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IN MEMORY OF
JAMES A. BUCHANAN IV.
1918-1993
AN ARDENT SUPPORTER OF THE
NO. 6 S.F.T.S., R.C.A.F. REUNION ASSOCIATON
WHOSE INSPIRATION RESULTED IN THIS
MEMORIAL BEING ERECTED IN 1964
AND HIS GENEROUS BEQUEST IN 1993 WILL
ASSIST IN PROPERLY MAINTAINING
IT FOR YEARS TO COME
UNVEILED AT
THE 50TH ANNUAL REUNION
BY HIS SON
LT/COL. JAMES A. BUCHANAN V.
SEPTEMBER 16, 1995
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THIS PLAQUE IS PLACED BY THE
MEMBERS OF THE NO. 6 S.F.T.S.
R.C.A.F. DUNNVILLE REUNION
ASSOCIATION TO HONOUR THE
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION OF
FRANK SCHOLFIELD TO THE ASSOCIATION AND FOR
THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION
OF THE ANNUAL REUNIONS FOR
OVER FIFTY YEARS
UNVEILED AT THE 55TH ANNUAL REUNION
BY GENERAL A.C. HULL
CMM, DFC, CD
THIS 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2000
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HARVARD MARK II
THIS AIRCRAFT, A NORTH AMERICAN HARVARD MARK II, WAS THE PRINCIPAL
SECONDARY TRAINING AIRCRAFT USED BY THE R.C.A.F. DURING THE SECOND WORLD
WAR, 1939-1945.
2,436 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PILOTS RECEIVED THEIR SERVICE FLYING TRAINING
ON THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT AT NO. 6 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, R.C.A.F.
DUNNVILLE, FROM OCTOBER 31ST, 1940 UNTIL DECEMBER 1ST, 1944.
THIS AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE WARTIME SERVICE PERSONNEL OF NO.
6 S.F.T.S. WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE COUNCIL IF THE TOWN OF DUNNVILLE.
IT IS A TANGIBLE MEMORIAL TO THE 47 CANADIAN AND OTHER COMMONWEALTH AIRMEN
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE WHILE SERVING AT NO. 6 S.F.T.S. AND IS A
TRIBUTE TO THE MANY THOUSANDS OF R.C.A.F. PERSONNEL WHO FLEW AND SERVICED
THIS AIRCRAFT DURING THE SECOND GREAT WAR.
DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 19TH, 1964
