Chronicles – Page 9 – Bomber Command Museum of Canada

John Gillespie Magee

High Flight by P/O John Gillespie Magee RCAF Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the…

Jonathan Spinks – Airplane Hunter

Jonathan Spinks studied history at the University of Lethbridge. But the history he enjoyed most was not to be found in the books of the U of L library. Jon…

Joseph Barber – The 43 Year Old Air Gunner

by Frank Barber There are many stories of young men (many still boys really) who lied about their ages to gain entry into the air force. This chronicle is about…

Back From Munich

The following article appeared in the Museum's Newsletter in the fall of 1988. It was written by Joe English, one of the Nanton Lancaster Society's founding directors. Joe served with…

Chronicle – A Tiger Moth

At the Official Opening of the Bomber Command Museum (formerly the Nanton Lancaster Air Museum) in 1992, the flypast featured a Tiger Moth aircraft. Arrangements were made to have Society…

The Merlin Story

by Douglas "Duke" Warren Everyone knows the Spitfire story, how it was designed by Joseph Mitchell, based on some of the knowledge from building the Supermarine Schneider Trophy seaplane racers.…

A Bomb – for the Museum

by former F/O R.J. Clift On the night of April 27-28, 1944, Lancaster Mark II EQ-K, "King" of 408 Squadron, with pilot F/L Hales and crew aboard on a raid…

F/O William Reid VC

The following article appeared in the Museum's Newsletter in the fall of 1995. by Paul Whitfield Earlier this year my son Peter and I had the pleasure of meeting Flight…

The Real Story – About the Bouncing Bomb

The following article appeared in the Museum's Newsletter in the fall of 1996. by Don Currie - WWII 635 Sqdr. PFF You have probably heard about the famous 617 Squadron…

Al Hymers – Sole Survivor

The statistics regarding those who served with Bomber Command are daunting. For every 100 aircrew, 60 were killed -a total of over 55,000. During the great offensives of 1943 and…

“Teddy” Blenkinsop – The Montzen Raid

Montzen 27/28 April, 1944 - "Teddy" Blenkinsop is shot down Edward Weyman "Teddy" Blenkinsop was born in 1920 in Victoria, British Columbia and attended school in that city before articling…

Memories of My Buddy, Cpl. Pat Brophy

by Lloyd Fox; Claresholm, Alberta My wife Madelyn and I were transferred to Senneterre, PQ in 1955, the year Janet, our first daughter entered our family. During my apprenticeship there…