British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Memorial Cairn

NO. 23 ELEMENTARY FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL
AND NO. 11 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL
THESE TWO UNITS WERE BASED HERE DURING 1940 TO 1945 OPERATING
UNDER THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, AIRCREW
TRAINED HERE WERE PART OF THE 191,500 AIRCREW TRAINED IN CANADA
FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST TYRANNY, SOME 40,000 OF WHOM GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE DEFENCE OF FREEDOM
THIS CAIRN RECOGNIZES THOSE WHO TRAINED AND SERVED HERE
DURING WORLD WAR II
DEDICATED BY 400 (CITY OF REGINA) WING
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION

23E ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE PILOTAGE
ET 11E ECOLE DE PILOTAGE MILITAIRE
CES DEUX UNITES ETAIENT BASEES ICI DE 1940 A 1945 DANS LE CADRE DU
PROGRAMME D'ENTRAINEMENT DU COMMONWEALTH, LES MILITAIRES QUI Y ONT
RECU DE L'INSTRUCTION COMPTENT PARMI LES 191 500 AVIATEURS FORMES
AU CANADA POUR COMBATTRE LE TYRANNIE, QUELQUE 40 000 D'ENTRE EUX
ON PERDU LA VIE AU NOM DE LA LIBERTE
CE CAIRN REND HOMMAGE A CEUX QUI ONT SERVI ET QUI ONT ETE FORMES
ICI RENDANT LA DEUXIEME GUERRE MONDIALE.
ERIGE PAR LE 400E DIVISON (VILLE DE REGINA)
DE L'ASSOCIATION DE L'AVIATION ROYALE CANADIENNE