1 Dec 55
F/O Lockhart returned from Rabat. F/O McLeod given unit check by F/O Moore. The simulator was serviceable, 410 Sqn were the victims.
2 Dec 55
F/L Oldfin took F/O Lockhart to Langar to catch North Star home. Al's father is sick. F/O Stacey returned from Rabat.
5 Dec 55
Weather u/s, no flying. Simulator is acting up.
6 Dec 55
Weather cleared enough for one trip. F/O Moore and F/O Stacey did one mutual trip.
7 Dec 55
F/L Oldfin and F/O Moore off to England to pick up T-33 022. They both neglected to take an extra shirt.
8 Dec 55
F/O Clayton took S/L Cuthbertson of 441 Sqn to Istres to pick up a Sabre left there when 441 Sqn returned from Rabat.
9 Dec 55
F/L Oldfin and F/O Moore still in England. Weather here u/s. Suspect they are now in Langar. F/O Cockburn took C-45 to Istres to pick up other Sabre. F/O Westphal was operating the simulator when it went u/s. He is the local hero.
10 Dec 55
C-45 returned from Istres. F/L Oldfin and F/O Moore finally returned from Langar.
11 Dec 55
F/O Cockburn to Weisbaden in the Expeditor on a "mercy trip". He expects to stay overnight.
12 Dec 55
C-45 returned from Weisbaden.
13 Dec 55
F/O Fikowski gave two Green Ticket rides. F/O Landreville took T-33 on exercise Volleyball. No interception made.
14 Dec 55
No a/c till afternoon. F/O Fikowski still giving renual rides. Simulator still u/s, awaiting new aileron cable.
15 Dec 55
Fik. still gracing us with his presence. F/L Crane went to 3 Wing and back in Expeditor. He returned with Xmas decorations for the Mess. F/O Moore gave a unit check to F/O Hollingshead, a new pilot on 410 Sqn.
16 Dec 55
Fik. completed his ticket renual rides.
18 Dec 55
F/O Claton took an airman to Langar who is on compassionate leave to Canada.
19 Dec 55
F/O Moore went to 3 Wing in T-33 with F/L Lee. (Passion Run). F/O Tegart and F/L Laycock off to West Raynam in T bird. F/O McLeod finally checked out. Quick trip to 3 Wing in the C-45 by F/O Stacey and Capt. Cheval.
21 Dec 55
F/O Tegart returned from UK. His radio trouble caused us our first violation. The rest of us did routine IF trips with the C-45 off and back from 4 Wing.
22 Dec 55
C-45 taken by F/O Stacey and Capt. Cheval to Rhein Main with F/L Fallis to pick up drapes for the Mess.
23 Dec 55
Start of Christmas leave for half of personnel. Made "Grand Tour" of all the section parties. Some of us made it home.
26 - 28 Dec 55
Rather confused around here, everybody waiting for New Years.
29 Dec 55
Our big push for the year; 12:10. The storm before the calm.
31 Dec 55
F/O Ryan and crew off to Langar in the C-45 for New Years.
3 Jan 56
F/L Crane, F/O Landreville, and S/L Pook toured the Wings in the C-45 on a scrounge trip. The simulator is now serviceable. F/L Mayne and F/L O'Mara were given unit checks.
4 Jan 56
F/O Fikowski back on green ticket renewals. Our first day of operations in the New Year.
5 Jan 56
We finally have three a/c serviceable all day (12:10), of course the simulator is u/s.
11 Jan 56
F/O Moore and F/O Tegart on TD to Langar. They are to give Langar's GCA operators jet experience. F/L Lockhart back from Canada and leave.
12 Jan 56
F/O Landreville ventured to 4 Wing and back. In the afternoon F/O Stacey and F/L Oldfin flew to Langar for Mod kit for 179. F/O Moore and Tegart returned from Langar after shooting some GCAs.
13 Jan 56
Simulator is serviceable again. We ran some tests on it all afternoon. F/O Cockburn and crew took the C-45 to Langar for the weekend. F/O McLeod took Sgt Tremblay in T-33 to Langar for the weekend. F/O McLeod took Sgt Tremblay in T-33 to Langar and back for additional Mod. kit.
14 Jan 56
Saturday, F/O Landreville did one solo trip.
15 Jan 56
F/O Cockburn returned safe and sound in a record (?) 2:00 hrs from Langar.
16 Jan 56
F/O Ryan took four pilots to #3 Wing to help out 439 Sqn on Zulu. A good day on the T Birds, 8:55.
17 - 18 Jan 56
Weather duffer than usual. It has been rainy all week.
19 Jan 56
F/O Lockhart given unit check by F/O Moore. Two more new pilots on the Station, F/L Gourly and Milne. They received their unit check ride.
20 Jan 56
F/O Lockhart boning up on his instruments with F/O Moore. Simulator still going strong.
21 Jan 56
F/O Kikowski and Stacey up on instrument check. Weather down to 150 - 200', but "no sweat".
23 Jan 56
F/O Lockhart took a pilot to 3 Wing to pick up a Sabre. F/O Stacey and Tegart in the C-45 to 2 Wing on a scrounge trip. Total T-33 8:00.
24 Jan 56
F/O Stacey and Moore flew the C-45 to 4 Wing. They stopped at 3 Wing and dropped F/O Lockhart to investigate a prang. In 4 Wing they picked up the payroll; 18,000 in Scrip. Returned between snow storms.
25 Jan 56
F/O Tillotson, a new pilot on 439 Sqn given his unit check by F/O Stacey. Total time for the month up over last month.
27 Jan 56
One mutual trip by F/O Lockhart and Landreville. W/C Lindsay of Air Div borrowed our C-45 for a trip to England.
28 Jan 56
C-45 returned from UK. F/O Moore helped build up our time with a solo trip.
29 Jan 56
F/O Cockburn and F/O Johnson made a night mercy trip to Landstuhl with Doc Blake-Knox.
30 Jan 56
Routine IF trips. An attempt was made by F/O Stacey to land at Bitburg. F/O Webber of 441 Sqn ditched a u/s Sabre there. Ground fog made a landing in the T-33 impossible.
31 Jan 56
F/O Stacey and F/O Alto off to Rhein Main in the C-45 to pick up the CO. Near zero weather made the C-45 difficult to start. On return trip the starboard engine froze wide open. A single engine landing was made at base. Time for the month 125:15.
1 Feb 56
Started the month off with 7:20. The Expeditor is AOG waiting for a throttle teleflex cable. F/O's Moore & Landreville visited 4 Wing for 2 hrs.
2 Feb 56
410 departed for Rabat, F/O's Tegart & McLeod joining them for a holiday. F/L Oldfin goes down Saturday after completing his promotion exams.
3 Feb 56
F/O's Moore & Landreville took our one a/c to Bitburg, but the tiptanks didn't feed. They returned DNCO, a/c u/s.
4 Feb 56
F/O's Stacey & Landreville went to Bitburg again. Mission accomplished with F/O Landreville returning with 441's Sabre.
6 Feb 56
Expecting freezing rains, F/O Landreville took F/L Gigliotti to 3 Wing early. The Flyer's play K-Waterloo tonight. F/O Moore left for Rabat with the crystals that 410 forgot to take with them. We are getting ready to bring our two hangar tents from 2 Wing.
7 Feb 56
F/O Moore returned from Rabat without incident, making the trip both ways non-stop. F/O Landreville and F/L Gigliotti returned from the hockey game.
8 Feb 56 Weather not too good. F/O Lockhart took a 441 pilot to 3 Wing to pick up a Sabre. F/S Fee returned from 2 Wing sans tents, as they seem reluctant to give them to us. 439 is short on pilots so the simulator is idle. 9 Feb 56 The weather is clear and cold. We hope to have three a/c serviceable. The near zero temp has reduced our a/c to two a/c, then one. Telecom is the big trouble. Ended day with 8:10. 10 Feb 56 Cold weather is keeping the a/c u/s. Had one trip in the mornng, and one in the afternoon. Even the simulator went u/s after 5 trips. This gets very discouraging. 11 Feb 56 Stand down. 13 Feb 56 Heavy snow storm. Lecture in the morning on current affairs. In the afternoon we got two a/c started, but the weather clamped again, and the trips were cancelled. 14 Feb 56 Weather still duff. W/C Knowles left for Rabat in a T-33. Simulator u/s. 15 Feb 56 W/C Knowle returned from Rabat. A shortage of fuel on the way down forced him to land at Istres. F/O Staey left for Weisbaden for decompression test. 16 Feb 56 No serviceable a/c. 17 Feb 56 F/O Stacey returned, successfully decompressed. F/O Lockhart off to Langar for the weekend. 20 Feb 56 No flying today. The weather was fair but there was no alternate. F/O Lockhart returned from England. F/O Sanche joined the flight for a few T-33 rides, and eventual Sabre check-out. 21 Feb 56 Weather is again the problem. Clear skies, but the vis is down to 1 - 1 1/2 miles. In the afternoon we used Bitburg as an alternate, and got three airborne. Two went down to the French Alps to have a look at the ski-course site. 22 Feb 56 Same as day before. Two a/c off in the afternoon. "They" now tell us our limits are 1500' and 1 1/2 with no alternate. 23 Feb 56 The weather is still hazy in the mornings, but we got two off in the afternoon. 24 Feb 56 We flew six sorties, and F/O Sanche went solo in the T-33. After an urgent call from Air Div, F/O lockhart made a run to 2 Wing and then to Langar with F/O Zolvany to catch a Northstar to Canada. 25 Feb 56 F/O Lockhart returned from Langar with F/O Myles, who is returned to the Wing from Renfrew for a T-33 checkout. 27 Feb 56 Simulator is still u/s. We flew five sorties until all the a/c went u/s in mid-afternoon. F/O Myles went solo in the T-33 and now returns to Renfrew. F/O Stacey now leaves for 2 weeks TD in the sunny alps of France for the Ski-course. 1 Mar 56 There were two ferry trips to carry pilots to the Zulu squadron in 3 Wing. Local IF exercises until a/c went u/s at 1500 hrs. 5 Mar 56 The preceding 3 days were fraught with bad weather and a/c u/s. 9 sorties flown during the day composed of IF trips and sector recces with new squadron pilots. 6 Mar 56 Ten sorties flown - Aircraft serviceability showing turn for the better. Local recces with new squadon pilots, IF trips, and green ticket checks carried out. The last of 022 was realized as F/O Moore took it to Renfrew. 7 Mar 56 The usual Wednesday morning waiting for our aircraft to come serviceable. F/L Oldfin took a TV cameraman up in a T-33 for some movie shots of Sabres in formation. F/O Lockhart's oxygen mask was borrowed for the trip. The cameraman became ill. F/O Lockhart turned in his mask for a new one. 8 Mar 56 F/O Moore and F/O Sanche returned from Scotland where they had left 022. No tears were shed at the loss we suffered. This leaves us with our T-33 aircraft. 10:40 hours were logged for the day with F/O Fikowski logging 3 Green Ticket test rides. The simulator flew two trips before it was declared u/s. 9 Mar 56 This was one of our better days - 16.50 hrs logged on T-33 and everyone agreed that all days should be replicas of today with the serviceability repeating itself frequently. 10 Mar 56 Only one trip today, all a/c u/s. 12 Mar 56 10:30 flown today, F/O Fikowski had 4 trips with us today - all tests. 13 Mar 56 7:00 hrs today, F/O Fikowski again flew 2 more test rides. F/O Lockhart went to Renfrew to pick up F/O Westphal who flew over a Sabre. 14 Mar 56 F/O Landreville returned from leave and had the only trip. F/O Lockhart returned safe and sound from Renfrew. 15 Mar 56 F/O Stacey from Ski course. F/L Oldfin and F/O Landreville had a quick trip to 4 Wing. 9:30 hrs flown today. 16 Mar 56 4:25 flown today, mostly IF trips. F/O Rayon took C-45 to Wimstorf. 19 Mar 56 F/Os Landreville and Sanche had only trip today, all a/c u/s. The C-45 went to 4 (F) Wing. 20 Mar 56 9:00 hrs today - 6 IF trips - Total for month already 108:05. F/Os Moore and Landreville flying with 439 preparing for Rabat. C-45 on local trips. 21 Mar 56 Wed morning as usual no flying. The weather cleared enough in the afternon for 4 trips. 22 Mar 56 The weather similar to yesterday. Our a/c are having trouble with the gyro instruments. The simulator has been u/s for a few days. Right now it will not leave the ground. F/O Landreville did a local trip to try and find the interference on our beacon. The hospital called for an Air Evac to Weisbaden in the C-45. F/Os Moore and Stacey returned at 22:15. 23 Mar 56 The simulator is now serviceable (?) almost. Our T-birds took 3 pilots to 3 Wing to ferry Sabres home. F/O Lockhart off to England for another wicked weekend. Compasses are still giving us beaucoup trouble. 24 Mar 56 Usual Sat morning with half strength of pilots in. F/O Landreville flew the only two trips of the morning as both others u/s for flying. 26 Mar 56 Wx poor but put in 8 sorties. F/O Moore flew SMO to Weisbaden but couldn't land as wx below VFR. F/O Lockhart back from UK on time. 27 Mar 56 C-45 emergency call at 10:00 hrs to Weisbaden, flown by F/O Ryan. F/L Oldfin and F/O Holt tried to get to Istres, failed, no radio contact. F/O Lockhart and Holt went to Istres. 28 Mar 56 F/L Oldfin and F/O Clayton went to England in a T bird to pick up the Flying clubs Auster. Another trip was taken to Istres by F/O Lockhart. This time the trip was successful. 29 Mar 56 Two trips brought the months time to 187:15. 3 Apr 56 F/O Moore and 439 left for Rabat on Saturday. F/O Stacey back from leave. Three a/c serviceable for 9:35. Even the simulator is serviceable. 4 Apr 56 Still have 3 a/c serviceable. No flying in the morning but we flew 8:30 in the afternoon. The C-45 is on a major check. 5 Apr 56 Winter is again with us. Snowing steadily from 09:30. F/O Landreville made an early trip in a Sabre; the last a/c to land here today. The afternoon was spent by the athletically minded in the gym. 6 Apr 56 Five trips were flown today between the snow showers. F/O McLeod took F/L Fisher to 4 Wing for an operators conference. 7 Apr 56 F/O Landreville to 4 Wing at 08:00 hrs to pick up F/L Fisher. F/O Lockhart went to England again. 9 Apr 56 F/O Lockhart back from England. F/O Landreville and Tegart are preparing for a trip to Rabat. F/O McLeod took F/L Cambell, who is on his way home, to Langar. 10 Apr 56 G/C Summerville, F/O Tegart, and F/O Landreville left in 2 T-33 for Rabat. Weather is just about perfect for the trip. The simulator is again u/s. In the afternoon a compass swing made 077 serviceable. F/L Lockhart and F/L Gigliotti went low level to Vimy Ridge to take some pictures. 11 Apr 56 F/O Moore and S/L Belleau returned non-stop from Rabat. After 3 1/2 hrs their derrieres were slightly numb. 12 Apr 56 G/C Somerville and F/O Tegart returned from Rabat without incident. F/L Fox was given a low level ride in order to survey the country for the coming E&E exercise. 13 Apr 56 The morning was spent at pay parade. The weather cleared enough in afternoon for one trip. 16 Apr 56 F/O Lockhart almost started for Rabat but duff weather foiled his attempt. The weather kept us from getting any trips. 17 Apr 56 F/O Lockhart and S/L Kennedy finally made it to Rabat. F/L Oldfin and F/O Moore paid a visit to 2 Wing in the late afternoon. 18 Apr 56 F/O Moore is on the aeromedical course at Weisbaden. F/O Stacey went picture taking with F/L Fox for Sabot Slog. Our simulator won't stay serviceable. 19 Apr 56 441 wasn't able to supply any pilots today so we did mutual trips. F/L Cresley EO 441 is being checked out by F/O Lockhart. 20 Apr 56 F/O Lockhart made a trip to Geilenkirchen to pick up F/O Boyd who force landed a Sabre there. F/O Stacey and Capt Cheval had dinner in Dijon. The messing is adequate and the wine sufficient. 441 still short on pilots, favoured us with 2 today. 21 Apr 56 F/O Moore back from Weisbaden. Three of us got up on the Saturday morning trip. 23 Apr 56 We finally got some IF time in. 441 have some extra pilots so they did some trips. F/L Lafrance checked a new pilot of 441. F/O Moore took a ferry pilot to Geillenkirchen to pick up a Sabre. 24 Apr 56 Our one a/c was taken to the UK by two pilots of Air Div. Some of us did a few Sabre trips. 25 Apr 56 F/L Oldfin took G/C Somerville to 2 Wing to pick up our first Sabre 6. Both returned safely. 26 Apr 56 Everything happens at once; 3 T-33's serviceable and the simulator too. F/O Landreville flew 6 Sabre trips with 439. Time for the day 13:00 hrs. 27 Apr 56 Nothing exciting today, 9:30 hrs. F/O Landreville did 5 Sabre trips. 28 Apr 56 4 mutual trips this morning. 30 Apr 56 F/O Lockhart and F/L Jarvis took an aircraft to Rabat for a few days. Time for the month 137:50. 1 May 56 All of our a/c here are u/s for inspection etc. The simulator has been serviceable all day. Our French comrades are having their labour day holiday. We have been finishing our end of the monthly reports. 2 May 56 Wed. morning - no flying. F/O Stacey giving check out to F/O Sanche. F/L Baker of 439 was given a unit check by F/O Moore. No word from F/O Lockhart who is still in Rabat. 3 May 56 F/O McLeod off in his car to 2 Wing and Weisbaden to obtain signatures for his investigation. F/O Lockhart returned from Rabat with news that independence hasn't quieted the natives any. 4 May 56 The expeditor was flown for it's test flip today. The simulator has been u/s for a couple of days. Two of the T-33s did a formation trip. 5 May 56 F/O Landreville did one trip in the morning and F/O Westphal took a passenger to Langar in the afternoon. 7 May 56 F/O Stacey and F/O Moore did a dual ride in the C-45 and then went to 2 Wing and back. The simulator was serviceable for three trips. A shortage of squadron pilots allowed us only one IF trip. 410 used one of our T-birds for a night check. We were ready to fly with them but they didn't clear us. 8 May 56 The C-45 attempted to go from Frescaty to Germany but was recalled to Base. It then proceeded to Weisbaden. Our T-33s were all u/s for 410 to night fly with. The flight had a bang up party. No fights, no fuss, lots of beer. 9 May 56 We are down to one T-33 which wasn't serviceable all day. Our time for the month is mighty low. F/L Oldfin flew the Sabre VI today. Hero No. 1 (from Sachauld) 10 May 56 F/O Lockhart took our one T-33 to Langar. The rest of us flew Sabres. F/O Cockburn did some local practice in the C-45. 11 May 56 5 trips flown today - G/C Somerville flew the Sabre VI again. F/O Lockhart came back from Langar. 12 May 56 4 trips - saturday morning flying, a few airmen taken up on local trips. 14 May 56 10:30 flown today. F/O Lockhart went to Langar to pick up F/O Liukko. F/O Landreville had 4 trips. F/O Moore still trying to get checked out on C-45. Went to 3 and 4 Wings. Brought F/O Schneider back to 1 Wing. 15 May 56 F/O Stacey and F/O Moore in C-45 to Metz and Buckenburg. On the trip home they had a look at Soest and some of the "Dambusters" territory. The squadron pilots are preparing for the E&E which starts tonight. 16 May 56 Our simulator is now serviceable but with the Squadron pilots on E&E we have no students. F/O Moore & Landreville did a trip with Sabres from 441. In their eagerness to catch the VI they almost pranged. Landreville counted the rivets on the belly of Moore's a/c. The T-33's had a couple of successful encounters with American Sabres. 17 May 56 We still have no students so are doing mutual rides. F/L Cassely went solo today. F/O Moore took the C-45 to 2 Wing in the afternoon. 18 May 56 E&E stragglers are returning to base this morning. The squadrons are still standing slack. 19-21 May 56 NIL 22 May 56 We all survived the holiday weekend. Our 6 trips were all IF, even the simulator put in a full day. 23 May 56 There was no flying in the morning. The C-45 toured the Wings and brought back the fireworks for the 24th. F/O Tegart left our happy little throng to be Wing Ops Officer. 24 May 56 11:55 flown today. The C-45 went to Spang. Beaucoup CB's around - weather finally cancelled flying in late afternoon. 25 May 56 Weather quite bad in morning, no flying. F/O McLeod off to England for the weekend. 26 May 56 Saturday morning. Three trips. 28 May 56 Ten trips today for 13:25. F/O McLeod returned from Langar loaded with gifts. S/L Bliss arrived to check our simulator. He expects a VI simulator to arrive the end of July 29 May 56 S/L Bliss is working on the simulator. We flew ten trips again for 12:40. The flight had their picture taken in the morning. 30 May 56 Pay Parade ruined the morning for flying. In the afternoon there were no students for IF. Just 4 trips today. 31 May 56 W/C Williams did an IF trip with us today, and offered a few suggestions about the ride. Our time for the month: T-33 154:35, F-86 13:40, and C45 39:00. F/O Landreville went all out for 60:00 hours.