Dunnville No. 6 Service Flying Training School Memorial

This memorial, in memory of No. 6 Service Flying Training School, was erected in 1964 by former members of the school and the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Communications. Dunnville was home to No. 6 Service Flying Training School during the Second World War. This Harvard Mark II was the primary trainer for thousands of airmen headed to Britain.

Two separate plaques were later added to thank James A. Buchanan IV and Frank Scholfield, who were key to ensuring the contribution of Dunnville to the war effort is not forgotten.

Inscription

[top plaque/plaque en haut]

IN MEMORY OF
JAMES A. BUCHANAN IV.
1918-1993

AN ARDENT SUPPORTER OF THE
NO. 6 S.F.T.S., R.C.A.F. REUNION ASSOCIATON
WHOSE INSPIRATION RESULTED IN THIS
MEMORIAL BEING ERECTED IN 1964
AND HIS GENEROUS BEQUEST IN 1993 WILL
ASSIST IN PROPERLY MAINTAINING
IT FOR YEARS TO COME

UNVEILED AT
THE 50TH ANNUAL REUNION
BY HIS SON
LT/COL. JAMES A. BUCHANAN V.
SEPTEMBER 16, 1995

[centre plaque/ plaque au centre]

THIS PLAQUE IS PLACED BY THE
MEMBERS OF THE NO. 6 S.F.T.S.
R.C.A.F. DUNNVILLE REUNION
ASSOCIATION TO HONOUR THE
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION OF
FRANK SCHOLFIELD TO THE ASSOCIATION AND FOR
THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION
OF THE ANNUAL REUNIONS FOR
OVER FIFTY YEARS

UNVEILED AT THE 55TH ANNUAL REUNION
BY GENERAL A.C. HULL
CMM, DFC, CD
THIS 16TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2000

[plaque on the base/ plaque sur la base]

HARVARD MARK II

THIS AIRCRAFT, A NORTH AMERICAN HARVARD MARK II, WAS THE PRINCIPAL
SECONDARY TRAINING AIRCRAFT USED BY THE R.C.A.F. DURING THE SECOND WORLD
WAR, 1939-1945.

2,436 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PILOTS RECEIVED THEIR SERVICE FLYING TRAINING
ON THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT AT NO. 6 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, R.C.A.F.
DUNNVILLE, FROM OCTOBER 31ST, 1940 UNTIL DECEMBER 1ST, 1944.

THIS AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE WARTIME SERVICE PERSONNEL OF NO.
6 S.F.T.S. WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE COUNCIL IF THE TOWN OF DUNNVILLE.
IT IS A TANGIBLE MEMORIAL TO THE 47 CANADIAN AND OTHER COMMONWEALTH AIRMEN WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE WHILE SERVING AT NO. 6 S.F.T.S. AND IS
A TRIBUTE TO THE MANY THOUSANDS OF R.C.A.F. PERSONNEL WHO FLEW AND SERVICED THIS AIRCRAFT DURING THE SECOND GREAT WAR.

DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 19TH, 1964

Ce monument commémoratif, dédié à l’École de pilotage militaire no 6, fut érigé par des anciens membres de l’École et par le ministère de la Culture et des Communications de l’Ontario. Dunnville accueillait l’École de pilotage militaire no 6 durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Cet Harvard Mark II fut le principal avion d’entraînement pour des milliers d’aviateurs envoyés en Grande?Bretagne.

Deux plaques distinctes furent ajoutées par la suite pour remercier deux hommes, soit James A. Buchanan IV et Frank Scholfield, lesquels étaient essentiels pour veiller à ce que la contribution de Dunnville à l’effort de guerre ne soit pas oubliée.

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