This monument was donated to the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto by Henry R. Jackman O.C., K.St. J., Q.C. and the Jackman Foundation. It was dedicated by Queen Elizabeth in 1984. The bronze and marble monument was designed by Oscar Nemon.
The Airmen Monument was designed by sculptor Oscar Nemon. Oscar was born in Osijek, Croatia, which formed part of former Yugoslavia for most of his lifetime. At the start of the Second World War, he was a newly settled refugee sculptor in England trying to make his way in an unknown language and country. Most of Oscar's family died in the Holocaust, a total of twenty-two murdered relatives.
