This mountain was named in 1918 in honour of Cesare Battisti. Battisti was an Italian alpinist who was captured by the Austrians and hanged as a spy during the First World War.
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This mountain was named in 1918 in honour of Cesare Battisti. Battisti was an Italian alpinist who was captured by the Austrians and hanged as a spy during the First World War.
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This mountain was named in 1964 in honour of F/Sgt Frank Morro from Cranbrook, BC. He was killed on 4 December 1943 when his No 429 Squadron Halifax bomber was shot down at Kleikenkneten Germany during an operation to Leipzig.
Frank Morro, Jim “Moose” Haley (Mount Haley), Stewart Flett (Flett Peak), and Len Dingley (Mount Dingley) were members of a Cranbrook based Rover group that explore the mountains of the area together prior to joining the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. All four were killed in action while serving with Bomber Command. These mountains were named in their honour.
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This mountain was named in honour of James Franklin Haley from Revelstoke, BC. Haley was a wireless operator/air gunner with No. 150 Squadron when he was killed on 16 June 1942.
Frank Morro (Mount Morro), Jim “Moose” Haley, Stewart Flett (Flett Peak), and Len Dingley (Mount Dingley) were members of a Cranbrook based Rover group that explore the mountains of the area together prior to joining the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. All four were killed in action while serving with Bomber Command. These mountains were named in their honour.
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This mountain was named in 1960 in honour of Sergeant Terence J.H. Doolan from Cranbrook BC. Sgt. Doolan was a nineteen year old pilot with the RCAF when he was killed on 12 November 1943. His Fleet Fort aircraft was on a training flight with #2 Wireless School in Calgary.
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This mountain was named in 1961 in honour of Sergeant John C. Fisher from Golden, BC. Sgt Fisher was a member of the Canadian Army when he was killed on 26 August 1944.
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This mountain was named in 1964 in honour of Flying Officer Stewart M. Flett from Cranbrook, BC. F/O Flett was a navigator with the RCAF. He was killed on 6 November, 1943 when his Halifax Bomber caught fire during a training flight over England.
Frank Morro (Mount Morro), Jim “Moose” Haley (Mount Haley), Stewart Flett, and Len Dingley (Mount Dingley) were members of a Cranbrook based Rover group that explored the mountains of the area together prior to joining the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. All four were killed in action while serving with Bomber Command. These mountains were named in their honour.
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This mountain was named in 1964 in honour of Corporal Andrew Folk from Cranbrook, BC, who was killed during the Second World War.
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This mountain was named in 1964 in honour of Pilot Officer Francis A. Harrison DFC from Cranbrook, BC. P/O Harrison was an airgunner aboard a Lancaster bomber that was attacking Duisburg when it was hit and crashed in Obermeiderich.
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This mountain was named in 1961 in honour of Pte. Alfred G. Hagen from Field, BC, who was killed on 3 September 1944.
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This mountain was named in honour of Lt. Henry Haffner. Haffner worked as an engineer during the construction of the Banff-Windermere Highway over Vermillion Pass and later enrolled with 8th Field Company of the Canadian Engineers. He was killed in action during the First World War.