Winnipeg International Airport and Air Training Command Memorial T-33 Silver Star

This aircraft, a T-33 Silver Star trainer aircraft, was unveiled as a monument on 18 August 1967 by the people of St. James and Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg. It is dedicated to the founder of the Stevenson Airport in St. James in 1927, those service personnel who trained and served in St. James during the Second World War and those civilians and military personnel who worked at Winnipeg International Airport and Air Training Command after the war. This aircraft is painted in the paint scheme of the “Golden Centennaires” air force aerobatics team.

Inscription

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THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE ERECTION OF THIS
MONUMENT IN GRATITUDE TO THE FOUNDERS OF THE
ORIGINAL STEVENSON AIRPORT IN ST. JAMES IN 1927,
AND THOSE INTREPID THOUSANDS OF AIR-SERVICEMEN
AND WOMEN OF CANADA AND ALLIED COUNTRIES WHO
TRAINED IN ST. JAMES DURING WORLD WAR, TOGETHER
WITH THE THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS AND MILITARY
SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN WHO MANNED THE
WINNIPEG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND AIR TRAINING
COMMAND THROUGH THE SUCCEEDING YEARS.

THIS T-33 JET TRAINER WAS UNVEILED AS A CENTENNIAL
PROJECT OF THE PEOPLE OF ST. JAMES AND CANADIAN
ARMED SERVICE BASE THIS 18TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1967,
IN CANADA’S CENTENNIAL YEAR.

Cet avion d’entraînement, un T-33 Silver Star, a été consacré comme monument commémoratif le 18 août 1967 par la population de St-James et par la base des Forces canadiennes de Winnipeg. Il est dédié à la personne qui a fondé, en 1927, l’aéroport Stevenson à St-James, au personnel militaire qui s’est entraîné et a servi à St-James pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et au personnel civil et militaire qui a travaillé à l’aéroport international de Winnipeg et au Commandement de l’entraînement aérien après la guerre. L’avion arbore les marques extérieures de l’équipe d’acrobatie aérienne “Golden Centennaires”.

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