Historical Report
1 Jan 63 to 31 Dec 63
|
Male |
Female |
Officers |
11 |
2 |
WOs |
2 |
0 |
NCOs |
60 |
5 |
Airmen |
76 |
23 |
Total all ranks: 179
Total civilian personnel: 77
W/C WC Kent |
CO |
4 Aug 62 |
S/L WR MacWilliam |
CGEO |
2 Aug 63 |
F/L JAGG Labreche |
PAdO |
4 Sep 63 |
Appendix A Monthly Record of Activities
Appendix B Historical Summary
Signed by:
S/L WR MacWilliam
for Commanding Officer
RCAF Station Parent, Quebec
APPENDIX "A" TO
HISTORICAL REPORT - 1963
4 Jun 63
A team of F/L Ling and FS Neuman came to accept the A05038 and A05049 consoles.
16 - 21 Jul 63
Summer Carnival was held.
18 - 20 Jul 63
Dr. Hunt (NRC) came for the solar eclipse and used Height Finder "A" for 3 days.
5 Aug 63
S/L WE MacWilliam Tech/Tel arrived to assume duties of CTSO.
21 Aug 63
A/V/M Hendricks AOC/ADC and his staff W/C Tugwell, W/C Riddell, F/L Guthrie and F/L Thorn visited and completely toured the unit.
29 Aug 63
SAGE system testing was completed.
3 Sep 63
F/L JAGG Labreche Air/RN arrived to assume duties of CAdO.
20-21 Sep 63
Major Hissom, Lt. Davis and Mr. Ewasko visited unit to ATR evaluation during Big Blast K.
1 Oct 63
Station Parent became fully operational as part of the SAGE system (Ottawa Sector) after operating for 30 days on a trial basis under manual back-up conditions.
2 Dec 63
The new Telecommunications organization of CGEO, STelOO and SCOO was instituted to replace CTSO and STelO positions.
3 - 5 Dec 63
A Nuclear Defence specialist team of 3 men from Station North Bay, improved the nuclear defence posture of this unit by giving a 3 day course on radiation monitoring and fallout detection and decontamination to 15 airmen and NCOs.
APPENDIX "B" TO
HISTORICAL REPORT - 1963
Historical Summary
RCAF Station Parent
1 Jan 63 to 31 Dec 63
During 1963 the station became part of the NORAD SAGE system. It has been fully operational as a SAGE radar squadron since 1 Oct 63.
The resultant organization and change in establishment was accomplished in stages, without any detrimental affect on the operational efficiency of Station Parent.
A/V/M Hendricks arrived on 21 Aug on his annual inspection tour. He was favorably impressed.
The summer carnival was held successfully during the week of July 16-21.
Signed by:
S/L WR MacWilliam, CGEO
for Commanding Officer
RCAF Station Parent, Quebec