Brygadyr, Stanley: my Royal Canadian Navy recollections (March 18, 2013)

An interview/narrative of Stanley Brygadyr's experiences whilst serving with the Royal Canadian Navy as an aviator. Interview took place on March 18, 2013.

Interviewer: Schneider, Matt

Interviewee: Brygadyr, Stanley

Rank: Colonel.

ABSTRACT: This interview covers naval aviation, particularly carrier operations, during the 1960s. Colonel Brygadyr was an officer in squadrons VS-880 and VX-1 0 during this period, and the majority of events discussed come from his personal experiences. Beginning with are view of training, this interview covers tactical ASW operations involving the CS2FTracker, a chronology of HMCS Bonaventure operations, and VX-10 developmental operations. RCN structure, and strategy are discussed, as well as the possibilities for fighter aircraft. This interview concludes with the effects of Unification on the careers of former naval aviators. 0.00-family and personal background 1.30-motivations for naval enlistment, Venture program 5.50-experience training with RCAF 6.30-Carrier operations indoctrination9.00-Landing Signals Officer role explanation 10.45-landing and takeoff procedure 17.00-naval seagoing experience previous to Bonaventure 19.33-HMCS Bonaventure, impressions, background 23.14-ASW: CS2F Tracker discussion, ASW tactics, submarine types and considerations, detection equipment 30.10-structure of VS-880 squadron (anti-submarine squadron) 32.00-operation anecdotes 34.15-events leading up to and surrounding Cuban missile crisis 43.40-experiences with USN 47.00-daily flying routine with VS-880 51.10-experiences with VX-1 0 (experimental squadron) 53.15-RCN organization and its relation with naval aviation5 8.12-RCN fleet structure, a defense of ASW specialization 61.05-VF-870 (fighter squadron), and the F2H Banshee 66.16-A-4 Skyhawk trials67.30-the process of armed forces unification, 1968 69.00-side note on loss of Bonaventure 72.05-experiences with Argus in various squadrons 74. 00-conclusion

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Schneider, Matt
• Brygadyr, Stanley

Subject

• Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
• Armed Forces--Officers
• Military history
• Naval history
• Canada. Royal Canadian Navy

Language

• eng

Date created

• March 18, 2013

Relation

• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 sound recording (MP3)

Geographic coverage

• Canada

Coordinates

• 60.10867, -113.64258

Additional physical characteristics

• Original sound recording (MP3) also available.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• oral histories (literary genre)
• reminiscences
• interviews
• sound recordings

Archival item identifier

• BS_796

Fonds title

• Military oral history collection

Fonds identifier

• SC141

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection

Date digitized

• April 8, 2013

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .mp3 format at 128 kbps and 44 kHz. Recorded in digital format by interviewer, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2013. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/feqs-tp95

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