No. 2 Initial Training School Memorial Plaque
Municipality/Province: Regina, SK
Memorial number: 47013-026
Type: Bronze plaque
Address: College Avenue
Location: University of Regina
GPS coordinates: Lat: 50.440026003325045 Long: -104.6114920145547
Submitted by: Keith Inches
Erected in September 2000 by 600 (City of Regina) Wing of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association, this memorial is dedicated to the former personnel of No. 2 Initial Training School, who trained in this building during the Second World War.
Inscription found on memorial
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NO. 2 INITIAL TRAINING SCHOOL
NO. 2 I.T.S. WAS BASED HERE DURING 1940 TO 1945 OPERATING UNDER THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN. AIRCREW TRAINED HERE WERE PART OF THE 131,500 AIRCREW TRAINED IN CANADA FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST TYRANNY. SOME 40,000 OF WHOM GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE OF FREEDOM.
THIS PLAQUE RECOGNIZES THOSE WHO TRAINED AND SERVED HERE DURING WORLD WAR II.
DEDICATED BY 600 (CITY OF REGINA) WING
AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
SEPTEMBER 2000
2E ÉCOLE ÉLÉMENTAIRE DE FORMATION DES FORCES AÉRIENNES
CETTE UNITÉ ÉTAIT BASÉE ICI DE 1940 À 1945 DANS LE CADRE DU PROGRAMME D'ENTRAINEMENT DES FORCES AÉRIENNES DU COMMONWEALTH.
PARMI LES 131,500 MILITAIRES QUI ONT ÉTÉ FORMÉS ICI MÉME POUR COMBATTRE L'ENNEMI, 40,000 ONT PERDU LEUR VIE AU NOM DE LA LIBERTÉ.
CETTE PLAQUE COMMÉMORATIVE REND HOMMAGE À TOUS CEUX QUI ONT ÉTÉ FORMÉS ICI ET QUI ONT SERVI PENDANT LA DEUXIÈME GUERRE MONDIALE.
OFFERT PAR 600 DIVISION (VILLE DE REGINA) DE L'ASSOCIATION DES FORCES AÉRIENNES DU CANADA
SEPTEMBRE 2000
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