Secret
S71-00-01(CO)
Appendix "A"
to AFAO 71.00/01
Narrative Report
RCAF Station Senneterre, PQ
2 Jun 62
F/L BA Rathbone, Padre (P), at convention and retreat until 7 Jun.
4 Jun 62
F/O JM Walker Tech/Tel arrived and assumed the duties of ComO.
5 Jun 62
F/C G Lamoureux, Tech/CE, ROTP, arrived for the summer.
11 Jun 62
F/L W Henderson departed on transfer to Station Moosonee.
12 Jun 62
F/L Cann, security officer from ADCHQ
13 Jun 62
Dr. Hunt, F/L Farvolden, and F/C Sutherland made a visit to the Unit.
15 Jun 62
W/C Rodger, SORA(P) for ADC visited the Unit for one day.
17 Jun 62
F/O FE Deem, Med/Nur, arrived on transfer from NDMC to assume duties as nursing sister.
18 Jun 62
F/O E Charles arrived for the period 18-27 Jun as replacement for B Thomas, SSupO. F/L Fox and F/L Telford from ADCHQ arrived for a three day personnel visit.
21 Jun 62
An income tax audit was conducted in the accounts section on 21 and 22 Jun.
23 Jun 62
F/O B Towle Med/Nur was married to Mr. Edward Ludwig in the Station Chapel.
25 Jun 62
S/L Pattison, F/L Buih, F/L McLeod from ADCHQ and F/L Harris from Ottawa NORAD Sector HQ arrived for Station evaluations.
30 Jun 62
F/L D Paige departed on transfer to Station Holberg.
2 Jul 62
W/C Goldsmith on two week course in Cold Lake. F/C J Simard Tech/CE, URTP, arrived for the summer. F/O RE Avery, the new SAO, arrived from Central Officers School, Centralia. F/L MR MacGregor, CAdO, departed for Cold Lake and subsequent CF-104 training.
6 Jul 62
F/L H Shufelt, SAO, departed on transfer to 11 TSU, Montreal.
7 Jul 62
F/L MR Frampton arrived as a replacement Protestant Padre while F/L BA Rathbone was on leave.
9 Jul 62
F/L T Fiedosiewich, the new CAdO, reported in.
14 Jul 62
F/O JFM Ouellet departed for Site Dye on the DEW Line.
16 Jul 62
Final week of EWO course was conducted at Senneterre.
17 Jul 62
F/L Cutting and Captain Ackiss (USAF) arrived for an Intelligence Briefing.
18 Jul 62
LAW M Simming died after being taken to hospital in Montreal.
19 Jul 62
W/C Garton and F/O MacLagen were on the Unit for handover of Alternate Sector Headquarters responsibilities to Senneterre.
23 Jul 62
F/C B Plamondon, Tech/Tel, URTP, arrived for the summer. F/L Caircross and nuclear defence team arrived to conduct first aid lectures and demonstrations.
6 Aug 62
Statutory holiday.
8 Aug 62
Air Force Day was held in Val d’Or, highlighted by the Golden Hawks display. It was well attended, both by civilians from the surrounding area, and RCAF personnel.
30 Aug 62
F/O B Adams reported in from Station Parent.
1 Sep 62
Lt. Colonel Beale, USAF SAC Liaison Officer, ADCHQ, made a three day visit to Senneterre in connection with Sky Shield III.
3 Sep 62
Statutory holiday. F/O JB Templeton left for course in Bagotville, and subsequent transfer to a CF-101 squadron.
6 Sep 62
S/L ND Cairns, COpsO, Acting CO while W/C Goldsmith at Conference.
5 – 7 and 12 – 14 Sep 62
First Aid lectures given to Station personnel by F/O Harrod and F/O Deem.
8 Sep 62
F/L Brewer Acting CO while COpsO at Conference.
10 Sep 62
S/L ND Cairns, COpsO, and F/L JA Archibald, CTSO, attended the second COpsO’s and CTSO’s Conference at ADCHQ.
16 Sep 62
Battle of Britain Parade held. F/L Bly, F/O Ward, and FS Chatburn from ADCHQ arrived for a security check.
17 Sep 62
F/O WG Richards reported in on transfer from Lac St. Denis.
18 Sep 62
Sixteen FtrCops (female) arrived on transfer from Lac St. Denis. Mr. EF Green of Western Electric arrived for testing in connection with SAGE.
20 Sep 62
F/O H Allison, SAO Parent, conducted a 2 day cash count.
21 Sep 62
F/O LE Head, the new SSupO, reported in from Station Beausejour.
26 Sep 62
Formation of the Recreation Council.
28 Sep 62
No airman promotions.
29 Sep 62
Officers Fall Formal, W/C & Mrs. Kent of Parent were guests.
2 Oct 62
F/O BV Thomas, former SSupO, departed for Vancouver on medical release.
3 Oct 62
F/O RE Avery, SAO, was taken to Val d’Or for an emergency appendectomy.
4 Oct 62
F/L KM Cady from ADCHQ, SOAF, arrived with F/O E Shell of Bagotville. F/O Shell remained until 8 Nov as replacement for F/O Avery. Exercise Big Blast K conducted.
10 Oct 62
W/C JE Goldsmith away on quarterly flying 10 – 17 Oct. S/L ND Cairns was Acting CO in his absence.
15 Oct 62
Personnel transferred in for duty at Detachment Val d’Or reported in.
17 Oct 62
Mr. GFS Davis AFHQ chief CE Inspector, inspected new construction at Val d’Or. W/C Goldsmith resumed command of the station.
18 Oct 62
F/O DA Dobie, STelO, departed on posting to supernumerary strength St. Hubert and subsequent transfer to Station Puntzi Mountain.
19 Oct 62
F/O JM Walker assumed position of STelO.
21 Oct 62
S/L Beasley and F/L Miller ADCHQ arrived for an Ops Evaluation.
22 Oct 62
CO and COpsO on 30 minute stand-by due to Cuban crisis. F/O JM Walker on EWO course at ADCHQ. F/L D Ellis arrived on transfer from Station Cold Lake.
23 Oct 62
F/L Wuorinen from ONSHQ arrived for Ops evaluation. F/L Winchester of ADCHQ visited the Unit, but no exercise conducted.
29 Oct 62
F/O D Rankin reported in for duty at Detachment Val d’Or. Last week of EWO course held at Senneterre. Due to Cuban crisis, all leave cancelled unless within two hours recall of Unit.
31 Oct 62
Leave allowed at CO’s discretion.
5 Nov 62
F/O G Violette Tech/Tel reported in for two months duties.
7 – 8 Nov 62
Representatives from ADHQ and ADC on unit for GATR site hand-over.
11 Nov 62
Remembrance Day Parade.
12 Nov 62
Statutory holiday.
20 Nov 62
Technical Inspection at Val d’Or by a team from ADCHQ.
26 Nov 62
F/O A Thompson and F/O F Bulmer of ADCHQ visited the Unit to do an MSE inspection. F/O Baker and F/L Stewart of ADCHQ visited the Unit to do an audit in the Accounts Section.
27 Nov 62
S/L Thompson and F/L Flewelling of SOMS paid a staff visit to the Station.
Appendix "A" – Operations Report.
Appendix "B" – CE, MSE, Supply, Fire Section, Comm, Radar, Rec., Med, AFP, Accounts.
Appendix "C" – RCAF Detachment Val d’Or.
Submitted in accordance with AFAO 71.00/01.
Signed by:
(JE Goldsmith) W/C
CO, RCAF Station Senneterre PQ
Appendix "A"
to S71-00/01(CO)
Operations
34 AC&W
Controller Organization
30 Nov 62
W/C JE Goldsmith |
Commanding Officer |
S/L ND Cairns |
Chief Operations Officer |
F/L EC Brewer |
Senior Operations Officer |
F/L WL Webster |
Chief Standards Officer |
F/O ER Cowan |
Station Ground Training Officer |
F/O AR Crawford |
Surveillance Standards Officer |
F/O H Hills |
Surveillance Standards Officer (understudy) |
Crew 1 |
|
F/L DF MacKay |
Flight Commander |
F/L GE Emmerson |
Deputy Flight Commander |
F/L K Harding |
Intercept Director – Crew SurvO |
F/O D Youzwa |
Intercept Director – Crew SurvO |
F/O G Richards |
Intercept Director |
Crew 2 |
|
F/L BF Wooding |
Flight Commander |
F/O GE Edge |
Deputy Flight Commander |
F/O DA Stewart |
Intercept Director – Crew SurvO |
F/O WA Kurash |
Intercept Director – Crew SurvO |
F/O L Clark |
Intercept Director |
Crew 3 |
|
F/L GB Shorey |
Flight Commander |
F/L P Hennell |
Deputy Flight Commander |
F/L D Ellis |
Intercept Director |
F/O RS Lovegrove |
Intercept Director – Crew SurvO |
F/O RB Adams |
Intercept Director |
F/O PA Enns |
Intercept Director – Crew SurvO |
9 Jun 62
2005Z – An aircraft report of forest fires was passed, by us, to Department of Lands and Forests in Senneterre.
11 Jun 62
ECM Exercise today, using a B-47 from Lockbourne AFB as a target. 12 attempted runs – 12 MA’s.
17 Jun 62
1758Z – AH03 & 04 identified unknown track #E308 as 1 CPA Britannia, after an airborne scramble. Empress 591 was soon contacted by VHG but as his compasses were completely unserviceable we flight followed him to Montreal.
18 Jun 62
1448Z – AH Zulu 1 scrambled from Ottawa for our control after Unknown #M352. They identified it as a "Flying Tiger" Super Constellation # N6919C.
26 Jun 62
Air Staff visiting Team arrives on unit.
27 Jun 62
All directors write ASVT exams.
28 Jun 62
Flight Commanders, Crew Surveillance Officers and NCO’s write ASVT Surveillance exam. 1027Z – Cocked Pistol declared for "Shock Wave 5". Results – 8 attempts – 3 MA’s, 5 MI’s.
29 Jun 62
0858Z – Fadeout for "Shock Wave 5".
Month of June (General)
Total intercepts 205 consisting mainly of practice intercepts with CF-101’s from Ottawa.
12 Jul 62
0138Z – Fire alarm sounds in Guard Room. 0203Z – Fire alarm caused by a short circuit. Everything A-OK. 1419Z – Build up for Defense Readiness Conditions.
13 Jul 62
0650Z – Build up for Exercise Shock Wave VI. 1020Z – Fade out for Shock Wave VI.
17 Jul 62
1106Z – Ottawa NORAD declares "Cocked Pistol" for "Catseye 5". Results – Catseye 5 – 11 attempts – 9 MA’s – 2 MI’s 1 FCS 1 Air Environment. 1645Z – Fade out for Catseye 5.
20 Jul 62
1527Z – C-119 VC22109 enroute from Great Whale to Montreal lost an engine and is diverting to Val d’Or. No emergency declared. Val d’Or alerted and this unit maintaining close surveillance of his progress to Val d’Or. 2125Z – Unknown #E328 strength 2 NE of this unit. 2127Z – Route information received from Battleaxe. E328 identified friendly.
23 Jul 62
1500Z – Camera on for isolated chaff burst in Parent area. 1503Z – Isolated chaff burst was found to be caused by an airborne check of Boneyard 1’s chaff dispenser. Camera off.
Month of July (General)
A fairly busy month. Total intercepts 267. Much emphasis now being placed on recognition of right and left triangles. Almost every day this month there has been a minor alert of some sort over unusual track behaviour which in most cases has been the result of aircraft orbiting. The flying this month has been split equally, between 414 and 410 Squadrons – both at Ottawa.
6 Aug 62
1541Z – Intermittent 1000 cycle tone heard on "Guard". Investigation reveals the sources as "Rampart 2" out of Cartierville – cause – a malfunctioning seat. No sweat.
7 Aug 62
1703Z – A "Squawk 4" picked up in Lac de Loups area found to be number 3 man of "Stonewall Red" section who is losing his oil pressure – Glory Be! Stonewall Red 3 in the aircraft at OW – calm, cool and collected!
9 Aug 62
2004Z – Unknown #M368, 150 miles north of us heading south. 2017Z – Alpha Hotel 12 scrambled from Ottawa. 2044Z – Alpha Hotel 12 identifies Unknown as an "EP A1 Airline" 707. 2052Z – Sector advises us to maintain surveillance on above track. Alpha Hotel 12 and M368 handed over to Crystal.
10 Aug 62
F/O Brodie Templeton transferred to CF-101’s after a very short stay at Senneterre.
16 Aug 62
Val d’Or airfield to be closed for 3 weeks (for renovations) commencing 27 Aug 62.
21 Aug 62
1207Z – Cocked Pistol for "Desk Top V". 2025Z – "Fade Out" from "Desk Top V".
Month of August (General)
Total intercepts 468. Flying consisted mainly of ECM exercises with "Boneyard" targets. Weather was generally good. Many "unknowns" this month resulting from aircraft failing to adhere to flight planned routes in the Nitchequan area. DOT is presently working on this problem.
2 Sep 62
1744Z – CINCNORAD declares "Cocked Pistol" for Exercise "Skyshield". 1809Z – Puritan fully manned.
3 Sep 62
0100Z – "Fade Out" from "Skyshield". Skyshield results – 1 attempt – 1 MA. Battle Staff of W/C Goldsmith, S/L Cairns, F/L Brewer, F/L Webster and F/O Crawford on duty for 5 ½ hours.
6 Sep 62
Low level "profile" exercise with 414 Squadron fouled up when fighters were scrambled 30 minutes early. This resulted in fighters not having enough fuel when targets arrived.
8 Sep 62
0015Z – Search gear broke down. Puritan off the air. Aircraft under our control handed over to Eskimo. 0317Z – Puritan now fully serviceable.
23 Sep 62
2033Z – Unknown M352 identified by Alpha Hotel 11 as a Wheeler Airlines Canso.
27 Sep 62
1554Z – Unknown M329 identified by Alpha Hotel 11 as a CF-100 RCAF, believed to be Boneyard 41. Val d’Or airport will be closed until 4th October.
Month of September (General)
A very quiet month with only 154 intercepts – mainly with 410 Squadron from Ottawa.
5 Oct 62
0147Z – "Cocked Pistol" for "Big Blast K". 0735Z – Fade out for "Big Blast K" – no intercepts attempted.
24 Oct 62
1740Z – CINCNORAD declares DEFCON 3 (Cuban Crisis). 1800Z – Tower secure – alert check list completed.
Month of October (General)
Exceptionally quiet with a total of only 14 intercepts. Unit placed on DEFCON 3 towards end of month with subsequent restrictions to movement of personnel on leave and TD.
10 Nov 62
1340Z – Power failure – trouble in the Power Plant. 1400Z – Lanterns installed in Ops Building for emergency lighting. 1607Z – Power back on – all circuits being checked. 1815Z – Unit completely serviceable.
12 Nov 62
F/L D Ellis reports in from Barnacle at Cold Lake to assume duties as one of our controllers.
19 Nov 62
Aircraft now on alert at Val d’Or – two CF-101B’s. CINCNORAD declares DEFCON 5 – everything back to normal. Cuban affair over!.
Month of November (General)
With emphasis again being placed on recognition of left and right triangles we have had an exceptional number of triangles reported. In most cases the track involved was a target, or fighter under an adjacent units control, orbiting while awaiting further instructions. However a few were actual triangles although none of the triangles were the result of an actual emergency.
Even though the increase in Alert State due to the Cuban affair curtailed flying drastically, we still managed to get 204 intercepts.
Appendix "B"
to S71-00/01(CO)
Historical Record
CE Section
1 Jun 62 to 30 Nov 62
8 Aug 62
Air Force Day – The CE Section had crews working at the Val d’Or Detachment for approximately two weeks prior to Air Force Day.
10 – 28 Sep 62
Warrant Officer and NCO NBCW Course – 42629 Sgt. CB Shindell attended a three week course at the Nuclear, Biological & Chemical Defensive Warfare School at Camp Borden, Ontario.
10 Sep – 26 Nov 62
244724 LAC JEG Dion, attended a three and one-half months course at No. 1 Support Services School at Camp Borden, Ontario.
Historical Record
MSE Section
1 Jun 62 to 30 Nov 62
1 Jun – 30 Nov 62
Gasoline used |
11,100 gallons |
Gasoline bought on charge (surplus) |
0 gallons |
Gasoline written off |
214 quarts |
Oil used |
561 quarts |
Mileage driven |
83,913 miles |
Vehicles on strength |
24 |
Vehicles transferred |
1 |
Vehicle allotted APDAL |
None |
Vehicle Accidents – MSE |
None |
Vehicle Accidents – Users |
None |
Vehicle Accidents – Industrial |
None |
Cost of repairs (vehicles) |
$3,729.00 |
Major repairs carried out |
1 |
Outside contracts – Completed |
2 |
Outside Contracts – Pending |
None |
New tires installed |
10 |
Trade Board – MSE Tech |
0 |
Trade Board – MSE Op |
2 |
Recreation runs |
2 |
Ambulance runs (Val d’Or) |
14 |
Road Condition |
17 miles of gravel (to Val d’Or) maintained year around. Icy and slippery during fall and winter. Road from Unit to Senneterre, narrow pavement, dangerous shoulders, and uneven pavement in spots. |
DM Audit |
1 |
Inventory Check |
1 |
Scheduled duty runs per week |
50 |
Duty Driver Hours – 1600 – 2359 |
1 Driver |
Duty Driver Hours – 0001 – 0800 |
1 Driver |
Personnel transferred (out) |
2 Cpl MSE Op |
5 LAC MSE Op |
|
1 LAC MSE Tech |
|
Personnel transferred (in) |
2 Cpl MSE Op |
3 LAC MSE Op |
|
1 LAC MSE Tech |
|
Personnel released |
None |
Course for personnel |
None |
Temporary Drivers |
52 |
Historical Record
Supply Section
1 Jun 62 to 30 Nov 62
Jun 62
During the month of June it became evident that the incumbent SSupO, F/O Thomas, was seriously ill and he was subsequently hospitalized.
F/O Charles arrived from St. Hubert (ADCHQ) as a temporary replacement, and he was replaced by F/S Taschereau, toward the end of the month. During the last week of June, Sgt. Vernay arrived from St. Hubert on TD. This move was made in an effort to alleviate the, now serious, personnel shortage.
Jul 62
The first of many instructions on the reactivation of Val d’Or was received and the initial provisioning of GHE and aircraft spares took place. Immediately, the impact if Val d’Or was felt as the work load in stock control increased.
Aug 62
The POL system and vendor’s facilities at Val d’Or were inspected by a team from ADCHQ in preparation for the reactivation of the detachment.
An amendment to the 10 sections of CAP 10 was received, which necessitated a complete reorganization of the radar and telecom stores and their relative records. LAC Bouchard under Sgt. Vernier was assigned the task. LAW Rubisch was moved from the sub-stores to replace LAC Bouchard in Stock Control.
August 29 a message was received, introducing the economic restrictions and the initial steps to restrict purchases in primary 93 were taken.
Sep 62
Monday the 21st F/O Head arrived from Station Gypsumville via Beausejour to assume the position of SSupO. The take-over was made without benefit of an official handover as the previous incumbent F/O Thomas was not available. A petty cash check was made and an attractive item stock check was carried out and both were satisfactory.
It was during September that the first pressure from Val d’Or was felt. Messages concerning personnel for Val d’Or were received and the inevitable follow up messages as people strove to "get out of it". Finally three Sup Techs, Cpl. Thebeau, LAC Bartlett and LAC Demers were selected and during the following month, arrived.
In the latter part of September the initial procurement of materiel for Val d’Or was undertaken and a target date of 15 October was established for Val d’Or operations. From this point on, through necessity Val d’Or became a priority task equal to that of radar support. Daily it became more evident that the entire approach to the activation of Val d’Or was not workable. Time and time again we attempted to establish what the requirements would be and each time the answers were not available. Personnel specialists normally available to initiate the requirement were not yet in position in Val d’Or and therefore a firm requirement could not be established. Gradually it became more and more apparent that if the target date was to be met the procurement of equipment for Val d’Or would become entirely a Supply problem. Working from scales of issue and gleaning what information we could from trade specialists at Senneterre we took the initiative and placed demands as we saw fit.
On 25 September an allotment of $7,700.00 was made to cover the remaining six months of the 62-63 fiscal year for local purchase under primary 93. The axe had fallen.
Oct 62
By the second week of October Cpl. Thebeau and LAC Demers had reported for Val d’Or, had been briefed, and were in position. ADCHQ had produced a list of 1st line maintenance and runway barrier spares and these were placed on demand. Station Uplands finally produced a list of engineering orders for CF-101 aircraft. In turn these were demanded. Vehicles and ground handling equipment were arriving in Val d’Or most of which were in deplorable condition. Thus began the drain of primary 93 funds as repairs were undertaken.
During the third week the radar sub-stores was inspected and it became apparent that we were being pushed to the maximum to maintain the service required to support air station operational posture. A serious backlog was developing and we were forced to arrest QA situation with priority demands on many occasions. Experienced help was needed immediately so in an effort to relieve the situation, when LAC Bartlett arrived for duty at Val d’Or he was instead, placed in stock control on station and AC Regnier a willing but inexperienced airman was positioned at Val d’Or.
During the month of October the rental of vehicles, repairs of all kinds and telecommunication work including quad-radar installation depleted the funds in primary 93 to a serious level. On 26 October a message to ADCHQ requested an increase of $5,000.00 to our unit allotment. Three days later the increase was granted.
Nov 62
Slowly the positions were filled in Val d’Or and as each department was manned the flow of demands on us increased. The sad part being that they were not in position soon enough and as a result each and every demand was aimed at 15 November, a matter of days instead of weeks.
Meanwhile, pressure was exerted to man the MSE sub-stores and during the first week of November Mr. Fortin was taken from stock control and placed in charge of that entity.
Equipment was arriving and new requirements of the utmost urgency were appearing daily for Val d’Or. Arrestor Barrier, ADF, CDF, vehicle parts, ground handling spares, aircraft spares, furnishings fire equipment, telephone orders with contractors in Montreal and Toronto were routine instead of a rarity. Due to the urgency many tasks were undertaken on verbal instruction from ADC and AMCHQ’s without reference to Supply and this of course further complicated matters. The back log grew, the staff, averaging three to six hours overtime a week were not able to cope with the increased activity.
The target date for Val d’Or was met, but at the expense of the station radar and telecom support. As a result the sub-stores became a problem of serious concern and during the latter weeks of November the efforts of the entire staff were diverted to re-cataloguing, re-provisioning etc. of sub-stores. The combined efforts of all were needed at night and over weekends to bring about the changes and re-organizing of the sub-stores. We were able to avert an "off the air" situation, but only just.
Historical Record
Fire Section
1 Jun 62 to 30 Nov 62
Routine Activities
Daily
General cleanup of section
Junior Vitaguard checked
Alarm box tested
Fire Truck DI’d and road tested
Fire phone bell tested
Siren tested at noon
Inspection of station theatre
Night patrol carried out from 0001 to 0400 hours
Hydrants checked weekly during summer months and daily during winter months
Weekly
Performance test of fire truck and booster tank flushed
Alarm system batteries checked
Training one half day per week
Monthly
All station buildings inspected
Inspection of Val d’Or detachment
Inspection of MSE vehicles
STATS 363 submitted to CHQ
Hose reloaded on fire truck
Maintenance of equipment as required.
2 Apr – 6 Jul 62
Courses – Civilian O Ellard attended basic fire fighting course at Camp Borden.
28 May – 31 Aug 62
Courses – Civilians J Lapointe, H Fillion, R Julien and M Major attended basic fire fighting course at Camp Borden.
Jun 62
Spring Cleanup – As part of year round fire prevention activities, a spring cleanup campaign was carried out.
8 Aug 62
Air Force Day – The Fire Chief, two Corporals and one airman were detailed for duty as crash crew during the air show at Val d’Or. Also a fire fighting equipment display was set up for public viewing in the MSE hangar.
28 Aug 62
Personnel Movements – LAC Abel SOS transferred to Station Cold Lake.
11 – 13 Sep 62
CFPO Visit – The Command Fire Marshal representative, WO1 J MacDougal, visited the unit.
7 – 13 Oct 62
Fire Prevention Week – Fire Prevention Week was celebrated during this period. The fire section in co-operation with the two Fire Brigades, staged an opening day parade through the PMQ area, passing out pamphlets, "Sparky" comic books, and candy to the children. This parade also toured the main streets of Senneterre. Lectures and demonstrations were given during the week. A fire fighting demonstration was also staged in the town of Senneterre. As a climax to the week’s activities, the Annual "Fireman’s Ball" was held in the Rec. Hall.
15 Oct – 8 Nov 62
FS GS Ferris attended Automatic Fire Protection and Detection Systems at Camp Borden.
8 Nov 62
Personnel Movements – LAC Clay SOS transferred to Station Yorkton.
Nov 62
Christmas Toy Drive – During the month of November, work commenced on the annual toy drive. Toys collected are repaired and turned over to the "Knights of Columbus" in Senneterre for distribution to the needy families of the district.
Report of Fire
No fires were reported during this period.
Historical Record
Communication Section
1 Jun 62 to 30 Nov 62
Jun 62
Cpl. Hanson returned from GKA5/FRT49 course at Biloxi USA
Cpl Fournier left for GKA5/FRT49 course at Biloxi
WO2 DeLong, Communications Officer, transferred overseas
Cpl Greene and LAC Peers detailed for duty at the GATR site
Sgt Grenier left for SSTS course at Camp Borden
Sgt Grenier returned from SSTS course at Camp Borden
LAC Cushing TTOP released
LAC Leaunier attended the Digital Technique course at Clinton
F/O Walker TOS as Communications Officer 4 Jun 62
Two section parties held at RX site for departing personnel
Mrs. Barnett terminated employment as switchboard operator.
Jul 62
LAC Fraser attended digital technique course in Clinton
AC1 Gross TOS from Clinton
Cpl Hanson transferred to Falconbridge
AC2’s Lord, Lajoie, Hamilton, Dalton and Ellenwood (B Elect) reported in
Section party held at RX site for Cpl Hanson
Cpl Williams TELTECH TOS from 4 ATAF
Mrs. Rouleau employed as switchboard operator.
Aug 62
Cpl. Paquin TOS from overseas
LAC Jones TOS from Churchill
LAC Leaunier left for GKA5/FRT49 course at Biloxi
Cpl Fournier returned from GKA5/FRT49 course at Biloxi
Section party held at RX site for departing personnel
LAC Bitten transferred overseas
Van Cal in for calibrating test equipment
Sgt Grenier SOS for ADCHQ
LAC Viellet remustered to Trans Tech trade and employed at supply
Sep 62
LAC Renault TOS from overseas
LAC Fraser left for GKA5/FRT49 course at Biloxi
Northern Electric Company, GATR site contractors, left GATR site uncompleted due to material shortage.
AC2’s Lord, Lajoie, Hamilton, Dalton and Ellenwood SOS for Clinton
Received conference equipment from Foymount to be installed as ASO conference network.
Item 32 completed 10 Sep 62
Setting up alternate Ottawa Sector involved major communication and longline changes.
Oct 62
LAC Martel left for GKA5/FRT49 course at Biloxi
Cpl Fournier transferred to Alsask
LAC Leaunier returned from GKS5/FRT49 course at Biloxi
Northern Electric Company returned and completed GATR installation
GATR site hand over completed – attended by F/O Walker
Cpl Levesque, LAC's Truman, Peers, Lavine and McTague with LAW Thompson wrote Oct trade board examinations.
A going away party was held in the Cpls. Club for F/O Dobie (STelO)
F/O Walker replaced F/O Dobie as STelO.
Telephone section started preparations for SAGE implementation
Airwomen being trained as switchboard operators
Mrs. Clifton terminated employment as switchboard operator
LAW's Bryne and Grenier employed as switchboard operators
Cpl Levesque transferred to Whitehorse.
Nov 62
Cpl. Levesque’s transfer cancelled
LAC Stevenson transferred to Saskatoon Mountain effective Feb 63
LAC Truman transferred to Baldy Hughes effective Jan 63
LAC Peers selected for GKA5/FRT49 course at Biloxi in Jan 63
LAC Jones selected for GKA5/FRT49 course at Biloxi in Jan 63
LAC Fraser returned from GKA5/FRT49 course in Biloxi
Attempting to get LAC Wilby to replace LAC Truman’s transfer
LAC Boxnak released by purchase
LAC Levine admitted to MMH
17 Nov, the new world wide routing indicators came into effect at message centre
Cpl Levesque had to be recalled because of shortage of personnel during Cuban Crisis
Wired all radio channels at GATR site and installed ten line telephone position.
Historical Record
Radar Section
1 Jun 62 to 30 Nov 62
1 Jun – 30 Nov 62
Movements in and out of the section were as follows:
In |
||
F/O Violette |
Cpl Jordan |
LAC Black |
LAC Eithier |
LAC Plane |
LAC Sullivan |
LAC Bennett |
LAC Cote |
LAC Thorne |
Out |
||
F/O Dobie |
FS Stevens |
A/Cpl Easby |
LAC Farrow |
LAC Trudel |
A/Cpl Coulter |
LAC Leblanc |
LAC Lambeth |
LAC Lussier |
LAC Burgess |
LAC Lapierre |
|
SOS Discharge |
Sgt Kohn |
|
LAC Rowan |
||
Promotion |
LAC Coulter to A/Cpl |
|
LAC Easby to A/Cpl |
4 Jun 62
Contractor modifications to the AN/FPS-507 antenna systems were completed by CGE MRP.
19 Jun 62
Command staff visit by F/L Fox.
25 Jun 62
Command staff visit by S/L Hebb
10 – 12 Jul 62
Video enhancer trials by representatives of the National Research Council were carried out.
10 Jul – 29 Oct 62
Practical demonstrations for Command EWO courses were given during the weeks beginning 10 Jul and 29 Oct.
18 Aug 62
Modifications of the ANGPA501 was completed by Northern Electric MRP.
Installation of RX groups 0A/5034 was completed by FS Newman from AMCHQ.
Testing of the AN/FPS-508A and AN/FPS-507A systems to ensure their compatibility for SAGE operation in progress.
Trade advancement consisted of weekly assignments over a ten week period. The week prior to the trade board all participating candidates were freed of normal duties. This time was devoted entirely to review and study. As usual study material was taken from TSM406 with lectures on allied trades. The section UTMIP is progressing nicely. A twelve week course covering the AN/FPS-508A equipment has been completed and a similar course on the AN/FPS-507A is underway. In addition the following personnel were selected for training in the USA during the subject period:
AN/FSQ-7 |
AN/FST-2 |
AN/FPS-26 |
AN/FPS-27 |
AN/FPS-7 |
LAC Burgess |
Cpl Arnold |
LAC Anderson |
LAC Corrigan |
Sgt James |
LAC Lapierre |
LAC Laplante |
LAC Lavigne |
LAC Bennett |
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LAC Lussier |
LAC Weller |
Cpl. Campbell took first place in "A" flight golf course tournament at Val d’Or’s Cesco Island golf course in October.
Section personnel combined with operations to field a team in the Station soft ball league.
Currently two teams represent the radar section in unit bowling, and interest is high in the curling season which is about to make its debut.
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Recreation Centre
1 Jun 62 to 30 Nov 62
Compulsory Swimming
4 classes of a 9 day duration
7 Junior passes
10 Juvenile passes
Casual Attendance
Children: 4393
Adults: 1191
9 – 15 Aug 62
Marathon Swim – 66 men participated – 321 miles swam. 16 women participated – 40 miles swam.
Classes:
9 Aug 62
Bronze Medallion – 6 passes
Junior – 5 passes
15 Sep 62
Intermediate – 6 passes
Junior – 8 passes
Juvenile – 7 passes
Trampolining
Casual attendance – 495
Softball: (men)
One Men’s League consisting of four teams
Zone playoff winner
ADC participant
One outing to RCAF Station Ramore
One outing to Rouyn
Two outing’s to Val d’Or
Badminton
Badminton Club with 60 members – casual
Badminton attendance – 587
13 Nov 62
Bowling
WP Bowling Wire Meet participants:
Men’s League |
6 teams |
Mixed League |
8 teams |
Women’s League |
4 teams |
Casual bowling attendance – 250
Exercises
Daily exercises in gymnasium – Attendance – 178
Weekly PE classes for children
Boys and Girls – 15 attendance
Teen Club
Weekly Teenage Club Meeting – 12 attendance
Cubs & Scouts
Weekly Cubs and Scouts meeting – 30 attendance
2 – 6 Aug 62
Scout Camp – Outing to Simon Lake
27 Aug – 1 Sep 62
Scout Camp – Outing to Lemoyne Lake
17 Nov 62
Scout Camp – Outing to Fish Lake
Bingo – twice monthly
Volleyball (Men) – 4 League teams
Theatre – 6 nights weekly
Casual attendance – Adults – 4745. Children – 830
Softball (ladies)
One Women’s League consisting of:
Two Airwomen Teams
One Married Women’s Team
Visited by RCAF Station Parent
Archery
Archery Club with 13 members
Casual Archery attendance – 200
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Hospital
1 Jun 62 to 30 Nov 62
1 Dec 62
The staff will consist of:
1 SMO F/L; 2 N/S F/O’s; 1 Male MedA Cpl; 1 ClkMed LAW Gp 1;
1 MedA LAW Gp 3; 3 MedA’s LAW Gp 1; 1 Civilian Cleaner
18 Jun 62
N/S Deam TOS from NDMC Ottawa
23 Jun 62
A former N/S, F/O Towle became married on the station.
26 Jun 62
AW Radomsky TOS from Station Cold Lake. Dr. Giguere took two weeks annual leave and was replaced for the period by Dr Lafleche.
Aug 62
During this month both LAW Hewitt and LAW Hollingsworth were released from the Service on non medical grounds.
15 Nov 62
LAC Lepage arrived and was taken on strength at Station Val d’Or for the MIR.
27 Nov 62
LAC Dilworth TOS from Station St. Jean.
The number of babies delivered in the Infirmary has declined since the start of the New Quebec Health Plan in May, and at present all the mothers from the Station are admitted to the clinic in Senneterre or St. Saviour Hospital, Val d’Or, for delivery.
During this six month period the work has been mainly comprised of:
MIR Daily for Service Personnel & Dependents
Once monthly Well Baby Clinics
Twice weekly Pre & Post Natal Clinics
6 Monthly School Inspections
Courses of First Aid Lectures to all Station Personnel
Trade Board Preparation Lectures
Influenza serum etc., Inoculation parades
Normal In Patient Care
A First Aid Post was set up at Val d’Or on Air Force Day but there were no accidents.
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AFP
1 Jun 62 to 30 Nov 62
1 Jun 62
Cpl. Klassen and Cpl Bonneville alternating as NCO i/c Val d’Or Detachment AFP.
12 Jun 62
F/L Conn – SOSec’s Staff visit to Station Senneterre and Detachment Val d’Or.
12 Jul 62
LAW Oldham SOS AFP trade – remuster to Clk/Admin.
17 Jul 62
Cpl. Litchfield SOS – SID Saskatoon.
20 Jul 62
LAC Rigby V/PMC of Airmen’s Mess.
8 Aug 62
Air Force Day – Detachment Val d’Or AFP’s Station Senneterre participated. 1,000 vehicles and 4,000 persons.
8 Sep 62
AC2 Brooks – TOS from RCAF Station Camp Borden.
15 Sep 62
PMQ Council Election. Sgt. Holland elected to PMQ Council.
16 Sep 62
"V" Test Team – visit from Command. F/L Bly, F/O Ward and FS Chatburn members.
30 Oct 62
LAC Clifton – SOS to RCAF Station Alsask.
5 Nov 62
AC2 Sutherland – TOS from RCAF Station Camp Borden.
8 Nov 62
AC2 Bignell – TOS from RCAF Station Camp Borden.
11 Nov 62
Armistice Day Parade in town of Senneterre – AFP’s assisted Civil Police in Traffic and Crowd Control.
22 Nov 62
AC2 McInnis – TOS from RCAF Station Camp Borden.
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Accounts Section
1 Jun 62 to 30 Nov 62
Jun 62
The DM Auditors arrived at the unit for an inspection of accounting records which was completed on 18 Jun 62.
Jul 62
On 3 Jul 62, 16673 F/O RE Avery arrived from Centralia to assume the duties of SAO with hand-over being completed that date. 233108 F/L HS Shufelt departed on transfer to 11 TSU Montreal effective 8 Jul 62.
Sep 62
On 15 Sep 62, 18570 FS CK MacDonald departed from the unit for his second overseas tour at 1 Air Division.
Oct 62
On 3 Oct 62, the SAO was admitted to hospital for an emergency appendectomy. ADCHQ was informed by the Commanding Officer and F/L Cady as witness, and F/O Shell as relieving Accountant Officer were sent in to count the cash. Also on this date, 22330 Sgt. WL Mugford was TOS from Station Vancouver.
Nov 62
On 7 Nov 62, F/O Avery returned from sick leave and assumed the duties of SAO. F/O Shell returned to Station Bagotville on 8 Nov 62. A complete SOAF inspection was now due and F/L Stewart and F/O Baker arrived from ADCHQ on 26 Nov 62 and conducted the inspection.
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Val d’Or Detachment
1 Jun 62 to 30 Nov 62
15 Jul 62
Control Tower staff arrived.
1 Aug 62
The RCAF assumed responsibility for Val d’Or Control Tower from the Department of Transport.
1 – 31 Oct 62
Most of permanent staff arrived during this period. Construction projects were rushing to completion.
19 Nov 62
First CF-101B Voodoo aircraft arrived.
8 Dec 62
Val d’Or Terminal Control Area came into being.