moved to Vancouver to man the Point Grey monitoring station copying
Japanese code.
Eric Devlin
was one of them. [Albert provided a number of names to add to the list.]
At the end of the Pacific war he went to Winnipeg for Meteo training,
and after a tour on Radio Ranges eventually returned to Ottawa, working
in Telecom HQ. He retired in Ottawa. [Deceased Nov. 1999]
Lorne 'Scotty' Wilson remembers:
He reported to the Ottawa station in June 1942 along with
Frank Cole,
Ray Goodwin,
M. Michalczyk, and
Bob Devlin
from the Strathburn Monitoring station where they had all been suspended
by Tom Wylie for ????.
Ed Davey had said: " send them here, I can use
them." He went to Vancouver in Nov. 1944 with others, to monitor
Japanese stations. Later he returned to Ottawa, to Telecom HQ. He
retired in Ottawa. [Deceased Jan 2004]
Donald Courcy
30 December 2014
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