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The R.C.A.F. in Saint John

Accommodations

One of the pilots of the 118th C.A.C.Since there was only a hangar at Millidgeville and no barracks, the men either lived at home or rented rooms over most of the city's centre. Gordon LaRocque, who arrived in Saint John with the 2nd A.C., was responsible for transporting the airmen from the SMT bus terminal on King St. to the airport in Millidgeville. Officers of the unit stayed at the Admiral Beatty Hotel and were taken to the airport by staff drivers.



New HangarIn 1941, a new hangar and a barracks administration building were completed at the southern end of the airfield, with the main entrance off the Boar's Head Road. Barracks were built on the other side of Millidgeville Ave., opposite of the municipal hangar. The new barracks housed the army personnel (Cape Breton Highlanders who guarded the airport) and the airmen. The hangar is now the home to Waypak Inc., formerly Wayside Industries located on Woodward Ave.



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