category Saturday
“The Hut” as it was called, was the pilot’s leisure centre in Abbotsford proper. The building itself was donated by Abbotsford real estate owners and up kept by donations. Most weeks had at least one event going on at the… Continue Reading →
Saturday afternoons a local Catholic priest would travel over from Abbotsford to preform confessions at the station. This suggests that the majority of the pilots weren’t Catholic, as there was a specific station pastor, who was not Catholic. Rather than… Continue Reading →
With military hierarchy fully intact in the station, the officers had their own food hall. Granted it took nearly a year of the stations life for it to be built, but it was eventually done nonetheless. The mess was open… Continue Reading →
Trainees were expected to be in good physical condition, both for air force regulations and to handle the rigors of wartime aviation. This meant daily workouts and calisthenics classes were a minimum. Besides these trainees were highly encouraged to participate… Continue Reading →