Miscellaneous

BRC - RPCG - RMG or RTG
Course Photos - 1950-1962


We understand that these photos were taken on the first day of the course, which for the most part, was a Monday. We have also been advised that these photos were not "graduation photos" since they were taken at the beginning of the course and there were some trainees that did not graduate.


It is appreciated that there were probably a number of variations in Radar Tech courses between 1950 and 1962. We have, with the help of a number of Radar Techs and Comm Techs - managed to put together what appears to be a reasonable recall of the process which was followed in Clinton. Please provide additional detail or comments if you feel we are in error or that we are missing something important. Also - please bear in mind that we are restricting this section to those trades usually found at a Pinetree Line radar station. Many thanks. Ren.


As previously indicated, on successful completion of the "BEM" or the "BEC", you would then be streamlined into a specialist trade. For those that carried on in the world of "radar" the trainee was subjected to the following:

"BRC" - Basic Radar Course: On successful completion of "BRC" the trainee was once again streamlined in to one of the following:

"RMG" (Radar Mechanic Ground) - later - "RTG" (Radar Technician Ground) - with the suffix of "CW" and additional training at Clinton

Those that went the "Performance Checker" route from "BE" went directly to "Radar Performance Checker Ground" "RPCG". Training for "Performance Checkers" was devoted to equipment operation and maintenance. After a year or so in the field, the "PC" returned to Clinton or some other facility such as Ryerson in Toronto for training to the technician level. They ultimately graduated as "Radar Technician Ground".


BRC - RPCG - RMG or RTG
Course Photos - 1950-1962

Course # Date Courtesy Of

RTG/CW 6234

1962 Irvin Hill

RTG/CW 103

30 May 1962 Joseph Girard

RTG/CW 6212

28 May 1962 Stan Managh

RTG/CW 98

15 Jan 1962 Wilf Holywell

RTG/CW 89

5 Sep 1961 Garry Bennett

RTG/CW 86

24 Jul 1961 Peter Hiebert

RTG/CW 82

17 Apr 1961 Yvon Aspireault

RTG/CW 80

20 Feb 1961 Gary Schlesinger

RTG/CW 78

19 Dec 1960 Bill Powley

RTG 75

9 May 1960 Ernie Ackroyd

RTG 70

16 Nov 1959 Jack Stuart

RTG 66

27 July 1959 Unknown

RTG 52

Aug 1957 Gord Schindler

RTG 51

2 Jul 1957 Roger Brown

RTG 44

Aug 1956 Arch Hindorff

RTG 37

unknown Ron McShane

RTG 31

unknown Ron McShane

RTG 27

unknown Ron McShane

RTG 6

1951 Ron McShane

RTG 5 (a)

1951 Ron Brennon & Ron McShane

RTG 5

1951 Ron McShane

RTG 4

January 1951 Burt Rollins

RTG 3

January 1951 Roland Leroux & Ron McShane

RTG 2

January 1951 Ron McShane

RMG 32

1955 Ray Thiboutot

RMG 21C

26 Oct 1953 Jack Lucas & Ron McShane

RMG 20C

5 Oct 1953 Ron McShane

RMG 19C

14 Sep 1953 Claude Riley & Ron McShane

RMG 18C

29 Aug 1953 Ron McShane

RMG 13

Sep 1953 Rene Pfaiffer

RMG 6

1953 Ron McShane

RMG 4

1953 Ron McShane

RPCG 73

25 Jul 1952 Ed Trepanier via Catherine Cloutier

RPCG 56

Unknown Ron McShane

RPCG 49

Unknown Ron McShane

RPCG 47

Unknown Ron McShane

RPCG 17

1954 Ray Thiboutot

RPCG 15

20 Jul 1953 Ron McShane

RPCG 8

Mar 1953 Bill MacDonald

BRC 131

9 Mar 1962 John Funston

BRC 128

26 Feb 1962 Richard Malin

BRC 119

18 Dec 1961 Joseph Girard

BRC 111

2 Oct 1961 Wilf Holywell

BRC 98

15 May 1961 Garry Bennett

BRC 97

8 May 1961 Don Souter

BRC 95

17 Apr 1961 Peter Hiebert

BRC 90

16 Jan 1961 Yvon Aspireault

BRC 86

31 Oct 1960 Gary Schlesinger

BRC 83

19 Sep 1960 Bill Powley

BRC 75

14 Mar 1960 Dick Drew

BRC 73

4 Jan 1960 Ernie Ackroyd

BRC 69

21 Sep 1959 Mitch Mountain

BRC 67

17 Aug 1959 Jack Stuart

BRC 28

22 Sep 1958 Jean Marie Picard

BRC 8

21 Apr 1958 Gary Miner

 


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