Well, yesterday was a beautiful clear day which allowed the Legion to carry out a parade and service to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the actions of Charles S. Rutherford in 1918. For the first time in I don’t know how long, the day went off without even as much as a rain shower, clear all day. A couple of clouds loomed while we were preparing to get underway but they moved on.
I was really pleased to learn that the group from CFB Trenton, the 429 Transport Squadron, is now liasoned with the Branch. That means that any time we’re looking for some support with a project we’re doing like parades or presentations to the school children we can call on them. The 429 Transport Squadron was first formed in 1942 and has eight battle honours from WW2.
They were briefly disbanded and absorbed into 436 Transport Squadron until last year when it was stood up to look after the Globemaster III planes the government bought to provide heavy lift capability when our forces are deployed around the world.
I digress from the commemoration service, I’ll post my remarks from the service in another post.