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The Multiple Missions Stack up In EXIT 18, HWY 101 The Wilmot Centre MIDDLETON, N.S. Specializing in VW, Audi & BMW repairs 902 www.parsonsmotors.ca www.amysembroidery.ca 825-3471 13640 HIGHWAY #1 • 902-825-3455 No job is too large or too small for Amy's www.connellchryslerdodge.com the Vol. 38 No. 24 AuroraJUNE 19, 2017 NO CHARGE www.auroranewspaper.com Multiple missions stack up in mid- Atlantic SAR Sara Keddy, tion, he was trying to compose 14 Wing Public Affairs himself. He was in the mid- Atlantic, no one around him. A 14 Wing Greenwood He is a seasoned sailor and he CC130 Hercules rescue crew knew what his situation was.” thought the sailor aboard a Mervyn Wheatley and his foundering sailboat below boat, the Tamarind, was just might have been sick, stressed one of fi ve contacts in a mul- and ill from tiple rescue adrenalin and ‘Rescue aircraft, mission June 8 salt water. and 9, in itself “He came up rescue aircraft. described as on radio, and he This is Tamarind. “quite the dan- was struggling dy” by the Joint to talk to us: one It’s great to have Rescue Coordi- word, stop, a nation Centre From left are Queen Mary 2 Captain Chris Wells, 413 (Transport and Rescue) Squadron pilot Captain Jonathan few more words, you overtop again.’ dispatcher. Bregman and rescued sailor Mervyn Wheatley; meeting on the bridge of the Queen Mary 2 June 13. Submitted then stop,” says Five vessels 413 (Transport and Rescue) ended up in trouble mid-way nel manning multiple missions that boat in radio contact with was no contact with him.” response. Squadron pilot Captain Jona- through a trans-Atlantic race, - were paramount. JRCC, the Hercules stayed on Three hours into the fl ight, “The boat was as far as you than Bregman. “Apparently, creating a cascade of response Bregman’s crew left Green- target to fi nd Wheatley, report- news of a third boat in dis- could be from Canada, in the he was keeping busy, hand from Canada, the United King- wood after the 1 a.m. June 9 edly 800 nautical miles east of tress was dispatched, but middle of a storm and violent pumping water, and he heard dom and Portugal. 14 Wing call out. Within 30 minutes, St. John’s. the Hercules kept on to the ocean. We arrived on scene us on the radio and was sud- Greenwood’s search and res- they had news of a second “He could have been way Tamarind, aiming to get JRCC and could pick up Wheatley’s denly so overcome with emo- cue aircraft – and the person- vessel in trouble but, with worse,” Bregman says. “There any information to help it triage emergency beacon, so we Continued on page 3... Taylor tthehe frontfront pagepage Maclellan 573 MAIN ST. OPEN TUES KINGSTON THRU SUNDAY Cochrane This premium 902-765-4762 11AM-8PM TMC LAWYERS advertising space should Making Service A Matter of Practice Since 1835 have been yours! 643 Main Street, Kingston 902-242-6156 | www.tmcLAW.com Call 902-765-1494 local 5833 L U N C H D I N N E R D R I N K S to find out how. Page 2 June 19, 2017 the Aurora | 14 Wing Greenwood, NS the Aurora | 14 Wing Greenwood, NS June 19, 2017 Page 3 Multiple SAR weekend... ...cover ceilings ragged between 800 and 1200 ASL, and rain. It did a little search at 800 feet. didn’t sound great,” Clark says. The whitecaps were bigger The aircraft was initially than him. It was rough. We tasked to locate and provide fi nally saw him; then he disap- updates on the distressed 14 Wing bandmaster Warrant Officer Jeff Campbell June 4 leads the military and The Kingston Elementary School Choir, under the direction of Kitty Howse. peared.” sailing vessel Happy, with two retired members, plus community volunteers, who have made music together as the bas band for 75 years. Able to make radio contact sailors aboard coping with a and keep the Tamarind in in- broken mast. termittent sight, the Hercules “We fl ew down to 300 feet to attempted multiple fl y-bys to try and get a photo pass done 14 Wing band celebrates 75 years drop supplies. The boat had but, with the rough sea state Alison Campbell atmosphere was celebratory, rated with the Kingston El- rolled in the night, destroying and it being a white ship, we as the band refl ected back on ementary School Choir, under its windows, with heavy dam- would usually only be able to From the second flight of a 14 Wing Greenwood search and rescue Hercules June 10, the struggling Tamarind The spirit and sound of the its long history and the spirit of the direction of Kitty Howse, age to the mast and steering. see it out the window just as tucks under the Queen Mary 2. Captain P. McBean, 413 (Transport and Rescue) Squadron 14 Wing Greenwood Band volunteerism which has always and the sound of children’s “Wheatley was worried his it was about to pass by. We moving to assist the Tamarind, 12.2 operational fl ying hours, By this point, JRCC had Mary 2 made a port call in resonated from the Beaman been at the heart of the band. voices ringing out from the radio was going to give out, climbed up above the clouds and sent regular updates to the Aurora landed in Gander. identifi ed multiple other ves- Halifax, Bregman was there, Bandstand June 4, as the band The 14 Wing band is a unique bandstand added greatly to the so we tried to drop three. The and set up in a wide, slow JRCC. sels in the area: the Labrador, hoping to meet Wheatley. marked its 75th anniversary ensemble, made up serving feeling of celebration. wind was so strong, they never orbit. We were able to stay in “When we arrived on scene, Bringing in back-up and the cruise ship Queen “Most of the time, we with an outdoor public concert. and retired military members The June 4 concert opened seemed to drop: they just blew good communication with the he sounded so pleasant and Meanwhile, in St. John’s, Mary 2 now making its way never see the people we The 14 Wing band traces and musicians from the com- this summer’s free outdoor straight away.” sailors and explained, although calm about it: ‘My windows the returning Hercules went to the scene. When the Queen help again – this was my its roots to 1942, when Brit- munity, all of whom volunteer series hosted by the Village of The Hercules also tried to we’re out of sight, we’re right are stoved in, but there are through servicing and fueling, Mary 2 arrived, Wheatley fi rst time. I actually moved a ish airmen founded the band to support the wing and the Kingston. Throughout June, drop two sets of two sea overhead and minutes away.” pillows in them to block the and Bregman’s crew headed radioed he was going to “run work shift to be here,” Breg- to support military events at community through music. July and August, many other rescue kits, which each have JRCC asked the merchant water,’ he said, then went on to a hotel– now about 4 p.m., into” the ship. McBean says man said. then-RAF Station Greenwood. As a special treat, the band musical groups will perform a radio kit inside, also to no vessel Kyshiro to support, to say that ‘sometimes a wave the end of a 15-hour stint and the Queen May 2 assured At Pier 22, Bregman spoke Aircraftman Tyndall was the was invited former bandmaster at Centennial Park. avail. Winds were gusting to 75 and the Aurora assisted her would knock the pillows into a 10-hour operational call. Wheatley, “That’s OK, we’ve to the shore crew, identifying band’s fi rst bandmaster. The Chief Warrant Offi cer (retired) The 14 Wing band will also knots, with a 15-metre wave, in getting to the contact. All the ship,’ but he was doing They knew the mission was hit worse.” The Queen Mary 2 himself. As the ship docked, 14 Wing band has now been Erle Dolsen of Berwick to continue to support many 9+ sea state and heavy rain. told: about six hours of SAR alright.” still “dynamic,” with fi ve boats used its dwarfi ng size to block the captain’s secretary came serving both military and ci- conduct the fi rst piece on the community and military events The Hercules stayed on support. As the Labrador closed on now in distress, and they’d the waves for the Tamarind, down to fetch him, taking vilian activities here in the program. Dolsen, now 95, was this summer. Look for them at the Tamarind for close to two Around 7:15 p.m., the Au- the Tamarind, it made several likely be heading back out. launched a rescue boat and him directly to the bridge to Annapolis Valley for 75 years. bandmaster in Greenwood Canada 150 celebrations, the hours, before it had to leave rora arrived over Happy and, close passes in an attempt to The second Hercules crew, picked up Wheatley. meet Wheatley and Queen To mark this occasion, the from 1962 to 1972. He led this Kingston Steer BBQ parade, for St. John’s. A Portuguese with sophisticated sensors, it come alongside. Severe wave led by Major Richard Kin- “We could see from the air, Mary 2 Captain Chris Wells.
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