Jan Aldrich:
In April 1952 there was another
nationwide air defense alert caused by
contrails seen in Alaska and contacts coming in over the Atlantic.
General Chidlaw wrote an after action report "Next Time the Real
Thing." The GOC magazine Aircraft Flash had a
sanitized version. The history of the ADC had a copy of this
report but the quality of the microfilm was so poor that it was very
hard to read. Robert Todd to the rescue. He had a file with copies made
off of the microfilm and must have puzzled over it for a long time
probably
ruining his eye sight, but he type up and left us a legible copy that I
just found (May 24, 2009) in another of his files. The report shows
what a low level of readiness the ADC had in early 1952.
Duration: About 2258 16 April to 0540 17
April
