Pause to Remember Traditional Cache
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Every year on November 11th, we pause to remember, well once a year is not enough so I hope all will take advantage of this cache to stop at this roadside memorial and pause to remember.
Cache is a micro, containing only a log, please bring your own writing instrument and feel free to post pictures of you at the site.
When the Second World War broke out in 1939, Canada was an ocean away from the scene of the fighting in Europe. But geographical distance did not mean that Canada would not play an important role in the struggle to restore peace.
One of the first and most important contributions our country would make to the war effort would be the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP). Under a deal signed in 1939, Canada agreed to provide facilities and training for airmen from every part of the Commonwealth. Canada was ideally suited for this program because our country was far from most of the active fighting and had lots of wide-open spaces and good flying conditions.
The risks and sacrifices of those serving their country during the Second World War were not limited to those who were engaged in active fighting. Training could be hazardous, as demonstrated by the 856 trainees who died in crashes during BCATP's five years of operation. As high as these figures may seem, it was to the credit of the plan that, by 1944, only one fatal accident was being recorded for each 22,388 hours of flying time.
On August 29, 1940, Quentin Chace enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at No. 8 Recruiting Centre, Windsor, Ontario. He presented a letter of reference from W.T. Scarborough, Mayor of Kenedy, Texas. Aircraftman 2nd Class Chace commenced flying training November 29, 1940 at No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School, Lethbridge, Alberta. Upon completion of the course he was assessed: "No bad faults. Conduct good."
Chace was promoted to Leading Aircraftman and posted to No. 3 Service Flying Training School, Currie Field, located at Calgary, Alberta. On the afternoon of February 17, 1941, Leading Aircraftman Chace and his flying instructor, Sergeant Alfred Regimbal departed from Currie Field for a training exercise in a twin-engine Avro Anson.
According to local newspaper reports, two men were standing outside a garage in Cochrane, Alberta as the sun was setting and witnessed a plane coming out of the north and turn west, very low, and disappeared from sight.
Bow Valley Ranch co-owner Forbes Campbell was having supper around 6 p.m. with his hired hand, Earl Munro. Campbell mentioned to Munro that he heard a loud crash an hour earlier and figured the noise came from freight cars on a railway track which ran close to the ranch. Munro told his boss around the same time Campbell heard a crashing sound, he saw a low-flying aircraft and heard an engine sputtering sound. Munro stated he climbed on top of a shed for a better look and saw a splash of water coming from the river.
Campbell and Munro along with Bill Sullivan and Ivan Kitchen rushed down to the Bow River and located the damaged aircraft resting against a cutbank. The pilots were also located – both deceased. Leading Aircraftman Chace was still strapped in one of the seats in the Anson. Sergeant Alfred Regimbal had been thrown clear of the wreckage with his parachute partially open.
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