Russell Baker (d. 1958)

Russell Baker was a Canadian Airways pilot based in Fort St. James, British Columbia. In 1942, Baker rescued U.S. Army bomber crews from their downed planes in Million Dollar Valley. He formed Pacific Western Airlines in 1954 and bought Whitehorse Flying Services in 1955.1)

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R.B. Cameron, Yukon Wings. Frontenac House, 2012: 342.