Historical Narrative Report
2424 Aircraft Control and Warning Unit Hamilton, Ont.
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June 58 to 30 November 58
1 Jun 58
Stand down.
2 Jun 58
Routine normal.
3 Jun 58
Regular Aux Parade. TA carried out.
4 Jun 58
Routine normal.
5 Jun 58
Aux Staff parade. Presentation of schedules URTP and RTTP 1958. Accepted.
6 Jun 58
Party depart Hamilton 1900 hours, arrive Edgar as per TA schedule.
7 Jun 58
GCI Training carried out.
8 Jun 58
Party return Hamilton 2130 hrs.
9 Jun 58
Routine normal.
10 Jun 58
Reg Aux Parade. Dry Run for Air Force Day.
11 Jun 58
Routine normal.
12 Jun 58
Aux Staff Parade. Final synthetic run through for Air Force Day.
13 Jun 58
Building cleanup.
14 Jun 58
Air Force Day. Building open to public. Conducted tour during a Synthetic ADC Exercise. 750 people conducted through building.
15 Jun 58
Standdown.
16 Jun 58
Routine normal.
17 Jun 58
Regular Aux Parade. Complete details on Personnel to St Margarets for SCT.
18 Jun 58
Routine normal.
19 Jun 58
Staff Auxiliary Parade. Discuss with CO, Pay parade, R211's.
20 Jun 58
Routine normal.
21 - 22 Jun 58
Standdown.
23 Jun 58
Monday Routine normal.
24 Jun 58
Aux Parade. Staff meeting CO.
25 Jun 58
Prepare URTP. Final stages.
26 Jun 58
F/L Clow and F/O Rochefort on SD for URTP, Controllers Course.
27 Jun 58
Standdown for Routine Training.
28 - 29 Jun 58
Standdown.
30 Jun 58
Routine normal. Commence Course on URTP, 10 candidates report.
1 Jul 58
Holiday
2 Jul 58
Commence RTTP Course, 8 Clk Types. Balance of unit on Standdown (Aux). Thirty-four FtrCOps to St Margarets via Air ZD-HU-HU-CH.
3 Jul 58
Routine normal. Instructional duties.
4 Jul 58
Routine normal.
5 - 6 Jul 58
Standdown.
7 - 11 Jul 58
Routine normal. Instructional duties.
12 - 13 Jul 58
Standdown.
14 Jul 58
Routine normal. Instructional duties.
15 Jul 58
Auxiliary parade. Quarterly pay parade.
16 - 18 Jul 58
Routine normal. Instructional duties.
19 - 20 Jul 58
Standdown.
21 - 22 Jul 58
Routine normal. Instructional duties.
23 Jul 58
URTP examinations.
24 Jul 58
Routine normal. Instructional duties.
25 Jul 58
URTP course completed. 10 Flight Cadets posted.
26 - 27 Jul 58
Standdown.
28 Jul 58
S/L Beatty on SD.
29 - 31 Jul 58
Routine normal.
1 Aug 58
Standdown (Princess Margaret visit).
2 - 3 Aug 58
Standdown
4 Aug 58
Holiday
5 - 8 Aug 58
Routine normal
9 10 Aug 58
Standdown.
11 - 15 Aug 58
Routine normal
16 - 17 Aug 58
Standdown.
18 - 22 Aug 58
Routine normal.
23 Aug 58
30 FtrCOps from St Margarets via air - CH-UL-ZD
24 Aug 58
Standdown.
25 Aug 58
Routine normal. Practical typing test RTTP.
26 Aug 58
RTTP examinations.
27 Aug 58
Routine normal.
28 Aug 58
Graduation, RTTP
29 Aug 58
Routine normal
30 Aug - 1 Sep 58
Standdown.
2 Sep 58
Auxiliary parade. Officers and staff.
3 Sep 58
Routine normal. Auxiliary staff meeting.
4 Sep 58
Auxiliary staff parade. Routine normal.
5 Sep 58
GCI training weekend. 6 officers to Edgar, balance of standdown.
6 Sep 58
GCI training routine. F/L Vaughan conducting officer and O/C weekend training.
7 Sep 58
Party return Hamilton 1900 hrs.
8 Sep 58
Routine normal.
9 Sep 58
Auxiliary parade. Board of Inquiry - TEB failures.
10 Sep 58
Routine normal.
11 Sep 58
Auxiliary staff parade. CO's meeting re staff appointments.
12 Sep 58
Routine normal.
13 Sep 58
Standdown
14 Sep 58
Standdown. #1 crew Ops training.
15 Sep 58
Routine normal
16 Sep 58
Reg Aux parade. TA as per schedule. Conference Battle of Britain parade.
17 Sep 58
Routine normal.
18 Sep 58
Aux parade. Staff meeting, RTTP meeting.
19 Sep 58
Routine normal.
20 Sep 58
Standdown.
21 Sep 58
Battle of Britain parade.
22 Sep 58
Routine normal.
23 Sep 58
Reg Aux parade. CO's meeting re fall training. TA as scheduled.
24 Sep 58
Routine normal.
25 Sep 58
Aux Staff parade. Routine normal.
26 Sep 58
GCI training weekend Edgar. Party depart Hamilton 1930, 6 officers and 14 airmen.
27 Sep 58
GCI training, static conditions.
28 Sep 58
Party returns Hamilton 2000 hrs.
29 Sep 58
Routine normal.
30 Sep 58
Reg Aux parade. Staff meeting RTTP 1959. CO meeting with G/C Frostad.
1 Oct 58
Routine normal
2 Oct 58
Aux staff parade. TA for TEB.
3 Oct 58
Routine normal.
4 - 5 Oct 58
Standdown
6 Oct 58
Routine normal.
7 Oct 58
Reg Aux parade. TA program for TEB.
8 Oct 58
Routine normal
9 Oct 58
Aux staff parade. Board of officers. One candidate CFR.
10 Oct 58
Twenty personnel depart RCAF Edgar. Training weekend.
11 Oct 58
Personnel assigned static training positions.
12 Oct 58
Party depart Edgar 1700, arrive Hamilton 1930 .
13 Oct 58
Routine normal.
14 Oct 58
Reg Aux Parade. TA for TEB. Officers on synthetic, commence Phase I training for new intake.
15 Oct 58
Routine normal.
16 Oct 58
Aux Staff parade. Personnel assessments and Boards on Promotions.
17 Oct 58
Routine normal
18 Oct 58
Standdown.
19 Oct 58
TEB Auxiliary airmen, 48 candidates.
20 Oct 58
Routine normal.
21 Oct 58
Reg Aux parade. CO's meeting regards to committees, entertainment and squadron projects.
22 Oct 58
Routine normal.
23 Oct 58
Aux staff parade. F/L GH MacMillan Support Officer report in from Marville. GCI party, 28 personnel to Edgar. Depart Hamilton 1930, arrive Edgar 2200.
24 Oct 58
Crews and officers assigned to static training.
25 Oct 58
Party return Hamilton 1930 hrs.
27 Oct 58
Handover to F/L MacMillan. Balance routine normal.
28 Oct 58
Reg Aux parade. TA program.
29 Oct 58
Routine normal.
30 Oct 58
F/L Stock cleared, inventories, pubs, imprest, handed over.
31 Oct 58
Routine normal
1 Nov 58
Standdown
2 Nov 58
Standdown. F/L Stock SOS
3 Nov 58
Routine normal.
4 Nov 58
Reg Aux parade. TA program.
5 Nov 58
Routine normal.
6 Nov 58
Aux staff parade. F/O Hickey returned from Stn Falconbridge.
7 Nov 58
27 personnel depart at 1700 hrs for Stn Edgar for weekend training.
8 Nov 58
Crews and officers assigned to static training positions
9 Nov 58
Party returned to Hamilton at 1900 hours.
10 Nov 58
Routine normal.
11 Nov 58
Aux parade in downtown Hamilton. 2424 paraded with station Hamilton.
12 Nov 58
Routine normal
13 Nov 58
Aux staff parade. F/O Stonehouse, P/O Gibbons and P/O Owen TOS.
14 Nov 58
Routine normal.
15 - 16 Nov 58
Standdown
17 Nov 58
Routine normal
18 Nov 58
Aux parade night. TA program.
19 Nov 58
Routine normal
20 Nov 58
Aux staff parade.
21 Nov 58
15 personnel depart 1700 hrs for Stn Edgar for weekend training.
22 Nov 58
Crews and officers assigned to static training positions.
23 Nov 58
Party depart Edgar for Hamilton at 1900 hrs.
24 Nov 58
Routine normal
25 Nov 58
Aux parade night. TA program.
26 Nov 58
Routine normal.
27 Nov 58
Aux staff parade. Review lesson plans.
28 Nov 58
Routine normal.
29 Nov 58
Standdown.
30 Nov 58
CO's parade.