Ventura 2171 and 765 Dakota Memorial

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

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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

Présentée en 1984 par la station des Forces canadiennes de Goose Bay, par l’Aviation royale du Canada et la Légion royale canadienne, cette enseigne est dédiée aux membres de deux équipages tués à Goose Bay dans des écrasements d’avion pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.