This event is cancelled.

Remembering S/L Ian Bazalgette VC DFC & the 10th Anniversary of the Nanton-Senantes Twinning

Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Ian Bazalgette’s VC Flight and the 10th Anniversary of the Town of Nanton and the Village of Senantes Twinning.

We will have a delegation from Senantes, France, attend as well as council members of the Town of Nanton and Government of Alberta.

We honour the 75th anniversary of Ian Bazalgette’s historic crash near the town of Senantes, France. Bazalgette’s Lancaster Bomber was hit and set on fire during an attack on a Nazi V-1 flying bomb site. He attempted to save two injured crew members by trying to land the plane, but the landing caused an explosion, killing all on board. Citizens of Senantes then hid Bazalgette’s remains from the Nazis and later buried him in their churchyard and continue to maintain the grave to this day.

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