Ventura 2171 and 765 Dakota Memorial
Municipality/Province: Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Memorial number: 10005-003
Type: Sign
Address: Ottawa Avenue
Location: Joint Services Cemetery
GPS coordinates: Lat: 53.32956 Long: -60.44195
Submitted by: Warrant Officer Coles
Erected in 1984 by Canadian Forces Station Goose Bay, the Royal Air Force, and the Royal Canadian Legion, this memorial is dedicated to the personnel of two air crews killed in crashes at the base during the Second World War.
Inscription found on memorial
[front/devant]
6 JULY 1944
VENTURA 2171 ARRIVED GOOSE FROM DARTMOUTH (145 SQN) ON A NAVIGATION EXERCISE. ON TAKING OFF FOR A FLIGHT TO CHATHAM THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED. ALL WERE KILLED INCLUDING SIX AIRMEN FROM GOOSE BAY.
3 NOVEMBER 1944
765 DAKOTA-CREW FERRY DEPARTED DORVAL FOR GOOSE BAY ENROUTE TO THE U.K. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED 12 MILES FROM GOOSE BAY ON APPROACH, AND CAME TO REST AT THE MOUTH OF THE KENAMU RIVER. ALL MEMBERS WERE KILLED. TWO ROYAL AIR FORCE OFFICERS, ONE RAF CIVILIAN AND ONE RCAF OFFICER.
ACT OF REMEMBRANCE
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD AS WE WHO ARE LEFT GROW OLD
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
SIGN ERECTED IN HONOUR OF THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RCAF
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION/RAF GOOSE BAY/CFS GOOSE BAY
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