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…
Historical accounts of pilots and members of Bomber Command in World War II.
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…
Douglas Cameron DFM
As members of the Nanton Lancaster Society were learning about the career of S/L Ian Bazalgette VC (known in the RAF as "Baz") prior to the dedication of the Nanton…
Charles P. “Chuck” Lesesne – A Pilot’s Sacrifice
Charles Prichard Lesesne's ancestors were French Huguenots and the family settled in South Carolina where Charles was born in 1911. After attending the University of South Carolina, he worked as…