Edwin Michael Reyno AFC, CD (11 May 1917 – 10 February 1982) was an Air Marshal in the

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and a

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in the integrated

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Biography

Born in Halifax,

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, he graduated from Saint Mary's University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Enlisting in the

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3 January 1938, Reyno was deployed overseas with No.1 (C) Squadron. He served as both a fighter pilot and an instructor, and fought with distinction during the

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. After the war, Reyno attended RCAF Staff College in 1947 and

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in 1959. He served as the Director of Strategic Air Plans from 1952 until 1955, when he was promoted to

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and made the Air Officer Commanding at

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. In 1963 he was promoted to

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and made Chief of Air Staff, 4th Allied Tactical Air Force. A final promotion to Air Marshal came in July 1966, when he was appointed Chief of Personnel of the Canadian Forces. From 1969 to 1972, he was the Deputy Commander of

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. He had three daughters, Nancy, Ruth, and Kathleen. He died in 1982 of cancer.

References

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