David Hornell Gallery
Municipality/Province: Etobicoke, ON
Memorial number: 35021-018
Type: Display
Address: 32 Victoria Street
Location: David Hornell Public School
GPS coordinates: Lat: 43.6190807 Long: -79.4883892
Submitted by: David Hornell Public School
Photo credit: David Hornell Public School
David Ernest Hornell was born in Toronto, Ontario on 26 January 1910. In 1941 he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force, qualified as a pilot and was commissioned in 1942. Flight Lieutenant Hornell was the first member of the Royal Canadian Air Force to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
The David Hornell Gallery was dedicated on 11 November 1999.
On the right wall of the gallery:
1. Photo of Avro Lancaster aircraft.
2. Photo of school coat-of-arms with Victoria Cross and an eagle representing the Royal Canadian Air Force.
3. Stamp Plate Proof – in 2004, Canada Post created two postage stamps in honour the Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross. The 49¢ stamps mark the 150th anniversary of the award and its first Canadian recipient. The center of the commemorative stamp plate proof lists all Canadians who have been awarded the Victoria Cross and is surrounded by images of the original Victoria Cross stamp and the new Canadian version of the Victoria Cross stamp.)
4. Painting of David Hornell in uniform by Dunsmore Saint, 1999.
5. Victoria Cross.
6. David Hornell Gallery Plaque.
7. Photo of Avro Lancaster aircraft.
8. “VC Attack” painting, by Graham Wragg in 1984 - illustrates Flight Lieutenant David Hornell’s valiant attack on a U-Boat during the Battle of the Atlantic.
9. History of Avro Lancaster aircraft.
10. Citation for David Hornell's Victoria Cross.
11. Royal Canadian Air Cadets Badge.
On the left wall of the gallery:
1. Painting of Flight of Mary K - 1944 by artist Robert (last name illegible).
2. The London Gazette article dated 25 July 1944 recounting actions for which David Hornell received a Victoria Cross, charcoal sketch of David Hornell by Malina in 1988.
3. Painting of David Hornell in uniform by
4. Consolidated Canso article on David Hornell.
5. Toronto Daily Star article dated 28 July 1944 announcing David Hornell's posthumous Victoria Cross.
Inscription found on memorial
DAVID HORNELL
GALLERY
Dedicated
November 11, 1999
Street view
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