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About Harlo Jones
- Harlo Lloyd Jones (December 29, 1923 – October 1, 2005) was a World War II bomber pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Born in Dinsmore, Saskatchewan to a prominent family (Harlo's father Luther Jones owned several businesses, including Dinsmore's first power plant), young Harlo was known by the nickname "Squirt" because of his small stature.
- His older brother, RCAF pilot Dale Jones, was shot down and killed in 1940 during the Battle of Dunkirk.
- Undeterred, Harlo was eager to join the RCAF as soon as he was of age.
- Refused twice at the Saskatoon recruiting center because of his small size, he was eventually accepted with a recorded weight of 118 pounds and a height of 5 feet, 10 inches. After training at various sites across Canada he was assigned to 408 Squadron of 6 RCAF Group, RAF Bomber Command at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire.
- Harlo flew Avro Lancaster and Handley Page Halifax bombers in 32 sorties against targets in Germany and Occupied Europe.
- His final sortie was on December 5, 1944, just days before his 21st birthday.
- He was subsequently awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, promoted to Flight Lieutenant, and released of his duties. He returned to Canada where he joined the Geological Survey of Canada, working with a crew in the bush north of Flin Flon, Manitoba.
- He married Ethel Cloake, a nurse, in 1946.
- He earned a Bachelor of Arts at the University of British Columbia and worked as a reporter for the Vancouver Sun, and later, the Edmonton Bulletin.
- He rejoined the RCAF in 1950 and served for another 20 years before managing a hospital in Winnipeg. Harlo published the first of his two memoirs in 1995.
- O Little Town: Remembering Life in a Prairie Village detailed his childhood in Dinsmore.
- Bomber Pilot: A Canadian Youth's War followed in 2001, in which he recounted his days as a bomber pilot in World War II. Harlo Jones died on October 1, 2005, in Winnipeg, Manitoba after suffering a stroke.
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