On September 27, 2025, I emailed the Municipality of Eastern Charlotte’s council to request the installation of a veterans’ sidewalk near the St. George Post Office. After all, other communities throughout the Province of New Brunswick have done the same, and it was time for us, all of us, to step up and once again pay […]
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The period between May 18, 1942 and August 31, 1942 was a complex and confusing time for the Pennfield Ridge Air Station (PRAS) – No. 2 Air Navigation School (ANS) ceased operations May 30th; No. 34 Operational Training Unit (OTU) moved here on a “temporary” basis from Yarmouth, NS between May 18th and May 27th […]
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Since September 24, 1989, I have been researching many of the local family lines from Pennfield Parish, namely Barry, Bates, Best, Crickard, Cross, Dunbar, Eldridge, Gillespie, Hawkins, Hunter, Jack, Justason, McDowell, McKay, Mealey, Nodding, Paul, Spear, Tatton, Thompson, Trynor, Wadlin, Wright & Young. Through this genealogical research I became very intimate with A-30 Canadian Infantry […]
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This Christmas would see a dual celebration of sorts – Pennfield Ridge and Yarmouth, NS. At “the Ridge”, the airmen remaining on the Station were served with Christmas Dinner and refreshments by the Officers in accordance with the usual custom. At Yarmouth however, their Christmas Dinner, also served by the Officers, saw nearly 600 men, […]
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Daily Routine Orders (DROs) for No.34 Operational Training Unit (O.T.U.) were issued each day in two parts, Part I for Administration and Part II for Personnel. These documents cover the entire history of the Royal Air Force (RAF!) Unit from 16 April 1942 until 19 May 1942, broken down as follows: No.34 O.T.U., Yarmouth, NS […]
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By Geraldine Leavitt, Community Contributor The Junior Ladies Auxiliary, St. Croix Br. #9 of The Royal Canadian Legion, met in the St. Stephen Legion hall, Sunday, Oct. 5 at 1 p.m. for the regular monthly meeting with President Anne Brown in the chair. The meeting opened in usual format. Roll was called by Secretary Geraldine […]
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The pilots came from British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) schools in Calgary and Claresholm, AB; Saskatoon, SK and Carberry, MB; and the Wireless Operators/Air Gunners (WOAGs) from schools in Claresholm & Lethbridge, AB; Dafoe, SK; Paulson, MB and Jarvis, ON. On July 4th, 1942 at 11.30 hours, after journeying from No.33 EFTS, Carberry, MB […]
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I have been researching the history of the former Pennfield Ridge Air Station since 26-January-2007, and one of my mandates is “To disseminate information by way of lectures, pictures and discussions, and by radio, T.V., internet, newspapers, festivals, and other means to awaken the general public interest”. One of ways I achieve my objective(s) is […]
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On April 8, 1942 the M/S Batory, with approx. 55 officers and 700 airmen, sailed from Gourock, Scotland to establish No.34 Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (Canada), one of the four OTUs established in Canada during World War II. Sailing into Halifax Harbour on the evening of April 16th one airman, recalling […]
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