Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial
Municipality/Province: Dunnville, ON
Memorial number: 35019-034
Type: Aircraft - Harvard, slabs, plaque, paving bricks, benches, flags
Address: 536 Port Maitland Road
Location: No. 6 RCAF Dunnville Museum
GPS coordinates: Lat: 42.8785539 Long: -79.586584
Submitted by: Pat Logan
Photo credit: Tim Laye, Ontario War Memorials
This memorial was dedicated by the No. 6 RCAF Dunnville Museum in July 2004, to the 47 men who lost their lives while training at No. 6 Service Flying Training School. The 10th Anniversary, July 3, 2009, saw the first dedication of 85 memorial bricks, four memorial benches, stones with the lists of names of those lost at Hagersville and Jarvis bases, and a rededication of the entire memorial.
Each year the ceremony includes the dedication of new memorial bricks and the rededication of the memorial. This large monument is situated on what was the parade grounds when No. 6 was an operational base. Flowers and coloured stones are shaped in the form of the Royal Canadian Air Force Crest. The top portion is shaped like a crown, in the center of the circle is a Harvard on a pedestal with the number 47 on it to signify the number of men who lost their lives while training at this base. The maple leaf is in red stone, the white portions on the sides and towards the bottom are white stones with flowers.
Memorial bricks on each side of the memorial are being placed for those who did not serve in the Royal Canadian Air Force, including members of the No. 6 RCAF Dunnville Museum. The main circle is surrounded by a stone walkway and inside this circle, memorial bricks are being placed for the Veterans who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
There are four donated memorial benches at the bottom of the walkway. The flags each signify a country of the men who trained at No. 6 Service Flying Training School (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States of America and England) as well as, the Royal Canadian Air Force flag.
Inscription found on memorial
[Hagersville stone/pierre d'Hagersville]
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
NO. 16 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL
R.C.A.F. HAGERSVILLE ONT.
A UNIT OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
AIR TRAINING PLAN WAS DEDICATED
IN 1941 AND SERVED AS A TWIN AND
SINGLE ENGINE PILOT TRAINING SCHOOL.
THE 16 AIRMEN NAMED ON THE PLAQUE
LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE SERVING AT THIS SCHOOL.
IN REMEMBRANCE OF
- LAC F.R. COOK
- LAC G.H. McLURE
- LAC H.W.H. PARTLOW
- LAC J.N. FORST
- LAC O.K. NICKERSON
- P/O J. CASKIE
- LAC L.C. JONES
- LAC R.B. STEELMAN
- LAC G.B. TAYLOR
- LAC H.J. LEE
- LAC F.V. STEPHENS
- LAC SMILEY
- F/L S.G.N. GROVE
- SGT H.G.R. DRAKE
- F/L J.H. CHANDLER
- LAC T.O.C. POUYAT (RAF)
LEST WE FORGET
[Dunville stone/pierre de Dunnville]
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN
NO. 6 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL - DUNNVILLE
1940 - 1944
THIS MEMORIAL IS IN RECOGNITION OF
ALL THOSE WHO SERVED AT NO. 6 S.F.T.S.
ALSO IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING WHO LOST
THEIR LIVES WHILE STATIONED AT THIS BASE
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
- F/O BALDWIN, JESSE
- LAC BENNIMAN, DONALD
- LAC BILKEY, JAMES
- LAC BLAIR, FREDERICK
- LAC CONNORS, HERBERT
- LAC DAVIDSON, ROBERT
- W.O.1 DEAN, LLOYD
- F/L DUNSTAN, ARTHUR
- LAC FLEMING, MARSHALL
- LAC GOUGH, CHARLES
- LAC GUELICH, ALLISON
- W.O.1 HERRON, MARVIN
- LAC KENDALL, CLYDE
- W.O.2 KIRK, NORMAN
- P/O KLINTWORTH, RICHARD
- W.O.1 LAWRENCE, ARTHUR
- LAC MOORE, SYDNEY
- P/O MCINTYRE, JAMES
- LAC MCMARTIN, JOHN
- F/O NAISMITH, ROSS
- LAC O'CONNOR, PATRICK
- LAC PANTING, REGINALD
- F/SGT PATERSON, JOHN
- ROYAL R/O PENN, LLOYD
- SGT POMEROY, GEORGE
- LAC POSTLEWAITE, GEORGE
- P/O QUINN, DOUGLAS
- P/O ROY, WILLIAM
- AC2 SCHARF, LYALL
- P/O SCHATZ, SANFORD
- LAC SCHWARTZ, FRANK
- LAC STEVENS, ROBERT
- LAC STEWART, HAROLD
- SGT STRICKLAND, PETER
- LAC TAYLOR, WILLIAM
- LAC TIBBETTS, WILMOT
ROYAL AIR FORCE
LAC SMITH, WILLIAM
LAC TENNIAN, JOHN
ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE
LAC GREEN, STANTON
LAC HAWORTH, JOHN
LAC RANKIN, ALASTAIR
LAC WILLIS, ALEXANDER
LAC WOOD, NOEL
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
SGT ANDERSON, CLARENCE
F/SGT EVANS, BRIAN
P/O LEIGH, KENNETH
LEST WE FORGET
NO. 6 RCAF DUNNVILLE MUSEUM 1999 INC.
JULY 4, 2004
[Jarvis stone/pierre de Jarvis]
NO. 1 BOMBING AND GUNNERY SCHOOL
R.C.A.F. JARVIS
WAS A UNIT OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
AIR TRAINING PLAN, THE 39 MEN NAMED ON THIS PLAQUE
LOST THEIR LIVES SERVING AT JARVIS
IN REMEMBRANCE OF
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
- F/O E.J. BOUNDS
- LAC J.A.W. BOYD
- LAC G.C. BURKE
- LAC H. BURNEP
- AC2 P.J. DEERBANK
- CPL W.C. DOAN
- LAC J.S.W. GRAY
- P/O J.H. GREEN
- SGT F.J. HAWKE
- LAC A.R. HAYES
- LAC J.A. HOLGATE
- LAC F.E. INNES
- SGT G.R. JACKSON
- LAC J.H. KEARNEY
- LAC R.W.G. KILLICK
- LAC W.M. KIRKBY
- LAC J.A. LeFURGEY
- SGT R.N. McCRANK
- AC2 I.B. MOREHOUSE
- F/O E.B. NORBURY
- F/O T.H. PERLEY-MARTIN
- F/O M.B. POOLE
- LAC A.C. REED
- LAC H.P. SAMUEL
- LAC S. SCHWARTZ
- LAC J.A. SMITH
- F/S G.R. TROUTBECK
- LAC G.N. WINFIELD
ROYAL AIR FORCE
LAC F.G. BARBER
LAC G.C. BEST
SGT N. WADE
LAC R. WALLER
LAC J.S. WILLIAMS
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
LAC R. McNABB
P/O K. SLATER
LAC C. TAGGART
F/S J.B. WATTS
ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE
SGT J.W. WHITEHEAD
CIVILIAN - HARRY BULLOCK
LEST WE FORGET
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