Hopedale, Labrador

1958 – Historical Report – USAF Historical Division

Historical Record
923rd AC&W Squadron
Hopedale, Labrador
1 April 1958 to 30 June 1958

Section I

REQUIRED DATA
  1. Unit and Location

923rd AC&W Squadron, Hopedale
APO 677, NY. NY
  1. Name and Grade of Commander

Homer E Chatfield, Lt. Colonel, USAF
  1. Chain of Command (Superior Echelons)

    2. 4732nd Air Base Group, APO 677, New York, New York
    64th Air Division (Defense), APO 862, New York, New York
    Headquarters, Air Defense Command, Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado
    Headquarters, United States Air Force, Washington 25, DC
  • Subordinate Units (Down to and including squadrons)

    • 923rd AC&W Squadron, Detachment #1, Cape Makkovik, APO 677, New York, New York
  • Mission (Give authority and brief statement of primary mission)

    • The primary mission of the 923rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is to provide surveillance of assigned area of responsibility. Limited control of interceptor aircraft will be performed as required by the parent ADDC.
  • Personnel
    		•
       

    Officers

    Airmen

    Civilians

    Total

    		  
     

    Assigned

    13

    135

    13

    161

    		  
     

    Attached

    0

    18

    0

    18

    		  
                 
  • Equipment (Give official nomenclature and quantity of mission-type equipment)
    •

    AN/FPS-3; AN/TPS-502; AN/FPS-502.

    Section II

    COMMENTARY

    The 64th Air Division (Defense) conducted an IG Inspection at this Squadron from 9 April to 14 April 1958. All discrepancies have been noted and corrected. Much helpful information was gained so as to keep discrepancies at a minimum and avoid similar errors in the future.

    In April one officer and fifteen airmen were gained and 9 airmen lost. In May five officers were gained and three were lost; 19 airmen were gained while eleven were lost. In June three officers were gained and three officers were lost; fourteen airmen were gained and twenty-two were lost. At the present time the squadron is experiencing a considerable influx of civilian personnel on TDY to overhaul equipment and improve site facilities.

    Lt. Colonel Homer E Chatfield arrived at this organization and assumed command on 14 May 1958.

    On June 7th the entire squadron participated in project "Shipshape". This was a mass detail of all available personnel for the purpose of cleaning up the site area. Over 50 truckloads of scrap and other waste material were hauled to the site dump and salvage yard. The attention of the personnel are continuously directed to the need of a "Shipshape" organization.

    The Isolated Times, 923rd Squadron Newspaper, continues to be a decisive factor in acquiring news; however, another medium of communications will be inaugurated in establishing a squadron radio station, Radio Hopedale.

    Due to a large increase of civilian personnel on TDY, the squadron was authorized two civilian mess attendants in June for 90 days to relieve the dining hall congestion. Two civilian carpenters were authorized temporary in June to rehabilitate the construction camp which was renamed Camp Shipshape.

    Typed Name and Grade of Commander

    Homer E Chatfield, Lt. Colonel, USAF

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