408 Goose Squadron Memorial Cairn

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THIS MONUMENT HONOURS THOSE WHO SERVED WITH
408 (GOOSE) SQUADRON DURING WORLD WAR TWO
AND SALUTES THE SQUADRON’S UNIQUE POST-WAR
CONTRIBUTIONS, AT HOME AND ABROAD, AS DEPICTED
ON EACH FACE OF THE MEMORIAL.

CE MONUMENT HONORE TOUS QUI ONT SERVI DANS
L’ESCADRILLE 408 (GOOSE) DURANT LA DEUXIEME GUERRE
MONDIALE. IL SALUE AUSSI LA CONTRIBUTION UNIQUE DE
L’ESCADRILLE DEPUIS LA FIN DE LA GUERRE, CHEZ NOUS ET
A L’ÉTRANGER, COMME L’ILLUSTRE CHACUNE DE SES FACES.

"...AND THEY SHALL BEAT THEIR
SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES..."
ISAIAH 2,4

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ESCADRILLE 408 SQUADRON

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"...BUT THE MAN WHO
CAN MOST TRULY BE
ACCOUNTED BRAVE IS HE
WHO BEST KNOWS
THE MEANING OF WHAT
IS SWEET IN LIFE
AND WHAT IS TERRIBLE
AND THEN GOES OUT,
UNDETERRED, TO MEET
WHAT IS TO COME..."
PERICLES

SUCH WERE THE 936
CASUALTIES OF
408 SQUADRON
IN WORLD WAR II
1941 - 1945.

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FEW AIRMEN IN THE
HISTORY OF PEACETIME
FLYING OPERATIONS HAVE
UNDERTAKEN AND
ACHIEVED THE ARDUOUS
AND DEMANDING SERIES
OF TASKS REQUIRED TO
COMPLETE THE AERIAL
PHOTOGRAPHY AND
GEODETIC SURVEY
NECESSARY FOR THE
COMPLETION OF THE
MAPPING OF CANADA.

TO THE GROUND AND AIR
CREWS OF 408 SQUADRON
1949 - 1957
SALUTE
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA