Facelift
for Museum Airman
The
centerpiece of the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum's Memorial Garden
is a lone, bronze statue of a WWII airman. This treasure
was donated to the Museum by the Aircrew Association of Canada and
unveiled by our previous Governor General, Adrienne Clarkson, on 21
October 2002. Six years of guarding the air display area has taken
it's toll on the statue's base and for safety reasons the base required
repairs. Thanks to the ready support of the WLEO, LCol Ubbens and
CEO Maj Tromp the repair process initiated quickly. With the weather
deteriorating this was no simple task and required the delicate touch of
experienced people to remove the heavy statue from the base, repair the
area and replace the monument in its original position.
Pictured
above is the CE team of (l-r) Cpl Buck Rector, MCpl Pete Gofton,
& Pte Tim MacDonald who did a great job on this
project and are seen (happily) completing the work on a cold day 5
December 08.
The
staff a volunteers at the Museum wish to acknowledge the great support
provided by the CE Section in putting our statue back "On Guard in
the Gardens".
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