Historical Narrative Report
2424 Aircraft Control and Warning Unit Hamilton, Ont.
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June 1960 to 30 November 1960
1 Jun 60
Routine normal. Bell Telephone are installing new internal phone system.
2 Jun 60
Staff parade. AW1 Chapman reported for Summer employment.
3 Jun 60
Routine normal.
4 Jun 60
Standdown.
5 Jun 60
Standdown. Stn Hamilton and 16 Wg had annual inspection.
6 Jun 60
Routine normal.
7 Jun 60
General parade. TA lectures.
8 Jun 60
Routine normal.
9 Jun 60
Staff parade. Plans for Air Force Day.
10 Jun 60
Routine normal. Edgar party departed at 1900 hrs.
11 Jun 60
Edgar party assigned to positions.
12 Jun 60
Edgar party returned Hamilton at 1900 hrs.
13 Jun 60
Routine normal.
14 Jun 60 General Parade. Plans for Air Force Day. 15 Jun 60 Routine normal. 16 Jun 60 Staff parade. S/L Ardeline & F/L Napper & MacMillan proceeded on 2 days TD at ADCHQ. 17 Jun 60 Routine normal. 18 Jun 60 Air Force Day. 19 Jun 60 Standdown. 20 Jun 60 Routine normal. 21 Jun 60 General parade. 22 Jun 60 Routine normal. 23 Jun 60 Staff parade. 24 Jun 60 Routine normal. Edgar party departed Hamilton at 1900 hrs. 25 Jun 60 Edgar crew assigned to positions. 26 Jun 60 Edgar crew returned to Hamilton at 1900 hrs 27 Jun 60 Start of 1960 RTTP. Phase 2 - 39 students, one missing. A/Cpl J McCelland from Stn Edgar reported in for instructional duties. LAW Johns reported in for duty in the 2424 Orderly Room. 28 Jun 60 Routine normal. Instructional duties. Sqn starts Summer standdown. 29 Jun 60 Routine normal. Instructional duties. 30 Jun 60 Routine normal. Instructional duties. Cpl Morris TOS on enrolment from Reg Force. 1 Jul 60 Holiday. F/L McAllister's promotion. 2 - 3 Jul 60 Standdown. 4 Jul 60 Routine normal. LAW Sherwin reported in for summer duty in 2424 Orderly Room. 5 - 8 Jul 60 Routine normal. Instructional duties. 9 - 10 Jul 60 Standdown. 11 - 15 Jul 60 Routine normal. Instructional duties. 16 - 17 Jul 60 Standdown. 18 - 22 Jul 60 Routine normal. Instructional duties. 23 - 24 Jul 60 Standdown. 25 - 29 Jul 60 Routine normal. Instructional duties. 30 Jul - 1 Aug 60 Standdown. 2 - 5 Aug 60 Routine normal. Instructional duties. 6 - 7 Aug 60 Standdown. 8 - 9 Aug 60 Routine normal. Instructional duties. 10 Aug 60 Routine normal. Visit by W/C Sarty, SOGT at ADCHQ. 11 - 12 Aug 60 Routine normal. Instructional duties. 13 - 14 Aug 60 Standdown 15 - 19 Aug 60 Routine normal. Instructional duties. 20 - 21 Aug 60 Standdown. 22 Aug 60 Routine normal. Instructional duties. 23 Aug 60 Routine normal. RTTP write final Trade Board Exams. 24 Aug 60 Routine normal. Results back from Trenton, 100% pass. 25 Aug 60 RTTP Graduation ceremonies. G/C Marshall of 16 Wg and S/L Ardeline inspected students. 26 Aug 60 RTTP clearances. 27 Aug 60 Standdown. 28 Aug 60 Standdown. RTTP Staff disbanded & returned to units. 29 - 31 Aug 60 Routine normal. 1 - 2 Sep 60 Routine normal. 3 - 4 Sep 60 Standdown 5 Sep 60 Standdown - Labour Day. 6 Sep 60 First General parade of Fall season. 7 Sep 60 Routine normal. 8 Sep 60 Staff parade.TA planning. 9 Sep 60 Routine normal. 10 - 11 Sep 60 Standdown. 12 Sep 60 Routine normal. 13 Sep 60 General parade. TA, General planning. 14 Sep 60 Routine normal. 15 Sep 60 Staff parade. TA planning. 16 Sep 60 Routine normal. S/L Ardeline departed Stn Downsview by S/A for CO's conference at Stn St Hubert. 17 Sep 60 Standdown. S/L Ardeline returned from St Hubert with news that all Aux AC&Ws were to be disbanded. 2424 would be disbanded effective 1 Feb 61. 18 Sep 60 Battle of Britain parade. Members of 2424, 16 Wg, Stn Hamilton, Air Force Association and Air Cadets marched in downtown Hamilton. G/C Frostad took the salute. 19 Sep 60 Routine normal. 20 Sep 60 General parade. News of AC&W disbandment passed to local TV, radio and newspapers. Phones were ringing most of the day. 21 Sep 60 Routine normal. 22 Sep 60 Staff parade. TA program. 23 Sep 60 Routine normal 24 Sep 60 Standdown. 25 Sep 60 Sunday parade. TA program RTTP students issued blues. 26 Sep 60 Routine normal. 27 Sep 60 General parade. TA program. 28 Sep 60 Routine normal. 29 Sep 60 Staff parade. 30 Sep 60 Routine normal. Edgar party departed Hamilton at 1900 hrs. 1 Oct 60 Edgar crew allotted positions. 2 Oct 60 Edgar crew returned Hamiltong at 1900 hrs. 3 Oct 60 Routine normal. Wearing of blues. 4 Oct 60 General parade. TA program. 5 Oct 60 Routine normal. 6 Oct 60 Staff parade. TA program. 7 Oct 60 Routine normal. 8 - 9 Oct 60 Standdown. 10 Oct 60 Standdown. Thanksgiving. 11 Oct 60 General parade. TA program. 12 Oct 60 Routine normal. 13 Oct 60 Staff parade. TA program. 14 Oct 60 Routine normal. Edgar party departed Hamilton at 1930 hrs. 15 Oct 60 Edgar party assigned positions. 16 Oct 60 Edgar party returned Hamilton 1930 hrs. Aux TA exams written. 17 Oct 60 Routine normal. Disbandment planning. 18 Oct 60 General parade. 19 Oct 60 Routine normal 20 Oct 60 Staff parade. Disbandment planning. 21 Oct 60 Routine normal. 22 - 23 Oct 60 Standdown. 24 Oct 60 Routine normal. 25 Oct 60 General parade. 26 Oct 60 Routine normal 27 Oct 60 Staff parade. Disbandment planning. 28 Oct 60 Routine normal. Edgar party departed Hamilton at 1930 hrs. 29 Oct 60 Edgar party assigned positions. 30 Oct 60 Edgar party returned Hamilton 1930 hrs. 31 Oct 60 Routine normal. 1 Nov 60 General parade. Returning of publications. 2 Nov 60 Routine normal. 3 Nov 60 Staff parade. 4 Nov 60 Routine normal 5 - 6 Nov 60 Standdown. 7 Nov 60 Routine normal. 8 Nov 60 Returning of Pubs. Officers entertained officers of 2400 Sqn at Urban HQ. 9 Nov 60 Routine normal. 10 Nov 60 Staff parade. 11 Nov 60 Standdown. Edgar party departed Hamilton 1730 hrs. 12 Nov 60 Standdown. Edgar party assigned positions 13 Nov 60 Remembrance Day parade. Tri-service. 14 Nov 60 Routine Normal. 15 Nov 60 General parade. 16 Nov 60 Routine normal. 17 Nov 60 Staff parade. 18 - 19 Nov 60 Standdown. 20 Nov 60 (No entry) 21 Nov 60 Routine normal. 22 Nov 60 Routine normal. General parade. 23 Nov 60 Routine normal. 24 Nov 60 Staff parade. 25 - 27 Nov 60 Standdown. 28 Nov 60 Routine normal. 29 Nov 60 General parade. 30 Nov 60 Routine normal. (GH MacMillan) F/L
for CO, 2424 AC&W (Aux) Hamilton, Ont.