Canadian Search and Rescue Monument - Slemon Air Park - Summerside, PEI
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jiggs11
N 46° 25.943 W 063° 49.725
20T E 436329 N 5142423
Simple memorial dedicated to Canadian Air and Marine Search and Rescue crews located at the former Canadian Forces Base in Summerside.
Waymark Code: WMPQ5A
Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date Posted: 10/05/2015
Views: 4
Simple embossed black granite memorial dedicated to those air and ground crews dedicated to Search and Recue in Canada.
The monument, atop a white granite base pays tribute to the three Joint Rescue Coordination Centres in Canada and uses the motto of Canada's Air Force Search and Rescue Technicians - "That Others May Live".
The three Units are all combination Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Air Force Joint Rescue Coordination Centres. Each are manned 24 hours a day by crews consisting of Coast Guard and Air Force personnel.
They are:
Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Victoria BC (BC and YT)
Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Trenton, ON (AB, SK, MB, ON,
Western QC, NU, NT)
Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax, NS (Eastern QC, NB, NS,
NL)
Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial
In Honor Of: Search and Rescue Personnel
Marker Text:
SEARCH AND RESCUE
THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE
JRCC VICTORIA
JRCC TRENTON
JRCC HALIFAX
Who Put it Here?: Canadian SAR Associations
Description of Memorial:
Memorial is located on the Slemon Air Park grounds just east of Argus 739. 413 Squadron,now based in CFB Greenwood, NS, for years flew SAR missions from CFB Summerside using primarily C130 Hercules and C115 Buffalo aircraft.
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed
Date of dedication: Not listed
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