Smye, Fred

Fred T. Smye, once President and General Manager of Avro Aircraft Limited, first worked with the Canadian aircraft industry during World War II as an official of the Department of Munitions and Supply in 1940, becoming Director of Aircraft Production. In 1944 he was appointed Assistant General Manager of Federal Aircraft Limited in Montreal to wind up the Canadian Government's aircraft production program. At the close of the war he played a key role in establishing the British Hawker Siddeley Group in Canada through the formation of A.V. Roe Canada Limited. On August 1, 1945, Fred became the f...