The Last Mission of RAF Lancaster KB834
By Rick Thomson The Story of The Last Mission of RAF Lancaster KB834 of RAF 434 Squadron Along With Over 18 Preserved Stories of Amazing WWII RAF Aircrew Survival Can…
Historical accounts of pilots and members of Bomber Command in World War II.
Air Gunner Stories
The following is excerpted with permission from "Sixty Years -The RCAF and CF Air Command 1924-1984" by Larry Milberry www.canavbooks.com) Among the heroes of the bomber war were the air…
Johnny Fauquier – Canada’s Greatest Bomber Pilot
After attending school in Ottawa, John Fauquier moved to Montreal where he became a bond salesman but livened up his life with fast cars and motorcycles. He then joined the…
Fred Sutherland – The Last Canadian Dambuster
by Elinor Florence Fred Sutherland of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, is now Canada's last surviving Dambuster - one of only two men left in the world who participated in one…
Engbrecht & Gillanders – RCAF Air Gunners
F/Sgt Peter Engbrecht and F/Sgt Gordon Gillanders formed what was undoubtedly the most successful gunnery team in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. As members of No.…
Roy Chadwick – Archetect of Wings
"Architect of Wings" by Harald Penrose includes a tribute from Marshall of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris, the famous wartime chief of Bomber Command. It had been taken…
Harlo “Terry” Taerum
Harlo Taerum's father immigrated from Norway and established a farm near Milo, Alberta, 70 km northeast of Nanton. Tragically, he drowned when Harlo was ten years old. Despite playing a…
Sgt. (Pilot) Albert Stanley Prince
The First of the Ten Thousand Sgt. Prince was the first Canadian combat casualty of the Second World War and the first of almost ten thousand Canadians to be killed…
P/O Barry Davidson P.O.W.
Barry Davidson had fewer than fifty hours in his pilot's logbook when he took off in a Blenheim IV (R8662) on a daylight raid with #18 Squadron. It was July…
Senantes and Nanton – Twinned Communities
2009 was the sixty-fifth anniversary of S/L Ian Bazalgette's Victoria Cross Flight. As the Village of Senantes in France and the Town of Nanton in Canada remain determined to see…
Karl Aalborg – First of the 10,673 Names
Born in Lloydminister, Saskatchewan, L.A.C. Karl Aalborg trained as a bomb-aimer at #5 Bombing and Gunnery School in Defoe, Saskatchewan from 9 November, 1942 until 4 July, 1943 flying in…
The Dutch Resistance – One Family’s Experience
A member of the Nanton Lancaster Society, Ron Groeneveld lived through the capture, occupation, and liberation of his native Holland. Part of his story is featured in our museum's display…