Royal Canadian Air Force Six Group

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Reference WMO/282762

Address:

Village Centre

A61

Skipton on Swale

YO7 4SB

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Rock
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Rock/Rough Stone Rock/Rough Stone
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Canadian Armed Forces: Two rough cut sandstone rocks on top of each other with a metal plaque attached to the upper stone showing details of crash & dedication to Royal Canadian Air Force Six Group. It is underneath a Canadian Maple tree
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420 424 432 433/ ON THIS SITE IN AUGUST 1944 A DISABLED ROYAL CANADIAN AIR/ FORCE HALIFAX III BOMBER CRASHED ON RETURN FROM A/ BOMBING MISSION, RESULTING IN THE DEATHS OF TWO CREW/ MEMBERS AND ONE CIVILIAN./ THIS CAIRN, IN THE SHADE OF A CANADIAN MAPLE TREE, IS ERECTED/ TO HONOUR ALL THOSE WHO SERVED WITH THE RCAF SIX GROUP/ SQUADRONS AT SKIPTON ON SWALE DURING W W II, AND THE MANY/ CIVILIANS WHO SUPPORTED THEM. MAY THEIR ENTERPRISE,/ COURAGE AND DEVOTION TO DUTY BE REMEMBERED AND SERVE AS/ AN INSPIRATION TO ALL./ DEDICATED MAY 19, 1984 BY A GROUP INCLUDING GRATEFUL SURVIVORS./ 'THIS WAS THEIR FINEST HONOUR'

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