British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Calgary Memorial
Municipality/Province: Calgary, AB
Memorial number: 48004-001
Type: Five stone slabs and a painted gravel mural
Address: 4629 McCall Way NE
Location: Calgary Aerospace Museum
GPS coordinates: Lat: 51.09395260862332 Long: -114.01257464497108
Submitted by: Deirdre Kraft
These slabs were erected by the Aircrew Association (Southern Alberta Branch) and the Aerospace Museum Association of Calgary in honour of those who trained in Calgary as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during the Second World War. Aside from the central stone slab are four others, each bearing the plaque naming the commonwealth air forces who trained here. There is also a painted gravel mural of a Canadian roundel in front of the slabs.
Inscription found on memorial
[central plaque/plaque centrale]
CANADA
"THE AERODROME OF DEMOCRACY"
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN
(needs further research/recherche incomplète)
[plaque/plaque] RCAF
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
[plaque/plaque]
RAF
ROYAL AIR FORCE
[plaque/plaque]
RAAF
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
[plaque/plaque]
RNZAF
ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE
Street view
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