2451 AC&W Squadron,
Windsor, ON

Appendix "A" to Brief Re Alternate Roles
National Archives of Canada


INTERNATIONAL AIR FORCES NIGHT
Windsor, Ontario, June 24, 6:15 pm
Elmwood Casino, Dougall Avenue

The first International Air Forces Night held between the Officers of the United States Air Forces and the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Detroit-Windsor area has been organized for the evening of June 24, 1960, in Windsor, Ontario at the Elmwood Casino.

This affair has been planned as a pre-festival activity of the Freedom Festival which is held annually between the Cities of Detroit and Windsor. The date of the Festival this year is June 25 to July 4, and this will be the kick-off for the celebrations between the two cities.

Six hundred Officers of both Air Forces are expected to attend this first annual affair and hear our guest speaker, The Honourable Pierre Sevigny, MP, Associate Minister of National Defence for Canada.

Next year it is planned to hold this affair in Detroit and thereafter alternately in each country.

Among the distinguished head table guests who are invited to attend the first International Air Forces Night are the following:

Maj General Harold R Maddux CGCommander 10th Air Force USAFSelfridge AFB Mich
Maj General James C JensenCommander 30th Air DivisionTruax AFB Madison Wis
Air Vice Marshal JG KerrVice-Chief of the RCAFOttawa,Ontario
Air Commodore FS CarpenterAir Transport Commander RCAFTenton, Ontario
Admiral Leon Jacobi USN RetiredDetroit Edison CompanyDetroit, Mich
Group Captain RL DenisonSector CommanderRCAF Station Edgar, On
Col CG Chandler, JRComander Detroit Air Defence SectorBattleCreek, Mich
Governor G Mennen Williams State of Michigan
Louis C MirianiMayorCity of Detroit
Michael J PatrickMayorCity of Windsor
Leonard R BaldockNational President RCAF AssociationWindsor, Ont
Chairman and Toastmaster
Captain FG Reynolds USNCommanderUS Naval Stn Grosse Ile, Mich

The rest of the group will comprise the greatest selection of Colonels, Wing Commanders, Majors, Squadron Leaders, Captain and Looies ever assembled under one roof.

The program for the evening is as follows, beginning at 6:15 sharp.

6:15 to 7 pmCocktails
7:00 pmAdvance of Colours
7:05 pmGrace from Padre
7:10 pm Toast to Her Majesty the Queen by Maj Gen James C Jensen USAF
7:15 pmToast to the President of the United States by A/V/M Kerr RCAF
8:00 pmIntroduction of Head Table by Captain FG Reynolds USN
8:05 pmIntroduction of Hon Pierre Sevigny, Guest Speaker, by Capt Reynolds
8:10 to 8:35 pmGuest Speaker
8:36 pmThanks to Guest Speaker by Squadron Leader Robert Norwood RCAF
8:40 pmRetire the Colours
8:45 pmFloor Show begins

This floor show is a Broadway Musical Comedy with a cast of 25 featuring "La Femme de Paris".

When the floor show is finished, the officers will then proceed to the Officers Mess, 2451 Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, RCAF, the host unit for the evening. This headquarters is located at 437 Erie Street East, in Windsor, Ontario. The Commanding Officer is Squadron Leader Robert Norwood RCAF, Honourary Chairman of the International Air Forces Night Committee, set up to organize this affair.

Captain Frank G Reynolds, US Navy, Commanding Officer US Naval Air Station Grosse Ile, Michigan, will act as Chairman and Toastmaster at the first annual International Air Forces Night which will be held in Windsor, Ont, June 24th 1960. This affair has been planned as a pre-festival activity of the Freedom Festival and the first get-together of the Officers of the United States Air Forces and the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Detroit-Windsor area. Six hundred officers are expected to attend.

The Honourable Pierre Sevigny, MP, Associate Minister of National Defence for Canada, will be Guest Speaker at the first annual International Air Forces Night, to be held in Windsor, Ontario, June 24th, 1960. Mr. Sevigny has an impressive war record, lost a leg during the Battle of the Rhine in World War Two. He received Poland's highest award, the Virtuiti Militari, and both the French and Belgian Croix de Guerre. He wrote the book "Face L'ennemi" (confronting the Enemy) a soldier's story in battle, while learning to walk with an arificial leg.

Following is a compilation of the Units attending the International Air Forces Program.

US Navy and Marine Corps, Gross Ile150
Selfridge AFB100
2451 AC&W Squadron50
9127 Squadron Arc30
9126 Squadron Arc40
RCAF Association10
US Coast Guard10
War Birds Association25
Air National Guard 25
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