Baker, Francis Russell

BAKER, Francis Russell, aviation pioneer (b 31 Jan 1910, Winnipeg, MB; d 15 Nov 1958, Vancouver). He quit school after grade 8 and learned to fly while still a teenager, though he did not become a full-time pilot until the mid-1930s after he moved to BC. In 1938 he joined Canadian Airways, based at PRINCE GEORGE, flying people and supplies to Interior communities and MINING camps. Baker continued with the company, which became Canadian Pacific Air Lines in 1942, until 1945; then he and Walter...

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