A memorial will be unveiled Sunday in Summerville, N.S., to mark the deaths of four Allied airmen who died 80 years ago today when their plane crashed in the West Hants area during a training mission.
The airmen — two New Zealanders, a Canadian and an Australian — were stationed at Pennfield Ridge in New Brunswick as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The program provided training for airmen from Commonwealth countries during the Second World War.
“We should acknowledge what these young people did,” said Gary Nelson, vice-president of the West Hants Historical Society.
“Three of the four came from halfway around the world and the other fellow
