Dee Brasseur

Dee Brasseur
Personal details
Born
Deanna Marie Brasseur

(1953-09-09) September 9, 1953 (age 71)
Pembroke, Ontario
Known forOne of the first female RCAF Fighter Pilots
Military service
AllegianceCanada
Branch/serviceAir Command
Years of service1972–1994
RankMajor
Unit416 Squadron
Commands417 Squadron - Flight Commander

Deanna Marie "Dee" Brasseur, CM (born September 9, 1953) is a Canadian retired military officer (Major). She is credited as being Canada's very first female fighter pilot,[1] one of the first three women to earn her wings as a Canadian Forces military pilot for active duty,[2] and one of the first two female CF-18 Hornet fighter pilots in the world.

  1. ^ Deachman, Bruce. 2017 September 28. "'I went flying because I wanted to fly, not to prove anything': Canada's first female fighter pilot honoured." Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  2. ^ Pennington, Reina (2003). Amazons to Fighter Pilots: A Biographical Dictionary of Military Women. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 69. ISBN 0313327076.