Astra in Quinte West in Hastings County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
407 Demon Squadron
🍁 Roll of Honour 1941 - 1945 🍁
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 12, 2025
1. 407 Demon Squadron Memorial
Aikenhead, Lloyd, Sgt Alexander, Edward, F/S Alger, Gordon, F/S
Almquist, Leonard, P/O Anderson, William, S/L DFC
Anderson, William, F/O Andrews, John, F/O Austin, Justus, F/O
Balden, Samuel, P/O Belec, Gilbert, Sgt Bier, Donald, F/O
Bigham, John, P/O Bingley, George, Sgt Birkinshaw, Len, F/O
Bitcon, James, P/O Booth, Charles, F/O Bowes, Gordon, P/O
Bowlen, William, F/L Brown, Wallace, F/L DFC Bryan, Guy, Sgt
Buckolz, Rollie, P/O Butler, Cyril, F/O Callander, Alexander, F/O
Cauthers, William, P/O Clancy, James, WO1 Clark, Roy, WO1
Cluff, John, F/S Codville, James, P/O Collins, Hamish, WO1
Cook, Gordon, P/O Cornwall, James, F/O Cote, Joseph, WO2
Coutts, Benson, F/S Cowperthwaite, D, F/L Mid Craig, John, F/L
Crane, Wilburt, F/S Creeden, James, P/O DFM Dalgliesh, Robert, F/O
Dann, Roland, P/O Daubner, Joseph, WO2 Deakin, Arthur, F/O
Dean, Samuel, WO2 Doehn, Norman, F/S Draper, Robert, P/O
Drennan, Gerald, Sgt Drennan, James, Sgt Duckworth, Ernest, F/L
Easton, James, F/S Eisler, Leo, F/O Ellam, James, F/L
Elliott, Alan, P/O Farley, Arthur,
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Fergusson, John, P/O Flagg, William, Sgt Flemington, Arthur, F/O
Foley, James, P/O Ford, Percy, P/O Foskett, Charles, P/O
Fowlie, Robert, P/O Gallagher, Maurice, F/S Garrigan, John, F/O
Gaucher, Joseph, WO1 Gaudet, John, Sgt Gaudet, Reginald, P/O
Gauthier, Bernard, P/O Gavin, Brian, WO2 Girafoot, Edmond, P/O
Girouard, Joseph, WO1 Godwin, Joseph, F/O Goulding, Arthur, F/S
Graham, Edward, F/S Grant, Charles, P/O Greenwood, George, WO1
Grindley, Philip, WO2 Haliburton, William, P/O Hall, Clarence, P/O
Hamilton, Arthur, F/S Hancock, Ronald, F/S DFM Harris, John, F/S
Harrison, Joseph, WO1 Haug, Donald, WO2 Haughly, James, WO2
Hebden, Charles, F/O Hegarty, Hugh, P/O Henderson, David, P/O
Hepburn, Stuart, F/O Hirtle, Gordon, F/O Hobbs, John, F/L
Hoddinott, Arthur, F/O Howson, Ralph, F/O Huard, Joseph, WO1
Huddlestone, Leslie, F/S Jacquest, Edmond, P/O James, Francis, F/S
Jarvis, George, WO2 Johnston, Allan, WO1 Johnson, William, F/O
Keil, George, F/S Kemper, Frederick, F/L
Kennedy, Donald, F/S Kent, Eric, F/O Kippen, Lloyd, P/O
Knight,
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2. 407 Squadron RCAF badge
The badge represents the blows struck against enemy shipping by the "Demon Squadron".
LaFreniere, Joseph, F/S Leckie, Norman, F/S Leclerc, Joseph, F/O
Lenover, William, Sgt Lister, John, F/O Little, Patrick, P/O
Low, George, F/L Lowry, Herman, P/O Luther, Norman, WO1
Mac Nutt, Gerald, F/S Main, Thomas, WO1 Majeau, Russell, P/O MiD
Malmas, Harold, F/L Mather, Donald, F/S Matthews, Ronald, P/O
Mattison, Frederick, WO2 Mac Cann, Daniel, WO1 Mc Carthy, William, F/S
Mc Crum, Charles, Sgt Mc Culloch, John, P/O Mc Donald, Donald, F/S
Mc Grath, Robert, F/O Mc Grath, Samuel, F/O Mc Laren, Gordon, F/O
Mc Laughlin, Patrick, WO2 Mc Lean, Hubert, P/O Mc Lean, Ronald, WO2
Mc Nabb, Arthur, F/S Merritt, Alex, WO1 Middleton, Omer, F/L
Milot, Joseph, WO2 Morton, Arthur, P/O Moss, Donald, F/S DFM
Mulhall, George, P/O Mumford, Arthur, P/O Munch, George, WO2
Murphy, Leo, Sgt O Donnell, Edmund, F/O Page, Donald, F/S
Paquette, Elmer, F/S Parker, Douglas, F/O Parks, Douglas, F/S
Patterson, William, F/O Pearson, Gordon, F/S
Perry, Robert, F/L Peters, Arthur, P/O Pincock, Hugh, WO1
Pottle, Aston, F/S Powell,
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3. 407 Demon Squadron Memorial
Pritchard, Beverley, F/L Race, Charles, F/O Raven, John, P/O
Revell, Robert, WO2 Richard, Joseph, P/O Richardson, John, P/O
Robinson, Robert, F/O Rolfstad, Kenneth, WO2 Ross, Edward, P/O
Russell, Clifford, F/S Scott, Leighton, F/S Shook, Carl, F/S
Shuttleworth, Ernest, F/O Sibbald, James, P/O Skinner, Lloyd, P/O
Smith, Leonard, WO1 Smithson, Ivor, P/O Sorley, Hugh, F/O
Spicer, Harold, P/O Summers, Samuel, F/S Tarver, Harold, F/O
Tatton, Allison, F/L Telford, Albert, P/O Thibault, Louis, F/L
Thomas, Arthur, Sgt Thompson, Raymond, F/S Thomson, Scott, F/S
Tooth, George, F/S Travers, Franklin, P/O Tuchtie, Nicholas, F/O
Turley, Wilfred, Sgt Urquart, Alexander, Sgt Valette, Michael, Sgt
Vye, Bryon, F/O Watson, Edward, AC1 Weaver, Bruce, F/S
Whale, Raymond, Sgt Wheadon, Albert, F/S Wheeler, John, F/O
Wilkes, James, P/O Wilkins, Harry, F/S Woodward, Charles, F/O
Worthington, Ray, F/O Zumar, Moses, WO2
Royal Air Force
Archer, JC, W/C Armsby, RL, F/S Cobb, AK, Sgt Duval, JK, Sgt
Fido, R, Sgt Gallander, Alex. Grain, TH, Sgt Herbert, SC, Sgt
Hodson, LJ, Sgt Hooper, JW, AC1 Jaggard, LW, Sgt Jones, NJ, F/S
Jordon, NF, F/S Kellas, JM, F/L King, CF, W/C Mc Donald, MH, Sgt
Merchant, LA, F/S Moakes, John, Sgt Muris, MF, Sgt O Connor, CP, F/L
Palmer, FW, AC1 Palmer, G, F/S Palmer, NN, F/S Palmer, WJ, F/S
Parker, HJ, P/O Renwick, JW, F/O Romain, GEA, Sgt Smith, Billy, Sgt
Sykes, D, Sgt Taylor, Harold, Sgt Walker, S, F/S Ward, HW, F/S
Westell, Harper, Sgt Willson, EF, F/S Wilson, Frank, Sgt Woollatt, HS, F/S
Royal Australian Air Force
Bennett, AS, Sgt Duffy, TM, Sgt
United States Army Air Corps
Bleser, Daniel, Lt
Legend
DFC Distinguished Flying Cross
DFM Distinguished Flying Medal
MiD Mentioned In Dispatches
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Valor in Aerial Operations series list.
Location. 44° 6.888′ N, 77° 33.032′ W. Memorial is in Quinte West, Ontario, in Hastings County. It is in Astra. It can be reached from Hewson Boulevard. Memorial is in the National Air Force Museum of Canada's Memorial Air Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 220 RCAF Road, Quinte West ON K0K 3V0, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Ontario and specifically in Southeastern Ontario. It is also in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Ruperts Land.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: MiG-21 (a few steps from this marker); CF-104 Starfighter Aviators Memorial (a few steps from this marker); CF-104 Starfighter (a few steps from this marker); Canadian Victoria Cross Winners (a few steps from this marker); CH-113 Labrador (a few steps from this marker); 424 Squadron (within shouting distance of this marker); Para Rescue Association of Canada (within shouting distance of this marker); World War II Canadian Aviators Lost in South East Asia (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Quinte West.
More about this memorial. Admission required, and the outdoor Air Park is closed during inclement weather.
Also see . . .
1. 407 Long Range Patrol Squadron. Government of Canada/RCAF website entry (Submitted on January 30, 2026, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
2. National Air Force Museum of Canada. (Submitted on May 14, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 14, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 123 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 14, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on January 30, 2026, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on May 14, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
