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Fram carrier pigeon to tropospheric scatter ..
wave in a few decades is one way to de ..
scribe the evolution of RCAF telecommunica-
tions. A three-part article an the subject
begins on page 4.

RONDE ARTICLES
Evolution of RCAF Telecommunications (Part
One) .
page

4
Published on the authority of
the Chief of the Dolence Staff
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In Flanders Fields.... 26
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 ']'e cnn.RN of air force personnel at for officers at RCAF Stn. Saint Jean (see
RCAF Stn. Summerside welcomed Queen page 18). He is now back at his regular
Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to Canada duties as deputy staff officer public rcela-
last month with affectionate enthusiasm. tions at ADCHQ.
Eight days later Her Majesty returned to A native of Vancouver, F/L Lowes
London from RCAF Stn. Uplands, the cheers joined the RCAF in the administrative branch
of air force children again ringing in her after graduating from U.B.C. in 1952. Tours
ears. In the interval, RCAF officers and air- at 2 Wing, Gros Tenquin, the Survival
men efficiently and effectively carried out Training School (see page 22) and Holberg
their assigned roles - not least of whom on the Pinetree Line followed. In July '62
were the RCAF photographers who recorded he transferred to the public information
the events on pages 2 and 3. field and has been based at St. Hubert ever
since.
A THREE-PART article tracing 'The Evo-
lution of RCAF Telecommunications" begins [±cuanR FoRcE readers, who according
on page 4. Part Two next month covers to the opinion poll results (see page 10) are
World War II days and the concluding part not much interested in the RCAF Association
deals with the post-war era when telecom- section of ROUNDEL, should note that the
munications really came into its own. RCAFA passed several resolutions at its re-
Group Capt. E. J. Gauthier, author of cent national convention pertaining to the
the series, has been involved almost from future welfare of those still in uniform. In-
the beginning with signals/wireless/radio/ deed, the Association is more determined
G/C E.J. Gauthier telecom - as this branch has been variously than ever to help preserve RCAF traditions
called throughout the past 30 years. G/C and strength in the coming days.
Gauthier joined the service in 1936, two The four-page report on the RCAFA'S 15th
years after the RCAF took over from the anniversary convention at Charlottetown,
At army responsibility for operating and beginning on page 28, merits the attention
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i- maintaining its own radio communications.
As an LAC, he was an original member of
of all our readers.

the instructional staff of the first RCAF wire-

less school set up at RCAF Stn. Trenton in
1937. Today he is director of telecommuni-
cations management and control at CFHQ,
Ottawa.
,.
A±roUGH HE was too modest to mention
it, FIL George Lowes was one of the top
students at the new French-language school
F/LG. H. Lowes

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 EVOLUTION OF RCAF
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
B GROUP CAPTAIN E. J. GAUTHIER,
. " eiecom
Director of I Management and Control, CFHQ

First of Three Parts

The sub-hunting aircraft 900 miles at sea cruises hour after hour above
the turbulent ocean, searching with its many electronic eyes for some sign
of an intruding vessel. Simultaneously, a transport aircraft recently departed
from Tren ton , Ont •, is in radio contact with the. Marville,
• France, ground
t f
radio station receiving weather reports and passing pertinent message tray-
fic. An intercepter aircraft over the 55th parallel in Quebec, guided from
the ground by the combination of radar and communication facilities,
streaks toward an "unknown" which has been discovered by the electronic
curtain guarding the country's aerospace. Operational and administrative
messages are clicking across the country and the oceans by means of the
intricate landline and radio circuits operated and maintained by RCAF
personnel.

THE PRE-WAR ERA

TODA Y's varied uses and applica- if certain communication and navi- Located by the expedition's first
tions of electronics in the air force gation aids were available. Inevita- aerial reconnaissance operations in
are a far cry from the RCAF telecom- bly, as the activity of the young air the summer of 1927, bases were es-
munications ( signals, wireless) ac- force expanded, so did the commu- tablished at Nottingham Island,
tivities of some 25-30 years ago. In nications organization necessary for Wakeham Bay, and Port Burwell.
fact, it could be said that the RCAF its support. Radio stations were erected at these
Telecom. Branch received its first An early example of the value of locations by members of the Royal
mandate 15 years before the branch radio communication in northern Canadian Corps of Signals (Recs)
was even born. operations occurred during the Hud- attached to the expedition, who were
In 1919 the Air Board indicated son Strait Expedition, a joint under- also responsible for the installation
after a survey that the most favour- taking on the part of the Depart- and maintenance of the aircraft ra-
able field for future air operations ments of Marine and National De- dio transmitters. The ground radio
"lay in the less thickly settled and fence. When the Federal Govern- stations were manned by operators
less thoroughly explored portions of ment decided to complete the Hud- supplied by the Department of Ma-
Canada". Accordingly, the activities son Bay Railway and its northern rine. The radio station at Wakeham
of the Canadian Air Force were terminal at Fort Churchill as a link
oriented towards our northland. This Bay, the main base, maintained
in the northern grain route to Eu- point-to-point communication with
long-range objective was further de- rope, it also decided to conduct a
fined after the first successful trans- Ottawa and the other two bases.
study in Hudson Strait to obtain in- The six Fokker aircraft employed on
Canada flight in 1920. Subsequent to formation about weather and ice
this flight a report was published the operation were equipped with
conditions, and to determine the fa- one-way (transmit only) radio tele-
which stated that long-distance fly-
cilities needed to ensure safe navi- phone and morse key radio, and
ing, both night and day, was feasible gation.
while on patrol were required to
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transmit reports to their respective between Wakeham Bay and Ottawa ed stations at Sioux Lookout in
bases every five minutes. meant that reports and instructions northern Ontario, at Victoria Beach,
On the whole, radio communica- could be exchanged regularly. The Norway House, and The Pas in Man-
tion proved very reliable. Notting- original plans for the survey were, itoba, and at High River in Alber-
ham Island, the most easterly base, in fact, changed on occasion as the ta. From these bases, and from
frequently read transmissions from result of these exchanges. others established in ensuing years,
aircraft operating out of the base at daily patrols were flown during the
Port Burwell, a distance of several months from June to October when
FORESTRY PATROL the fire danger was greatest. These
hundred miles. Of 175 flights on
which radio was used, only three ex- From 1920 until the early 1930s patrols kept under surveillance the
perienced communications failure. the greater part of the flying done by forest area from Lake Nipigon in
On three other occasions, when a the air force was carried out in sup- Ontario to the Crows-Nest, Bow, and
pilot was forced to land away from port of various federal and provin- Clear-Water forest reserves on the
base, he was able to report his po- cial governments. Over 60 percent eastern slopes of the Rockies. While
sition and circumstances beforehand. of this work consisted of forestry pa- on patrol, aircraft pilots transmitted
Confidence in the reliability of trol flying. The most important as- regular reports by radio-telephone to
their communications undoubtedly pect of this activity was forest fire their bases, from which information
enabled pilots to carry out their sur- reporting and suppression, although could be relayed by telephone to
vey flights over that forbidding terri- a good deal of work was also done forest ranger posts.
tory with a good deal more assur- in connection with timber and water The value of air-ground radio
ance than would otherwise have resources surveys and forest pest communication on these operations
been the case. In addition, the fact control. was soon demonstrated. In August
that communication was maintained In 1921 the Air Board establish- 1921 a very large fire broke out on

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 the western side of the Rockies and
raged for 12 days. Unfortunately,
the fire had started outside the area
of the nearest forest patrol station,
and had burned unobserved for sev-
eral days before being reported by
radio to High River from a patrol
aircraft which was, at the time, 190
miles from base. Throughout the
hectic week that followed, patrol
aircraft continued to send compre-
hensive reports of the fire's advance.
These reports, transmitted at ex-
treme range, enabled the forest ran-
gers to marshal their fire-fighting
crews and equipment to best advan-
tage, and thus contributed material-
ly to the early curtailment of what
might otherwise have been a runa-
way holocaust.
At the height of forest patrol ac-
tivity during the period 1922-1931
the RCAF Communications System
in Western Canada had expanded F /L R. E. Grandy pilots JN-4 equipped with air-to-ground wireless externally
into three networks which included mounted. Such gear was used for army co-operation work in the early 1920s.
a total of 15 stations. These were
the Manitoba Radio System with
headquarters in Winnipeg, the Al-
berta-Saskatchewan Radio System Manitoba and Alberta-Saskatche- the western radio stations in the late
with headquarters in Edmonton, and wan radio systems being kept open summer of 1928 began routine
the British Columbia Radio System year-round. C o m m e r c i a 1 traffic broadcasting of weather reports.*
with headquarters in Vancouver.* handled by these stations was passed Each morning and evening reports,
The activity of these western ra- by radio to system headquarters in prepared in a form most useful for
dio nets was by no means confined Winnipeg or Edmonton, whence it aviation, were broadcast from High
to their primary function. In fact, a was transferred to the commercial River, Edmonton, Prince Albert,
good deal of effort was spent by the telegraph companies. Cormorant Lake and the combined
staffs in supplementing the rather In 1931 control of forest resour- forecasts were passed by the stations
sketchy commercial communications ces ( except in federal park areas) to local newspapers, flying clubs and
facilities in those relatively undevel- was transferred to the provincial aircraft companies. This was the be-
oped areas. Representations to the governments of Manitoba, Saskat- ginning of the system of radio aids
Federal Government by commercial chewan and Alberta. These develop- to air navigation.
companies and local inhabitants re- ments, plus sharply-restricted budg- Similarly in eastern Canada the
sulted in the main stations of the ets imposed at the onset of the de- development of air mail services re-
pression, signalled the decline of the
RCAF Radio System in the prairie
provinces and all but two of the sta-
tions (Winnipeg and Cormorant
Lake) ceased operation that same
Early in the 1920s, responsibility for the year.
surveillance of their forest areas had b
assumed by the provincial goven»,'' Because weather information was so if)
of Ontario and Quebec. The RCAF there- portant in forest patrol operations, r~10
upon withdrew from this activity in fa- RADIO AIDS TO operators had been trained as wea er
vour of the provincial air services and NAVIGATION observers. Their reports, including an es-
commercial aircraft operators workin timate of the fire hazard in the area, weT
under contract for the provincial go ~ At the request of the RCAF and transmitted daily to the forest serviC&
men ts. vern headquarters in Winnipeg, where th©}
commercial pilots the Recs staffs at were applied in planning patrols.
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quired the establishment of various
radio aids. In the fall of 1928 a
e
f
small experimental station was erect-
ed at St. Hubert to assist in the air
mail flights for the Post Office. De-
partment. The station received
weather broadcasts from all Canadi-
an and American stations in the
eastern half of the continent and
transmitted a forecast of weather
conditions along the Montreal-Tor-
onto and Ottawa-Montreal routes
just before the mail planes took off.
Further experimental work was Trenton barracks where early RCAF signals trainees lived in 1936.
planned for the summer of 1929
with radio beacons, radio direction
finders and transmission of weather
information to aircraft in fligh t. An "out station" for morse practise in the Trenton signals training laboratory.
In 1931 the number of RCCS per-
sonnel on duty with the RCAF was
cut back because of the reduction in
forestry patrol in the western prov-
inces. On the other hand, wireless
facilities along the North West Ter-
ritories and Yukon system, the Ot-
tawa-Camp Borden-St. Hubert-Tor-
onto system, and the air mail routes
were extended. A light-weight porta-
ble wireless set had been produced
with which RCAF photographic de-
tachments working over the Belcher
Islands in Hudson Bay were able to
maintain contact with Ottawa, thus
providing the practicability of such
equipment for communication with
isolated detachments operating in
the northern hinterland. In addition,
an aircraft intercommunication set, signal corps. The introduction of year. The RCAF at that time had no
particularly useful for aerial photo-wireless into RCAF service training wireless mechanics of its own, so to
graphy operations, had been devel- and operations began in 1933. At remedy this major deficiency in tech-
oped - eliminating the need for the that time several signalmen from the nical personnel, the RCAF program
old speaking-tube or awkward hand RCCS Were attached to the RCAF for 1934-35 included the enlistment
signals. School of Army Co-operation at and training of a number of airmen
Camp Borden and began installing in this trade. Four army personnel
SIGNALS/WIRELESS available wireless equipment in the from the RcCs and three internal
ORGANIZATION AND school's aircraft. This equipment in- RCAF transferees constituted the first
cluded facilities for two-way radio RCAF signals cadre.
TRAINING In 1934 the first signals equip-
Until 1934 the RCAF depended on telephony for close reconnaissance, ment was installed in the Avro-Tu-
the Army RCCS for the operation and wireless telegraphy for artillery tor aircraft of the School of Army
and maintenance of its radio com- reconnaissance. The equipment Co-operation at Camp Borden, com-
munications. Several RCAF officers available for this training was out of manded by S/L C. M. McEwan
had been attached to the Rccs for a date. Orders were placed for new (A/V/M ret.). At the same time, a
course of instruction, but the prime wireless material similar to that in-
Met. School for officers was run by
responsibility still rested with the troduced in the Royal Air Force that
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 A desperate shortage of equip- modulated continuous wave (mew)
F/L C. R. Slemon (A/M ret.). Da- for short distance code, and radio
ta for the school were supplied by ment and the need for camera ob-
scura work in training necessitated telephone (R/T). The state of the
the daily reception of weather re- art at this time in the RAF required
ports by the signals personnel. the installation of a "fixed gap"
spark transmitter in a Fairchild air- that a separate transmitter and re-
The major increase in RCAF ac- ceiver set be installed in the aircraft
tivities during 1934-35 was in train- craft. This transmitter, operated by
Cpl. W. E. Duncan (S/L ret.) for each of these modes in operation
ing, including wireless courses for so, if you were equipped in flight to
airmen at Camp Borden. A head- caused much discomfort to the wives
in the married quarters who were do mew, you could not use cw or
quarters was set up in Ottawa and R/T.
prospective applicants were screened listening to the daily outpourings of
the soap operas on the radio. So far Most of the equipments operated
for the new signals section. Two ty- in the 3-6 megacycle band had very
pes of personnel were chosen: those as is known this was the only spark
transmitter ever used by the RCAF. low power. The problems of com-
with wireless experience, and those munication between airplane and
fresh from high school. The aca- On the west coast the first installa-
tion, the RAF T21c (Morse only) ground were not interference but in-
demic requirement was senior matri-
was made in a Vancouver flying adequate signal strength. The ranges
culation. were very short, 10 miles was good
Training of the first course of boat while the second installation
wireless electrical mechanics (WEMs) was in a Fairchild on floats, for for R/T and 20 to 30 miles was
commenced on 1 I Oct. '34. Course RCMP narcotics patrol. Although the good for mew. The pilots operated
I A consisted of personnel with some equipment received from the RAF at the key and tuned the equipment by
wireless/radio background and was this time was the RAF standard in use remote control from the front cock-
for a period of six months. Course it was nevertheless obsolescent and pit. All that the air gunner had to do
IB, for personnel with little or no compared unfavourably with that was to reel out the trailing aerial and
radio operating or technical back- which was available commercially. reel it in again - on an 8-inch dia-
ground, lasted 1 I months. The chief For example, the wireless operator meter reel, plus or minus 150 feet
instructor on these first WEM COurses in the Avro-Tutor was required to of it. There was no such thing as
was F/L H. B. Godwin (A/V/M operate the air/ground/radio in radio communication between the
ret.), assisted by the original seven three possible modes, continuous crew, they had to operate by pass-
who formed the initial Signals cadre. wave (cw) for long distance keying, ing notes, hand signals or shouting
through the Gossport tubes. The
power for the radio equipment was
produced by wind driven generators
attached to the wings. These kept
Atlas aircraft of No. 2 (Army Co-op) Sqn., Ottawa. Note the windmill generator on the battery charged and the battery

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starboard lower main plane which sustained batteries during flight.
in turn was used to operate motor
generators to provide the power

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source.

ORIGINAL SIGNALS BRANCH

In July 1935 an RCAF Signals
Branch was formed at NDHQ in the
Air Staff Division under F/L J. G.
W. Weston (RAF) as air signals ad-
viser. As in other fields, the orghni-
zation was being built up on lines
similar to the RAF. F/L R. E. Mc-
Burney (A/V/M ret.) had been
sent overseas in April 1935 to take
the 14-month signals officers course
in the RAF school at Cranwell. On
completion of the course in the
summer of 1936, he became the first
RCAF officer to receive the special-
ist's symbol 's".
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 At home, two wireless telegraphy
(w/T) operator courses (28 air-
men) successfully completed their
training and personnel were enlisted
for two more courses. The training,
originally given at Camp Borden,
was moved to Trenton in February
1936, where a new training labora-
tory had been fitted out and W/T
"out stations" were being prepared.
At this time a qualification badge
was introduced for wireless opera-
tors (wops), and wireless operator
mechanics (WoMs). The badge was
The wireless class at RCAF Stn. Trenton (Sept. '36 to Aug. '37). All were AC2s at
a hand grasping a thunderbolt and this time. Back row (L. to r.); Gaudreau, C. Kidd (Lt./Col. ret.); P. McKenzie (F/L),
was worn on the right sleeve of the A. McGee (S/L ret.), W. Yeo (WO dec.), D. Moon (ret.), E. Gauthier (G/C), G. T.
uniform above the rank badge. Simoneau (WO2). Front row: (l. to r.); H. Hayes (FIL ret.) G. Clay (F/L dec.), H.
H. Wood, B. Beck (WIC dec.), R. L. Rombough (WO!), F. Winters (S/L).
Graduates from the initial wire-
less course had been transferred to
duties with the RCMP preventative
service - primarily on rum-runner panier (W/C ret.), Cpl. G. Tutt craft of detachments engaged in pho-
patrol duty. The RCAF was now able (rel.), Cpl. E. Boyden (rel.), LAC tographic operations; detachment
to operate and maintain all the sig- E. J. Gauthier (G/C), Cpl. S. C. ground stations were also equipped
nals requirements for the RCMP pre- Jones (WOI ret.) and LAC G. with commercial type equipment for
ventative service in the Maritimes Simoneau (W02). air/ground/air and point-to-point
which previously had been provided Officers were sent annually to Bri- operation. During the same period
by the Rccs. Two point-to-point tain to qualify as signals officers on the RCAF used RAF equipment for its
RCAF circuits opened during 1936, the RAF Cranwell 14-month Signals army co-operation and fighter air-
one, between Trenton and Ottawa, Officers' Course; signals officers' craft, but this equipment did not dif-
the other between Vancouver and short courses were also given in the fer very markedly in design or so-
Esquimalt in conjunction with the school at Trenton, Ont. phistication from the late World War
RCCS and the Navy. During the year In 1937 the RCAF was still short I types, nor was it possible to get
the Air Ministry carried out a series of personnel in the signals branch spare components or industrial sup-
of long distance transmission tests and training in the wireless school port in Canada.
which were received by both Dart- at Trenton was hampered by lack of The twin factors of obsolescent
mouth and Trenton. These tests gave adequate equipment; however, pro- design and inability. to depend on
the RCAF operators valuable experi- gress had been made in the re-equip- overseas logistic support led the
ence in long distance operating, and ment of the service. Most of the air RCAF in 1939 to initiate the design
also were of value in ascertaining and marine craft in squadrons and and fabrication of a family of radio
suitable frequencies for such com- schools using wireless had been sup- equipments by Canadian industry.
munications. plied with sets of RAF design, and These included a light-weight, rugged
The concentration of training at modern ground station equipment airborne transmitter (AT I) and re-
Trenton was carried a step further had been provided for all service ceiver (AR2) designed and manu-
by the organization of a Wireless squadrons of the permanent force. factured by the Northern Electric
School in 19 3 7. The instructional Plans had been made to equip the Co., a remotely-controlled ground
staff included F/L H. B. Godwin stations at Vancouver, Ottawa and transmitter (AT3) designed and
(A/V/M ret. ), F/O W. A. Orr Dartmouth with high power trans- built by RCA Victor and a com-
(A/V/M ret.), F/0 M. M. Hen- mitters for air/ground/air and point- panion airborne set ( ATR5) pro-
drick (A/V/M ret.), F/0 Miner to-point communications. Direction duced by the Canadian Marconi Co.
(ret.), F/0 Mc Burney (dec.), finding equipment for aircraft and As the equipment later proved it-
F/O D. G. Williams (S/L dec.), ground stations was on order and self, it was made in large quantities
F/O D. Hutton (G/C dee.), FS planned for operation the following to support the British Common-
S. R. Burbank (G/C ret.), FS B. year. Commercial type transmitters wealth Air Training Plan.
Foster (S/L ret.), Cpl. H. R. Tre- and receivers were used in the air- (to be continued)

NOVEMBER, 1964 9
 What YOU Think of R@UNDEL
By SQUADRON LEADER A. T. PATON, DFC
Editor, ROUNDEL

LAsT spring, for the first time in

ROUNDEL'S 15 years of publication,
ROUNDEL READERSHIP SURVEY we decided to find out scientifically
ROUNDEL is YOUR mogozino and only with your help will it be able to fulfil its role of te1ling the RCAF story -
psst, present and future. Y our preferences ore our guidelines. II you p!uticul!trly liko certain types of artictes or have any constructive
what you really think about your
criticisms ca:,cerninf ROUNDEL, we are anxious to ne.'Jr about them, The more thought and enthusiasm you give to this survey, magazine. Specifically, we wanted to
the more accurate will be this index of our readers' wishes.
learn how effective is our distribu-
I.
¥iHA.T IS YOUR STATUS? RCol.F' AEGUL,\R □ RC"F' ASSOCIATION □ tion system, how much of ROUNDEL
RCAF RESERVE D CIV IL IA N □ D is actually read, what types of ar-
2. IS ROUNDEL READILY AVAILABLE IF YOU WISH TO READ IT? YEsq_ ticles and regular departments are
preferred, what changes you would
3, ROUNDEL PUBLISHES 10 TIMES A YEAR, HOW OFTEN DO YOU READ IT? (Cheek one only)
like to see in format and content.
S•IISSUES D l•'4 15$UE S Q HO ISSU E S □ Accordingly, a questionnaire was
4, HOW MUCH ROUNDEL 00 YOU READ REGULARLY? (Check one onlyJ ALLOl'IT □ prepared and presented personally by
PICTVl'll!:S AHO HE ... OL.IHE, ONl.Y □ management engineering teams to
S, CHECK YOUR DEGREE OF PREFERENCE FOR THESE TYPES OF ARTICLES: pre-selected serving members of the
gPgATIONS PERSONALITIES STATIONSRCAF. This all-ranks sample survey,
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D D D D D D D conducted at RCAF Stns. Green-
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6. CHECK YOUR DEGREE OF PREFERENCE FOR THESE REGULAR ROUNDEL DEPARTMENTS:
Rockcliffe, Uplands and AFHQ, pro-
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7. WOULD YOU PREFER THE ROUNDEL: Pl'l:IWTl!:O ON THE PRESENT GLOSSY PAPl!II □ □ ing statistics. (We are informed that
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gs, PLEASE elaborate, giving suggestions or ideas {er articles tn fatare laauea. (Yoa may use the back of this sheet {or
P" your comments), standards. The Gallup Poll some-
\ times predicts election results with
\ samples of only 400 voters.)
\ Meantime, a similar set of ques-
tionnaires was distributed to cer-
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iwhose 12,000 members receive
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basis each issue. The conclusions ciation members get the book each
drawn for this large section of the issue, due to the diligence of those
magazine's readership are based on at Association headquarters who
the 202 completed forms received keep the individual mailing lists up
from these wings, but cannot be to date.
considered as accurate as the in- Replies to the question, "How
service figures. often do you read ROUNDEL?", close-
The questionnaire was designed to ly parallel those to the preceding
be completed anonymously; we ask- one, which of course pleases the
ed only that participants indicate editorial staff. The fact that the book
thci r status ( serving or retired) and is available being no guarantee that
rank. it is actually of interest, we now
An unusually large number of know that you read it on the fol-
those surveyed took the trouble to lowing basis:
comment in more detail on their
likes, dislikes and ideas for future
improvement in the space provided
at the bottom of the questionnaire.
How often do you read ROUNDEL?
These comments have been careful-
ly reviewed by ROUNDEL staff and RCAF Regular RCAF Association
we hope to implement many of the
suggestions. (One of the Associa- 9-10 issues 57% 915
tion members, an anonymous re- 5-8 issues 32,
tired A/V/M, appended the item ap-
pearing on page 14 to his complet- ]-4 issues 109%
ed questionnaire.)
A common complaint we have
Never 1
heard over the years from serving
members of the RCAF is that ROUN-
DEL is hard to get hold of. Our in-
Delving further into the field of
service circulation is based on a 1
reader interest, our pollsters then
for 5 ratio, i.e. if a unit has 200 es-
asked that you check one answer on-
tablished positions, we instruct the
ly to this question, with the follow-
Queen's Printer to send 40 copies
ing results:
in bulk to that address and hope
that internal distribution will be
made on the same scale.
We were pleasantly surprised,
therefore, to learn that 89 % said it How much of ROUNDEL do you read regularly?
is readily available to you on your RCAF Regular RCAF Association
stations. Presumably it was one of
the 11 % who do not have ready ac- All oft 25% 60%
cess to the magazine who made this
Only those portions touch-
worthwhile suggestion: "ROUNDEL
should be put in a binder and placed ing on my job 29, 1%
in each section along with EOS, 38%
Whatever looks interesting 72PL
AFROS, etc. where it would be readi-
ly available to everyone." Not un- Pictures and headlines only 1% 1%
naturally, practically all RCAF Asso-

NOVEMBER, 1964 11
 to you boys in the field.
torical nature run a close second.
Having thus given your answers
Many who wrote in comments at Incidentally,
. we received mar e
to the general questions of availa- contra d lictory comments on this sub-
the bottom of the questionnaire ex-
bility and reader interest in the ject of content than on any other
book as a whole, you were invited pressed a desire for more informa-
tion on the current defence forces' aspect of the book, which merely
to state your degree of preference proves that we do try to cater to an
for specific types of articles. Over integration program- a request we
will endeavour to fulfil in future is- audience of widely divergent view
the years we have tried to strike a and opinions. The percentage of
balance in ROUNDEL contents, bear- sues. Others complained that ROUN-
DEL is too "officer-dominated'. Our
people in the "undecided" or hav-
ing in mind our aim of presenting ing no answer" category is extreme-
the RCAF story - past, present and comment on that point is we have
always tried to encourage contribu- ly low in comparison to most sur-
future. Apparently the majority of veys of this nature.
you, both in and out of the service, tions from and about airmen of all
ranks but we just don't get enough. Your reaction to regular ROUN-
prefer articles dealing with current DEL departments was also solicited.
operations, although those of a his- The solution to that problem is up

Check your degree of preference for these types of articles:

RCAF Regular RCAF Association
Not Not
Answered answered Answered answered

Historical Very 46, 72-L

Moderate 50% % 27% 4%
None 4, 1%
Current Operations Very 66% 61%
Moderate 33% 2% 38% 7%
None 1 1
Technical Very 429 26%
Moderate 46, 3% 60% 13%
None 12% 149L
Space Science Very 29, 43,
Moderate 53% 4, 51% 149L
None 18% 6,
Humorous Very so, 47%
Moderate 469, 3, so, 10
None 4, 3%
Personalities Very 33% s1,
Moderate 54, 4% 43% 9%
None 13% 6
Air Force Stations Very 56% ss,
Moderate 40% 29 419, 6%
None 4% 4%

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As expected, the biggest divergence other hand, these departments are nada.) Tops in popularity with all
between in-service and ex-service extremely popular with our outside readers is our Aircraft Album series,
reader preference came to light here. readership which constitutes more appearing each issue on the inside
Serving members of the RCAF take than 50% of our circulation. (2000 back cover.
a dim view of space being provided copies each issue are distributed to We then threw in a question
in their magazine for RCAF Associa- air cadet squadrons across the coun- which we of the editorial staff had
tion and Air Cadet activities; on the try by the Air Cadet League of Ca- been wondering about for some

Check your degree of preference for these regular ROUNDEL departments:

RCAF Regular RCAF Association

Not Not
Answered answered Answered answered
On the Break Very 4«09, 47%
Moderate 549, 3% 50% 149,
None 6 3%
Suggestion Box Very 41% 27%
Moderate s1 3% 0L 15%
None 8, 13%
RCAF Association Very 6 91%
Moderate 48, 4% 8% 4L
None 46% 1%
Air Cadets Very 3% 75%
Moderate 40% 4% 21% 11%
None 57% 4%
Leite rs to the Editor Very s1, s2
Moderate 44, 29 44% 1s%
None s, 4%
Aircraft Album Very 66, 72PL
Moderate 31 29 25% 6,
None 3 3%

NOVEMBER, 1964 13
 time: "Would you prefer ROUNDEL
printed on glossy or non-glossy pa- Would you prefer ROUNDEL printed on:
per?" While some of you were quite RCAF Regular RCAF Association
vehemently opposed to the present
stock ("This is the only magazine I Not Not
find hard to read, and I read many
Answered answered Answered answered
..."), the overwhelming majority
favour it and we therefore do not Glossy paper 93% 10 87% 4%
contemplate any change.
Finally, we asked you if you Non-glossy paper 7 1s%
would care to see ROUNDEL's format
or contents changed in any way.
Here's where we got a lot of worth-
while suggestions ( the experts tell Should ROUNDEL'S contents be changed in any way?
us an unusually high percentage took
RCAF Regular RCAF Association
the extra effort to do so), but the
fact remains that most of you think Yes 0% 32%
we're doing a pretty good job as it
is. No 70, 68
So, there you have it, readers:
your documented opinion of your
service magazine. How do your per-
sonal answers stack up against the criticism, accepting the bouquets bats (such as "let's get back to air
over-all statistics? We anticipate (such as "I appreciate the rare, if force blue on the cover instead of
several letters to the editor as a re- ever, occurrence of typographical the modernistic swill presently em-
sult (if not, why else would that errors which tells me of the great ployed") with good grace. Thanks
last page of the book rate so high amount of work and thought that to all who co-operated in making
in reader interest?). The editorial goes into the magazine's prepara- this a worthwhile experiment in
staff has pondered your considered tion") with modesty, and the brick- opinion sampling. ©

GENESIS GUIDEPOSTS
(The following comments were made by an anonymous retired A/V /M
as a corollary to his completed questionnaire in the recent ROUNDEL
readership survey. We think they merit reproduction here, even though he
intended them merely as a spur to us to publish the "true saga of the
RCAF".- Editor.)

[Ms Canadians think a large The pre-war "past" is the real the post-war periods, albeit greatly
proportion of our current national history of the RCAF, particularly the refined and improved. While no
problems and difficulties stem from period 1920- 1936 when many military aircraft were developed in
inadequate knowledge of and pride times it was doubtful if the air force Canada during this period it was a
in the origins and growth of our could and would survive as a sepa- result of RCAF bush operations
country. Similarly, the RCAF itself rate service. It was. in this period and later of civilian operators that
has current problems and difficulties. that many techniques and much de Havilland of Canada developed
This situation was not unknown in equipment were developed which, its present world famous aircraft.
the past. later, were used in the war and in Your stories about certain air
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 stations have been very good but size hamlet east of Tadoussac to Red
they tended, quite naturally, to deal
.repairs of every variety, propeller
Bay and few safe landing places for swinging or balancing, compass
with the "present'. Little mention, an ancient flying boat (circa HS2L). swinging (mostly a waste of time
if any, has been made of Air Force
Look at the same coastline today. and effort. because of highly min-
(Air Board) sub-stations or detach- eralized terrain), anti-mosquito war-
ments operated seasonably by the The same story applies to the up-
per Saguenay River, the Peribonka, fare, Indian sign language, crude
major air stations - Shelburne, Yar- versions of French and Scot ton-
the Misstassini and Choubougouma
mouth, N.S.; Shediac, N.B.; Rober- gues, and the never-ending upkeep
areas of Quebec. Now all have in-
val, Anticosti, P.Q.; Parry Sound, of reports, logbooks (and financial
dustrial, power, mining, pulp and
Long Lac, Sioux Lookout, Ontario; paper work. If lucky,one sometimes
forestry developments bringing vast
Victoria Beach, Lac du Bonnet, Ba- landed at a spot of civilization and
wealth and future possibilities to
rens River, Norway House, The had a chance to clean up, talk to a
Quebec and Canada. All the way
Pas, Manitoba; Ladder Lake, Sask.; non-Indian female, and forget the
west of the Pacific it is the same
and Prince Rupert, B.C. And there tough going.
story. Small crews of air force per-
were the photographic detachments sonnel, plus civil government spe- A much-overlooked fact is that
sallying out each spring from Ot- cialist observers, prodding out into despite little use of rank and official
tawa Air Station and Winnipeg Air undeveloped and largely unknown uniform there was seldom need for
Station and back when the ice form- areas which are now booming in- disciplinary measures. It was a
ed on the northern lakes and rivers; dustrial developments. The western team effort and, until W/T was in-
plus the special crop and forest mining area of Ontario - from Sioux stalled in the aircraft, a matter of
dusting aircraft and the Indian Lookout and Victoria Beach; Win- common survival.
treaty-paying aircraft from the same nipeg River power and eastern Ma- As stated, as far as is known this
two stations; and the anti-rum run- nitoba mineral area - from Victoria aspect of the air force story has not
ner and fishery patrol aircraft from Beach; northeast Manitoba mining been reading for the 1937-1964
Dartmouth and Vancouver Air Sta- area - from Norway House; north- generation of airmen and Canadian
tions. ern Manitoba to Churchill mineral children in general. However, many
It was from such places that two- area - from The Pas and the cur- of the men engaged in the 1920-36
man aircrews (pilot and crewman) rent Saskatchewan River/Lake Win- operations are alive and in Canada
plus air photographer for photo nipeg power dam from the same today and their personal knowledge
flights or a forester, a surveyor, a base; the fishing, forestry and min- of this period, plus official records
fisheries expert or a Mountie as a ing areas of northern Saskatchewan to verify dates, etc., could provide
special observer operated in 1920- from The Pas and Ladder Lake. a vast mass of material for many
36 and it is from the photographs, articles in future ROUNDELS, as well
As members of the civil Govern- as a real, readable history of the
sketches, reports and personal ob- ment Air Operations, aircrews on
servations resulting from these flights early RCAF. Your recent series on
field operations had to fend for the career of A/V/M Collishaw is a
- made sans radio, parachutes and themselves, their aircraft and equip- good example of what I have in
<adequate navigational equipment - ment, and usually had to operate mind.
that air maps and important natural over unmapped or inaccurately map- In my opinion, however, the real-
resources data were gradually com- ped territory. The 1912 railway map ly "big" story is the important role
piled. of Canada was frequently used for of the old air force, circa 1920-36,
And it is this data and the air photo flight-line plotting and there in helping to bring about the tre-
recce. techniques and equipment de- were few railways in the north. They mendous development of economic
veloped by the RCAF in this particu- soon became experts on such now- and military growth in Canada.
lar period which, largely, has led to unknown techniques as gasoline (We trust that G/C Gauthier's
many of the tremendous post-war drum rolling, wobble-pump refuel- article beginning on page 4 adds
developments in Canada. For ex- ling, cooking, clothes washing, all to the record of those early days.
ample, much of the North Shore of forms of repairs to aircraft, equip- ROUNDEL over the years has pu-
Gulf of St. Lawrence was photo- ment and themselves, setting up blished numerous between-the-wars
graphed by aircraft from Dartmouth camps, firewood supplies, bilge stories, but we agree the full history
and Roberval Air Stations operat- pumping, camera magazine reload- should be written while those who
ing from Anticosti Island and Ta- ing ( under a blanket), fabric, wood lived through this era are still alive.
doussac- and there wasn't a good and metal aircraft repairs, engine -Editor.) ©

NOVEMBER, 1964 15
NIGERIANS FINISH
CANADIAN TOUR

Mr. Mathew Mbu (right, in white), Nigerian Minister f

State for Navy, chats with Nigerian students at Rcjjs
Smn. Penhold.

EARLY in 1963 the RCAF welcom- of training here in Canada, I on be-

ed 16 carefully-selected candidates half of the Nigerian Air Force off-
cers say good-bye and thank you for

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of the Nigerian Air Force for train-
ing in Canada. This September they the good gestures we have been
returned to their homeland, 11 of shown.
them having won pilot wings and "We have in every respect enjoy-
graduated from the Flying Instruc- ed our stay here in Canada, includ-
tors' School, three as air traffic con- ing all phases of our training. To the
trollers and one as a supply officer. RCAF personnel and a good many
Only one of the 16 was repatriated Canadians we have met, individual-
early. ly or collectively, who have con-
Prior to returning to Nigeria Lt. tributed to our happiness even at
Jasper G. U. Onyeji wrote a letter personal sacrifice, we say a heart-
to the co of RCAF Stn. Moose Jaw, felt thank you.
which said in part: "We do hope that sometime,
"At the end of a year and a half somewhere, we shall meet again."

Nigerian students pose in their native cere

A Nigerian student has an Indian headdress properly ad- Nigerian student-pilots march into groundschool.
justed by FJO R. Elder.

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dress. At the completion of their flying instructors' course, the Nigerian students were pre-
sented with special commemorative plaques by A/VIM C. H. Greenway, OBE, Air
Officer Commanding, Training Command.

The Nigerian course director, F /0 R. Elder, gives instruc- FIL G. G. Ross explains the workings of a microphone to
tion on the Harvard engine. two of the Nigerian students who trained in Canada as air
traffic controllers.
 ICI, ON PARLE FRANCAIS
By FLIGHT LIEUTENANT G. H. LOWES
Air Defence Command Public Relations

Iw AS one of 20 officers from vari- The VIF course level selections and understanding this "langue ex-
traordinaire."
ous RCAF units on the first French- were based on a series of audio and
language course offered by the serv- visual tests given during the first Our French contacts in vIF were
ice at RCAF Stn'St Jean, P.Q. For two days. The results of the tests the family Thibaut and their friends
13 years the RCAF had been teach- established the level at which each and Parisian neighbours. Here it
ing English to French-speaking per- officer would be placed. For those must be noted that viF teaches sound
sonnel at this station but with to whom the tests sounded like a patterns rather than individual
Course One, which began last garbled R/T transmission, the basic words, so for quite sometime in
March, the pendulum swung the level became their home in French. each lesson the French language un-
other way. The intermediate level consisted of derwent some rather startling trans-
The course lasted 20 weeks and others who know it was French formation! We also became a "petit
used the St. Cloud audio-visual meth- but. ... The advanced level knew the francais" as the sound patterns took
od, Voix et Images de France (VIF), language was French, could repeat hold.
prepared by the French Ministry of it as nearly French, and probably, As proof of this "chose formi-
Education. For those who had some most of all, knew they couldn't un- dable" one of the students went to
background in French, this course derstand the French. get a haircut and after taking the
was supplemented by an advanced One nearly-universal result of better part of 15 minutes to explain
phase prepared by the school. From these exams was a bruised ego, for what he wanted and why he was
a student's point of view: commen- even the three and four-year old slaughtering "la langue frangaise"
cons". children in the town were speaking the barber asked in French where

Course No. I and staff of the French-language school at RCAF Lafferty, F/L O. M. Sweetman, FIL J. P. Moran, F/L L.
Stn. St. Jean (front row, 1. tor.): FIL B. E. Desilets, Mrs. G. Parakin, F/L R. S. Cowden, F/LG. E. Cragg, F/L J. D. Wil-
Gabelier, S/L D. R. Bird, G/C A. M. Cameron, S/L J. J. liams, Mr. G. Pelletier, FIL R. S. MacKenzie. Third row: FIL
Guerin, Mrs. G. Bisaillon, Mr. A. Frappier, Miss C. Charest, A. F. Gerdin, F/L G. H. Lowes, F/L W.J. Davidge, F/L P.
F/LJ.P. G. Godbout, F/L J. H. McLeod, F/L L. W. Grip. C. Burham, F/L P. J. Caws, F/L W. J. Green, F/O E. W.
Second row: Mr. P. Harbeck, F/L D. F. English, F/L J. D. Robertson, FIL H. L. Norquay.

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 Mr. D. L. Harbeck conducts class with
aid of audio-visual equipment.

he lived- and in faultless French ceived its greatest shocks for the "voix" of France had just announ-
he replied "10 Place d'ltalie a Pa- very words every school-boy knows ced the children were wearing shep-
ris!" After a moment of deadly si- ("oui, non monsieur, madame, made- pards pie (chapeaux de paille) or
lence the conversation resumed, this moiselle") were being torn apart to be exact, straw hats! Even greater
time in English; for the student had and thrown back at us till our lip was our surprise when Madame Thi-
given the imaginary address of our and cheek muscles were aching. baut told her daughter she could not
amis, the family Thibaut! Our big trap was the simple exer- wear her black shoes because "smelts
Each night we would return to cise: Je veux et j'exige." After fi- on Tuesday" (semelles sont us&es),
the language laboratory to practice nally mastering this phrase, we be- i.e. the soles were worn out. With
our day's lessons on the tape re- stowed upon it the honour of sing- phrases like this to hear, we were
corders. We tried manfully to be ing it loudly to the tune of a well- becoming convinced that France
either a Charles Boyer or Maurice known hymn! had outlawed absinthe not a bit too
Chevalier but we still sounded just So the evenings, as well as re- soon.
like English-speaking assassins of sounding with the Thibauts et al, After eight weeks of the course
French. also echoed with a variety of "ee's, many of us who dreamed at night
Part of the course was devoted to ooo, uuus, ahs, and ohs" as we tried woke up in cold sweats, for our
phonetics and our instructor was as to sound French. dreams were all in French. Many a
bubbly as a glass of champagne. He As we progressed along with VIF dream was retold with the hero (stu-
had us tongue-tied and resorting to the sound patterns and phrases be- dent) chasing Brigitte Bardot over
basic Anglo-Saxon four-letter words came more complicated and more fields of circumflex accents, only to
to express ourselves. But in phone- than one of us stared in complete have la Bardot break off the chase
tics our basic self-confidence re- amazement as our ears told us the with a flirtatious wave and a "Mon-

L. to r.: F/ LJ.P. Godbout, course direc-

tor; G/C A. M. Cameron, AFC, RCAF
Stn. St. Jean commanding officer; G/C
W. F. Davy, CFHQ director of ground
training; S/L J. J. Guerin, School of
French officer commanding.

d
NOVEMBER, 1964
 sieur, smelts on Tuesday!"
These dreams were aided by the
fact that we had a lounge in our
quarters complete with TV- that
gave only French-language channels.
It is a decided shock to hear Matt
Dillon and Miss Kitty of Gunsmoke
(Police des Plaines) speaking fault-
less French with a perceptible west-
ern drawl. Meanwhile, we students
marched bravely on to share with
the characters of Paris their life and
their language.
Now, we were groping with the F/O G. N. Smith briefs students in one of school's language laboratories.
every day problems of going to the
grocery, the druggist ( for aspirins by this stage we were starting to un- French-language cafes and lounges
if nothing else), the post office and derstand the situations in French. - all trying to improve our French.
even "en vacances"! We also shared Then at lesson 32 we said au revoir In one spot one of the braver stu-
the frustrations of Paris traffic and to VIF and prepared to tackle plu- dents ordered a complete meal in
common hazard - a lady in a tele- perfects, subjunctives and other French, only to have the waitress
phone booth who knew how to "animaux incroyables" of the "fo- tell him rather icily she didn't speak
"parle francais tres bien et long". ret de grammaire". French.
At this stage we moved into a The first exposure to French Then came a week of review fol-
third dimension, motion as well as grammar was a relatively painless ex- lowed by our final tests, which for
sound and sight for we received perience for we were to study the the most part were a repeat of our
French language films based on the present tense of the verb €tre" (to qualifying tests at the commence-
VIF stories as well as few artistic be). Then to our horror we found ment of the course. This is where
masterpieces on French verbs, mar- that @tre was irregular! Pauvre most people received their biggest
kets and farms. 6tre!" And with amazing regularity shock, for we were collectively
While in class our scene of oper- 6tre proved to be quite irregular. speaking about 25 % higher in the
ations shifted to the parks of Paris, We now knew what had been only advanced group, about 40% higher
where "Claudine qui €tait &tudiante suspect before: the Anglo-Saxon lo- in the intermediate group and over
a la Sorbonne" went in the evenings gic and "la logique francaise" were 100 % better in the basic level.
when "ii fait beau." Claudine, we not even of the same family. For Here the o.c. also let us in on a
later discovered, was all-girl for one the next four weeks we tackled the trade secret that did much to put
night she danced till 5 a.m. and "na- syntaxes, the tenses, the partitives things in perspective- we had ac-
turellement" the next day she "tom- and even the occasional genetive as quired a vocabulary of 1500-5000
bee de fatigue". Other of our Pari- we sought the elusive animal bilin- French words out of a total voca-
sian friends went to the movies, guaiity. As a break from grammar bulary of 60,000 or more words.
where a great French epic "Buffalo we discussed various topics, gave We knew why there were still
Bill" was playing, still others read book resumes and even debated the stretches of scrambled R/T in our
the papers, while others bought question of Confederation in a breed aural comprehension. But we had
flowers, always red roses, for with of French that was perfectly com- the tools to finish the job.
Gallic logic the voice proclaimed prehensible to us but that at times
they were for the same girl. Ici, on parle francais - mais un
left our instructors feeling like Dr. petit peu."
Towards the end of the VIF se- Frankenstein. What we lacked in
quence we left Paris behind and vocabulary we made up for in nerve. As a postscript, the course out-
went to the French countryside. To borrow the old phrase: "We sure lined above refers only to the ad-
Here we listened to farmers at work couldn't speak perfect French but vanced phase. The intermediate
at home, and discovered that French we sure had guts!" phase spent a longer portion on VIF
children can come home covered and less on grammar while the basic
At night we even tackled French- level spent the entire 20 weeks on
with mud, and like the snow. But language movies ( triple features),
vi. O
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 412 SQUADRON RECEIVES ITS STANDARD

Number 412 Sqn., the air force's years ago this month when a com-
oldest transport squadron, was pre- munications flight was formed at
sented recently with its squadron Rockcliffe the day after World War
standard. It is the first regular force II was declared. During the war the
squadron of the RCAF to receive this squadron, equipped with the famed
recognition. The Hon. W. E. Rowe, Spitfire fighter, flew from bases in
lieutenant governor of Ontario, England and northwest Europe.
' made the presentation to the squad- During its wartime career as a
ron's commanding officer, w /c M. fighter unit, No. 412 accounted for
G. Bryan, during an hour long cere- 106 aircraft destroyed, 11 probably
mony at RCAF Stn. Uplands. destroyed and 46 damaged.
itill ~
For a squadron to qualify for the Today in a transport role, the

<t
award of the standard, King George "Falcon" Sqn. continues to add to
I VI laid down two alternative re- its laurels. Now known as the RCAF'S
quirements: either the squadron VIP squadron, its aircraft have visit-
must have been in existence for 25 ed nearly every country in the
years or it must have earned the world. Most recent royal passengers
FIL W. E. Eichel holds No. 412 Sqn. King's (now the Queen's) apprecia- were the Queen and her husband
standard during presentation ceremony at tion for specially outstanding oper- last month on a trip from Quebec
RCAF Stn. Uplands. ations. City to Ottawa.
Number 412 Sqn. was formed 25 ©

-Loaded Express SerYoe

, till hag
·()f course, we're sti avun,
a certain
"
amount of inter-service rivalry ...°
21
NOVEMBER, 1964
 CAMPING AT CRYSTAL CITY
By FLIGHT LIEUTENANT A. E. PATERSON
Alberta Area PRO

Acrc survival depends on mo- Eskimos can do the same in 40 to a chilling experience in an area
rale, resourcefulness and ingenuity. 45 minutes. where the greatest enemy is the pen-
Ask any of last winter's 117 'survi- Students are taught that some type etrating cold and winds frequently
vors" from the post-graduate phase of shelter is essential, be it only gust to more than 40 miles per hour
of the RCAF Survival Training temporary. Man must provide him- with the temperature possibly in the
School's winter bush course. self with dry, dead airspace for in- 50-below range.
After one day of classroom brief- sulation against the cold. To this After this long night, they return
ing at RCAF Stn. Namao ( covering end, the students build fighter trench- to Resolute Bay to write an exami-
methods of making fires in the Arc- es and para-igloos. Fighter trenches nation and fly back to Namao where
tic, the igloo, fighter-trench and arc- are box-shaped holes in the snow they are graduated from the Sur-
tic-tent shelters, the use of snow with a triangular entrance that houses vival Training School, better equip-
saws and knives, the layer principle a sleeping bag and are roofed with ped to meet the challenge of the Arc-
of wearing clothing, prevention and snow-blocks. They are good emer- tic should they be forced to bale-out
care of frostbite and cooking) stu- gency shelters but too cramped to or force-land in mid-winter. ©
dents are flown with full arctic gear permit much movement without dis-
to Resolute Bay, 1550 miles north- loging frost on clothing or the sleep-
east. There Eskimo instructors give ing bag. In time, the occupant be-
practical instructions during a one- comes damp without any chance to
day stopover. Students practise test- dry out. The para-igloo is an arctic
ing snow for shelters, cutting snow- tent with a three-foot wall of snow- Cpl. G. Raymond, one of S/L R. G.
Connick's staff at the RCAF Survival
blocks and assembling snow-houses blocks that is too cold for comfort, Training School, shows how to fish
(igloos). They are now ready for hence the rush to get an igloo built. through the ice at Crystal City.
"Crystal City", the fastest growing Instruction continues during these
community in the Arctic. four days. Students practise laying
Located five miles from Resolute out signals to attract aircraft and to
Bay, this survival school facility provide information from ground-
comprises a prefab hut for instruc- to-air, familiarization treks. The
tors and unfinished igloos for each Survival School provides combat ra-
four-men group of trainees. Within tions, slightly higher in calories than
minutes of arriving at Crystal City emergency ration packs as training
the trainees begin the vital task of conditions cause the expenditure of
completing the snow-houses as they more energy than in a warmer en-
are to spend the first night in them. vironment. Fish are plentiful in most
Each group then packs snow in the arctic lakes and students learn how
gaps between the snow-blocks ( a to fish through four to eight-feet
process called 'chinking') to keep thick ice, using lines or nets of their
out the arctic wind, prepares food, own making, to supplement their ra-
makes snow benches to sleep on and tions. Hunting training is given also
prepares for the night ahead. but, in conformity with arctic game
The men are divided into groups preserve regulations it is strictly
of two the next morning and, using "practise only".
the spiral construction method, they On the fifth day, the two-man
build igloos which are 'home' for the teams erect arctic tents modified
next four days and nights. This task with sections of parachutes and walls
can take one or two days, depending of snow-blocks. They spend their
on the amount of available daylight. last night sleeping in this para-igloo,
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Survival school student tests para-igloo doorway. Fighter trench provides tight squeeze but good shelter.
 No. 103 RU Motto:
"SEEK AND
SAVE"
Although No. 103 Rescue Unit,
at RCAF Stn. Greenwood opened its
doors on I Nov. '47, up until this
year it has not had an official unit
badge.
With the arrival of SIL R.H. Jan-
) zen, former officer commanding No.
103 RU, in 1961, a concerted ef-
fort was put forth to create a badge
for the unit. However, it was more
S/L R. H. Janzen (right), former OC of No. 103 Rescue Unit, receives unit
than two years before the official
badge from W/C E. J. Smith, acting CO of RCAF Stn. Greenwood. Air badge was approved by Her Majesty.
Dog 1st Class Albert, No. 103 RU's official mascot, and LAC Tuck, one of To begin with, a competition was
his handlers, observe the ceremony. held on the unit to select a badge
design that would pertain closely to
the unit's role. An appropriate en-
try was finally selected depicting a
St. Bernard dog carrying the tradi-
NEW SURVIVAL HANDBOOK AVAILABLE tional keg of brandy.
The St. Bernard has had a long
history of aiding persons in distress
A pocket-size publication bear- in the Swiss Alps. The dogs were
~1 ing the intriguing title "Down but
not Out", available from the
used and trained by the Monks of
the St. Bernard Hospice in the Alps
,, Queen's Printer or Canadian gov-
ernment bookshops, could be in-
strumental someday in saving your
for rescue work in the early 1700s.
The Hospice Monks found that the
dogs were excellent pathfinders in
< life.
This book was written by the
the snow and that they also possess-
ed an uncanny sense of smell which
RCAF Survival Training School Staff made them valuable for finding lost
• I and illustrated by Mr. Y. Armen- and helpless persons overcome dur-
[4 2 gand and Cpl. C. Rousseau. It was
produced primarily to assist downed
ing storms. During the almost three
centuries that the St. Bernards have
RCAF aircrew but will be of interest been used in rescue work at the Hos-
to everyone who ventures into Ca- pice, it is estimated that they have
nada's vast forests or arctic tundra. been responsible for the saving of
The 185-page manual, which sells approximately 2500 lives.
for $3.00, covers a wide range of Having chosen a St. Bernard dog
subjects from the psychology of for its symbol, No. 103 then select-
survival to the construction of shel- ed the motto Seek and Save which
j ters and the care of equipment. clearly describes the unit's role. The
Numerous illustrations help explain proposed badge was then submitted
the many ways in which a person to the College of Arms and given
can exist under survival conditions. royal approval.
©
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 ] [2"[""® individuals ave received awards trom the Department of
a mna e ence, for suggestions which have been officially adopted by
th e RCAF. Photographs
. . of wmners
: o of $ 100 or over appear below. Proper
procedure for submitting suggestions is detailed in AFAo 99.00/01,

FS F. W. Marsh of No. 42 Radar Sqn Cold Lake Cpl. D. Watson of CEPE LAC L. C. Arnold of
and LAC W. A. Snider of CEPE Det. Cold Lake Det. Cold Lake suggest- Stn. Greenwood made a
jointly made a suggestion concerning an electronic ed a modification for the suggestion concerning a
optical tracking system Theodolite test unit. telemetry tape search. portable propeller tester.

Other award winners:

F/L G. M. Grant Sgt. S. U. Guinchard LAC G. R. Violette

F/LG. S. Clark Cpl. R. J. K. Smith LAC B. B. Fostey
F/L C. E. Copeland Cpl. G. T. Lauder LAC W. J. Fairley
F/O M. Horseman Cpl. W. P. Martin LAC A. P. Hiltz
WO2 F. E. Davis Cpl. G. H. Rogers LAC R. G. Schock
wO2 S. R. Demaray Cpl. W. K. Bacon LAC J. R. Miller
Cpl. J. G. Caron LAC J. L. Beaulne
FS A. F. Blazecka
Cpl. J. A. Laliberte LAC R. Lesieur
FS G. R. Newman
Cpl. J. M. Morinville LAC C. L. Slemin
FS T. A. Wall
Cpl. J. G. Brouillette LAC D. J. Craig
FS D. L. Canivet LAC J. A. Sams
Sgt. J. T. Donak LAC K. C. O'Brien
LAC H. E. Goddard LAC R. A. Koopman
Sgt. C. P. Callander Miss I. Szpiler
Sgt. R. A. Dun LAC F. H. George
LAC W. C. Baker Mr. H. Strehl
Sgt. C. I. MacKenzie

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NOVEMBER, 1964
 IN FLANDERS FIELDS

r
(sxDnNs annually pay tribute to
their war dead on 11 November at
memorial services and wreath laying
ceremonies across the nation. They
are deeply gratified to know that
year-round in Europe people tend
the graves of those who died help-
ing liberate their countries twice in
the past 50 years.
Belgians have a special place in
their hearts for the Canadian air-
men and soldiers who stayed behind
in Belgian soil. During September,
the Belgian month of remembrance,
Canadian memorials and cemeteries
are decked with flowers and their
custodians recall the events which
happened long ago.
For instance, on 2 Nov. '44 a Ca-
nadian Halifax bomber crashed just
outside the small village of Jalhay
in the Belgian Ardennes Mountains,
several miles east of Liege. All
seven crew members, six RCAF and
one RAF, died in the crash. The Ca-
nadians were F/O R. E. B. Pike,
F/OH.F. LeNoury, FS F. J. Lazier,
FS J. Judges, FS W. W. Lankin and
FS W. H. Hanes.
Although the territory was still in
German hands, Mr. Albert Adans
went to the scene of the crash, re-
covered the bodies of the airmen
and gave them a decent burial.
Later when the territory was liber-
ated, the bodies were moved to
Hotton cemetery near Marche, Bel-
gium. But Mr. Adans took it upon
himself to erect a monument to the
airmen at the place where they died.

Canadian airman stands at monument to

the memory of more than 800 of his pre-
decessors buried at Adegem, Belgium.

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This monument was erected by Mr. Albert Adans of Jalhay, Canadian ambassador to Belgium, Mr. S. D. Pierce (left),
Belgium, to the memory of six Canadian and one English air- presented plaque to Mr. Adans during annual ceremony at
men killed in an aircraft crash near his home in November, the Jalhay memorial this September.
1944.

Mr. Pierce Jays wreath on behalf of Canadian people at the Adegem cemetery.

In the woods he raised a large, ir-

regularly shaped field stone, weigh-
ing approximately two tons, and on
it placed a bronze plaque bearing
the seven names. The monument
was officially inaugurated at a cere-
mony on 16 Sept. '51, by the then-
Canadian Ambassador to Belgium,
Mr. Maurice Pope.
Each year Mr. Adans arranges a
simple but touching remembrance
ceremony at which representatives
of the Canadian Embassy, the RCAF
Air Division in Europe, and local
dignitaries and citizens participate.
This simple act of gratitude springs
spontaneously from the hearts of
the citizens in the area and particu-
larly from the warm heart of Albert
Adans. Following the annual cere-
mony, Mr. Adans is host at a "vin
d'honneur", or reception, for all par-
ticipants at his cafe. (:)
27
NOVEMBER, 1964
 I
National president A/M Hugh Campbell at the rostrum during opening ceremonies
of 15th anniversary convention.

RCAF Association 15th

Anniversary Convention
By FLIGHT LIEUTENANT E. E. BOYD
Photos by CORPORAL DICK SHAW
RCAFA Liaison Officer, P.E.I.

Pscr Edward Islanders dress- "commensurate with Canada's fair Following registration of dele-
rehearsed their royal welcome for share of responsibility"; and passed gates, who came from all 10 pro-
the Queen last month by hosting the several resolutions recommending vinces, in the Charlottetown Hotel
15th anniversary convention of the specific benefits for veterans and on Wednesday, 30 Sept., A/M
RCAF Association. Delegates de- those soon to be retired from the Campbell was host at the president's
parted the scene of their three-day regular forces. reception in the nearby Fathers of
deliberations barely 48 hours before The association's determination Confederation Memorial Centre.
Her Majesty officially opened the to retain a vital voice in Canadian Next morning the convention was
new Fathers of Confederation Build- aviation matters is evidenced by the officially opened in the centre's thea-
ings in Charlottetown. fact that national president-elect ter and the traditional parade to the
In this historic setting close to George Penfold and his 1964-65 cenotaph was followed by a memo-
400 RCAFA members, led by their na- executive now have a newly-created rial service, during which wreaths
tional president A/M Hugh Camp- advisory committee, chaired by were laid by the Hon. W. J. Mac-
bell, CBE (ret.), went on record as their grand president, A/M W. A. Donald, lieutenant-governor of
favouring retention of the separate Curtis, CB, CBE, DSC (ret.) and P.E.I., AIM Campbell, Mr. Pope
identities of the armed forces; main- composed of prominent Canadian McMahan and Mr. Bob Enman,
taining forces in NATO and NORAD businessmen from coast to coast. respective presidents of the host

RCAFA convention delegates parade to Charlottetown cenotaph where PE.I. Lt.

Gov. W. J. MacDonald lays wreath in memory of fallen comrades.
 . No. 201 (Charlottetown)
",, 200 (summcrside). Te
ans id. :hi :
car central.Bag " "#cs"
f rn RCAF Stn. ummers1 e an a
lac ot Royal Canadian Air Cadets
rticipated with RCAFA . 1delegates
•pa the parade an d memoria, .
service.
in During his
idepresident's annual ] re-
port on Thursday, A/M Camp
bell
commended the wings on their
achievements over the past year. He
made specific reference to the new
quarters which a number of the wings
had provided themselves and prais-
ed the wing bulletins for providing
a very important and useful service Group "at homes" are ever-popular RCAF A convention social highlight, featur-
mg local costumes, food and novelties. Top: Quebec Group. Centre: Ontario
in publicizing the functions of the Group. Bottom: Alberta Group.
association on the local level. He
said that it was with great pleasure
that he welcomed two wings, No.
449 (Orillia) and No. 318 (Chi-
coutimi), into the association.
A/M Campbell reported that His
Excellency Governor General G. P.
Vanier "has been graciously pleased
to accept the title of Honorary
Grand President of the Royal Ca-
nadian Air Force Association."
At luncheon on Thursday dele-
gates were guests of Premier Walter
R. Shaw and the province of PE.I.,
then went back to the Confedera-
tion Centre for symposiums on
membership, fund raising and wing
annual programs - chaired by
Messrs. H. M. Bell, G. F. K. Shaw
and L. J. Schedlin, respectively.
Before adjourning for the day, they
attended a briefing on Air Defence
Command by A/C A. C. Hull, DFC,
chief staff officer from ADCHQ, St.
Hubert.
That evening the ballroom of the
Charlottetown Hotel was the scene
of fun and frolic as group "at
homes" were held, featuring food
and novelties peculiar to the differ-
ent areas of Canada. Before retiring
for the night, delegates sang and
danced to the music of Don Mes-
ser's Islanders - Marg Osborne,
Charlie Chamberlain and all the
gang.
Friday morning's business ses-

NOVEMBER, 1964
 Head-table at annual banquet included (L. to r.); A/M Hugh Campbell, RCAFA
national president; the Hon. W. J. MacDonald, PE.I. lieutenant governor; Gen.
Thomas D. White, USAF ret., guest speaker; A/M W. A. Curtis, grand president;
His Worship Mayor A. W. Goudet of Charlottetown; A/VIM E. M. Reyno, 4 ATAF
chief of staff.
sion was followed by a briefing on who spoke on "The Role of an Air base, where two days l:.tr
NATO operations from A/V/M E. M. Force Association." After his ad- Queen arrived in Canada. Thuy
Reyno, AFC, chief of staff at 4 ATAF dress, Gen. White was presented turned to Charlottetown via ~
HQ, Ramstein, Germany; after which with a plaque honouring him as an merside town, Green Gables
RCAF awards were made by A/C G. RCAFA life member, following which the north shore area.
G. Diamond, AFC, acting AMP and the confederation ball got underway. Final event was an info,
chief RCAFA liaison officer from On Saturday morning the final dance sponsored by the host w
Ottawa. His Worship Mayor A. W. business session and election of the on Saturday evening. The del
Goudet and the City of Charlotte- new national executive council were began journeying home by air
town hosted the delegates at lunch- held. Delegates then boarded buses car and train Sunday morning
eon that day before they returned for the 50-mile trip to RCAF Stn. praising the work of convention
for a full afternoon of business ses- Summerside where Mayor W. E. chairmen Pope McMahon and
sions. Jenkins and the Town of Summer- liam Young and their commi
Many prominent Canadians grac- side entertained at luncheon in the from Nos. 200 and 201 Wings.
ed the head table Friday evening at Next year's convention will
officers' mess. During the afternoon held in Regina, Sask. Even the
the association's annual banquet. G/C A. G. Dagg and his staff con- mous western hospitality will
Guest of honour was Gen. Thomas ducted the RCAFA members on a hard-pressed to surpass that e»
D. White, retired USAF chief of staff, tour of this Maritime Air Command ienced in P.E.I. last month.
A/C G. G. Diamond presents RCAF awards to (left) M. Yule, president of No. 404
(Kitchener-Waterloo) "Wing of the Year", and to "Member of the Year" R. Lambert,
No. 252 (Lord Beaverbrook) Wing, Fredericton.
 MAJOR AWARD
WINNERS
GRAND PRESIDENT'S TROPHY
A warded to the wing ( over 150
members) obtaining the greatest
overall percentage increase in mem-
bership for the year: No. 437 (York)
Wing, Toronto.
PRESIDENT'S TROPHY
A warded to the wing (less than
150 members) obtaining the great-
est overall percentage increase in
membership for the year: No. 446
(Brar;+ion) Wing.
VICE PRESIDENT'S TROPHY
Awarded to the wing member
making the greatest contribution to
the national membership drive:
John B. Harvey, No. 437 (York)
Wing, Toronto. A/V/M F. G. Wait, former grand president, makes presentation to G/C A. G.
Dagg, CO of RCAF Stn. Summerside, as national president-elect G. E. Penfold
GROUP EFFICIENCY A WARD and Summerside mayor W. E. Jenkins listen attentively.
Awarded to the group displaying
the greatest efficiency in conduct-
ing the membership drive: Alberta
Group.
1964-65 NATIONAL EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL
Grand President: A/M W. A. Curtis, CB, CBE, osc, Toronto, Ont.
PRESIDENT PENFOLD National President: Mr. George E. Penfold, Don Mills, Ont.
Mr. George Penfold, of Don Vice President: Mr. Herbert M. Bell, Winnipeg, Man.
Mills, Ont., the new RCAFA national Director 1-yr.: Mr. Thomas G. Farmer, North Bay, Ont.
president, joined the RCAF in 1942 Director 1-yr.: Miss Beth Rowand, Edmonton, Alta.
and served as an observer on Coast- Director 2-yrs.: Mr. George A. Ault, QC, Ottawa, Ont.
al Command operations and in Director 2-yrs.: Mr. F. A. Connolly, Fredericton, N.B.
India on transport work until the Director 2-yrs.: Mr. Stanley H. Wootten, Winnipeg, Man.
end of World War IL WD Representative: Miss Catherine L. Fortune, Saint John, N.B.
He joined the RCAFA in 1951 and
was elected to the Ontario group Immediate Past President: AIM Hugh Campbell, CBE, Ottawa,
executive in 1955, serving as pre- Ont.
sident of the group from 1957 to Director, Atlantic Group: Mr. A. T. Goodwin, Moncton, N.B.
1959. He has been an active mem- Director, Quebec Group: Mr. J. H. T. Dinan, Quebec, P.Q.
ber of the national executive coun- Director, Ontario Group: Mr. Leon J. Schedlin, Toronto, Ont.
cil of the association since 1957, Director, Ontario Group: Mr. Donald G. Gillies, Waterloo, Ont.
the last two years as first vice-pre-
Director, Man.-N.W. Ont. Group: Mr. John C. McCullough, Port
sident. He is also a member of the
Ontario provincial committee of the Arthur, Ont.
Air Cadet League of Canada. Director Sask. Group: Mr. Herbert Flook, Yorkton, Sask.
Mr. Penfold is merchant repre- Director Alberta Group: Mr. A. R. Craig, Edmonton, Alta.
sentative of Household Finance
Corporation in Toronto.
31
NOVEMBER, 1964
 GROSTENQUIN CLOSING STATIONS, NOT BASES LIVING IT UP
Dear Sir: Dear Sir: Dear Sir:
There can be no doubt that a good Reference "What Happens to a Com- The slip of a teletype operator's finger
deal of nostalgia attends the closing- munity When an Air Base Closes?" (Sept. brightened the day for headquarters ac-
down of an air base ("What Happens to '64), I was always under the impression counting officers, and ensured rapid ap-
a Community...", Sept. '64.). The times that they were RCAF Stations. Is 'air proval of an airman's claim for interim
of hard work and hard play, the friend- base" now an officially adopted term in lodgings, when this message came in re-
ships that grew, the difficulties that were the Canadian Air Force, or is this due to ply to a query on the entitlement:
overcome, the sorrows that struck deep- ignorance on the part of the ROUNDEL "CPL ... ADVISES DUE TO EX-
ly, are all remembered. Indeed, a great staff? . TENDED PERIOD OF INTERIM
variety of emotions are stirred in all who R. F. M. Mcinnis, LODGINGS THAT WOULD HAVE
have had association with a closing unit. Ottawa, Ont. BEEN REQUIRED HE RENTED FUR-
I believe that No. 2 Wing, Grosten- (The answer is "no" to both questions, NISHED ACCOMMODATION ON 6
quin, established a distinctive place in the - Editor). AUG AND WAS ABLE TO CARRY
history of the RCAF. In an effort to re- ON MORE OR LESS NORMAL LOV-
tain something of this spirit for myself, I WEST COAST CO-OPERATION ING UNTIL HIS PERMANENT AC-
sat down on the deserted airfield one fine COMMODATION BECAME AV AIL-
Dear Sir: ABLE."
morning recently and wrote the accom- Everyone here, including W/C Inglis,
panying piece. Should you decide to print S/L W. A. Bradshaw,
is very pleased with the fine lookmg Directorate of Accounting,
it, please affix only my initials.
spread you gave "Transplant" (Sept. '64) CFHQ, Ottawa, Ont.
Can this be the place where once sound - the photostory on the deployment of
roared- No. 409 Sqn. to Paine last summer.
This silent, sombre swamp where nothing Glad we could be of some help in pro-
moves? WINGED SENTRIES WANTED
viding an interesting story for your pages.
But look- watch birds wheel and soar to The publicity has certainly been a great Dear Sir:
mock us now. help to us and feather in our wind-sock. In a recent issue of the ROUNDEL
Listen- hear a distant cow low softly. John T. Wolcott, you had an article describing a new book
Hear a distant cock crow proudly; 1st Lt, USAF, "Winged Sentries/ Sentinelles de !'Air"
From his dung-heap height Information Officer, written by Mr. John Gordon. I have not
He crows his challenge. Paine Field, Wash. seen this book in any book stores and
He will be here long after we have gone. would appreciate it if you could tell me
But where rings now the sudden, stirring where it can be purchased.
CREW COMMENDED W IC J. E. Goldsmith,
"Scramble Poppa, Scramble!"?
Where echo now the sprinting, frantic Dear Sir: Commanding Officer,
feet With reference to the Oct. '64 edition RCAF Station,
Of crews? the rising whine, the shriek, wherein you publicize the Sovereign's Senneterre, Quebec.
the roar awards to FIL R. W. Cass and Cpl. P. (This book may be purchased for $3.25
Of Orendas pushing comely craft, quick E. Blank for their gallantry during Oper- from Seeley Publishing Co., Ltd., 1231
To slip their surly bonds? ation "Muise" on 20 Feb. '64, prithee St. Catherine St. W, Montreal 25. •
spread the glory in this incident fully! Editor)
Gone. All resounding uproar now has
gone. The remainder of the crew of Albatross
Now nothing can be heard 9308 during this rescue received the first
Except the birds, singing as they soar, Commendations awarded by our newly- ERRATUM
And the certain, everlasting crosswind, appointed Chief of Defence Staff, which
stated, in part: Dear Sir:
Whispering through strangely uncropped Thank you for the complimentary copy
grasses, ".. it is fully appreciated that only of ROUNDEL which contains my article
But vexing no one now. the concerted efforts of the whole crew on Programmed Instruction. ("Machines
enabled the rescue to achieve its suc- or Instructors?" Sept. '64) The cartoons
Soon only shells of buildings will remain;
Rude steel which housed the men cessful and happy climax. The entire accompanying the article are very well
Who wrested pride and glory from the operation exemplified that superb team- done and are most appropriate.
swamp, work which search and rescue oper- Lest some person knowledgeable in the
Who bred a lively spirit in the swamp. ations demand and which, too often, is terminology of P.I. take us to task, I
taken for granted." should like to point out that the proper
The buildings are deserted, they decay:
Long may the spirit Jive! Sgt. Shatterproof must be turning over word in line 12 of para 2 is "mathetics"
Some we must leave behind in Gallic his limbo at such obvious spurning of vice "mathematics". Since the word is not
soil - seven of his beloved "boys in the field" in the dictionary and is unknown outside
They fostered spirit, pride and glory, viz: F/Ls A. W. Chute and D. W. Rho- of P.J. terminology, the mistake is an
too; des, LACs G. 0. Busch, L. E. Erickson, easy one to make.
But now they rest beside the Lorraine C. L. Lavender and J. D. MacDougall - S/L W. H. Farrell,
Hill. of No. 103 RU, Greenwood, N.S. Let us Chief of Training Standards,
They rest. spare that old warrior further vertigo Central Officers School,
They will be here long after we have and affirm that the entire crew's effort RCAF Stn. Centralia, Ont.
gone. was not taken for granted. (The spelling in S/L Farrell's original
F/L K. M. Morgan, manuscript was correct. We erred in
A.J.B. RCAF Records Office. changing it. Editor.)
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 The Boston and its fighter variant, the Havoc, were used

ANRCRAFT as night intruders when such operations were still in the

experimental stage. No. 418 Sqn. operated them from

A(U
w]+ March 1942 until July 1943, when they were entirely
replaced by Mosquitos. Other Bostons were flown as medium
bombers over France and North Africa, where many Cana-
dians became acquainted with the type.
Early versions of the Boston Ill had four .303 machine
guns in the nose and twin hand-operated machine guns in
the dorsal and ventral positions. Later models had the
armament supplemented with a tray in the belly mounting
four 20 mm. cannon. Power was two Wright Cyclones of
1,600 h.p. each, giving a top speed of 304 mph. Wing
span was 61 feet 4 inches, length 47 feet, and loaded
weight 25,000 lbs.
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