| Regina, Saskatchewan
The Regina Airmen Memorial was dedicated June 5, 1993, in memory of those Airmen trained under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
The cost of the Cairn and the Plaque was covered by No. 600 (Regina) Wing, Air Force Association of Canada.
This Cairn is the first of a series of BCATP Memorials erected by No. 600 (Regina) Wing, Air Force Association of Canada. Present at the Ceremony were members of the Saskatchewan Legislature, representatives of Transport Canada, Col. Hunter of 15 Wing Moose Jaw and members of No. 600 (Regina) Wing, Air Force Assocation of Canada.
The Cairn is located in a small park area northwest of the Terminal building at the Regina Airport.
The inscription on the Cairn reads:
NO. 15 ELEMENTARY FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL
AND NO. 3 AIR OBSERVERS SCHOOL
THESE TWO UNITS WERE BASED HERE DURING 1940 TO 1945 OPERATING
UNDER THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN. AIRCREW TRAINED
HERE WERE PART OF THE 131,500 AIRCREW TRAINED IN CANADA FOR THE FIGHT
AGAINST TYRANNY. SOME 40,000 OF WHOM GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE DEFENCE
OF FREEDOM. THIS CAIRN RECOGNIZES THOSE WHO TRAINED HERE DURING
WORLD WAR II.
DEDICATED BY 600 (CITY OF REGINA) WING
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION
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