Metz, France

1966 – Annex C to Historical Record
National Archives of Canada

PART I - PERSONNEL CAREERS

COMMAND HAND-OVER

9 Aug 66

On 9 Aug 66 A/V/M DAR Bradshaw handed over Command of 1 Air Division to A/V/M RJ Lane.

CHIEF OF STAFF DUTIES

5 Sep 66

OFFICERS PROMOTION BOARD

The Officers Promotion Board was held in Oct 66. The following is a breakdown of officers promoted in Air Division during 1 Jan to 31 Dec 66.

CFR BOARD

21 - 23 Nov 66

This Board was comprised of the following members:

The quota for 1 Air Division in respect of the above Board was 156. 118 were considered and 90 submitted to CFHQ.

24 Nov 66

A PAdOs conference was held to discuss personnel matters of common interest.

AIRMEN'S PROMOTION BOARD

28 Nov - 9 Dec 66

This Board was comprised of the following members:

The quotas for 1 Air Division in respect of the above Board were:

Open quotas to SGT were allowed in the following trades and 61 submitted to CFHQ:

The following is a breakdown of airmen promoted to 1 Air Division during 1Jan to 31 Dec 66:

* Plus 1720 LACs promoted to Cpl 1 Oct 66.

PART II - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION

Staff Changes

G/C GS Galley assumed the position of SSO Pers eff 11 Jul 66, replacing G/C ER Emond who was transferred to Mob HQ.

S/L CC Buxton Air/P assumed the position of SOPA/2 eff 6 Feb 66, replacing W/C DE Clarke who was transferred to 4 ATAF Ramstein.

S/L E Regal was promoted to S/L eff 15 Dec 66.

F/L ME Vaughan Pers/Adm assumed the position of SOPA/2-3 eff 25 Aug 66, replacing RF Johnson who was transferred to CFB Cold Lake.

Recreation

Jan 66

4 Wing won the Commanders Trophy for overall standing in Air Division competition 1965/66.

Welfare

Oct 66

During Oct a conference was held to apprise newcomers of the team approach used in Air Division to deal with personnel problems. Attending were all COs, PAdOs, SMOs, Chaplains and Welfare Officers within the Air Division.

Nov 66

A survey of problem students was completed in Nov to determine if the selection and screening of families proceeding overseas had improved since the previous year. A marked improvement was noted in some areas particularly in regard to students with serious physical abnormalities. There are still some students arriving with fairly serious emotional or learning problems.

Campaigns

Nov 66

1966 Annual Poppy Campaign was coordinated by SO Pers Admin. Poppy sales amounted to $1,257.57 and a cheque in this amount was forwarded to the Canadian Legion, Ottawa.

Sep - Nov 66

1966 Canada Savings Bond campaign was co-ordinated by SO Pers Admin. F/L S Ash was the Division co-ordinator. Sales of $1,572,000 represented a commitment fulfillment of 149%.

DEPENDENT EDUCATION

Jun 66

The high level of performance of Grade 13 students was most gratifying. Approximately 94% of papers written were passed and of these 45% were of first or second class honour standard. Ontario scholarships (over 80% average) were won by 8 candidates as well as 5 scholarships provided by Air Division.

Sep 66

In September 1966 we opened a fourth bilingual class for children from families where French is spoken. These classes now operate at Metz, 3 Wing and 4 Wing.

In June 1966 Miss Ella Hubert who had done excellent work with our primary teachers as a consultant concluded her term of service. She was replaced by Miss Marie Koster. We also lost the services of Mr Frank Levague who since 1963 had supervised the installation of our Home Economics and Industrial Arts equipment and the development of the programmes in those subjects.

CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION FRANCE

The decision of the French government to withdraw from the military organization of the NATO treaty and the consequent withdrawal of Allied Forces from France will result in release of the French labor Force.

* - Hourly - less than 6 months service

Note: There have been three cadre personnel resignations, one at each of the units. As they were not under notice they did not qualify for the Separation Allowance.

The notice period for the various categories of employees is the following:

* Hourly - Less than 6 months service.

As this time release notices have been served on 15 cadres paid from public funds.

The Civilian Labour Estimates for 1 Air Division for 1966/67 are as follows:

Included in this latter amount is the sum of $120,000 being the provision for the Separation Allowance payable to personnel released who will have had five years and upwards service at that time. The Separation Allowance is one week's salary for each year of service.

Aug 66

The RCAF gave the requisite notice of one year for the vacation of the 1 Wing deployment field at Rocroi on 1 Aug 66.

Apr - Jun 66

The Civilian Personnel Co-ordinating Committee last met in Paris on 14 Jun 66. The compensation and Employment Conditions Sub-Committee last met on 19 Apr 66. These committees will presumably be dissolved as of 31 Mar 67.

GERMANY

Dec 66

The New Collective Tariff Agreement was signed in Bonn on 16 Dec 66 after negotiations lasting more than three years. The Agreement, which was signed by the German Minister of Finance on the one side and the Trade Unions on the other, entered into effect as of 1 Jan 67. Owing to the complexities involved in application of the New Tariff Agreement a transition agreement was also negotiated which will permit the progressive introduction of the main agreement over a period of four months.

Of the total Estimates for Civilian Labour viz $4,177,000, the amount provided for Germany is $1,977,000. The Termination Gratuity has been done away with under the New Collective Tariff Agreement, being replaced in effect by the Vacation Bonus and a Separation Allowance. The latter allowance will have little incidence for years to come. The amounts accrued under the Termination Gratuity by employees at 3 and 4 Wings are of the order of $150,000.

Jan - Dec 66

The average turnover for the period under review is 3.7%. There were 5 vacancies as at 31 Dec 66, 4 at 3 Wing and 1 at 4 Wing.

ITALY

Jan - Dec 66

New civilian regulations were promulgated in 1966. These regulations have been translated into the Italian language and work contracts based thereon have been drawn up. An Employeed Evaluation Programme was also introduced in 1966.

May, Aug, Nov 66

The Italian Civilian Personnel Co-ordinating Committee met in Wiesbaden in May and in Rome in Aug. Following an Allied wage survey in Italy in 1966 new wage scales for monthly and hourly paid employees were introduced at AWU Decimomannu with effect 1 Nov 66.

The small labour force remains stable. Turnover and vacancies NIL. Expenditures on civilian labour wages and salaries is expected to be about $43,000 in the current fiscal year.

BELGIUM

A year's notice of vacation of St Hubert and Bertrix air fields was given in Jun 66. Maintenance will be ensured until the expiry of the notice period. The guard strength has been reduced in Oct 66 from 16 to 9 at each field.

CFN NETWORK

General

The network consists of five 50-watt FM transmitters located at Network HQ, Metz, 1,3 & 4 Wings and at Ramstein (4ATAF). Public property involvement in the network includes all transmitter and broadcast antennas, and CFN HQ studios at Metz. Studios at Wing locations are provided out of M&I funds. Network connections are made by RCAF micro-wave to the Wings, and by 4 ATAF micro-wave to Ramstein.

At the beginning of the period CFN continued to broadcast 116 hours a week. With the increase of announce staff from three to four during the summer months it became possible to extend broadcast hours. In Oct the Saturday and Sunday sign-on time was advanced one hour to 0900 hrs, and in November sign-off was retarded on 4 nights a week to 0300 hrs, bring the weekly total to 120 hours. These two changes allowed CFN to bring an early newscast (recorded at 0700 hrs) to listeners on Saturday and Sunday morning, and a late, live newscast ("The World at Six") via telephone (0000 hrs to 0030 hrs) Tuesday to Friday inclusive. The four-hour increase in programming time involved a seven-hour weekly increase in the announcer's work schedule, as weekend duty announcers reported at 0700 hrs to record the news and week-night annnouncers worked until 0045 hrs on four occasions each week.

Programming

Of the total number of hours broadcast weekly approximately 70 were provided by CBC tape and shortwave services. The remainder was programmed locally from Metz studios by CFN staff. Certain programmes were contributed on a rotating basis by all stations of the network (eg children's stories, "Twenty-One Questions", inter-wing hockey etc). Where volunteer staff allowed, Wing stations carried on local programming during Metz "local" periods, but the Metz programme was available at all times at all network locations.

CFN continued to rebroadcast seven regular news broadcasts daily, one of which was read live from CFN studios, having been compiled from CBC short wave and Canadian press copy, as well as any releases from the 1 Air Division Information Office. CBC tapes were delivered first to 4 CIBG and forwarded, after broadcast there, to CFN. The tape schedule contained a cross-section of Canadian programmes designed to interest specific groups (housewives, pre-school children teenagers, car-hobby groups etc) as well as a general audience. A new programme source became available during the year in the form of a Service telephone connection with Ottawa. On the whole it has proven a useful supplement to short wave and commercial cable for providing immediate coverage of certain events, including "The World at Six" broadcast mentined in 1. It is, however, subject to interruption by service calls, and varies greatly in its quality. The Queen's Christmas message had to be sent fourteen times over this line before a barely acceptable version could be recorded by CFN. Attempts to relay these phone transmissions to RADIO CAE had mixed success, despite additional amplification injected at Metz.

Technical

Technical maintenance was carried out during the period by CPl S Brezinski, ComTech assigned full-time to CFN. He is responsible for maintenance of publicly owned components of the network.

Prospective Move to Germany

An FM relay was envisaged as possible substitute for micro-wave in setting up CFN in the Air Division's new posture in Germany, foreseen for 1967. Tests were carried out to attempt to ascertain the feasibility of such a relay system, and the advice of German broadcasting engineers was obtained to the same end. At the close of the period German Bundespost authorities had not yet been approached for their reaction to the propoal, which could not be spelled out for this purpose until the new area to be covered had been defined. As a result the proposal was still in a tentative stage at the end of the period under review.

Personnel

Staff at the beginning of the period were as follows:

1. Director and Assistant Director (CBC seconded);
2. announcer-operators, Metz 3,
3. Wing Managers, 3;
4. Secretary (French National) at Metz, 1;
5. technician, Cpl ComTech 1.

In Jan 66 the 3 Wing manager was dismised for incompetence and absenteeism, and his position was filled pro tem by the dependent secretary of CFN 3 Wing. The position was still vacant at the end of the period. One Metz announcer returned to Canada during April and was temorarily replaced by a dependent with one year at Ryerson. The French-National secretary left at the same time, and was replaced by a bilingual dependent wife. During June the 4 Wing manager was repatriated and the temporary Metz announcer (above mentioned) left CFN. Two new announcer-operators recruited in Canada joined Metz staff in June, completing the new establishment for four. In July a third new announcer joined Metz staff, to fill a vacancy scheduled for Sep 2. On 2 Sep the staff was again reduced to four. On the same date the 1 Wing manager was repatriated. Manager positions at Wings have not been filled permanently, though in 1 Wing as in 3 Wing the position was filled pro tem by the secretary there. Finally, the last member of CFNs Metz staff (as it was at the beginning of the period) was repatriated in Oct and replaced by a new recruit from Canada. Thus in the course of the year the three CFN Metz staff announcers were replaced, and a fourth new member added, and all Wing Manager positions became vacant. Wing Manager positions were not filled by recruiting from Canada as the future posture of CFN was still uncertain, and a two-year contract could not be honoured with any certainty.

PART III - GROUND TRAINING

Jul 66

The following major events occurred during 1966. SO Grd Trg assumed full responsibility for recruiting within Air Division, including enrolment counselling and processing to the training stage both at 1 ADHQ and at the Wings.

The Air Division Film Library was relocated from 3 Wing to ADHQ with a minimum of disruption.

The future requirement of the Technical Training Section (TTS) was reviewed and the requirements confirmed. Adequate space is not available at 3 Wing and it is hoped suitable space will be found at Lahr.

Rehabilitation Assistance (RAP) and Graduate Assistance Programs (GAP) were favourably stimulated as a result of CFHQ specialist visits.

Changes in Personnel

Aug 66

FS B Beatty GT4 (GArts) was repatriated and replaced by Cpl G Pratt who arrived from Canada.

Apr 66

Cpl R Fontaine was posted into Graphics Arts Section and was subsequently repatriated in Nov.

Mr E Roe was hired as film librarian on the move of the film library to Metz. On his return to Canada, he was replaced by Miss J Gallagher.

Mis F Leonard, secretary, returned to Canada and was replaced by Mrs R Smith.

Aug 66

LAC R Bone (SOGRD TRG/OR) was repatriated for release to further his education and was replaced by Cpl J Gagnon.

PART IV - SECURITY

General

At the commencement of 1966 the SO Secur staff consisted of 4 officers, 1 WO, 3 Sr NCOs, 3 Cpls, and 1 LAC, with one civilian clerk employed on PMC licensing records. Incumbents of the officer positions were as follows:

During 1966 the following changes ocurred to SOSecur staff:

S/L Brown was posted to 4 Wing as WSecO. F/L Murtagh was repatriated to Canada. F/O Martin was posted to MSID. F/L TB Kelly assumed duties as Secur 2 on posting from 4 Wing. F/L DN Ward assumed police duties as Secur 3 on posting from ADCHQ. WO2 CR Nasmyth assumed duties of WO i/c SOSecur OR on posting from 4 Wing.

Visits to SOSecur

The following is an outline of the visits sponsored by SO Secur Section during this period.

Col Ritchie, Director of Security, visited 1 Air Division units, 4 CIBG units, USAF and USAREUR HQ and SHAPE accompanied by SOSecur.

Mr J Thomas visited 1 Air Division units to conduct a survey in connection with the installation of intrusion alarm devices.

S/L RJ Jordon, CO SIU, conducted an annual inspection of Detachments and Sections located in the Air Division and 4 CIBG.

2 - 6 May 66

S/L GWM Grant and F/L RW Hipgrave from CFHQ DSecurity conducted the semi-annual Joint Security and Capability Inspection along with Capt RC Wilson, USAFE HQ Wiesbaden. The inspection was carried out at 1, 3 and 4 Wings.

5 - 8 Dec 66

S/L GWM Grant and S/L JW Gourlay from CFHQ DSecurity repeated the semi-annual Joint Security and Capability Inspection accompanied by Lt WA Uthe, USAFE HQ Wiesbaden.

Oct - Nov 66

WO1 LJ Ward and party from CFHQ DND Technical Inspection unit visited 1Air Division units to inspect sensitive buildings.

Lt Col EA Beckom Chief of Veterinary Services USAFE visited 1 Air Division HQ to review the veterinary aspects of the Sentry Dog program. He also visited 3 and 4 Wings for an inspection of the dogs and facilities.

Temporary Duty - SO Secur Staff

Jan - Dec 66

The amount of TD for SOSecur staff totalled 123 days which included theTactical Evaluations, Security Screening requirements, Inspections and liaison visits with civil and military police agencies.

F/L Kelly, CSecO, attended a one month Security and Intelligence Course conducted by the RAF.

Operations

Joint Security and Capability inspections were carried out at the Wings twice during the year. The security arrangements were found satisfactory.

SOSecur staff also participated in the various exercises conducted by 1 Air Division and 4 ATAF.

Security

9 May 66

ADI 22.00/01 (Security Services - Photographic Responsibilities) was completed in conjunction with SOSecur and SO Photo and promulgated in May.

15 Dec 66

Part II ADI 22.03/03 (Security System - Non nucler Reconnaissance/Attack Installations) was completed and promulgated in Dec.

The Denial of Access List was completely reviewed and assembled in book form and forwarded to the Wings for updating action.

Statistical information concerning security administration is included in Appendix "B" to this annex.

Police Activities

Statistical returns concerning activities of the Command Police Section are contained in Appendix "B" to this annex.

Small Arms Instructors

6 - 18 Nov 66

To maintain instructor strength a Small Arms Instructors (SAI) course was arranged and held at 3 Wing. This course was attended by 16 MP selected from units within the air Division.

Security Dog Program

During 1966 a total of 23 replacement Sentry Dog Handlers were qualified either at the Sentry Dog Section, 3 and 4 Wings or at the USAFE Sentry Dog School in Wiesbaden, Germany. One Sgt and one Cpl were qualified as Kennel Masters.

May 66

An important step in so far as the fuller utilization of the Sentry Dog was taken. Previously one man one dog concept had been adopted in line with the USAF policy. The main drawback to this system was the unemployment of the dog when the handler was absent. This seriously depleted the security aspect of the program. All handlers are now acquainted with different dogs so that they can effectively work with them on any assigned post, thus allowing greater flexibility.

Authorization was granted to purchase 2 extra dogs at 3 and 4 Wings as spares and for training purposes. Replacement dogs and the authorized additional entitlement, accounted for the purchase of 9 new dogs. Three dogs were euthanized due to sickness or inability to perform sentry work. Quarterly Kennel Inspections were conducted at 3 and 4 Wings by the USAFE Veterinarians, Wiesbaden and SOSecur in accordance with the RCAF/USAF Agreement.

CAFIB Operations

There are 30 CAFIB trained MPs in the Division sufficient to handle all units identification and pass control requirements.

SIT Course

There are 50 SIT trained MPs in the Division and 14 are employed continuously on training duties.

AF Licensing

6 Jun 66

ADI 8.00/1 (Private Motor Vehicles - Operation and Registration) and ADI 8.00/2 (Private Motor Vehicles - Operation of NPF Vehicles and "Go Carts") was reviewed and promulgated in conjunction with SSO Pers and SO Pers Admin staff. A staff visit to USAFE Com Eur was carried out by CPolO to discuss licensing problems.

PART V - FOOD SERVICES

Personnel

1 Sep 66

52034W F/L MMR Theriault posted from 3 Wing to 1 ADHQ, to replace SOFSV 202489W S/L FE Bell.

Visits

27 Jul, 3 - 4 Oct, 29 - 30 Nov 66

Attended, as a non-voting member, the United States Headquarters (USAREUR HQ) Menu Planning Conference which were convened at Heidelberg, Nuremberg and 4 Wing RCAF. The purpose of the meetings is to approve the menu "A" and to discuss current Food Services problems and policies.

15 - 17 Jul 66

Attended, as RCAF representative, the Annual Meeting of the Association of Dietitians of France held at Royan, France.

Events of Interest

29 - 30 Nov 66

Hosted the USAREUR HQ Menu Planners' Conference at 4 Wing RCAF: Food Services Officers from all the Wings were present.

PART VI - CHAPLAIN SERVICES

ROMAN CATHOLIC

Visitors

3 - 17 May 66

The Deputy Chaplain General for Personnel (RC) visited the Air Division. The SORA/RC accompanied him through 1 Air Division, 1 Wing, AAFCE Fontainebleau and SHAPE Paris. 3 and 4 Wings could not be visited on account of exercises.

Conferences

4 May 66

The Chaplains of Air Division attended a conference at which G/C Davignon, D Chap Gen for Pers (RC) was present. Chaplains' activities were reviewed and problems were studied and advised upon.

9 May 66

The SORA/RC attended the NATO Air Forces Senior Chaplains (RC and P) Conference, held at the Chambery French Air Force Base.

10 Oct 66

The Chaplains (RC) of 1 Air Division attended the Annual Religious Conference with the American Chaplains at Berchtesgaden.

Ceremonies

24 Apr 66

The SORA/RC attended the military ceremony at the cenotaph and officiated at the Church of Maison Lafitte, held in memory of some fallen Canadian aviators.

Movement of Chaplains

S/L Shea, 3 Wing and S/L Methot, 4 Wing returned to Canada on termination of their tour of duty and were replaced by S/L Guilmin and F/L Bussey. The Officiating Clergyman at Decimomannu, Rev E Petri was replaced by Rev E Ercolani. The actual list of chaplains is now as follows:

1966 Statistical Returns for the Division

PROTESTANT

Visitors

15 - 26 Apr 66

Bishop Norris Anglican Bishop Ordinary to the Forces visited the Air Division in April for the purpose of conducting Confirmation candidates.

22 Apr - 15 May 66

W/C WG Rodger, now G/C Rodger, Director of Chaplain Personnel (P) visited the Air Division on his way through to attend the NATO Chaplain's Conference.

7 - 20 May 66

Brig JR Millar, Chaplain General (P) visited the Wings and 1 Air Division Headquarters.

24 Jun - 4 Jul 66

The Rev Paul Eydt, Lutheran Representative to the Chaplains' Committee of the Canadian Council of Churches visited 1 Air Division and the Brigade.

6 - 8 Sep 66

Col HA Merlinger, Director of Moral and Religious Training (P) visited 1 Air Division and the Brigade.

Transfers

1 Wing - F/L Lord was promoted and transferred as Senior Chaplain to 3 Wing. He was replaced by F/L MacLean.

3 Wing - S/L Fee was promoted and transferred to 1 Air Division Headquarters to replace W/C Stuart who was repatriated.

4 Wing - F/L Howson was promoted and became the Senior Chaplain to replace S/L Goldie who was repatriated. S/L Goldie was replaced by F/L Raeburn-Gibson.

Support Unit - S/L DeLong was repatriated and replaced by F/L Johnson.

1 Air Division HQ - W/C Fee was repatriated and replaced by W/C JN Bracher.

Statistical Returns 1 Jan - 31 Dec 66