[seaeagle25]

I think you are most probably correct on that Ed, certainly after 1968. However, I was wondering what was in the minds of the RCN to abolish the Observer Branch back in 1956, not knowing that there was going to be a unification in 1968 of all 3 services. Obviously there would be the observers from the 1956 course and others from previous courses who would carry on for a few years, but there would always be a need for observers. Look at the RN and RAN - they still have the observer brevet with the observer title changing somewhat. Certainly those aircrew positions that you mentioned from the RCAF/CAF would now be doing the observer role today. Possibly the short sighted thinking of the RCN was negated by the unification but I do wonder what happened to those qualified RCN observers - did they transfer over to Air Command?

Doug