Harold Spencer Kerby
Air ViceMarshal Harold Spencer Kerby CB, DSC, AFC was Canadianborn air officer of the British Royal Air Force. He served in the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War, where he became a flying ace with nine confirmed aerial victories, later transferring to the Royal Air Force, rising to command of British Air Forces in East Africa during the Second World War.
Kerby was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, the only son of Reverend George William Kerby, and his wife Emily . In 1903 the family moved to Calgary, Alberta, where his father served as minister at the Central Methodist Church, and then as principal of Mount Royal College from 1911. His mother was a teacher, author, feminist, and social activist, who served as first president of the Calgary Young Womens Christian Association, first vicepresident of the Calgary Local Council of Women, and who eventually became vicepresident of the National Council of Women of Canada. Harold Kerby graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in mechanical engineering.
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