RCAF Liberator III Memorial
This memorial, erected on top of the Montagne Noire, honours the memory of the 24 members of the Royal Canadian Air Force who died when the bomber and antisubmarine aircraft Liberator crashed on this site during a routine flight between Gander, Newfoundland, and Dorval, Quebec, in October 1943.
The names of the members who perished are also inscribed on the St. Donat Memorial erected in the Saint-Donat cemetery to honour the victims of the tragedy.
Inscription
IN MEMORY
OF THE TWENTY-FOUR MEMBERS
OF THE
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN A
LIBERATOR BOMBER
WHICH CRASHED AT THIS PLACE
WHILE FLYING FROM
NEWFOUNDLAND TO DORVAL P.Q.
20TH OCTOBER 1943
R129211 WARRANT OFFICER II J. A.BARABONOFF
R 84899 CORPORAL H. D. BEATTIE
R 173349 L. D. G. AIRCRAFTMAN C.L. DYNES
R 74645 SERGEANT F. H. ELLIOTT
R 72026 SERGEANT E. M. FINN
J 5821 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT R. F. FISHER
R 78656 CORPORAL H. K. HAMBLY
R 113408 WARRANT OFFICER 1 W. HOWLETT
R 72936 WARRANT OFFICER 1 F. E. JENKINS
R 64066 CORPORAL A. C. JOHNSTON
J 7987 FLYING OFFICER J. S. JOHNSTON
J 39103 PILOT OFFICER J. LAMONT
J 37357 PILOT OFFICER R. W. MACDONALD
75226 SERGEANT W. G. MACNAUGHTON
R 99167 CORPORAL R. D. MARR
R 207868 LOG AIRCRAFTMAN G. R. PATTERSON
J 9147 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT J. A. R. POIRIER
R 177668 LOG AIRCRAFTMAN A. J. RADCLIFFE
R 150207 LOG AIRCRAFTMAN E. W. READ
J 21297 FLYING OFFICER S. A. SANDERSON, AFM
R 67673 WARRANT OFFICER 1 J. SILVERSTEIN
R 177329 LOG AIRCRAFTMAN J. A. J. P. VEILLEUX
4074 FLIGHT SERGEANT R. F. WARE
R 51027 SERGEANT S. A. WOOD
Mémorial du Liberator III ARC
Ce mémorial, placé au sommet de la Montagne Noire, honore la mémoire des 24 membres de l’Aviation royale canadienne qui sont morts dans l’écrasement du bombardier et anti-sous-marins Liberator au sommet de la montagne, lors d’un vol de routine entre Gander (Terre-Neuve) et Dorval (Québec), en octobre 1943.
Les noms des membres qui y ont péri sont inscrits sur le Mémorial de St. Donat dans le cimetière de Saint-Donat, qui commémore lui aussi la tragédie.
Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.