Alberta’s more than 1,600 air servicemen and
women who lost their lives during World War II will have their names publicly
displayed for the first time on a memorial in their honour.
Premier Ralph Klein unveiled a 19-foot-high
bronze statue of a uniformed airman looking into the sky on Friday, September 3,
2004 in Calgary.
A list of names included on the monument
is provided.
The air crew members named on the memorial
plaque were graduates of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, which was
set up in Alberta and other parts of Canada at the beginning of the war and
trained a total 131,000 Allied pilots and crews from around the world.
This project has been a joint effort involving
individuals, businesses and government, spearheaded by Arthur Smith, a prominent
Calgary business leader.
Calgary artist Andrew Hulbert created the
model of the monument. The statue was sculpted by Don and Shirley Begg of
Cochrane, Alberta, who have completed more than 40 bronze statues for public
buildings and other settings across North America and Europe, including three
for the Calgary International Airport.
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Robert Clinton Pedlar -
Navigator
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| A couple of photo's from Robert
Clinton Pedlar's nephew Mike Pedlar. The young guy is Roccwell
AKA. "Rocco" he is one of Mike's boys. This would make him a great nephew and
Robert Clinton Pedlar a great uncle. |
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McDougall Centre
This old sandstone school located in the centre of Calgary is now the Southern
Alberta home of the Provincial Government and the location
of the monument. |
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The ceremony for
dedication
of the memorial.
September 3, 2004 |
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