No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School Memorial
Municipality/Province: Fingal, ON
Memorial number: 35018-025
Type: Plaque, flagpole
Address: 34469 Fingal Line
Location: Fingal Wildlife Management Area
GPS coordinates: Lat: 42.6894556 Long: -81.333076
Submitted by: Diane Gilmour
This memorial was erected in 1993 in memory of Royal Canadian Air Force personnel who served at the No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School during 1940 - 1945.
Inscription found on memorial
[plaque]
(front/devant)
RCAF No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School
No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School was a unit of British
Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The Plan, from April 29,
1940 to to March 15, 1945, graduated over 130,000 air crew, of
which 73,000 were Canadians. No. B&GS consisted of the
main station at Fingal; bombing ranges at Dutton,
Melbourne, Frome and Tempo; a marine station at Port
Stanley; and bombing and gunnery ranges on Lake Erie.
No. 4 B&GS operated from November 25, 1940 to February 17,
1945, during which time over 6,000 non-pilot aircrew members
graduated from the School. This memorial is dedicated to
all who served at No. 4 B&GS, especially those named
on the back of this plaque, who lost their lives in the
course of duty at Fingal.
Erected by:
Kettle Creek
Conservation Authority
Private Donations
Province of Ontario
(back/arrière)
"I give them eternal life and
they shall never perish." John 10:28
- 8 Dec 1940, BATTLE 1650.
- C2789 F/0 L.A. HOOD, (USA) PILOT
- R78032 AC2 E.W. BOURNE, CREWMAN
- R71450 AC2 J.H. MCNALLY, CREWMAN
- 23 NOV 1942, LYSANDER, 2332.
- R116691 SGT/PILOT R.C. GRAY
- R76059 CPL H.H. HILCHIE, DROGUE OPERATOR
- 6 JAN 1943, LYSANDER, 1540.
- F/SGT E. PRENTICE, PILOT
- CPL M.M. NICHOLSON, DROGUE OPERATOR
- 19 OCT 1943, LYSANDER, 2427.
- WO2 M.T. LAVOIE, PILOT
- LAC L. RENAUD, DROGUE OPERATOR
- 2 DEC 1943, GROUND ACCIDENT,
- R165966 LAC E.J. DEPLANCHE
- 1 AUG 1944, ANSON I, 6711
- J42808 P/O K.M. JOYCE, PILOT
- J44121 P/O T.H. REES, INSTRUCTOR
- R149817 LAC D.F. MCLAY, STUDENT
- 429023 LAC S.C. TURNER, R.A.A.F., STUDENT
- 12 AUG 1944, ANSON I, 6276.
- R203152 SGT E.D. HAWKINS
- R209421 SGT R.D. SHARP
- 20 JAN 1945, BOLINGBROKE IV(T), 10019.
- J29114 F/O J.D. ALLAN, PILOT
- 441609 LAC L.C.J. WATT, R.A.A.F., STUDENT
- 8256F LAC W.T.F. NEVILLE, R.A.A.F., STUDENT
[flagpole plaque/plaque du mât]
This flagpole is dedicated
to the memory of the 18 personnel
who lost their lives in flying accidents
and to those who gave their lives
while serving on this station
"We Shall Remember Them"
Erected By
#4 B&G School Association
August 27, 1997
Street view
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