Commanding Officer | G/C DP Hall, CD |
Chief Administration Officer | W/C DV Thomas, CD |
Chief Operations Officer | A/W/C HE Bodien, CD, DSO, DFC |
Chief Technical Services Officer | W/C KR Grimley CD |
Senior Accounts Officer | S/L AE Cosgrove, CD |
Officer Commanding 445 Sqn | A/W/C EJ Trotter, DFC, DFM, CD |
Officaer Commanding 441 Sqn | A/W/C DAB Smiley, DFC |
Officer Commanding 439 Sqn | A/W/C JP Bell, CD |
Senior Supply Officer | S/L DC Liss, CD |
Senior Medical Officer | S/L RS Carriere |
Officer Commanding Wing Maintenance | S/L RS Shaw |
Wing Weather Officer | S/L AH Lamont |
June 1961
STATION STRENGTH
Officers | Other Ranks |
---|---|
182 | 1031 |
VISITORS
2 Jun 61
Local dignitaries visited the Wing and were taken on a conducted tour. Main interest of visitors lay in RCAF Police activities. Visitors were:
Mr Bouillon - Assistant to Crown Prosecutor, Arlon, Belgium
Mr Hilleux - Crown Prosecutor at Arlon.
Major France - Commandant of Belgian Military Police School, Arlon, Belgium
Inspector Labaq - Inspector Principal of CID for Province of Luxembourg, Belgium
Deaths and Funerals
2 Jun 61
Funeral services for F/O D Kovar who died in a car accident in Germany.
22 Jun 61
Funeral service for Cpl GV Downey of 426 (T) Sqn who died as a result of a car accident.
General
1 Jun - 1 Dec 61
166 personnel trained in Station Defence.
10 Jun 61
W/C HE Bodien took over as COpsO from W/C DW MacDonald who was transferred to Uplands.
11 - 13 Jun 61
Pipe Band played for Remembrance Service for Gen Patton in Ettlebruck, Luxembourg.
22 Jun 61
Hon H Green and party arrived and remained overnight.
26 Jun 61
Bishop Norris of Brandon arrived. Conducted Confirmation services at the unit.
July 1961
STATION STRENGTH
Officers | Other Ranks |
---|---|
190 | 1032 |
Deaths and Funerals
6 Jul 61
CF-100 crashed killing F/L KS Partington and F/O H Thiessen near 2 (F) Wing.
VISITORS
4 Jul 61
Mr Sevigny and 6 MP's arrived at Marville.
General
6 Jul 61
Three hundred dependent children took part in a driving rodeo held on the unit. Rodeo was sponsored by Gendarmerie Nationale and was designed to test children's knowledge of French traffic signs.
17 Jul 61
F/L CAK Scott departed on transfer to Langar. He was replaced by F/L HS Moore.
August 1961
STATION STRENGTH
Officers | Other Ranks |
---|---|
192 | 1063 |
VISITORS
14 Aug 61
Gen Landon, new commander of 4 ATAF, visited the Unit. Tour of station was conducted, followed by dinner at the mess.
General
3 Aug 61
Exchange visit with Royal Norwegian Air Force.
12 Aug 61
S/L AE Cosgrove took over as SAO from S/L SC Hall.
24 Aug 61
First Yukon aircraft arrived with S/L Lloyd as Captain.
25 - 31 Aug 61
Exchange visit between 445 (F) Sqn and the RAF at Geilinkerchen.
28 Aug 61
S/L DC Liss took over as SSupO from S/L AJ Hall.
31 Aug 61
RAF Flying College from Manby visited the Unit. Mess dinner held.
September 1961
STATION STRENGTH
Officers | Other Ranks |
---|---|
189 | 1067 |
VISITORS
4 Sep 61
Air Marshall Leckie, Air Commodore Taylor, Wing Commander Virr, and Mr MacDonald arrived on SF55. A luncheon was served and the party left for Northholdt.
Deaths and Funerals
23 Sep 61
LAC FR Conley died of natural causes in Landsthul.
October 1961
STATION STRENGTH
Officers | Other Ranks |
---|---|
191 | 1052 |
VISITORS
5 Oct 61
AM Leckie arrived with AC Carpenter, AC Whiting and three MP's. Luncheon was served.
6 - 7 Oct 61
Commandant R Werner, Officer Commanding the Gendarmarie de l'Air from Dijon, France conducted an inspection of the detachment at the Wing.
12 Oct 61
W/C SA Banks, Director of Air Force Security conducted a staff visit.
General
1 Oct 61
Friends Day held on the Wing. Approximately 3000 people attended.
26 Oct 61
Monitoring of a/c for radiation commenced. Highest reading recorded to date was 1.5 MR on a Sabre a/c. Four other a/c required decontamination.
November 1961
STATION STRENGTH
Officers | Other Ranks |
---|---|
192 | 1104 |
VISITORS
5 Nov 61
Visit of Parliamentarians to attend NATO conference at Paris.
8 Nov 61
Dr Zimmerman and party arrived. Luncheon was served and party proceeded to France.
General
13 Nov 61
5 MOVU moved into the new terminal to begin operations.