Downtown Ottawa , Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Canadian Airmen Lost Over Poland

Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, August 7, 2014

1. Canadian Airmen Lost Over Poland Marker

Inscription. “To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die”

“Survivre dans les coeurs de ceux qu’on aura quittes ce n’est pas mourir”
(Thomas Campbell)

This is to express the gratitude and admiration which lives in the hearts of former soldiers of the Polish Home Army for the valiant Canadian Airmen:

En temoignage de gratitude et d’admiration, du fond du coeur anciens soldats de l’Armee de la Resistance polonaise aux vaillants aviateurs canadiens:

F/L C.A. Beanland — 5.8.1944 • F/L A.R. Blynn — 5.8.1944 • F/O H.L. Brown — 5.8.1944 • P/O D.N. Carter — 17.8.1944 • P/O G.A. Chapman — 5.8.1944 • F/L A.F. Forbres 30.8.1944 • P/O J.J.R.T. Godin — 6.1.1944 • F/O T. Gorak — 30.8.1944 • P/O N.E. Hughes-Games — 28.9.1944 • P/O R.K. Jack — 30.8.1944 • F/O B.I. Kalheim 30.8.1944 • Sgt V.J.L. Lebano 30.9.1942 • FS A.G.W. Liddell 5.8.1944 • F/O G.D. MacRae — 5.8.1944 • FS T.A. McDowell — 20.4.1943 • FS W.B. Ness — 18.8.1943 • FS A.E. Nickerson 11.7.1942 • P/O O.A. O’Leary — 18.8.1943 • FS T.A. Purvis — 30.8.1944 • Sgt H.M. Robertson 30.4. 1942 • P/O J.D. Smith — 18.12.1944 • F/O A. Stienstra — 17.8.1944 • Sgt P.F.J. Sykes — 6.1.1944 • F/O B.V.L. Veira, DFC 29.12.1943 • P/O R.J. Westgate — 11.7.1942 • FS C.B. Wylie — 5.8.1944

Who fell over Poland while flying support missions during World

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War II and in particular during the uprising aimed at liberation of the city of Warsaw from Nazi occupation in August and September 1944.

Qui donnèrent leur vie durant les missions de vol au-dessus de la Pologne pendant la II-ᵉ Guerre mondiale et surtout en août et septembre 1944, pour secourir les insurges polonais qui tentèrent de libérer Varsovie de l’occupation nazie.

Erected 1964 by The Polish Home Army Ex-Servicemen’s Association in Canada / L’association de anciens combattants de la resistance polonaise au Canada.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1944.

Location. 45° 25.323′ N, 75° 41.528′ W. Marker is in Ottawa, Ontario. It is in Downtown Ottawa. Memorial can be reached from Elgin Street close to Slater Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON K1P 5J2, Canada. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Animals in War (within shouting distance of this marker); South African (Boer) War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Marion Dewar Plaza (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Oscar Peterson (about 150 meters away); Brigadier Andrew Hamilton Gault DSO, OBE, ED, CD.

Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, August 7, 2014

2. Canadian Airmen Lost Over Poland Marker

(approx. 0.3 kilometers away); The National War Memorial (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); The Rideau Canal (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Rail Heritage in the Capital (approx. 0.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ottawa.

More about this marker. This memorial is located in Confederation Park.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 336 times since then and 13 times this year. Last updated on April 19, 2022, by Robert Rusaw of Massena, New York. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 8, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.