Historical Narrative
1 Air Division Headquarters
1 Jun 60
Weather: Clear in the morning with CU visibility all day.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 5:30 | 4 |
430 | 25:45 | 21 |
Normal flying by the Squadrons - 430 Squadron on Zulu at 1200Z.
2 Jun 60
Weather: CU and CU+ vis 3H all day.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 7:15 | 10 |
430 | 20:25 | 20 |
Little flying because 421 Squadron is preparing to go to Deci and 430 Squadron on Zulu. Nite: Two T-33 Cross Country.
3 Jun 60
Weather: CU visibility good. Little flying - 430 Squadron on Zulu and Ex Roulette, 421 Squadron on Summer Season. Nil nite flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 8:20 | 8 |
430 | 28:15 | 25 |
4 Jun 60
Weather: CU visibility good. 430 Squadron Zulu flying. Nil nite flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 22:10 | 20 |
5 Jun 60
Weather: CU visibility good. 430 Squadron Zulu flying. Nil nite flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 17:40 | 16 |
6 Jun 60
Weather: CU visibility good. 430 Squadron Zulu flying. Nil nite flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 19:50 | 28 |
430 | 30:10 | 25 |
7 Jun 60
Weather: Clear visibility good. Normal flying for 430 Squadron - 421 Squadron getting ready for Sardinia. One T-33 nite flying. Four 430 Squadron aircraft on Polar Bear.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 31:00 | 26 |
8 Jun 60
Weather: Clear. Normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 18:00 | 17 |
9 Jun 60
Weather: CU aerodrome cloud in afternoon because of rain. 421 Squadron on Trophy Shoot - 17.63. 430 Squadron on Round Robin.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 13:10 | 13 |
10 Jun 60
Weather: Low Clouds CB. Normal flying in the morning. Airfield closed in the afternoon.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 4:00 | 4 |
11 Jun 60
Polar Bear A/C returned - Nil local flying.
12 Jun 60
Nil flying.
13 Jun 60
Weather: Low clouds. Little flying in the morning. One aircraft ran off to the side of the runway. Aircraft was damaged only slightly - classes incident.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 43:50 | 32 |
14 Jun 60
Weather: Cloudy with good visibility. A few CB’s in the afternoon. 430 Squadron and WIF doing normal flying - no nite flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 12:30 | 12 |
15 Jun 60
Weather: Scattered CU all day good visibility. Normal flying by 430 Squadron. No nite flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 32:50 | 32 |
16 Jun 60
Weather: Clear good visibility. CU in the afternoon. Normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 38:15 | 36 |
17 Jun 60
Weather: Clear in the morning becoming overcast by middle afternoon. Good visibility. Normal flying by 430 Squadron and WIF - Nil nite flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 31:00 | 31 |
18 Jun 60
Weather: Clear. 430 Squadron Zulu flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 16:00 | 16 |
19 Jun 60
Weather: Clear. 430 Squadron Zulu flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 14:10 | 14 |
20 Jun 60
Weather: Clear 5H. Normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 28:35 | 26 |
21 Jun 60
Weather: Strato CU in the morning - clear in the afternoon. Normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 24:25 | 24 |
22 Jun 60
Weather: Clear
Normal flying - 430 Squadron off Zulu at 1200Z. Fifteen pilots from 430 Squadron started E+E.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 15:00 | 15 |
23 Jun 60
Weather: A few clouds in early morning - visibility good. 430 Squadron on Roulette - Two sections of two aircraft.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 13:25 | 14 |
24 Jun 60
Weather: A few clouds with CB’s embedded. 430 Squadron on Roulette again. Normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 10:30 | 10 |
25 - 26 Jun 60
No normal flying. 430 Squadron had four aircraft return from Deci on Saturday.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 10:00 | 10 |
27 Jun 60
Weather: Fine all day.
430 Squadron and WIF carried out normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 13:45 | 14 |
28 Jun 60
Weather: Overcast all day but good visibility. 421 Squadron returned from AWU Deci. 430 Squadron and WIF carried out normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 36:15 | 24 |
430 | 15:10 | 15 |
29 Jun 60
Weather: Broken to overcast. 430 Squadron went on Zulu at 1200 hours. 421 Squadron on stand down.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 26:35 | 28 |
30 Jun 60
Weather: Scattered conditions most of the day. 430 Squadron on Zulu. 421 Squadron on Stand down.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 21:00 | 28 |
1 Jul 60
Weather: Good. Zulu flying - no normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 24:30 | 25 |
2 Jul 60
Zulu flying - No normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 14:00 | 14 |
3 Jul 60
Zulu flying - No normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 12:40 | 12 |
4 Jul 60
Weather: Broken to overcast. 430 Squadron on Zulu. 421 Squadron on Stand down. No frags today.
5 Jul 60
Weather: Overcast to broken with a light rain showers. Normal flying. 430 Squadron on Zulu. 421 Squadron Fragged for Sabre Skirmish.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 12:20 | 9 |
430 | 23:20 | 24 |
6 Jul 60
Normal flying - 430 Squadron off Zulu at 1230 hours. 421 Squadron Fragged for Sabre Skirmish & Round Robin.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 28:20 | 23 |
430 | 21:50 | 21 |
7 Jul 60
Weather: Overcast. Normal flying by 421 Squadron. 430 Squadron on Stand down. Ex Roulette flown by 421 Squadron, two Sections of two.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 30:00 | 25 |
8 Jul 60
Weather: Overcast all day. Thunder showers periodically. Aerodrome black all day. All frags cancelled. No flying by any Squadron.
9 - 10 Jul 60
Non Zulu week-end. No flying.
11 Jul 60
Weather: Broken to Overcast in morning. 430 Squadron on leave. 421 Squadron Frag cancelled.
Weather: Scattered to broken in afternoon. 421 Squadron flying in afternoon. Madcap Red returned from Varlose Denmark.
12 Jul 60
Weather: Overcast in morning. Aerodrome black. Opened white at 0920Z. Weather good all afternoon. 421 Squadron - eight aircraft on frag (Sabre Skrimage)
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 18:45 | 17 |
13 Jul 60
Weather: Good all day 421 Squadron on Ex Roulette at 0800Z three sections of two. 421 Squadron on Zulu at 1200Z. Normal flying by 421 Squadron and WIF.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 13:05 | 12 |
14 Jul 60
Weather: Good - scattered to broken conditions. 421 Squadron on Zulu - flew 12 Zulu sorties. Normal flying by WIF.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 15:10 | 14 |
15 Jul 60
Weather: Broken to Overcast. Normal flying by 421 Squadron & WIF. 421 Squadron flying Zulu Stop Missions.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 29:25 | 25 |
16 - 17 Jul 60
Weather: Good on Saturday. Cloudy intervals on Sunday. Zulu flying by 421 Squadron on both days.
16 Jul 60
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 32:40 | 27 |
17 Jul 60
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 28:10 | 24 |
18 Jul 60
Weather: Scattered to broken - good visibility. 421 Squadron on Zulu. WIF flying. Squadron also flying dispersal.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 43:50 | 36 |
19 Jul 60
Weather: Scattered to broken in morning becoming broken to overcast in afternoon. American aircraft landing here in morning and afternoon. 421 Squadron flying Zulu. WIF flying. HMQ #2 had a flame out but returned OK to 2 Wing.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 33:35 | 29 |
20 Jul 60
Weather: Good all day. Aerodrome opened white using 4 Wing as alternate. 421 Squadron released from Zulu at 1200Z. WIF flying locals. One T-33 - 608 left for Langar.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 24:20 | 21 |
21 Jul 60
Weather: Obscured a ceiling of 300 feet. Opened black. 421 Squadron's frag cancelled. Opened Brown at 0825 using 4 Wing and Toul. Opened White at 0845. 421 Squadron and WIF normal flying. Weather in afternoon scattered to broken.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 13:25 | 12 |
22 Jul 60
Weather: Raining in late morning. 421 Squadron had 10 F-86 to 4 Wing in morning. Flew Ex Roulette from 4 Wing and landed back at 2 Wing in the late afternoon. Airfield black most of the day.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 22:00 | 19 |
23 - 24 Jul 60
No flying.
25 Jul 60
Weather: Good in the morning. 430 Squadron back from leave. Airfield black in late afternoon. Directed three T-33 and one F-86 to 3 Wing - remained there overnight.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 22:35 | 21 |
430 | 20:00 | 19 |
26 Jul 60
Weather: Good all day. 421 Squadron, 430 Squadron and WIF normal flying. Both Squadrons doing frags.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 28:40 | 22 |
430 | 18:40 | 19 |
27 Jul 60
Weather: Clear in the morning, but became broken and overcast in the afternoon. All units flying. 430 Squadron started Zulu at noon.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 38:10 | 36 |
430 | 24:40 | 23 |
28 Jul 60
Weather: Good in the morning. All units flying. Rain started around noon and airfield went black. Closed all afternoon, 430 Squadron cancelled Ex Roulette.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 18:20 | 15 |
430 | 15:40 | 13 |
29 Jul 60
Weather: Broken to overcast all day. No rain. All units flying. 430 Squadron on Zulu.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 27:00 | 25 |
430 | 40:55 | 38 |
30 Jul 60
Weather: Good in morning. Rain in afternoon. 430 Squadron doing Zulu.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 13:40 | 13 |
31 Jul 60
Weather: Heavy rain all day - No flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 13:30 | 16 |
1 Aug 60
Weather: Broken to overcast. Holiday 430 Squadron doing Zulu flying and practice air-show for Friends Day.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 30:15 | 29 |
2 Aug 60
Weather: Good in the early morning. Rain in the latter part of the morning. Several aircraft diverted to 1 Wing, but returned later in the day. All units flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 30:20 | 27 |
430 | 28:40 | 28 |
3 Aug 60
Weather: Scattered to broken all day. No rain. 430 Squadron off Zulu at 1200Z. All units flying. Practicing fly-past for Friends Day.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 36:55 | 30 |
430 | 24:30 | 27 |
4 Aug 60
Weather: Good all day. All units flying. 421 Squadron on Ex Roulette.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 27:35 | 22 |
430 | 35:05 | 27 |
5 Aug 60
Weather: Broken to overcast in the morning. Both Squadrons on Roulette. Practice fly-past cancelled in the afternoon due to low cloud and rain showers.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 12:15 | 11 |
430 | 13:35 | 15 |
6 Aug 60
Weather: Sunny and hot. A few clouds in the afternoon. 430 Squadron practicing air show.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 14:25 | 20 |
7 Aug 60
Friends Day! Weather: Rain in the morning but it cleared enough for a fine air show by F-86, CF-100, T-33, C-47 and C-45 aircraft. Beaucoup people visiting 2 Wing.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 14:30 | 10 |
8 Aug 60
Weather: Broken to overcast all day. Heavy rain showers in latter part of morning and all afternoon. 430 Squadron had six aircraft diverted to 4 Wing but came back in the afternoon. 421 Squadron started compulsory leave.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 12:20 | 12 |
9 Aug 60
Weather: Broken to overcast with poor visibility in the morning. Rain off and on all day. 430 Squadron and T-33 dong normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 22:00 | 19 |
10 Aug 60
Weather: Overcast all day. 430 Squadron on Zulu at noon. A section of four diverted to 3 Wing in the afternoon but returned later. 430 Squadron and WIF normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 27:35 | 27 |
11 Aug 60
Weather: Cloudy with rain showers all day. 430 Squadron on Ex Roulette in morning. Airfield black all afternoon.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 9:50 | 9 |
12 Aug 60
Weather: Overcast with showers off and on all day. A few sections were diverted but recovered later on in the afternoon. 430 Squadron and WIF flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 14:30 | 15 |
13 Aug 60
Weather: Scattered - Plenty of sun. Form B did not get out until 1337 hours because of fault in TT line passed it over SM line - Normal Zulu weekend flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 18:40 | 18 |
14 Aug 60
Weather: Scattered to broken. At 0850Z condition black. Morseman Quebec St4 on Sandal 79 diverted to 4 Wing, returned in the evening. Showers all day. 430 Squadron doing Zulu and tracking.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 11:15 | 14 |
15 Aug 60
Weather: Broken to overcast. 430 Squadron had 10 aircraft diverted to 4 Wing, plus a few T-33's. All aircraft returned in the afternoon. 430 Squadron tracking.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 27:40 | 30 |
16 Aug 60
Weather: Scattered to broken with a few rain showers. 430 Squadron off Zulu at 1300 hours. T-33 and 430 Squadron normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 22:50 | 23 |
17 Aug 60
Weather: Scattered to broken with a few rain showers. 430 Squadron off Zulu at 1300 hours. T-33 and 430 Squadron normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 17:20 | 15 |
18 Aug 60
Weather: A few clouds with RW in the morning. 430 Squadron and WIF flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 30:45 | 36 |
19 Aug 60
Station stand-down. CF-100 357 on Tartan Task left for Prestwick. No other flying.
20 - 21 Aug 60
Nil flying.
22 Aug 60
Weather: Scattered clouds with good visibility. 430 Squadron maximum effort on tracking. 421 Squadron back to work.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 26:15 | 23 |
430 | 58:20 | 95 |
23 Aug 60
Weather: Clear and hot. 421 Squadron, T-33, and 430 Squadron flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 29:20 | 25 |
430 | 51:05 | 87 |
24 Aug 60
Weather: Scattered clouds, good visibility. All units doing normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 27:35 | 24 |
430 | 35:25 | 68 |
25 Aug 60
Weather: Scattered clouds, good visibility. All units doing normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 25:50 | 22 |
430 | 23:10 | 43 |
26 Aug 60
Weather: A few RW - during the day but mostly sunny and war. 430 Squadron stood down in the afternoon.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 28:15 | 25 |
430 | 17:55 | 37 |
27 Aug 60
Weather: Cloudy with RWT during the day. 421 Squadron on Zulu.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 41:00 | 36 |
28 Aug 60
Weather: Cloudy with RW in the afternoon. 421 Squadron on Zulu. 430 Squadron practice for Sardinia.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 29:20 | 29 |
430 | 10:20 | 21 |
29 Aug 60
Weather: A few clouds with light RW. 430 Squadron doing tracking, getting ready for Deci. 421 Squadron on Zulu.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 18:25 | 17 |
430 | 14:05 | 28 |
30 Aug 60
Weather: Cloudy with sunny intervals. 421 Squadron on Ex CO-OP. A good exercise with a maximum number of sorties being flown. 421 Squadron had only 12 aircraft available due to siz on Zulu and siz unserviceable. 430 Squadron and WIF on a forced stand-down.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 29:25 | 26 |
31 Aug 60
Weather: Cloudy with RW. A few sunny intervals. 430 Squadron left for Sardinia, 24 aircraft. 421 Squadron off Zulu at 1300 hours.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 29:00 | 24 |
1 Sep 60
Weather: Broken to overcast with good visibility. A few low clouds in the morning. 421 Squadron and WIF normal flying
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 33:45 | 32 |
2 Sep 60
Weather: Cloudy all day with a fe RW in the afternoon. 421 Squadron stood-down in the afternoon. WIF normal flying. 421 Squadron times and sorties include aircraft in Cazeaux.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 50:00 | 51 |
3 - 5 Sep 60
Long weekend. All sections stood-down. Nil flying.
6 Sep 60
Weather: Overcast all day with a few RW. 421 Squadron and WIF normal flying
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 21:20 | 18 |
7 Sep 60
Weather: Cloudy with rain and drizzle all day. Airfield black all day. Ex Roulette cancelled. Nil flying.
8 Sep 60
Weather: Scattered to broken with early morning haze. 421 Squadron on Ex Roulette.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 21:00 | 18 |
9 Sep 60
Weather: Clear and warm. 421 Squadron and WIF normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 41:00 | 35 |
10 - 11 Sep 60
Weather: good. 421 Squadron flying Zulu.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 52:05 | 45 |
12 Sep 60
Weather: Clear and warm all day. 421 Squadron and WIF normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 25:10 | 22 |
13 Sep 60
Weather: Heavy fog and mist in the morning. Clearing by 1100 local. 421 Squadron dong Zulu & WIF flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 14:30 | 14 |
14 Sep 60
Weather: Foggy in the morning, no flying until afternoon. 421 Squadron off Zulu at noon.
15 Sep 60
Weather: Cloudy but normal flying. Tried working operations from the bunker in preparation for Flashback but communications went unserviceable.
16 Sep 60
Weather: Cloudy with RW in the morning. Airfield black most of the day. 430 came back from Decci (victoriously).
17 - 18 Sep 60
421 Squadron flew a section of four on Saturday for France - Canada Day at St. Avold. Otherwise no flying. Weather good.
19 Sep 60
Weather: Fog and rain most of the day. Nil flying.
20 Sep 60
Weather: Rain all day. Nil flying except two air tests this afternoon. Exercise Flashback came into effect 1930Z. First communication to this effect received at 1938Z. Resumed operations in #2 Bunker at 2045Z.
21 - 23 Sep 60
Exercise Flashback was in progress during this period. 421 Squadron deployed to St. Hubert on 22 September & returned 23 September. Deployment was delayed from 21 September because of inclement weather at St. Hubert.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 |
| 91 |
430 |
| 97 |
26 Sep 60
Total sorties as of 26 Sep 60 for the month of September are:
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 |
| 453 |
430 |
| 790 |
27 Sep 60
Weather: Good all day. Both Squadrons flying and WIF. 421 Squadron holding Zulu commitment and flying stop missions.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 32:50 | 29 |
430 | 31:00 | 28 |
28 Sep 60
Weather: Good all day. Aerodrome white all day. 421 Squadron flying normal and off Zulu at 1200Z. 430 Squadron on Stand-down. WIF flying normal sorties.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 35:45 | 30 |
29 Sep 60
Weather: Overcast with light RW forecast. Opened purple and went black because of taxiway construction. 421 Squadron had eight aircraft take off for recovery at the other Wings.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 23:35 | 19 |
30 Sep 60
Weather: Cloudy with poor visibility in the early morning. Visibility picked up later and we were white at 0910Z. 421 Squadron and WIF flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 34:30 | 28 |
1 - 2 Oct 60
Nil flying.
3 Oct 60
Weather: Overcast with good visibility. All units flying. Several sections were diverted to other Wings in the afternoon but returned after the RW ceased.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 23:35 | 18 |
430 | 41:55 | 37 |
4 Oct 60
Weather: Overcast with visibility of 15+ all day. 421 Squadron and 430 Squadron doing frags. Normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 5:00 | 4 |
430 | 24:50 | 20 |
5 Oct 60
Weather: Sunny and warm all day. 421 Squadron on Zulu at 1200Z. 430 Squadron on Ex Roulette only one section was scrambled. 421 Squadron sent four aircraft to Rygge on Polar Bear/Tall Timber.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 23:20 | 18 |
430 | 32:40 | 26 |
6 Oct 60
Weather: Good all day. 430 Squadron on Roulette. 421 Squadron doing Zulu. WIF normal flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 20:45 | 17 |
430 | 39:45 | 34 |
7 Oct 60
Weather: Broken to overcast with good visibility. Normal flying by all units. 423 Squadron returned to 2 Wing this day. Runway opened approx 1800 hours.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 23:30 | 18 |
430 | 25:40 | 22 |
8 Oct 60
Weather: Overcast with a few RW - 421 Squadron flying Zulu. 423 Squadron doing Zulu at night.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
423 | 2:10 | 2 |
421 | 26:35 | 24 |
9 Oct 60
Weather: Overcast to broken all day. 421 Squadron and 423 Squadron doing Zulu flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
423 | 2:45 | 2 |
421 | 35:05 | 27 |
10 Oct 60
“Holiday” - 421 Squadron and 423 Squadron doing normal Zulu flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
| 423 | 5:00 | 4 |
421 | 19:10 | 16 |
11 Oct 60
Weather: Overcast all day with rainshowers. All units flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
423 | 11:45 | 7 |
421 | 38:10 | 30 |
430 | 7:05 | 7 |
12 Oct 60
Weather: Overcast all day with good visibility. 421 Squadron off Zulu at noon. 430 Squadron on Roulette. 430 Squadron and 423 Squadron did practice scrambles for visitors in the afternoon.
13 Oct 60
Weather: Few clouds in the morning but clearing in the afternoon. 421 Squadron on stand-down. 430 Squadron, 423 Squadron & T-33 normal flying.
14 Oct 60
Weather: Overcast in the morning but clearing in the afternoon. 421 Squadron on stand-down. Two F-102 from Bitlun landed here for a visit, also two F-84F for Round Robin. 423 Squadron, 430 Squadron & WIF normal flying.
15 - 16 Oct 60
Nil flying.
17 Oct 60
Weather: Broken to overcast all day with good visibility. 421 Squadron on Round Robin. All units flying.
18 Oct 60
Weather: Low clouds with foggy patches in the morning. CO’s parade cancelled due to light rain. All units flying T-33 nite flying.
19 Oct 60
Weather: Scattered cloud with good visibility. 421 Squadron & 430 Squadron doing early takeoffs. 430 Squadron on Zulu at 1200Z. 423 Squadron doing frags. 423 Squadron, 430 Squadron & WIF nite flying.
20 Oct 60
Weather: Overcast with a few RW - visibility good. 423 Squadron on Round Robin to Cheiver but returned to station, unable to contact tower. Two GAF F-84F in on Round Robin. Heavy flying by all units. 430 Squadron, 423 Squadron, & WIF nite flying.
21 Oct 60
Weather: A few cloudy periods, but mostly sunny with good visibility. All units doing heavy flying. Madcap Delta lead had a flame-out over Luxembourg on the way back from Denmark but OK. Madcap Charlie lead lost drop-tank in the morning while doing a tracking ex.
22 Oct 60
Weather: Overcast all day with very heavy rain during the afternoon. 430 Squadron on Zulu and 423 Squadron doing ATS all day. 423 Squadron on Zulu at night.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
| 423 | 33:45 | 18 |
430 | 20:00 | 18 |
23 Oct 60
Weather: Overcast all day - very heavy rain showers all day. 430 Squadron on Zulu and 423 Squadron on AI’s until 1430 hours. 423 Squadron on Zulu at nite.
24 Oct 60
Weather: Cloudy with RW. All day. 430 Squadron deployed to St. Hubert in the afternoon but had trouble getting in there because of bad weather. Finally got 16 aircraft down and the rest returned to 2 Wing to try again tomorrow. Zulu being held at St. Hubert. All other units normal flying, with 421 Squadron & 423 Squadron also flying at nite.
25 Oct 60
Weather: Good, a few cloudy periods during the morning but cleared off in the afternoon. 430 Squadron took six more aircraft to St. Hubert. 421 Squadron on Ex Tues Scrimmage landed at Cambriar but only three aircraft returned due to a bird strike on one aircraft. Should be back tomorrow.
26 Oct 60
Weather: Low ceilings with RW off and on all day. All units flying on a restricted program and T-33 and CF-100 nite flying carried out.
27 Oct 60
Weather: Cloudy with a few rain showers during the day. 421 Squadron & 430 Squadron both had eight aircraft on Roulette. 430 Squadron’s being done from St. Hubert. 430 Squadron did nite flying, landing six aircraft here and going back to St. Hubert after turn-around.
28 Oct 60
Weather: A scattered to broken condition all day. No restrictions on flying. 430 Squadron nite flying from St. Huberts. F/O Anderson went off the runway on landings, “B” category crash.
29 Oct 60
Weather: Cloudy with RW all day. 430 Squadron came back from St. Hubert in the morning.
30 Oct 60
No flying.
31 Oct 60
Weather: Overcast - rain showers all day. 430 Squadron & 423 Squadron on stand-down. 421 Squadron & WIF flying. T-33 back from Albourg - T-33 from Aldergrove - CF-100 back from Varlous - two F-86s back from Prestwick.
1 Nov 60
Weather: Overcast in the morning. Airfield opened orange using 4 Wing as alternate. Opened purple at 09:25Z. All Squadrons flying normal.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
| 423 | 11:40 | 6 |
421 | 33:50 | 26 |
430 | 28:00 | 24 |
2 Nov 60
Weather: Broken to scattered all day. Cross winds very strong. Airfield closed for a while in the morning because of crosswinds. Ex Roulette not flown in the morning because of crosswinds. GCA off the air due to winds. Sabre Squadrons flying in the afternoon. 421 Squadron on Zulu at 1200Z. CF-100’s grounded all day because of crosswinds.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 16:40 | 14 |
430 | 34:10 | 30 |
3 Nov 60
Weather: Good opened white using 4 Wing & 3 Wing as alternates. On Exercise Roulette at 0900Z. 430 Squadron participated with four sections of two aircraft. Three sections of two aircraft from 421 Squadron left for Javers. Nine Swedish Saphire training aircraft landed from Guterslaugh. Six RAF Swifts on cross training landed and went to 421 Squadron. Wind very high in the afternoon. Airfield black for CF-100 because of crosswind.
4 Nov 60
Weather: Overcast with occasional rain showers. All units flying on a rest. program. 421Squadron did a practice for the VIP scramble tomorrow.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
| 423 | 21:25 | 11 |
421 | 28:15 | 23 |
430 | 34:40 | 30 |
5 Nov 60
Weather: Good in the morning but clouded over with RW in the afternoon. All units flying in the morning but no flying after 1400 hours because of Minister of National Defence visit. 421 Squadron doing a VIP scramble in the afternoon. 421 Squadron nite flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
| 423 | 25:00 | 13 |
421 | 29:00 | 24 |
430 | 24:15 | 23 |
6 Nov 60
Weather: Cloudy with RW - 421 Squadron doing Zulu scramble and flying at nite.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
423 | 5:10 | 4 |
421 | 48:40 | 37 |
430 | 24:15 | 23 |
7 Nov 60
Weather: Cloudy, raining again. Station stand-down. 421 Squadron and 423 Squadron doing normal flying. #2 RAF Squadron also flying today - 421 Squadron nite flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
| 423 | 36:35 | 23 |
421 | 41:45 | 30 |
8 Nov 60
Weather: Poor visibility. And low clouds opened up Orange. All units flying on a rest. Program. 423 Squadron and WIF nite flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
423 | 27:20 | 15 |
421 | 12:15 | 11 |
430 | 27:50 | 25 |
9 Nov 60
Weather: Poor in the morning. Black until 1245Z. Off Zulu at noon. Ex Roulette cancelled because of weather. Six Swifts left for Jever after a successful stay at 2 Wing.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
| 423 | 16:45 | 12 |
421 | 00:50 | 1 |
430 | 6:20 | 5 |
10 Nov 60
Weather: Overcast with light RW in the morning. Weather cleared up at noon and there was normal flying in the afternoon. 421 Squadron arrived back from Jever in the afternoon. 421 Squadron on Roulette. No nite flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
423 | 22:55 | 12 |
421 | 24:15 | 21 |
430 | 31:40 | 28 |
11 Nov 60
Remembrance Day. All personnel on parade. 423 Squadron did an air test around noon. No other flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
| 423 | 1:15 | 1 |
12 - 13 Nov 60
Non Zulu - no flying.
14 Nov 60
Weather: Very good vis with a few scattered clouds. All units flying. 423 Squadron were on Silent Spectre a nite but cancelled because of lack of alternates.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
| 423 | 28:30 | 18 |
430 | 43:50 | 40 |
15 Nov 60
Weather: Low ceilings with RW+ in the early morning. 423 Squadron sent all aircraft to the other wings for UHF conversion today. Restricted flying all day.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
423 | 20:00 | 14 |
421 | 120:00 | 73 |
430 | 21:10 | 19 |
16 Nov 60
Weather: Good - normal flying. 430 Squadron went on Zulu at noon. 430 Squadron and 421 Squadron nite flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 31:20 | 26 |
430 | 51:00 | 41 |
17 Nov 60
Weather: Good in the morning, but rain showers restricted flying in the afternoon. 421 Squadron on Roulette. Two T-33 went to Prestwick on Tartan Task. Ex Quicktrain came at approx 2100 local. 2 Wing did no flying because all CF-100 still away.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 18:30 | 13 |
430 | 12:25 | 11 |
18 Nov 60
Weather: Overcast with good visibility. Normal flying. 430 Squadron and WIF nite flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 48:25 | 37 |
430 | 49:55 | 40 |
19 - 20 Nov 60
430 Squadron doing Zulu flying. Also night flying both days.
19 Nov 60
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 50:20 | 38 |
20 Nov 60
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
430 | 46:40 | 39 |
21 Nov 60
Weather: Good all day. Normal flying WIF, 430 Squadron & 421 Squadron nite flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
421 | 65:05 | 50 |
430 | 37:10 | 29 |
22 Nov 60
Weather: Good - normal flying. Five CF-100 returned to 2 Wing. WIF, 430 Squadron and 421 Squadron nite flying.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
| 423 | 6:15 | 5 |
421 | 37:25 | 29 |
430 | 41:05 | 35 |
23 Nov 60
Weather: Overcast in morning getting better by noon. Normal flying. Ex Roulette flown by 421 Squadron. 430 Squadron completed Zulu at 1200Z.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
| 423 | 19:15 | 14 |
421 | 49:20 | 37 |
430 | 23:50 | 20 |
24 Nov 60
Weather: Good all day. Opened purple state. Normal flying. Zulu from 1 Wing diverted to 2 Wing. Held 15 Minutes state at 430 Squadron then went back to 1 Wing
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|
| 423 | 27:55 | 16 |
421 | 47:25 | 37 |
430 | 43:40 | 33 |
25 Nov 60
Weather: Overcast in morning opened Orange. 430 Squadron & 423 Squadron normal flying. Sandal Red two aircraft to Langar. Sandal Mike four aircraft to Aalburg. One T-33 to Munster. One T-33 to Varlose.
| Squadron | Flying times | Sorties |
|---|---|---|