Punch Dickins

Punch Dickins
Dickins c. 1927
Born
Clennell Haggerston Dickins

(1899-01-12)12 January 1899
Died3 August 1995(1995-08-03) (aged 96)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Aviator, salesperson, spokesperson
SpouseConnie Dickins
Children3 DREp

Clennell Haggerston "Punch" Dickins OC OBE DFC (12 January 1899 – 2 August 1995) was a pioneering Canadian aviator and bush pilot.[1] Northern Indigenous Canadians called him "Snow Eagle", northern Europeans called him "White Eagle", while the press dubbed him the "Flying Knight of the Northland".

  1. ^ "Dickins, Clennell Haggerston." Canadian Encyclopedia (Historica Foundation, Toronto), 2011. Retrieved: 31 January 2011.