Mont Apica, QC

1 Jun 55

Wednesday – No change in the weather – rain. Mr. Corriveau DCL and Mr. Beaudette in for the day. Bingo dance held – final Bingo of the Season. Large crowd and very nice dance. Father Raymond, RC Padre from Bagotville in – staying overnight.

Thursday – Rain again today and overcast all evening. Col. Mummery, Major Leblanc in for a visit, staying overnight. They are from RCAMC on liaison visit to ensure there was no complaint on rations from Supply Depot at Bagotville.

Friday – Weather clearing finally – sunny all day – F/L Thompson Protestant Chaplain from ADC arrived for the weekend. CO’s Inspection today. Col. Mummery and Major Leblanc departed. S/L Bending our SMO transferred to RCAF Station Uplands 1^st Sep.

Saturday – Another beautiful day. Temperature about 78 degrees. Lots of pests around, mosquitos, black flies and flies. Hoping for air spray very shortly. Lots of personnel in swimming in the fire reservoir pool. Boy Scouts left on camping trip for weekend, FS Liautaud in charge. Also Guides camped out in Lac St. John area with Miss Sadie Mansour in charge.

Sunday – Church services held today – Protestant at 11:00 am, RC at 4:45 pm. Another lovely day – most unbelievable. Personnel all taking advantage of swimming.

Monday – F/L Hea and F/O Hind from ADCHQ arrived today from SOF inspection. G/C MacLean from AFHQ arrived today. He is Protestant Director of Religious Activities; and S/L Rogers, Command Chaplain from ADC, visited us after dedication service of Chapel at Bagotville. P/O McClintock (Assistant CAdO) reported in from North Bay on Posting.

Tuesday – Mr. L Sykes from AMCHQ arrived today for Cable Inspection. Weather staying beautiful and sunny, and very warm. Two airmen and two airwomen returning from Quebec City this evening and hit and killed a cow moose on the road. Car badly damaged, but made camp on its own. Occupants injured only by glass – were very fortunate. A lot of wild life seen on roads into camp. Bear seem plentiful. CO’s conference this am – followed by NCO and Airmen Promotion Board.

Wednesday – Weather remaining sunny. Quite a surprise to all Mont Apicans. Fire reservoir pool being painted. Air spray carried out by DC-3 plane. All are hoping it will do away with our "Pests from the Bush". Unit quiet otherwise.

Thursday – Again a beautiful day. Nothing unusual happened. Mr. Sykes left for AMCHQ after completing his business on the unit. Paving has not yet started due to faulty machinery. Hope it will begin soon as dust is very bad.

Friday – Sunny weather again – very warm. CO’s Inspection today, and quite profitable. When CO entered Supply Section a nice shiny desk was being polished up by the SSO. With a gleam in his eye, the CO said "Ah, just what I need", and to the disillusionment of the SSO, a truck was ordered to have said item transported to the Admin block. This lovely desk, needless to say, reposes in all its glory in the CO’s office – what an improvement.

Saturday – Beautiful day again – Air Force Day. CO’s parade and March past at 1000 hours. Fly past by Bagotville planes at 1030 hours. Dependents went up to see inside the Tower in afternoon. Station Adjutant, P/O Tarantello, left at 0830 hours for Quebec City to meet the Bell Telephone group who are putting on a show in the evening. Show was huge success and very good turn out. The group were entertained in Officers Mess.

Sunday – Cloudy and very cool today. Afraid good weather over for a time. Rain in the evening. RC Church service at 1645. Bell Group left today.

Monday – Station quiet today. Cloudy with heavy rain in the am. Historical Narrative Dec 1 to May 31 completed – will be sent to ADCHQ tomorrow. Airmen’s Trade Papers arrived. Mr. Parker, CPO at ADCHQ, visiting unit for a while.

Tuesday – Pay Day. Unit canvassing to aid the unfortunate people in Liverpool NS who lost their homes, boats etc. in Forest Fire. Our aim is the small sum of $100.00. Hope to have this figure extended. S/L Tew and F/L Boyezuk from 1 ADCC in on TD re operational and technical end of Radar. F/O Bonneau from 11 AC&W Squadron Lac St. Denis in on TD. Clearing off today.

Wednesday – Quite hazy today. RC Bishop arrived this afternoon to confirm some of the children. Father Raymond from Bagotville in for a day or two. Father Clouthier arrived with Bishop Garrant for the Confirmation service. $150.00 collected for the Liverpool fund. CAdO returned off leave.

Thursday – Very warm. CO preparing for his leave.

Friday – First Airmen’s Mess Dinner held on the Unit. A huge success. Going away party for F/O Crowther, and the four school teachers. Only one, Miss Corcoran, will return next fall, to take over as Principal of RC School. Mrs. Boileau proceeding overseas to be with her husband. Miss Mansour going to Beaverbank, NS. Miss Jakubiak has not decided on a new post. Weather remains nice.

Saturday – Again fine weather, and warm. Sgts. Mess honored WO2 Morin at a party. Many changes on Unit. CO departed on leave.

Sunday – RC Church service at 1645 hours. Weather holding. No news on Unit.

Monday – W/C Trischuck, SOCE, arrived for short visit on unit. S/L St. Louis, Station CTechSO taking over as Acting CO.

Tuesday – Mr. Buchan, AFHQ, reported in – leaving tomorrow. Sunny and warm today.

Wednesday – Said farewell to WO2 Morin, NCO i/c Orderly Room. He is on his way to Command. He will be sorely missed. Sgt. Collingwood is replacing him as NCO i/c CR. Mr. Buchan departed.

Thursday – Cloudy, rain showers and cooler today. Another accident on road into cam (4 personnel). One AW in hospital with leg and arm injuries and another with an arm injury. The two airmen were released from SSQ.

Friday – F/L Thompson, Protestant Padre in for Sunday service. Mr. McRae from Montreal arrived to see CAdO re Station Insurance. Dr. Dumas, Reserve MO in to replace our SMO, S/L Bending, who left for annual leave. Cloudy and rain showers, cooler today.

Saturday – Still rainy and cloudy. Station quiet.

Sunday – Quite a thunderstorm in afternoon – sky clearing after. Very heavy downpour. Church services for both Protestant and RC.

Monday – Dentist arrived from Bagotville for a two week visit. Mr. Ponting, Bell Telephone, arrived for a short stay; also Mr. McElhatton, same company.

Tuesday – Nice day today – quite warm. Paving started again – working by the Admin Block and around the Rec. Centre.

Wednesday – Sunny and warm again today. F/O Johnston received promotion to F/L. Celebration in Mess.

Thursday – Preparing for some Quebec Auxiliary Squadron to arrive for Summer Training. Weather remaining nice.

Friday – Celebration for Dominion Day. Two softball games. Officers won over Sgts. 10 – 9 and Tower Airmen over Townsite Airmen 10 – 7. Clouded over in afternoon and rained – so spoiled BarBQue. Quite a violent thunderstorm in evening. Dance in the Rec. Hall which was very nice. CO returned to unit today. Fireworks display in pm.

Saturday – Kind of a rainy cloudy day. Unit is quiet after celebration yesterday.

Sunday – RC Church service at 5 pm. Weather cleared off – warm but quite strong wind. Fairly decent movie tonight. "The Purple Plains".

Monday – Very warm – nice day – no unusual happenings.

Tuesday – Reserves have been reporting in from 2452 Squadron, Quebec City. 10 officers in for a week. S/L Taschereau in charge. Very warm today, real summer weather. CO'’ Conference in am.

Wednesday – F/O Barber from ADCHQ reported in for the day re CE. Hot again today. Forest Fire threat quite bad.

Thursday – Very hot today. Father Raymond in from Bagotville (RC Padre) in for the day, also F/O Tracy from ADCHQ – District Welfare Officer in for the day. Violent thunderstorms in late evening.

Friday – Hot again. CO’s Inspection – Personnel taking advantage of pool to cool off. Two Reserve Officers from Quebec City reported in.

Saturday – Some of the Reserve boys returned to Quebec City after a week of summer training. Officers Mess had a wiener roast at the pool at night, also a swim about 2300 hours – very refreshing. Pool well used on Saturday due to extreme heat.

Sunday – Very very hot, but extreme change occurrence about 1900 hours. Got very windy. Pool well used again – a boon to morale on the unit.

Monday – Very cool today, and cloudy. No swimming today. Station is quiet.

Tuesday – "Glorious 12^th" today. Provincial authorities have closed both gates to traffic due to forest fire threat. Personnel can leave the unit but cannot return. Warmer today.

Wednesday – Cloudy today – hoping for rain as fire hazard great. Having difficulty getting personnel in through the gates. No unusual happenings.

Thursday – Rained quite heavy today. Meeting between Air Force and Construction Company officials re paving. Col. Crowe and Lt. Col. Munnery arrived in for a few hours to tee up arrangements for their overnight stop on Jul 21. Mr. Graciano, General Superintendent of North Shore Construction Company was in for the meeting in the afternoon.

Friday – Additional Reserves coming – some for a few days – others for a week – 10 days. Cloudy and miserable again.

Saturday – CO has Open House for Officers and their wives. Cpls. Club had housewarming. Weather cleared off in late afternoon. More of 2452 Squadron Reserves arrived. F/O and Mrs. Brown have a new 8 pound 12 ounce son, born today.

Sunday – Rained again today. Capt. Nations and Capt. Quercia from SAC arrived for Exercise "Deep Rock". Tower personnel going on two 12 hour shifts during exercise.

Monday – CO’s Conference today. Weather cleared. Unit quiet.

Tuesday – Meeting re roads on Unit. Mr. Casey and Mr. Loomis from AFHQ/DCEF in to inspect the roads.

Wednesday – Nice again today. Unit quiet.

Thursday – Unit remaining quiet. Severe thunderstorm this pm caused lights on unit to go out for nearly an hour.

Friday – All quiet on Unit.

Saturday – Rain and thunderstorms all day, and such heavy rains damaging roads. Celebrated the end of exercise tonight.

Sunday – Nice day today – Station very quiet. SMO returned from leave. Dr. Dumont, MO for past month departed for Quebec City.

Monday – Nice warm day today. Mr. Thomas from Canada Life Assurance Company in to see CAdO re personnel getting insurance. Adjutant P/O Tarantello returned from leave.

Tuesday – CO’s Conference this am. Quiet, warm and humid today. Station seems quiet.

Wednesday – Sunny and warm. Uneventful.

Thursday – Sunny and warm. "Operation Man Hunt" about Igor Gouzenko, on at Station Theatre. Mr. Graciano of North Shore Construction here.

Friday – Sunny and warm. W/C Smith and F/L MacDonald arrived for inspection. CO’s inspection in the morning.

Saturday – First Annual Swimming Meet held today. Very successful. Weather perfect. Station dance held in Rec. Hall. Reserves from 420 (F) Squadron Bagotville came in for week-end.

Sunday – 420 (F) Squadron boys departed. Weather nice. Station quiet.

Monday – S/L Churchill in from St. Marie and F/O Armstrong. Nothing unusual happened.

Tuesday – CO’s Conference today. Had word we are to have a visit by the Minister of National Defence on 12 Aug. Cloudy day.

Wednesday – Organizing for Minister’s visit. Hope to have unit in A-1 condition.

Thursday – Rainy today. F/L Raymond arrived in for the day.

Friday – Father Clouthier came in for RC service. Nice warm day.

Saturday – Weather remaining nice, and cooler. Officers Mess honoured F/O and Mrs. Page who are departing for Comox, BC on transfer.

Sunday – Just poured rain today. RC services held. F/O and Mrs. Brown had their 3 week old son Baptized.

Monday – Preparations continuing for Minister of National Defence’s visit. Mrs. Campney will accompany her husband. Cooler today, showers in evening. F/O and Mrs. Page and family left for Comox, BC. They were one of the first families on the unit.

Tuesday – CO’s Conference today. Final arrangements discussed for visit. Unit humming with activity. Much cooler today, however warmed up considerably in afternoon.

Wednesday – Sunny, but a very strong breeze blowing. Final drill for Guard of Honour for the Honorable R Campney’s visit held in pm. Sgt. Edmond proud father of baby girl.

Thursday – Station is quiet, but in last stages of preparation for Minister’s visit. Station looks exceptionally well.

Friday – Lovely sunny day, warm. Minister of National Defence enjoyed his visit to the unit and was well pleased. Cocktail party in Officers Mess and Sgts. Mess. Minister departed by staff car for Quebec City at 1800 hours.

Saturday – Nice warm day. Station quiet. Some boys from Bagotville over for the weekend. Outdoor party behind Airmen’s barracks. Not too successful as not too many attended.

Sunday – Church services held today. Cloudy and rainy.

Monday – Rained today. Unit settled down and quiet. No unusual happenings.

Tuesday – Nice weather, still humid though. S/L Bending, SMO, gone to ADCHQ for a week or two on TD.

Wednesday – S/L Tew, S/L Kennedy and F/L Boyezuk in from Lac St. Denis on TD. Weather remaining warm.

Thursday – S/L Shaw in from ADC – looking into personnel matters. He is very pleased with this unit and it has been a pleasure to have him.

Friday – Rather a rainy day. Had a small impromptu party in the Mess. Very nice. Airmen’s canteen had a going away party for several personnel who are leaving the station. Father Raymond (Bagotville) in for the day.

Saturday – We were to have the sports day today, but it has been put off for a week. CE Section has been around cleaning the furnaces, in preparation for the long winter.

Sunday – RC Church services today. Rainy day today.

Monday – Unit very quiet.

Tuesday – A group of Officers from 1 ADCC arrived in for a few days TD. W/C McNair, S/L Rogers and several others re operations.

Wednesday – Weather turned cooler, so nice at night. Afternoons get warmed up. Not much happening on the Unit. Preparations going on for 2^nd Annual Track and Field meet. Everybody looking forward to it. Soap Box Derby for children.

Thursday – Stag Party in Officers Mess tonight – rather a farewell to ADCC boys. Clear sunny day.

Friday – F/L Thompson in from Command for Protestant Church Service on Sunday. Going away party in Officers Mess for F/O Horsnell, P/O McClintock and Mr. Jim Fitzgerald, Bell Telephone representative. Weather quite cloudy most of the day, but cleared off in the afternoon. The helicopter arrived bringing in the Protestant Padre from Bagotville.

Saturday – Because of scattered showers in the afternoon, the Sports Day was postponed until the next afternoon, although the Soap Box Derby was run in the morning. In the evening a Sock Dance was held in the Rec. Hall. During the dance, Crests were awarded to winners of various sports events.

Sunday – Cloudy and quite cold. Both Protestant and Catholic Church services held today. Track and Field Meet postponed on Saturday, held today.

Monday – Much warmer today. Mrs. M McGillivray began work today. F/O Evans, AS/FtrC, reported in on posting.

Tuesday – Cold rainy day. CO’s Conference in morning.

Wednesday – Bright rainy day. Very quiet. F/O Champeon arrived today.

Thursday – Cold and rainy again. Weather most changeable.

Friday – Still cold and rainy. Father Raymond here from Bagotville. F/O Tracey signed in, remaining until Saturday. Dining-In night in the Officers Mess in honour of S/L and Mrs. Bending.

Saturday – A fine day to begin the Labour Day weekend. A quiet day on the station.

Sunday – Everything quiet on the station. Catholic Church services held in the afternoon.

Monday – Labour Day – cold and showery most of the day. The school teachers arrived today, for both schools.

Tuesday – Bright warm day. Quite busy after the long weekend. CO’s conference in the morning with S/L Yarnell Acting CO. Mr. LaChance, Federal Income Tax Official came in today.

Wednesday – Cold and rainy. The Protestant and RC Schools opened this morning. Mr. Woodend and F/O Champeon left today.

Thursday – Cold and showery all day. The CMR Cadets arrived today, after being delayed a day because of aircraft troubles.

Friday – The CMR Cadets were entertained by Officers Mess with Dining-In Night and party. Mr. R Bucken from Air Force Headquarters arrived.

Saturday – A quiet day on the station with a violent thunderstorm lasting all evening. F/L Thompson arrived from Bagotville.

Sunday – Church services held for both Protestants and Catholics today.

Monday – F/L Hay and F/L Freebain came in today.

Tuesday – Extremely cold and windy. CMR Cadets left today. CO’s Conference in the morning. Promotion Board in the afternoon.

Wednesday – It was learned that A/V/M Kerr and G/C Willis will visit Station Mont Apica, Sep 21. S/L McKergow arrived today. It snowed a bit in the morning.

Thursday – Trade Board today. F/L Hea and F/L Freebain left today.

Friday – Dull, cold day. S/L McKergow left today.

Saturday – Station Dance in the Rec. Hall well attended.

Sunday – Nice in morning with rain settling in during the afternoon. Quiet Sunday on the Station.

Monday – Steady downpour of rain. F/O Law reported in today.

Tuesday – Rainy day. CO’s Conference in the morning.

Wednesday – Snow most of the morning, changing to rain in the afternoon. F/O Sutherland left today.

Thursday – Bright sunny day after snowy night. W/C Marcou and S/L Yarnell left for Command. S/L St. Louis to be Acting CO. Father Raymond arrived from Bagotville. S/L Tugwell, S/L Martin and F/L Hanson arrived from Command.

Friday – S/L Tugwell, S/L Martin and F/L Hanson left today.

Saturday – Drizzling rain most of the day. F/L Thompson arrived from Bagotville.

Sunday – Services in both Protestant and Catholic churches today.

Monday – Lovely fall day. F/O Sava, Assistant CAdO, arrived today. F/L Hay left today.

Tuesday – S/L Monnon and F/O Hicks arrived from AFHQ. Mr. Grundy arrived today.

Wednesday – Dark rainy day for visit of A/V/M Kerr and G/C Willis. Arrival which was to have been at 1000 hours was delayed until 1530 hours. The A/V/M and G/C stayed the evening visiting the various messes etc.

Thursday – Beautiful fall day. Fairly quiet.

Friday – Promotion Day – Two Flight Sergeants, one Sergeant and five Corporal’s. End of month Stock Checks today.

Saturday – Liberty Run to Quebec City. Sock Dance in Rec. Hall.

Sunday – Sunny and warm. Catholic Services held in school.

Monday – Sunny and cooler. Snow at night. Captain Dufresne, Dental Officer from Bagotville arrived. Mr. J McElhatton, Bell Telephone, left on transfer. W/C Marcou left for Command Conference.

Tuesday – Cloudy and cool. CO’s Conference held, with Acting CO S/L Yarnell presiding.

Wednesday – Father Raymond arrived from Bagotville. Games night in Officers Mess much enjoyed by all.

Thursday – Father Raymond left today. Clear and cold.

Friday – F/O Pierce and Sgt. St. Germain from Security Branch in for the day.

Saturday – Quiet Saturday – many people leaving station for long weekend. F/L Thompson arrived from Bagotville.

Sunday – Protestant and Roman Catholic services held today. Capt. Van Pelt and Capt. Shannon of the US 4713^th Radar Evaluation ECM Flight arrived today.

Monday – Thanksgiving Day celebrated quietly on the station with beautiful weather still lasting through the long-weekend. F/O Grady came in today.

Tuesday – Cloudy in the morning with sunny intervals in the afternoon. CO’s Conference postponed until the next day.

Wednesday – Beautiful autumn day again. CO’s Conference until noon. Mr. ME Cairns arrived. S/L Falkner departed today. F/L Hill from Beaverbank arrived on TD. Mess Dinner tonight in Officers Mess.

Thursday – Clear and cold day. Nothing unusual – the Fire Fighters demonstrated the use of the various types of extinguishers.

Friday – CO’s Parade at 0730 hours in "brisk" autumn weather. CO’s Inspection this morning. Auxiliary Box Social in the evening a huge success.

Saturday – G/C Costello and S/L Gallagher arrived by helicopter for a short visit. Capt. Shannon and Capt. Van Pelt left today.

Sunday – Quiet day on the station. Sunday School enrolment in Protestant Sunday School. RC Church Services in the afternoon. F/O Sava left today for Winnipeg.

Monday – Mr. LaCasse on the station today regarding Gift Shop on the unit. Cold day, cloudy for the most part.

Tuesday – Mr. B Danis of RCA Victor arrived. F/O Harvey of ADCHQ and Mr. W Alexander and Mr. Demers arrived. Major Burgess of Canadian Postal Corps was on the unit for the afternoon. CO’s Conference in the morning.

Wednesday – F/O Harvey left today. Mr. Baudet of Baudet of Fils visited the Unit this morning. Mr. Graciano and party of North Shore Construction were on the station in the afternoon. First Bingo of the season held in Airmen’s Canteen. LAC and Mrs. Sinclair became the proud parents of a baby girl.

Thursday – Dark rainy day. Uneventful day on the station.

Friday – F/L Thompson arrived this afternoon. Clear and cold. A baby girl was born to F/O and Mrs. Todd.

Saturday – Quiet Saturday on the Station.

Sunday – Services in both Protestant and RC churches today. Snow flurries throughout the day.

Monday – Quiet Monday on the Station. Heavy rain at nightfall.

Tuesday – Snow developed from rainstorm. First heavy snowfall of the season with heavy snowfall all day. CO’s Conference in the morning.

Wednesday – Still snowing steadily. Bingo tonight in the Rec. Hall.

Thursday – S/L Kelly, F/O Maxon arrived today. Also Father Raymond from Bagotville, arrived. The snow stopped in the afternoon.

Friday – Beautiful sunny day. Father Raymond left this morning.

Saturday – S/L Kelly and F/O Maxon left today. Halloween Dance held in the Rec. Hall with Children’s Halloween party in the afternoon.

Sunday – Quiet Sunday on the station. RC Church services. P/O Livingstone and F/O Cruikshank arrived on the station.

Monday – Rain all day and evening but no detriment to the "goblins" that came celebrating Halloween. F/O Elvidge arrived today.

Tuesday – Dull day threatening rain all day. CO’s Conference in the morning.

Wednesday – Mr. Riddle, Cub Scout Commissioner from Quebec City addressed Parents Group Committee in the Combined Mess. Cpls. Qualifying exams today with 15 writing. W/C Marcou left on leave until 11^th Nov.

Thursday – FS Qualifying exams written today with only one candidate from this station. S/L Yarnell, F/L Twambley, F/O Stewart, F/O MacLean went to Conference in Quebec City.

Dull cold day. S/L St. Louis Acting CO in S/L Yarnell’s absence. S/L Yarnell, F/O Stewart, F/O MacLean returned late in the day.

Saturday – Quiet Saturday on the station; all day rain.

Sunday – Dull cold day. RC Church services. The theatre completely sold out, with a good movie, "He Walked By Night".

Monday – Showery all day. Capt. RJ Dufresne, the dentist, arrived from Bagotville. S/L Yarnell and F/L Johnston left on TD for 1 ADCC Conference at Command.

Tuesday – Snow in the morning. No CO’s Conference today. Father Raymond arrived from Bagotville.

Wednesday – Snow all day. F/O Welsh, Assistant CAdO arrived today.

Thursday – Capt. Dufresne left today. GObC from Three Rivers were on the station for the day.

Friday – Remembrance Day – Church Parade in the morning with F/L Thompson and Father Clouthier taking the services. A dull dark day.

Saturday – A quiet day on the Station. Officers Mess had successful Treasure Hunt.

Sunday – RC Church services in the afternoon. Dark day with rain and snow flurries.

Monday – Snow most of the day with roads becoming increasingly icy.

Tuesday – Snow all day. Mr. Silver of Sonograph Company arrived today. CO’s Conference this morning. Dr. Vince, Bureau of Current Affairs, Montreal, arrived today and spoke in the Rec. Hall on the Mediterranean.

Wednesday – Dr. Vince left today. F/L Twambley and Mr. Cleary accompanied the civilian personnel to St. Joseph d’Alma to write examinations. Now most of the day.

Thursday – F/O Ferris, ADCHQ and Dr. Smith from Toronto and F/L Brunger arrived today.

Friday – F/O Ferris, F/L Brunger and Dr. AA Smith left today. Snow the better part of the day.

Saturday – The AFHQ Band here (5 piece orchestra) for Station Dance which was well attended. The reserves arrived for the weekend.

Sunday – Quiet day on the station with RC Church services.

Monday – F/O Campbell reported in today. Snow flurries most of the day.

Tuesday – During the night F/O Hateley and S/L Mills arrived after considerable difficulty, having to walk after their car went off the road. W/C Marcou left today for Ottawa. CO’s conference in the morning.

Wednesday – F/O Hateley and S/L Wills left by helicopter for Bagotville this morning. F/O Lloyd reported in this afternoon. Clear in the early part of the day with wet snow in the latter part of the day.

Thursday – S/L Yarnell and F/O Morrison left today for Lac St. Denis by PMC. F/O Lloyd reported in today. Snow all day.

Friday – F/L Thompson arrived today. Snow all day. A quiet day on the station. Mr. RH Guile of Bell Telephone reported in today. Cpl. and Mrs. Hibbs became parents of a fine baby boy. Also, F/O and Mrs. Dockendorff welcomed a baby girl.

Saturday – Quiet day on the station with many away to watch Grey Cup Game on TV at Quebec City.

Sunday – Snowing steadily all day. Mr. Riddle, Dr. Lindsay and F/L Kirkby arrived tonight. Services in both Protestant and RC Churches today. F/L Thompson left today.

Monday – F/O Wright reported in today. Steady snow all day.

Tuesday – Snowing today. Mr. Riddle, Dr. Lindsay and F/L Kirkby left today. CO’s Conference in the morning.

Wednesday – F/O Robinson reported in today. Also F/O Burrill and F/O Roach. P/O Tarantelolo returned off leave.

Signed by:
(HF Marcou) W/C
Commanding Officer,
RCAF Station Mont Apica

1 Jun 55

Exercise Big Tree cancelled for today. Overlays to be prepared on this overfly.

Attempted calibration of EW Kit using MG-3. The information gained was not very beneficial. Must try another run at a later date.

Exercise Taxi Driver (B-47 Overfly) on today. Tracking and surveillance for most of the day. Largo gave permission to intercept last wave. Night flying tonight from Bagotville.

Exercise Taxi Driver on again today. Some confusion in surveillance. Also on the question of Squadrons obeying controllers instructions. Matter referred to Sector Commander. A very busy day. Communications jamming in the afternoon.

Last day of Taxi Driver. Busy day with both 440 and 432 Squadrons operating. A fair number of intercepts completed. Air Spray of station done this evening by a DC-3 from Rockcliffe. Drove the critters out of the woods onto the townsite.

Some GCI during the day. 432 Squadron night flying tonight. Chopper 2 off from Bagotville enroute LaTuque – Parent – Senneterre for a search in that area.

Air Force Day – Dependents toured tower. Fly past at 1045 EST over the unit. Quiet day.

Exercise Blue Chip on. A three day overfly of B-47’s. Considerable trouble encountered in plotting these aircraft which were going through this area singly without IFF. Surveillance and the information to be passed to 1 ADCC not satisfactory.

Considerable GCI activity today. The overfly was deferred for one day. Night flying tonight.

Exercise Blue Chip on again today. S/L Tew up from Sector to investigate our effort on 13 Jun. He saw for himself, Unable to plot what we can’t see. Those aircraft at 40,000 feet flying singly and without IFF. Some intercepts being done on D/R positions successfully.

Last day of Blue Chip. Tracking capabilities again poor. Did a calibration run to check our antenna tilt. Proved to be within .1 of a degree of our present figure. Must establish reason for our poor pickup.

Some intercepts done today. Also, three calibration runs to the northeast and east of the Unit at 35 to 44,000 feet. Attempted to asses the effect of the Tropopause on Radar.

Quiet day. Chopper 21 at Mont Apica for Black Fly spray job.

Fairly busy day for intercepts. Assisted a KC-97 who would have strayed due to failure of compasses, radar, etc. This aircraft finally landed at PQI. Pilot convinced that radar stations are handy to have. Move to Operations Room taking place tonight and tomorrow.

Calibration run on EW Kit with T-33 carried out today. Emergency during morning when S/L Zaleschuck and F/O Arsenault crashed at LaTuque following fire in the air. Scabbard aided in passing information etc. Night flying tonight.

SAC overfly (Exercise Air Blast) scheduled for today postponed 24 hours. From this date on Duty Controllers from all units in this sector will be briefed simultaneously by Met. Officer at St. Hubert. MG 6 and 7 had contacts and a lock-on on 5 unidentified objects north of B6 at 39 – 45,000. Reported to Intelligence.

Air Blast postponed 24 hours again. Fairly busy day with considerable fighter activity. Handover of USAF fighters all night.

Exercise Air Blast on today. Ten B-47’s overflew sector. All were intercepted but some confusion occurred in surveillance. Fairly good day.

Exercise Air Blast completed today. 17 B-47’s went through, the last 7 without warning. All but one section intercepted. Very good day with no troubles developing. B6 did a rapid turnaround on a CF-100 having him on readiness 17 minutes after landing.

Busy day. Both B6 Squadrons operating. RB-11 had a contact on 6 flying objects at 35,000 feet 45 miles west of VL at approximately 2050Z, 400 knots, closing speed and then objects disappeared. Nothing seen by pilot. 440 and 432 Squadrons flew until 1130 pm.

440 and 432 Squadrons flying all day including evening flying. Had a query from Crystal for information on SS-9 who had a flame out in a CF-100. Later information indicated that the pilot and the navigator had both ejected successfully.

440 and 432 Squadrons again put in a busy day. Receiving warning of Exercise Singapore Sling – B-47 overfly on 30 Jun and 1 Jul.

Overfly of 12 B-47’s given surveillance in early morning. Good radar performance intercepting in the afternoon. F/O Gatz gave assistance to a jet out of B6 with compass trouble. Safely recovered to base. Successfully intercepted all B-47’s in overfly during day. Overlay on this exercise is good.

S/L Tachereau and members of 2452 (Aux.) AC&W Squadron arrived on camp for summer training. To be present in four groups for the month of July.

2452 members address in Station Theatre by S/L St. Louis, F/L Twambley and F/O MacLean.

Active day for reserves. 2 Reserve Officers completed 30 intercepts – good start for summer training.

Another good day for reserves. Completed 23 intercepts. Experienced ECM today. Intercepted the aircraft despite heavy communications jamming. Night flying tonight.

SAC overfly by 15 B-47’s in early morning. Tracking very good throughout. These aircraft were to give us an ECM workout but did not attempt it. Fair amount of fighter activity today. Some communications jamming in afternoon.

Fairly heavy GCI activity today, but this unit was on weekly maintenance. Fighters handed over to Scooter during this period.

Last wave of Exercise Picket Fence went through this morning. Consisted of 30 B-47’s rather than 15 as planned. No ECM activity.

First group of Reserve controllers returning to Quebec City today. Completed 96 intercepts, 9 pipelines, 14 Navigation assists and 45 synthetic intercepts. They also experienced 3 ECM exercises.

Fairly busy day with all three squadrons operating from Bagotville. Night flying will go on till 0200.

SAC overfly. Picket Fence went through as scheduled. Heavy ECM experienced. Impossible to track these aircraft due to ECM. No fighters again. Fairly intense fighter activity – night flying tonight. Another UFO contact.

35 intercepts done last night. Appears to be a record. A busy day again for GCI. Night flying again tonight.

Long maintenance today and rain.

Second large group of auxiliary personnel arrived from Quebec. Briefed in Tower theatre by A/COpsO and Training Officer. 424 Squadron flying over weekend.

Rather quiet day prior to commencement of Exercise Deep Rock.

Exercise Deep Rock – a major SAC exercise commenced at 0002 hours. Personnel divided into five crews working two shifts. The first 24 hours did not bring any SAC activity – No SAC aircraft penetrated the area. There were many rumors but no positive reports. Local SAC Observers would not divulge any information.

Again spent the day waiting for some activity with Exercise Deep Rock. Fighter aircraft were held on the deck. No activity. Heavy electric storm tonight.

First phase of Deep Rock over without a scramble. No Faker activity. Morale of FCO’s has been surprisingly high despite the lack of activity. Monthly maintenance today – reduced personnel to minimum to give much needed time off.

Second phase of Deep Rock (known better as Deep Sleep) began at 1800Z. No activity during the day. Weather conditions very bad during the evening – severe electrical storm resulting in power failure and failure of TX facilities. Some Faker activity late in the evening. ECM experienced. Relatively poor tactics by SAC would not have proved to be effective against fighter opposition.

Short burst of Faker activity about 1300Z completed this units participation in Deep Rock. Returned to normal Ops routine at 1400Z. 420 (Aux.) (F) Squadron arrived at B6 from London at approximately 1630. Lost 1 aircraft approaching B6 due to weather. Pilot later located OK.

Operations as usual. Reserve Controllers getting a fair number of intercepts. This will complete their summer camp.

420 Squadron lost 1 aircraft at B6 due to flame out on GCA approach. Aircrew OK. 8 pilots from 420 Squadron visiting the unit overnight. Had a tour of the Ops building.

Light activity during most of the day. An overfly of 4 B-47’s in evening successfully intercepted passing through sub-sector. Night flying cancelled because of weather.

Fairly heavy fighter activity during day. Night flying tonight until 0200. S/L Churchill and F/O Armstrong from Ste. Marie visiting unit for 1 weeks familiarization.

Azimuth driver bearings show signs of extreme wear. Radar shut down at 1630 hours. Will be on standby state till 0800 7 Aug at which time Techs will begin to dismantle drive assembly. GE giving technical assistance. Expected duration of shutdown 4 days from 0800 7 Aug. This unit will carry on usual surveillance and Ident.

B-47 overfly taking place 9 – 10 – 11 Aug. B6 fighters having difficult time under Vampire control, surveillance picture very poor.

As for 9 Aug Vampires performance slightly better. Very poor VHF facilities. Long awaited overfly of Canberras took place today. Expect radar back on about 2200 tonight.

Visitors in the Ops Bldg today – Defence Minister Campney and A/C Annis. Given rapid briefing and tour of tower. Seemed to be favourably impressed.

Call from S/L Webster – 440 Squadron today. In order to meet their night flying commitment they will night fly all this week from 1900 to 0300. Will comply. Two U/T Controllers, F/O Burrows and F/O Moore arrived this week.

Due to further trouble with turning gear in antenna drive – must take emergency maintenance for 16 hours after night flying tonight.

Maintenance proceeding on schedule. S/L Yarnell attending ADC briefing on "endurance test" starting early in September. F/O Sutherland transferred to 2403 (Aux.) AC&W on 24 Sep. F/O Burrows going to CNE on 24 Aug till 11 Sep to man the exhibition of F-86 aircraft.

Practice GCI as usual during the day. Night flying going on as usual. Some troubles with unserviceabilities at B6. F-84’s from UK to Texas intercepted as they went through sub-sector.

Another overfly of F-84’s today. Several intercepts on them. Very nearly equal speed compared with CF-100 – No room for controller error. No night flying tonight. F/O Dockendorff to go to Palermo ND on cross training on 29 Sep. F/O Morrison now at Caswell.

1 ADCC will move to Mont Apica tomorrow to simulate emergency. Everything set for them. Night flying tonight. S/L Yarnell due to arrive this evening, will take over as COpsO.

This unit took over 1 ADCC’s responsibilities at 0600 this morning. Some confusion at first due to additional Ident. problems. Extra room occupied and situation improved. Sector Commander arrived at 1700, main party in position at 1945.

1 ADCC well settled in. Main difficulty in operation stems from shortage of communications due to simulated emergency. Some Faker activity within the sector, some of which were intercepted.

1 ADCC personnel departing Mont Apica at 0930. This unit doing both jobs till they arrive at Lac St. Denis. Move completed by 2015 hours. Some confusion in returning to normal at that end.

Ops orders received on Canberra exercise and long readiness test. The next month promises to be interesting. 7 available controllers to do the job.

ADC personnel arrived today for Canberra trials. This has been the biggest month to date for intercepts completed. The total for the month – 405.

Signal received this date, unit will be on EW state over Labour Day weekend.

Preparations being made for the month beginning 7 Sep as per Ops Order 18/55. This unit will be hard pressed to maintain a 24 hour GCI state, particularly with regard to Controller strength. S/L Yarnell and F/O MacLean to attend a conference at Bagotville tomorrow on this subject.

Ref. Conference above: This unit will work with 4 Crews – 2 controllers per crew. This will mean that only aircraft scrambled on unknowns may be controlled and the Ident. Officer will do controlling. During his absence Ident. will be done by OR’s under the Duty Controller’s supervision. The present establishment would not permit a completely realistic 24 hour GCI capability, therefore our actual strength leaves us far below the requirement. This unit will be unable to control fighters on practice intercepts, fighters must be handed over to 13 and 14 AC&W’s during this period. CMR cadets arriving tonight for 3 day stay.

Shortage of personnel is very apparent due to advanced Ops state. Also apparent that both Controllers and aircrew are going to be rather out of practice at the end of this exercise.

New channelization will be in effect by noon today. S/L Yarnell lecturing to CMR cadets today.

Scramble this morning to intercept a balloon in Magnetic Area. Good scramble for 1140Z aircraft was airborne in 2 minutes from scramble order. Personnel situation still critical considering high Ops state. Numerous aircraft requesting close control for practice AI or surveillance. This unit unable to meet their requests.

Notice received of visit of Mont Apica by A/V/M Kerr and G/C Willis on Wednesday 21 Sep. This unit again unable to meet demands for control due to personnel shortages.

S/L Yarnell attending conference at ADCHQ today. Letter received from A/C Annis re Exercise Bracket (ECM). This unit not to be too deeply affected. Requirements of Ops Order 18/55 being adhered to. Task rather difficult at times.

AFHQ Ops Order on Bracket received today. Local operations have been very quiet over the weekend. Some scrambles for unknowns during the period.

ECM aircraft operating against St. Sylvestre today. This has not been very effective against this unit to date. Otherwise quiet day. F/O Sutherland leaves the unit tomorrow. Report on first two weeks of increased Ops state sent to 1 ADCC today.

Controller strength critical in view of high Ops state. ADCHQ this date instructed that Training Officer and Surveillance Officer be put on shift work.

W/C Marcou and S/L Yarnell proceeding to ADCHQ for conference on present readiness test. More drastic steps outlined in the event of loss of more controllers. F/O McKillop proceeding to Clinton on Guided Missile course on 23 Sep. No spare controllers as of today.

Operations as usual today. Received call from S/L Yarnell at 1630 stating that the exercise had been called off. Unit to return to normal routine – 8 hours GCI and 16 EW. New schedules etc. to be made up.

Requirement for more GCI from 1 ADCC. The situation discussed at some length. No positive solution found. Many fighters turned away – no controllers.

Above requirement confirmed by signal. This unit will provide GCI for the B6 Squadrons till radar is off for overhaul on 30 Sep.

A/V/M Kerr and G/C Willis visiting this unit this date. Will remain overnight.

F/O Burrows and F/O Moore left for Controllers course at Tyndall today.

Radar off for one weeks yearly maintenance starting at 0830 hours. This unit still responsible for Ident. procedures for St. Sylvestre. Will require 1 Controller and approximately 14 FtrCops in Ops. Bldg at all times.

This unit on annual maintenance for one week. New controller schedule in effect.

Normal routine and very little activity.

Weather poor and runway wet. If scrambles necessary recovery will have to be at some other airport.

New schedule drawn up effective 8 Oct. Unorthodox schedule due to heavy GCI commitments Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon and Thursday evening.

Radar Officer advises Scabbard will probably be back on the air during the Friday evening shift. Overfly of 64 B-47’s overlapped us from VK and VN.

Normal routine. Considerable fighter activity handed over to VA and VN. Clarification on AC 508 asked from Sector.

GCI commitment still quite heavy – 424 Squadron requesting largely Harlequin procedures. Error found in signal laying down GCI periods for this Unit. Must adjust schedule to accommodate.

Another Random flight today. Nine aircraft from 432 Squadron will be going to Hamilton tomorrow for gunnery.

First snowfall today. Quiet day for operations.

SAC overfly today. No fighter action against these aircraft. A USAF B-20 with jammer went through the area. Intercepted successfully by CF-100’s from Bagotville.

Antenna tilts have been set by 1 ADCC. Results to be observed. With the general deterioration of weather and the shortage of personnel (Controllers) this month has been rather quiet from an operations viewpoint.

Unusual AP noted today. At 1800Z radar picked up a hill SE (40 miles) of Mont Jolie. Then three more on the same bearing up to 220 miles range. Heavy inversions. F/O McKillop posted to Falconbridge – also F/O Clouthier.

S/L Yarnell, F/O Morrison and F/O MacLean, F/O Stewart, F/L Twambley to Quebec City to attend conference with 2452 (Aux.) AC&WS re winter training program. RB 15 crashed 32 miles north of BG tonight.

Ground Search and Rescue party from this unit went to BG this morning to join in search for survivors of above crash.

S/L Yarnell and F/L Johnston to Station St. Hubert to attend #1 Sector Conference.

SAC B-47 overfly today – Harlequin intercept run on one flight. Successful.

SAC overfly again today. Considerable fighter activity. Successful intercepts.

Last day of this overfly. Shortage of controllers makes control problem acute when this unit must turn aircraft away and have them do "mutual" set-ups.

Dr. AA Smith – Radar Group – Applied Experimental Psychology Section, Defence Research, Medical Laboratories, Downsview and F/L Brunger – ADCHQ – STelO Branch, visited Mont Apica Ops Bldg to conduct lighting and trace brilliance – Scope Set Up Experiments.

S/L Yarnell and F/O Morrison at a Conference #1 ADCC "Harlequin Procedures".

Dr. Lindsay – Mr. J Russell – F/L Kirkby from ADCHQ – Analyst team for Exercise "Cracker Jack" visited the Ops Bldg. A breakdown of the various recording forms were presented and discussed to the Ops Controllers and the ALO’s.