2424 AC&W Unit (Auxiliary)
Hamilton, ONT

National Archives of Canada


Historical Narrative Report
2424 Aircraft Control and Warning Unit Hamilton, Ont.
1 June 58 to 30 November 58

1 Jun 58

Stand down.

2 Jun 58

Routine normal.

3 Jun 58

Regular Aux Parade. TA carried out.

4 Jun 58

Routine normal.

5 Jun 58

Aux Staff parade. Presentation of schedules URTP and RTTP 1958. Accepted.

6 Jun 58

Party depart Hamilton 1900 hours, arrive Edgar as per TA schedule.

7 Jun 58

GCI Training carried out.

8 Jun 58

Party return Hamilton 2130 hrs.

9 Jun 58

Routine normal.

10 Jun 58

Reg Aux Parade. Dry Run for Air Force Day.

11 Jun 58

Routine normal.

12 Jun 58

Aux Staff Parade. Final synthetic run through for Air Force Day.

13 Jun 58

Building cleanup.

14 Jun 58

Air Force Day. Building open to public. Conducted tour during a Synthetic ADC Exercise. 750 people conducted through building.

15 Jun 58

Standdown.

16 Jun 58

Routine normal.

17 Jun 58

Regular Aux Parade. Complete details on Personnel to St Margarets for SCT.

18 Jun 58

Routine normal.

19 Jun 58

Staff Auxiliary Parade. Discuss with CO, Pay parade, R211's.

20 Jun 58

Routine normal.

21 - 22 Jun 58

Standdown.

23 Jun 58

Monday Routine normal.

24 Jun 58

Aux Parade. Staff meeting CO.

25 Jun 58

Prepare URTP. Final stages.

26 Jun 58

F/L Clow and F/O Rochefort on SD for URTP, Controllers Course.

27 Jun 58

Standdown for Routine Training.

28 - 29 Jun 58

Standdown.

30 Jun 58

Routine normal. Commence Course on URTP, 10 candidates report.

1 Jul 58

Holiday

2 Jul 58

Commence RTTP Course, 8 Clk Types. Balance of unit on Standdown (Aux). Thirty-four FtrCOps to St Margarets via Air ZD-HU-HU-CH.

3 Jul 58

Routine normal. Instructional duties.

4 Jul 58

Routine normal.

5 - 6 Jul 58

Standdown.

7 - 11 Jul 58

Routine normal. Instructional duties.

12 - 13 Jul 58

Standdown.

14 Jul 58

Routine normal. Instructional duties.

15 Jul 58

Auxiliary parade. Quarterly pay parade.

16 - 18 Jul 58

Routine normal. Instructional duties.

19 - 20 Jul 58

Standdown.

21 - 22 Jul 58

Routine normal. Instructional duties.

23 Jul 58

URTP examinations.

24 Jul 58

Routine normal. Instructional duties.

25 Jul 58

URTP course completed. 10 Flight Cadets posted.

26 - 27 Jul 58

Standdown.

28 Jul 58

S/L Beatty on SD.

29 - 31 Jul 58

Routine normal.

1 Aug 58

Standdown (Princess Margaret visit).

2 - 3 Aug 58

Standdown

4 Aug 58

Holiday

5 - 8 Aug 58

Routine normal

9 10 Aug 58

Standdown.

11 - 15 Aug 58

Routine normal

16 - 17 Aug 58

Standdown.

18 - 22 Aug 58

Routine normal.

23 Aug 58

30 FtrCOps from St Margarets via air - CH-UL-ZD

24 Aug 58

Standdown.

25 Aug 58

Routine normal. Practical typing test RTTP.

26 Aug 58

RTTP examinations.

27 Aug 58

Routine normal.

28 Aug 58

Graduation, RTTP

29 Aug 58

Routine normal

30 Aug - 1 Sep 58

Standdown.

2 Sep 58

Auxiliary parade. Officers and staff.

3 Sep 58

Routine normal. Auxiliary staff meeting.

4 Sep 58

Auxiliary staff parade. Routine normal.

5 Sep 58

GCI training weekend. 6 officers to Edgar, balance of standdown.

6 Sep 58

GCI training routine. F/L Vaughan conducting officer and O/C weekend training.

7 Sep 58

Party return Hamilton 1900 hrs.

8 Sep 58

Routine normal.

9 Sep 58

Auxiliary parade. Board of Inquiry - TEB failures.

10 Sep 58

Routine normal.

11 Sep 58

Auxiliary staff parade. CO's meeting re staff appointments.

12 Sep 58

Routine normal.

13 Sep 58

Standdown

14 Sep 58

Standdown. #1 crew Ops training.

15 Sep 58

Routine normal

16 Sep 58

Reg Aux parade. TA as per schedule. Conference Battle of Britain parade.

17 Sep 58

Routine normal.

18 Sep 58

Aux parade. Staff meeting, RTTP meeting.

19 Sep 58

Routine normal.

20 Sep 58

Standdown.

21 Sep 58

Battle of Britain parade.

22 Sep 58

Routine normal.

23 Sep 58

Reg Aux parade. CO's meeting re fall training. TA as scheduled.

24 Sep 58

Routine normal.

25 Sep 58

Aux Staff parade. Routine normal.

26 Sep 58

GCI training weekend Edgar. Party depart Hamilton 1930, 6 officers and 14 airmen.

27 Sep 58

GCI training, static conditions.

28 Sep 58

Party returns Hamilton 2000 hrs.

29 Sep 58

Routine normal.

30 Sep 58

Reg Aux parade. Staff meeting RTTP 1959. CO meeting with G/C Frostad.

1 Oct 58

Routine normal

2 Oct 58

Aux staff parade. TA for TEB.

3 Oct 58

Routine normal.

4 - 5 Oct 58

Standdown

6 Oct 58

Routine normal.

7 Oct 58

Reg Aux parade. TA program for TEB.

8 Oct 58

Routine normal

9 Oct 58

Aux staff parade. Board of officers. One candidate CFR.

10 Oct 58

Twenty personnel depart RCAF Edgar. Training weekend.

11 Oct 58

Personnel assigned static training positions.

12 Oct 58

Party depart Edgar 1700, arrive Hamilton 1930 .

13 Oct 58

Routine normal.

14 Oct 58

Reg Aux Parade. TA for TEB. Officers on synthetic, commence Phase I training for new intake.

15 Oct 58

Routine normal.

16 Oct 58

Aux Staff parade. Personnel assessments and Boards on Promotions.

17 Oct 58

Routine normal

18 Oct 58

Standdown.

19 Oct 58

TEB Auxiliary airmen, 48 candidates.

20 Oct 58

Routine normal.

21 Oct 58

Reg Aux parade. CO's meeting regards to committees, entertainment and squadron projects.

22 Oct 58

Routine normal.

23 Oct 58

Aux staff parade. F/L GH MacMillan Support Officer report in from Marville. GCI party, 28 personnel to Edgar. Depart Hamilton 1930, arrive Edgar 2200.

24 Oct 58

Crews and officers assigned to static training.

25 Oct 58

Party return Hamilton 1930 hrs.

27 Oct 58

Handover to F/L MacMillan. Balance routine normal.

28 Oct 58

Reg Aux parade. TA program.

29 Oct 58

Routine normal.

30 Oct 58

F/L Stock cleared, inventories, pubs, imprest, handed over.

31 Oct 58

Routine normal

1 Nov 58

Standdown

2 Nov 58

Standdown. F/L Stock SOS

3 Nov 58

Routine normal.

4 Nov 58

Reg Aux parade. TA program.

5 Nov 58

Routine normal.

6 Nov 58

Aux staff parade. F/O Hickey returned from Stn Falconbridge.

7 Nov 58

27 personnel depart at 1700 hrs for Stn Edgar for weekend training.

8 Nov 58

Crews and officers assigned to static training positions

9 Nov 58

Party returned to Hamilton at 1900 hours.

10 Nov 58

Routine normal.

11 Nov 58

Aux parade in downtown Hamilton. 2424 paraded with station Hamilton.

12 Nov 58

Routine normal

13 Nov 58

Aux staff parade. F/O Stonehouse, P/O Gibbons and P/O Owen TOS.

14 Nov 58

Routine normal.

15 - 16 Nov 58

Standdown

17 Nov 58

Routine normal

18 Nov 58

Aux parade night. TA program.

19 Nov 58

Routine normal

20 Nov 58

Aux staff parade.

21 Nov 58

15 personnel depart 1700 hrs for Stn Edgar for weekend training.

22 Nov 58

Crews and officers assigned to static training positions.

23 Nov 58

Party depart Edgar for Hamilton at 1900 hrs.

24 Nov 58

Routine normal

25 Nov 58

Aux parade night. TA program.

26 Nov 58

Routine normal.

27 Nov 58

Aux staff parade. Review lesson plans.

28 Nov 58

Routine normal.

29 Nov 58

Standdown.

30 Nov 58

CO's parade.