The Canadian Forces Memorial was dedicated on September 28, 1974, to honour those serving and those who have served with the Canadian Forces.
The CF-100 first flew in January 1950 and was the first Canadian designed and built twin turbine engines interceptor aircraft. It was the 1946 brainchild of Edgar Atkin, Avro's Chief Engineer, and John Frost, a designer from de Havilland in England. For thirty years the Clunk, as it was known, served the Canadian Air Force. Belgium was the only other country to use CF-100s.
