This memorial, erected by the Polish Home Army Ex-Servicemen's Association of Canada, is dedicated to the memory of Canadian airmen who flew with the Polish Home Army while flying support missions during the Second World War. The stele was unveiled in 1964, and the small additional plaque in 1995.
The large plaque has four symbols on the left edge: Maple leaf, Polish eagle, Royal Canadian Air Force crest and Polish Home Army crest. Items were added on the right edge of the plaque in 1995 when the airmen were posthumously awarded a Polish decoration: a bronze replica of the Polish Home Army Cross and a small plaque with inscription.
Ottawa, Ontario
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"TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE"
"SURVIVRE DANS LES COEURS DE CEUX QU' ON AURA QUITTES
CE N' EST PAS MOURIR"
(THOMAS CAMPBELL)
THIS IS TO EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE AND ADMIRATION WHICH
LIVES IN THE HEARTS OF FORMER SOLDIERS OF THE
POLISH HOME ARMY FOR THE VALIANT CANADIAN AIRMEN:
EN TEMOIGNAGE DE GRATITUDE ET D' ADMIRATION, DU FOND
DU COEUR DES ANCIENS SOLDATS DE L' ARMÉE DE LA RESISTANCE
POLONAISE AUX VAILLANTS AVIATEURS CANADIENS:
F/L C.A. BEANLAND 5. 8. 1944
F/L A.R. BLYNN 5. 8. 1944
F/O H.L. BROWN 5. 8. 1944
P/O D.N. CARTER 17. 8. 1944
P/O G.A. CHAPMAN 5. 8. 1944
F/L A.F. FORBES 30. 08. 1944
P/O J.J.R.T. GODIN 6. 1. 1944
F/O T. GORAK 30. 8. 1944
P/O T. GORAK 30. 8. 1944
P/O N.E. HUGHES-GAMES 28. 9. 1944
P/O R.K. JACK 30. 8. 1944
F/O B.I. KALHEIM 30. 8. 1944
SGT V.J.L. LEBANO 30. 9. 1942
FS A.G.W. LIDDELL 5. 8. 1944
F/O G.D. Mac RAE 5. 8. 1944
F/S T.A. McDOWELL 20. 4. 1943
FS W.B. NESS 18. 8. 1943
FS A.E. NICKERSON 11. 7. 1942
P/O O.A. O'LEARY 18. 8. 1943
FS T.A. PURVIS 30. 8. 1944
SGT H.M. ROBERTSON 30. 4. 1942
P/O J.D. SMITH 18. 12. 1944
F/O A. STIENSTRA 17. 8. 1944
SGT P.F.J. SYKES 6. 1. 1944
F/O B.V.L. VEIRA, DFC 29. 12. 1943
P/O R.J. WESTGATE 11. 7. 1942
FS C.B. WYLIE 5. 8. 1944
WHO FELL OVER POLAND WHILE FLYING SUPPORT MISSIONS
DURING WORLD WAR II AND IN PARTICULAR DURING THE
UPRISING AIMED AT LIBERATION OF THE CITY OF WARSAW
FROM NAZI OCCUPATION IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1944.
QUI DONNERENT LEUR VIE DURANT LES MISSIONS DE VOL
AU-DESSUS DE LA POLOGNE PENDANT LA II-E GUERRE
MONDIALE ET SURTOUT EN AOUT ET SEPTEMBRE 1944, POUR
SECOURIR LES INSURGES POLONAIS QUI TENTERENT DE
LIBERER VARSOVIE DE L'OCCUPATION NAZIE.
THE POLISH HOME ARMY EX-SERVICEMEN'S ASSOCIATION IN CANADA.
L'ASSOCIATION DES ANCIENS COMBATTANTS DE LA RESISTANCE POLONAISE AU CANADA.
1964
T. SLESICKI
"SURVIVRE DANS LES COEURS DE CEUX QU' ON AURA QUITTES
CE N' EST PAS MOURIR"
(THOMAS CAMPBELL)
THIS IS TO EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE AND ADMIRATION WHICH
LIVES IN THE HEARTS OF FORMER SOLDIERS OF THE
POLISH HOME ARMY FOR THE VALIANT CANADIAN AIRMEN:
EN TEMOIGNAGE DE GRATITUDE ET D' ADMIRATION, DU FOND
DU COEUR DES ANCIENS SOLDATS DE L' ARMÉE DE LA RESISTANCE
POLONAISE AUX VAILLANTS AVIATEURS CANADIENS:
F/L C.A. BEANLAND 5. 8. 1944
F/L A.R. BLYNN 5. 8. 1944
F/O H.L. BROWN 5. 8. 1944
P/O D.N. CARTER 17. 8. 1944
P/O G.A. CHAPMAN 5. 8. 1944
F/L A.F. FORBES 30. 08. 1944
P/O J.J.R.T. GODIN 6. 1. 1944
F/O T. GORAK 30. 8. 1944
P/O T. GORAK 30. 8. 1944
P/O N.E. HUGHES-GAMES 28. 9. 1944
P/O R.K. JACK 30. 8. 1944
F/O B.I. KALHEIM 30. 8. 1944
SGT V.J.L. LEBANO 30. 9. 1942
FS A.G.W. LIDDELL 5. 8. 1944
F/O G.D. Mac RAE 5. 8. 1944
F/S T.A. McDOWELL 20. 4. 1943
FS W.B. NESS 18. 8. 1943
FS A.E. NICKERSON 11. 7. 1942
P/O O.A. O'LEARY 18. 8. 1943
FS T.A. PURVIS 30. 8. 1944
SGT H.M. ROBERTSON 30. 4. 1942
P/O J.D. SMITH 18. 12. 1944
F/O A. STIENSTRA 17. 8. 1944
SGT P.F.J. SYKES 6. 1. 1944
F/O B.V.L. VEIRA, DFC 29. 12. 1943
P/O R.J. WESTGATE 11. 7. 1942
FS C.B. WYLIE 5. 8. 1944
WHO FELL OVER POLAND WHILE FLYING SUPPORT MISSIONS
DURING WORLD WAR II AND IN PARTICULAR DURING THE
UPRISING AIMED AT LIBERATION OF THE CITY OF WARSAW
FROM NAZI OCCUPATION IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1944.
QUI DONNERENT LEUR VIE DURANT LES MISSIONS DE VOL
AU-DESSUS DE LA POLOGNE PENDANT LA II-E GUERRE
MONDIALE ET SURTOUT EN AOUT ET SEPTEMBRE 1944, POUR
SECOURIR LES INSURGES POLONAIS QUI TENTERENT DE
LIBERER VARSOVIE DE L'OCCUPATION NAZIE.
THE POLISH HOME ARMY EX-SERVICEMEN'S ASSOCIATION IN CANADA.
L'ASSOCIATION DES ANCIENS COMBATTANTS DE LA RESISTANCE POLONAISE AU CANADA.
1964
T. SLESICKI
THESE CANADIAN AIRMEN WERE
POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE POLISH HOME ARMY CROSS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND, LECH WALENSA. 1995
CES AVIATEURS CANDIENS SE SONT VU D/CERNÉ, À TITRE POSTHUME, LA CROIX PLOONAISE DE L`ARMÉE INTÉRIEURE, SUR LA DÉCISION DU PRÉSIDENT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE PLLOGNE, LECH WALENSA. 1995
(Polish/polonaise)
KANADYJSCY LOTNICY, NAZWISKA
KTORYCH PODANE SA NA
TABLICY, ZOSTALI ODZNACNENI
POSMIERTNIE KRZYZEM ARMII
KRAJOWEJ PRZEZ PREZYDENTA
RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ POLSKIEJ
LECHA WALESE.
1995
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Location
Polish Home Army - Canadian Airmen Memorial
Elgin Street and Laurier Avenue
Ottawa
Ontario
Polish Home Army - Canadian Airmen Memorial
Elgin Street and Laurier Avenue
Ottawa
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 45.4219972
Long. -75.6921734
Lat. 45.4219972
Long. -75.6921734
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