Ottawa Memorial Explained

Ottawa Memorial
Country:Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Commemorates:missing World War II Canadian air personnel
Unveiled:1 July 1959
Coordinates:45.4409°N -75.6961°W
Nearest Town:Ottawa, Canada

The Ottawa Memorial is a monument in Ottawa, Ontario, that "commemorates by name almost 800 men and women who lost their lives while serving or training with the Air Forces of the Commonwealth in Canada, the West Indies and the United States and who have no known grave.[1] " Located on Sussex Drive overlooking the Ottawa River near the Rideau Falls, the monument was unveiled in 1959 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada. It is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.[2] During the Second World War, 798 men and women killed with Commonwealth air forces in or over Canadian territory.[3]

The memorial lists the names, ranks and nations of origin of almost 800 service personnel, ordered by the year of their death, on two semi-circular walls that surround a small pool containing a sculpture of the world with an eagle perched on top. Plaques in English and French contain the following text:

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  1. Book: Gilbert Guinn. The Arnold Scheme: British Pilots, the American South and the Allies' Daring Plan. 20 June 2011. October 2007. The History Press. 978-1-59629-042-6. 158.
  2. Book: Arthur Bousfield. Garry Toffoli. Fifty years the Queen: a tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on her golden jubilee. 20 June 2011. 1 September 2002. Dundurn Press Ltd.. 978-1-55002-360-2. 111.
  3. Web site: Ottawa Memorial . 2014-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120736/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=3156 . 2014-05-17 . dead .