Monument commémoratif du Fleet Air Arm et du lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray

IN MEMORIAM

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LIEUTENANT
ROBERT HAMPTON GRAY V.C., D.S.C.
ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE

LIEUT. GRAY TRAINED AS A PILOT
AT THIS AIRFIELD DURING
THE PERIOD JUNE-SEPT. 1941

IN WORLD WAR II LIEUT. GRAY WAS THE
ONLY CANADIAN NAVAL RECIPIENT OF THE
VICTORIA CROSS
WHICH WAS AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY
FOR HIS GALLANT AND SUCCESSFUL
ATTACK ON A JAPANESE DESTROYER
ON 9 AUGUST 1945

WE ALSO REMEMBER
THE 23 BRAVE YOUNG MEN OF
THE FLEET AIR ARM FROM
BRITAIN AND THE COMMONWEALTH
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING
FLYING TRAINING AT THIS AIR STATION
DURING WORLD WAR II

CANADIAN NAVAL AIR GROUP
HAMPTON GRAY V.C. CHAPTER
MAY 1992