From May 8th Calgary (Canada) Herald.
This past weekend, the 70th anniversary of the first flight of one of World War II's most successful bombers, the Avro Lancaster in January 1941 was marked with a ceremony held at Nanton, south of Calgary.
It also commemorated the anniversary of VE-Day when the Allies accepted Germany's unconditional surrender May 7, 1945.
Lancasters were operational by 1942 and were the workhorses of the Canadian and British air forces.
The museum at Nanton restored one and fired up the two working engines of the four on the plane.
It also honored World War I Alberta pilot Captain Wilfrid (Wop) May who fought in the same battle Germany's Red Baron was killed. Check out Wikipedia for a very interesting article on May.
A Famous Plane. --DaCoot
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