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West Selkirk AirmanMetz, b ranee — Throughout the night and day, young airmen and airwomen sit in a darkened operations room, their eyes glued to radar scopes. In clear, precise tones they speak to radar plotters, giving the approximate height, speed and direction of aircraft which appear on their screens as white “blips” or echoes.These airmen and airwomen are fighter control operators. members of No 61 Aircraft Control and WarningSquadron, the RCAF Air Di- j ~''n w-................... .......Vi,ion's r,dar unit at Meu operation In July. 1955, juaxOne of these fighter con-, s*x m°nths after the first ho-trol operators serving here in tes were du8 the ground, , Europe is Leading Aircrafts-■ anlt;* since then has carried man Garry S. Campbell, 24- out ‘ts j°b °f surveillance and year-old son of Mrs. Kather- amcraft control, 24 hours-a-ine Campbell of 309 Stanley every day of the year, avenue, West Selkirk Fighter control operators!! like LAC Campbell work on a IHe is married to the for- three-shift basis, six days in I mer Margaret Stewart daugh- j succession, and are then gi-1 ter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie ven three days off. They Stewart of Deep River, Ont., spend between 30 to 40 mi-a former airwoman who ser nutes at the radar scopes at ved with him as a fighter a time, keeping known air-control operator prior to! craft under constant watch their marriage. -ind assisting in directing jetBom in Cloverdale and edu- j fighters on interceptions o f; cated at West Selkirk, he j unknown aircraft, joined the RCAF in 1954, was Since coming to Europe, trained as a fighter control! LAC Campbell and Mrs. operator at RCAF Station Campbell have taken advan-Clinton, Ont., and served at I tage of the travel opportuni-1 RCAF Stations Foymount,; ties existing here to visit! Ont., and Senneterre, P.Q,,jsuch countries as Belgium, prior to his European assign- Holland, Germany, Luxem-ment in 1958. burg. Switzerland and Eng-This radar squadron, the land and plan to visit other only such RCAF unit located: European lands prior to their outside Canada, swung into return to Canada.
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Selkirk Enterprise
Selkirk, Manitoba, CA
Wed, Feb 03, 1960
Page 6
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