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In 1941 MacDougall was promoted to the highest non-elected position in the Civil
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The open airplane was used for patrol purposes on floats in the summer and skis in the winter. For the latter MacDougall had fur lined pants up to his armpits, fur lined boots, fur lined helmet, fur trimmed goggles and his mitts were also fur lined up to his elbows. He would return from a winter trip
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MacDougall was an accomplished amateur musician, who also made violins as a hobby. He added a woodworking corner to his Park office where he made violins in his spare time. He used his knowledge of woods to good effect and scoured the country looking for scraps of old, fine grained woods which he
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MacDougall had the use of the first production Beaver and then subsequent
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MacDougall was first married to Pearl Nugent (1885–1946) from whom he had three children, two of whom survived into adulthood and second married to Merren Murray (–1983) from whom he had a daughter.
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Battalion of the 1st Canadian Division. On 6 September 1917, he was admitted to hospital suffering from the effects of a gas attack, returning to duty on the 16th in time to join the
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After his death a memorial fellowship was established at the
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SR-10, and this served for many years until, during a routine maintenance, serious corrosion problems were discovered and the plane had to be retired.
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