R.C.A.F. Second World War Memorial Statue

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THE AIRCREW MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

THIS MEMORIAL STATUE IS TO HONOR CANADIANS WHO HAVE
SERVED THEIR COUNTRY AS AIRCREW OF THE ARMED FORCES
OF CANADA AND ITS ALLIES, AND IN PARTICULAR THE 17,000
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II.

CETTE STATUE A ÉTÉ ÉRIGÉE AFIN D'HONORER LES CANADIENS
QUI ONT SERVI LEUR PAYS COMME MEMBRES DES FORCES DE
L'AIR DU CANADA ET DE SES ALLIÉS, ET EN PARTICULIER LES
17,000 D'ENTRE EUX QUI ONT DONNÉ LEUR VIE DURANT LA
SECONDE GUERRE MONDIALE.

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MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS
MEMORIAL STATUE PROJECT:
MR. GORDON HUGHES
MR. ARTHUR VAUGHAN
EUROCOPTER CANADA
14 WING, GREENWOOD, N.S.

THE AIRCREW MEMORIAL
ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE

PRESIDENT MAJ C.J. DUNBAR, CD
VICE PRES. AUBREY SUTHERLAND, F.O.
TREASURER ROY LOOMER, F.O.
SECRETARY DAVE WATERBURY, DFC

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A TIME FOR COURAGE

...AND WHAT OF THE AIRCREW, THE FLYERS, THE ONES WHO LEFT
THEIR BURNT BONES OVER ALL EUROPE? IN THOSE YOUNG MEN WE
MAY DISCERN THE MANY FACES OF COURAGE, THE CONSTITUTION
OF HEROES, IN LONELY COCKPITS AT DIZZY ALTITUDES.

...QUARTERING THE TREACHEROUS AND LIMITLESS SEA,
SEARCHING THE DESERTS HOSTILE GLARE,...BRUSHING THE PEAKS OF HIGH MOUNTAINS,...IN THE FEROCITY OF LOW LEVEL ATTACK,
OR THE LONG, TENSE HAUL OF A BOMBING MISSION... IN FOG,...IN
DEADLY COLD, IN STORM,...ON FIRE,...IN A PRISON CAMP, IN A SKIN
GRAFTING HOSPITAL. THERE WAS NO PROUDER PLACE OR TIME...
NONE DESERVING MORE HONOR THAN THIS,...A TIME FOR COURAGE.
JOHN TERRAINE