Chatham, NB
Photographs

Number 2 Aircraft Control & Warning Unit (AC&WU) was established at Chatham in 1951, making use of the British AMES-11 mobile radar equipment. Personnel from this complex were transferred to the newly constructed Pinetree Line radar station at St. Margarets in 1953.


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  1. Ron McNeil (FCO) hamming it up with a decorated Officer's tunic and hat - September 1951.
    Courtesy Al Arsenault.

  2. Bill Rains (FCO) hamming it up with a decorated Officer's tunic and hat - September 1951.
    Courtesy Al Arsenault.

  3. Bill Lawrence (FCO) hamming it up with a decorated Officer's tunic and hat - September 1951.
    Courtesy Al Arsenault.

  4. Fred Gallant (FCO) hamming it up with a decorated Officer's tunic and hat - September 1951.
    Courtesy Al Arsenault.

  5. Stan Malek (FCO) hamming it up with a decorated Officer's tunic and hat - September 1951.
    Courtesy Al Arsenault.

  6. Les Shaw, CAE, overhauling one of the dipole-tilting selsyn motors from the AMES-11 antenna - May 1951.
    Courtesy Ivan Mark.

  7. Les Shaw, Tom Smalley and Ivan Mark (all CAE) getting ready to pose for pictures - May 1951.
    Courtesy Ivan Mark.

  8. Les Shaw (centre) and his local RCAF friends - May 1951.
    Courtesy Ivan Mark.

  9. Les Shaw and Tom Smalley in front of a Mustang (not the Ford type) - May 1951.
    Courtesy Ivan Mark.

  10. Ivan Mark contemplating the runway - May 1951.
    Courtesy Ivan Mark.

  11. (L-R) - Ivan Mark, John Ashdown (foreground), and Tom Smalley - May 1951.
    Note the locally built wooden (shingled) structure connecting the radar and IFF vans.
    Courtesy Ivan Mark.

  12. Ames 11 maintenance crew in Chatham. Hulley, Johnson, Robins, Moors - April 1951.
    Courtesy Mike Hulley.


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All photos are used with permission.

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Updated: August 31, 2004