The Nanton Lancaster Air Museum built this memorial during the summer of 2005 and dedicated it on 20 August 2005. The memorial is made of five panels of black granite. It includes a list of names of every Canadian who was killed while serving with Bomber Command. This list contains 10,643 names. http://www.lancastermuseum.ca/memorialgranite.html
Nanton, Alberta
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CANADA'S
BOMBER COMMAND
MEMORIAL
HONOURING THE CANADIANS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
SERVING WITH
BOMBER COMMAND
(1939 - 1945)
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA
(list of names, needs further research/une liste de noms suit, recherche incomplète)
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"Three thousand miles across a hunted ocean
they came, wearing on the shoulder of their tunics
the treasure name, 'Canada', telling the world their
origin. Young men and women they were, some still
in their teens, fashioned by their Maker to love, not
to kill, but proud and earnest in their mission to
stand, and if it had to be, to die, for their country
and for freedom.
One day, when the history of the 20th century is
finally written, it will be recorded that when human
society stood at the crossroads of civilization
itself was under siege, the Royal Canadian Air Force
was there to fill the breach and help give humanity
the victory. And all those who had a part in it will
have left to posterity a legacy of honour, of courage,
and of valour that time can never despoil."
-Father J.P. Lardie (Chaplain 419, 428 Squadron RCAF)
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Nanton Lancaster Air Museum Bomber Command Memorial
21 Ave, Nanton, AB
Nanton
Alberta
Nanton Lancaster Air Museum Bomber Command Memorial
21 Ave, Nanton, AB
Nanton
Alberta
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 50.35018
Long. -113.77634
Lat. 50.35018
Long. -113.77634
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