Canadian Airmen in Poland - Ottawa, Ontario
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N 45° 25.323 W 075° 41.530
18T E 445848 N 5030069
These Canadian airmen were posthumously awarded the Polish Home Army Cross under authority of the President of the republic of Poland, Lech Walesa 1995.
Waymark Code: WMKYBV
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 06/14/2014
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Located in Confederation Park in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. This memorial contains the following inscription:
"TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE"
"SURVIVRE DANS LES COEURS DE CEUX QU'ON AURA QUITTES CE N'EST PAS MOURIR" (THOMAS CAMPBELL)
THIS IS TO EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE AND ADMIRATION WHICH LIVES IN THE HEARTS OF FORMER SOLDIERS OF THE POLISH HOME ARMY FOR THE VALIANT CANADIAN AIRMEN:
EN TEMOIGNAGE DE GRATITUDE ED D'ADMIRATION, DU FOND DU COEUR DES ANCIENS SOLDATS DE L'ARMEE DE LA RESISTANCE POLONAISE AUX VALLIANTS AVIATEURS CANADIENS:
F/L C.A.BEANLAND 5. 8. 1944
F/L A.R.BLYNN 5. 8. 1944
F/O H.L.BROWN 5. 9. 1944
P/O D.N.CARTER 17.8. 1944
P/O G.A.CHAPMAN 5. 8. 1944
F/L A.F.FORBES 30.8. 1944
P/O J.J.R.T.GODIN 6. 1. 1944
F/O T.GORAK 30.8. 1944
P/O N.E.HUGHES-GAMES 28.9. 1944
P/O R.K.JACK 30.8. 1944
F/O B.I.KALHEIM 30.8. 1944
SGT V.J.L.LEBANO 30.9. 1942
FS A.G.W.LIDDELL 5. 8. 1944
F/O G.D.MacRAE 5. 8. 1944
FS T.A.McDOWELL 20.4. 1943
FS W.B.NESS 18.8. 1943
FS A.E.NICKERSON 11.7. 1942
P/O O.A.O'LEARY 18.8. 1943
FS T.A.PURVIS 30.8. 1944
SGT H.M.ROBERTSON 30.4. 1942
P/O J.D.SMITH 18.12.1944
F/O A.STIENSTRA 17.8. 1944
SGT P.F.J.SYKES 6. 1. 1944
F/O B.V.L.VEIRA,pfc 29.12.1943
P/O R.J.WESTGATE 11.7. 1942
FS C.B.WYLIE 5. 8. 1944
WHO FELL OVER POLAND WHILE FLYING SUPPORT MISSIONS DURING WORLD WAR II, AND IN PARTICULAR DURING THE UPRISING AIMED AT LIBERATION OF THE CITY OF WARSAW FROM NAZI OCCUPATION IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1944.
QUI DONNERENT LEUR VIE DURANT LES MISSIONS DE VOL AU-DESSUS DE LA POLOGNE PENDANT LA II-e GUERRE MONDIALE ET SURTOUT EN AOUT ET SEPTEMBRE 1944, POUR SECOURIR LES INSURGES POLONAIS QUE TENTERENT DE LIBERER VASROVIE DE L'OCCUPATION NAZIE.
THE POLISH HOME ARMY EX-SERVICEMEN'S ASSOCIATION IN CANADA
L'ASSOCIATION DES ANCIENS COMBATTANTS DE LA RESISTANCE POLONAISE DU CANADA
1964
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: There is a paved walkway to this monument
Location of waymark:
100 Elgin Street
Ottawa, Ontario Canada
K1P 5K2
Commemoration: This memorial honours Canadian Airmen who fell over Poland while flying support missions during World War II.
Date of Dedication: Not listed
Access times: Not listed
Website for Waymark: Not listed
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