Malton

 

Location:  Peel Region   N 43 42.702   W 079 38.022
Found in Wildwood Park, 3430 Derry Road East.

 

The village of Malton is now part of the City of Mississauga and played a key role in aircraft production and development for several years.
This memorial is featured in two parts.  First is the traditional cenotaph, second is a static aircraft displayed in the same park.
The aircraft is a CF-100, which was produced nearby in Malton, from 1951 to 1958.  It bears the markings of the 414 Squadron from CFB North Bay.  A plaque on the cement pedestal gives thanks to the local production of this all-weather fighter from the cold war era.  The CF-100 monument was erected on this site in 1974 by the Malton branch 528 of the Royal Canadian Legion.

The Malton Legion was also a driving force behind the 1978 unveiling of the cenotaph which pays homage to the war dead of Malton and surrounding regions.

 

 

Marker Text:
Cenotaph:
LEST WE FORGET

IN MEMORY
OF OUR COMRADES
WHO PAID THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE
SO THAT WE MAY
LIVE IN PEACE

1914--1918    1939--1945
1950—1953

 

 

 

CF-100 Plaque:
THE CF-100 ALL-WEATHER FIGHTER
POWERED BY ORENDA ENGINES, WAS
DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED IN
MALTON.  IT WAS THE FIRST ALL-
CANADIAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT.

692 CF-100'S AND OVER 2000 ENGINES
TO POWER THEM WERE PRODUCED
IN MALTON BETWEEN 1951 AND 1958.

THIS HISTORICAL MOMENTO WAS ERECTED
BY MALTON BRANCH 528, ROYAL
CANADIAN LEGION, IN CO-OPERATION
WITH THE CITY OF MISSISSAUGA.
A.D. 1974