Fern Villeneuve passed away on Tuesday night, December 24, 2019. He was the founder of RCAF Golden Hawks. His cause of death is not known at this time.
We learnt about the death of Lt. Col (Ret) Villeneuve through Facebook post by Wateroo Warbirds
“We woke up to some sad news today, Canadian aviation legend Lt. Col (Ret) Fern Villeneuve passed away last night. Fern founded the RCAF Golden Hawks and had an amazing career as a fighter pilot in the RCAF. Always an avid pilot Fern continued flying his personal globe swift up to a few days ago. He will be missed.”