Civil Engineers Memorial

• NATIONAL HISTORIC
  CIVIL ENGINEERING SITE
  
  BRITISH COMMOWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN
  No. 6 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL - DUNNVILLE
  
  A TRIBUTE TO CANADA'S CIVIL ENGINEERS WHO,
  BETWEEN 1940 AND 1943, WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR
  THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF 88 AIRFIELDS
  AND 88 RELIEF FIELDS, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE
  REQUISITE INFRASTRUCTURE.
  
  THE AIRFIELDS WERE REQUIRED BY THE BRITISH
  COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN WHICH
  TRAINED MORE THAN 250,000 PERSONNEL, OF
  WHOM 131,000 WERE AIRCREW, FOR THE ALLIED
  WAR EFFORT, THIS FIELD, DUNNVILLE AIRPORT,
  WAS THE SITE OF NO. 6 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING
  SCHOOL.
  
  CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR
  CIVIL ENGINEERING
• SITE HISTORIQUE NATIONAL
  DE GÈNIE CIVIL
  
  BRITISH COMMOWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN
  No. 6 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL - DUNNVILLE
  
  HOMMAGE AUX INGÈNIEURES CIVILES DU CANADA,
  QUI ENTRE LES ANNÉES 1940 ET 1943, ÉTAIENT
  RÉSPONSABLES POUR LA CONCEPTION ET
  L'ÉTABLISSEMENT DE 88 TERRAINS D'AVIATIONS ET
  DE 88 TERRAINS SUPPLEMÉNTAIRES, ANSI QUE
  TOUTE L'INFRASTRUCTURE REQUISE.
  
  LES TERRAINS D'AVIATION ÉTAIENT REQUIS PAR LE
  BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, QUI A
  ENTRAINÉ U-DELÀ DE 250,000 PERSONNELS,
  DÈSQUELS 131,000 FASSAIENT PARTIE DU PILOTAGE
  POUR L'APPUI ALLIÉ DE LA GUERRE. CE TERRAIN,
  L'AÉROPORT DUNNVILLE, ÉTAIT LE SITE DE L'ÉCOLE
  DE VOL DE BASE, No. 6 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING
  SCHOOL.
  
  SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE
  DE GÉNIE CIVIL

2003