Alert Memorial Cairn

Alert, Nunavut
Type
Autre

Ce mémorial est dédié à l`équipage décédé dans l`écrasement du Lancaster KB965 de l`escadron 405, le 31 juillet 1950, à environ 600 mètres de la SFC Alert.

Inscription

[round plaque/plaque ronde]

[edging/bordure]
IN A SUPPLY MISSION TO THE ARTIC WEATHER STATION AT ALERT, THOSE ABOARD A ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE LANCASTER WERE KILLED 31 JULY 1950
THE TASK IN WHICH THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES CONTINUES

[left side/coté gauche]
FLYING OFFICER J.R.G. DUBE
WING COMMANDER D.T. FRENCH
CHARLES HUBBARD
DOCTOR D.W. KIRK
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT L.M. MACLEAN

[right side/coté droit]
FLYING OFFICER T.D. MARTIN
FLYING OFFICER J.E. MCCUTCHEON
LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN R.L. SPRANGE
FLIGHT LIEUTENANT F.L. SWINTON

[bottom/au bas]
ERECTED IN THEIR MEMORY OF THE ARTIC...
WITH THE SUPPORT OF …AND THE RCAF

Location
Alert Memorial Cairn

Station des Forces canadiennes
Alert
Nunavut
Coordonnées GPS
Lat. 82.49884
Long. -62.34619

surroundings

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