{"id":3724,"date":"2009-02-25T21:00:34","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T03:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=3724"},"modified":"2019-02-02T19:03:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T00:03:17","slug":"3724","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=3724","title":{"rendered":"Lixing-l\u00e8s-Saint-Avold and Lelling, France"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below are a couple of scenes from Lelling and Lixing-l\u00e8s-Saint-Avold in France; both are small towns located near Grostenquin — one of four RCAF air force bases established in Europe during the Cold War. The four were formed as part of Canada’s air defense commitment to NATO — though their existence was rather short lived. Grostenquin itself opened in 1952 and closed twelve years later after a dispute with France over nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

My mom (who lived in Grostenquin) will enjoy this website [link no longer available] (one of the many school photos may contain her smiling face). As well, she’ll be interested to know that this summer in Cornwallis, NS there is a 2(F) Wing RCAF Grostenquin Family Reunion (August 28 – 30, 2009).<\/p>\n