Frederick Thomas "Fred" Smye (August 6, 1916 – 1985) was a Canadian businessman. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page He was the president of Avro Aircraft Limited (Canada). Avro Aircraft Limited (Canada was a Canadian aircraft manufacturing company that was in business from 1945-62
He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, the son of Frederick Thomas Smye and Maude Givern, and was educated at Trinity College in Port Hope. Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population Frederick Thomas Smye ( July 4 1868 &ndash) was an Ontario political figure Trinity College School (TCS is a coeducational independent boarding/day school located in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada. Port Hope is a Municipality in Ontario, Canada, about 109 km east of Toronto and about 159 km west of Kingston. In 1939, he married Dorothy Jean Carswell. Smye joined United States Munitions and Supply in New York City in 1940, later becoming director of Canadian Aircraft Production during World War II. The City of New York World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including In 1944, he joined Federal Aircraft Limited in Montreal, later named Victory Aircraft. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec When Hawker Siddeley purchased Victory Aircraft from the Canadian government in 1945, Smye became the first employee of A. Hawker Siddeley was a group of British manufacturing companies renowned for their aircraft production. V. Roe Canada Limited and later that year he became assistant general manager of Avro Aircraft Limited. He later served as president of Canadian Applied Research Limited and Canadian Steel Improvement Limited.
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- Canadian Who's Who, 1958-1960
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