Andrew Frank Scheelar was born September 5, 1918 at Kimball, Stearns, Minnesota, USA, the son of John Lewis and Theresia Anna (nee Kraemer) Scheelar, and the brother of Alvin, Julian Henry, Florence, Cecil, Francis Alfred, Joseph, John, Alma Rose, Evelyn Gladys, Eileen, Jean, Dolores, Adeline, and Margaret Scheelar. The Scheelar family moved to Alberta when Andrew was six weeks old. Raised and educated at Strome, Alberta, Andrew enjoyed hockey and baseball in his youth and completed his junior matriculation at Strome High School in 1936. Apprenticing as a hoist man, Andrew moved to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories to work for Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company in 1938 as a gold miner at the Ptarmigan Mine. Following enlistment at Edmonton, Alberta August 27, 1941, Andrew was commissioned at Vulcan, Alberta August 15, 1942. He served with the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War as a Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) attached to No. 408 (Goose) Squadron (For Freedom). Part of Bomber Command’s No. 6 (RCAF) Group, the No. 408 Squadron operated Handley Page Halifax aircraft from RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, England, taking part in 1,000-bomber raids over Germany and targeting enemy industrial and naval operations. On January 5, 1945, during bombing operations on Hanover, Germany, Andrew Frank Scheelar died after his Halifax aircraft came under a Schräge Musik attack by the enemy, was set on fire and exploded over Hollenstedt, Germany. He was 26 years old. Andrew is commemorated at the Sage War Cemetery, Germany, and on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall, Nanton, Alberta. Scheelar Lake in the Northwest Territories is named in his honour. Citation(s): 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp. "At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them."