The following detail has been extracted from 2 (F) Wing, Grostenquin France, Historical Reports.
25 Mar 54
F/O J LePage departed for site of 1 (F) Wing at Marville.
11 May 54
F/L L Cox and F/O W Balfour from 1 Wing conferred with unit CTechO on technical ME matters..
18 May 54
W/C W Parks of 1 (F) Wing killed in an accident at 1 Wing. W/C WM Foster, COpsO, F/L K Shepard, EO 421 (F) Squadron appointed as members of the Board.
8 Jul 54
Excellent weather now prevails. Cold front has passed and long periods of bright warm sunshine. All squadrons actively engaged in flying. 417 (F) Squadron USAF, Hahn, Germany, working in conjunction with unit squadrons as per Operation "Rotation". A group of French officers from Army HQ, Metz, headed by Col. R Alix, Lt. Col J Audin, Capt Y Castenot, Capt P Delanda and Commandant G Bastion, Chief of the Battalion at St. Avold visited the unit. They were conducted on a tour of the unit, senior officers lunched with the CO and the group left for respective units. Visitors from 1 Wing were G/C R Somerville, CO, who arrived by Sabre en route to 1 Air Division HQ and F/L RE Olfin and F/L HE Venus of 1 Wing arrived with Mk II Sabres which are en route to Greece and Turkey. Mr. J Haire, Director of Caravan Services Ltd., London, visited the unit, inspected his company's caravan units, conferred with Chairman of Unit Caravan Committee, F/O DJ MacLean and later departed. S/L BC Prudhomme and S/L DC Willis, AAFCE HQ, Fontainbleau paid an informal visit by air to the unit.
9 Aug 54
W/C ER Emond (AFHQ) AMB Directorate visited the unit with Mr. J Sanderson, Financial Adviser to DM of National Defence. They conferred with the CO, were tendered a luncheon and departed by air for site of 1 (F) Wing in Europe, Marville.
4 Oct 54
F/O K Hanson, 1 (F) Wing arrived to take command of advance visiting party en route to 1 (F) Wing next site at Marville. A party of 6 NCOs (SP) plus equipment and ME are leaving on 5 Oct for Marville to assume control of security.
9 Nov 54
S/L IV Murphy from 1 Air Division reported on the unit together with French engineers from 1 (F) Wing site in Marville where they discussed messing equipment.
2 Dec 54
G/C Somerville unable to return to 1 (F) Wing so paid a visit to Marville, the new site of 1 (F) Wing.
Updated: April 23, 2003