Great story tj! Thank you for your service and sharing your story, especially about the dedicated young crew chief who was in danger of frostbite or even worse, losing body parts in that frigid temperature. The RCAF had WEE (Winter Experimental Establishments) bases early in the Cold War to determine best practices to be able to keep up a high operational tempo no matter the weather conditions as it was expected the USSR would be sending their bombers over the Arctic. The bitterly cold conditions at these bases in Winter prompted one wag to write a tongue-in-cheek poem pertaining to the loss of a certain body part due to frostbite.

Now listen all you hangar men,
who've never seen the North,
You've sat upon your buttocks
and watched us sally forth,
Now when the next time comes around,
you'll have to show your face,
For those that went up last time
are going to stay at base.
Singing--who'll go up this time?
Who'll go the noo?
The boys who went up last time
canna go a noo.

Written by Frank Phripp