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BOMBER Command MUSEUM of Canada NEWSLETTER Museum CUSTODIAN THE NANTON LANCASTER SOCIETY VOLUME 25 ISSUE 1 SPRING/SUMMER 2011 Page 13 Page 5 Page 11 PagePage 10 14 See page 8 for a collage of photos that illustrate events and changes in the growth of the museum over the last 25 years. 2 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT’S REPORT Rob Pedersen ………………….. Charlie Cobb by Rob Pedersen Greg Morrison ………………… Brian Taylor With winter finally behind us, the museum Brent Armstrong ……………. Barry Beresford is rapidly taking shape for the summer tour Dan Fox ……….……………... Tink Robinson season. With new displays, special events Bob Evans ……... …………... Karl Kjarsgaard and our ever popular engine runs Nanton John Phillips ………………... Francis Gardner Dennis Muldoon …………… Brent Armstrong will once again be a destination for many ————–—Volunteer positions———–—- travelers. Honourary President ……. …….. Don Hudson For me, meeting new friends, renewing old President …………………. ……. Rob Pedersen friendships and taking a moment to Vice-President …………. ……. Greg Morrison remember those who are no longer with us Secretary …………………. ……. Charlie Cobb are what this museum is about. Hopefully Treasurer ………………………. Brian Taylor you’ll be able to include the museum as part Curator - Editor ……………………. Bob Evans of your summer travels and come to share Anson Restoration …….………. Rob Pedersen some of the magic and memories that are Gift Shop coordinator…………. Ev Murakami held within these walls. I look forward to Library & Displays …………….. Dave Birrell seeing you this summer. Webmaster …………………. Brent Armstrong —-——————— STAFF————————— <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Office Manager ……………………. Julie Taylor Visitor Services Manager…………..Bev Nelson NEWSLETTER CONTENTS Executive list - President’s Report - Students connect ... 2 Membership options - Museum hours …………..……... 3 Planes, Trains, Elevators and Model contest ……….….. 4 Careers in Aviation - Lanc Silhouette ……. …….….…. 5 Second annual Joe English Memorial Fly-in ………....... 6 V.E. Day - 70th Anniversary first flight of a Lanc …….. 7 Pictorial record of Museum’s Twenty Five years……..... 8 Salute to 408 Squadron on their 70th anniversary ……... 9 Biography of S/L Joe McCarthy ………………….…. 10 Lanc 159 log flying book - Simulators ……………... 11 Upholstery of Museum chairs, aircraft cushions ……... 12 Harvard Upgrade - Cheetah engine for Oxford ………...13 Andy Zhou presents the students‟ package to In Memoriam - New displays …………………... ……. 14 Dave Birrell for delivery to Senantes. Expeditor project underway -Newsletter on line ……... 15 Restored instrument panels on display ………….……. 16 STUDENTS CONTINUE Instrument needed - Old Shop renovated ………….….. 17 Tiger Moth report ……………………………………... 18 NANTON-SENANTES CONNECTION Lancaster Crew report ………………………………... 19 Members will recall that in 2009 Nanton Halifax 57 Rescue report …………………………….... 20 was ―twinned‖ with Senantes, France, in Reciprocal Memberships …………………………….. 21 The museum's Nose Art Archive …………………….... 22 recognition of both town’s connection with Anson Report - Curator/ Editor column ……………… 23 Ian Bazalgette VC. This spring the schools ADVERTISERS ………………………………………. 24 in the two communities are - cont page 3 > cont from page 2 > getting to know each other. BECOME A MEMBER OF THE 3 Following a visit to the museum during NANTON LANCASTER SOCIETY which the Nanton students learned about ————————————————— Ian Bazalgette and the relationship the town - ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP - $20 - has with Senantes, they returned to their ————————————————— school and completed drawings to introduce SQUARE FOOTER MEMBERSHIP Nanton to the students in France. These, For a donation of $100 or more you become a together with other material regarding SQUARE FOOTER member and receive: Canada, Nanton, and the museum, were A certificate stating you are a Square placed in a package which has been sent to Footer member; a three-year membership c/w a bi-annual newsletter. the students in Senantes. The Nanton Your name placed on a permanent students are looking forward to receiving a plaque in the museum; similar package from their new friends in An official tax receipt for income tax Senantes. purposes; - <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ————————————————– LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP MUSEUM HOURS For a donation of $500 or more, you become a April 16 to October 15 - Open Daily LIFETIME MEMBER and receive: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. - A Lifetime member certificate; - your name Oct. 16 to April 15 - Open weekends only on a permanent plaque in the museum; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. - an official tax receipt for income tax To book group or special visits purposes. - bi-annual newsletter. Call 1-(403)-646-2270 ————————————————– WING COMMANDERS CLUB CONTACT INFORMATION For a donation of $5000 or more you become Office Manager: a member of the WING COMMANDERS [email protected] CLUB and receive: - all the rights of a Lifetime member; Visitor Services: [email protected] PLUS your name on a special permanent plaque on the Wing Commanders board. Curator: [email protected] The Nanton Lancaster Society is a non-profit, Telephone: (403) 646-2270 volunteer society, registered with Revenue Canada as a charitable organization and is pleased to issue Fax No. (403) 646-2214 tax receipts for donations of funding or materials. Website: The Society is working toward restoration of <www.bombercommandmuseum.ca> Nanton's Lancaster Bomber and development of the Mailing Address: Air Museum with this historic aircraft as the centerpiece. The museum honours all those The Nanton Lancaster Society centerpiece. The museum honours all those associated with Bomber Command and P.O. Box 1051 commemorates the activities of the British Nanton, Alberta Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Canada T0L 1R0 4 LIST OF MUSEUM EVENTS FOR 2011 May 8 ……. VE Day - (Lancaster engines run-up.) June 4 …… Planes, Trains, and Grain Elevators - (Lancaster engines run-up.) - Plus the Western Canadian Regional Model Contest. June 28 …. 70th Anniversary of the EFTS #5 High River. July 10 ….. Vintage Wings of Canada - BCATP ―Yellow Wings‖ tour. - (Lancaster engines run-up.) July 23 ….. Joe English Memorial Fly-In - (Lancaster engines run-up.) August 20 .. 25th Anniversary of the Nanton Lancaster Society - (Lancaster engines run-up.) Sept. 17 …... Last running of the Lancaster's Merlin engines for 2011 Check the museum website for more info see: www.bombercommandmuseum.ca the main hangar for their 2011 Western Canadian Regional Model Contest. This event has rapidly grown to become one of the premier modelling events in western Canada. The 2010 event attracted modellers from the provinces of BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and even the U.S. Over 600 models were entered in 93 categories, ensuring there was something for all interests and skill levels. Lancaster engine-runs will be at 11:00 and Sean McCarthy photo 2:00. Watch for details and updates on PLANES, TRAINS, www.bombercommandmuseum.ca. GRAIN ELEVATORS AND MORE <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Members are encouraged to bring their entire family to Nanton for a fun-filled day enjoying our Planes, Trains, and Elevators event. As well as special activities at the museum, Ultimate Trains, and the Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre, we will be welcoming the Museum of Miniatures to Nanton. This museum is new to Nanton. While the Lancaster is outside, the Rocky Mountain Model Club will be taking over Tables with models at a previous event. CAREERS IN AVIATION 5 Together with other aviation museums across Canada, high school students in Nanton were introduced to careers in aviation as part of a February 7, National Aviation Day program. Museum volunteers John Phillips and Karl Kjarsgaard have both enjoyed many decades in the aviation business and told students of the challenges and rewards of careers as pilots and aircraft maintenance engineers. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Dennis Muldoon and Dan Fox are seen here painting a large Lancaster silhouette Geneva Macgillivray photo based on the one above. It is constructed of L to R: Dave Birrell, J.T. Foster School MDF board and will be mounted on the principal, Peter Weeks, Karl Kjarsgaard, front of main museum hangar opposite the and John Phillips in main hangar of the Bomber Command Museum of Canada Bomber Command Museum on March 7 lettering. At printing, this new addition to after meeting with students. the front of the museum had not yet been installed due to the late winter storms, so a photo was not available. Members of 624 Tisdale (Saskatchewan) & 745 Porcupine (Lethbridge) Air Cadet Squadrons visited the museum on February Above is the editor‟s attempt to show how 22, 2011. the silhouette will look when mounted. 6 THE JOE ENGLISH MEMORIAL Hot air balloons were off early at the AJ Flying Ranch airfield last year, making a spectacular beginning to the day that saw some 60 aircraft attend. The second annual Joe English Memorial Fly-in breakfast will be held July 23 at the AJ Flying Ranch north of Nanton. As usual, A few of the aircraft that attended last year. the Nanton and District Lions Club will be serving up a pancake breakfast from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.. The idea of having an annual fly-in was originally proposed by Nanton resident and ex-Lancaster pilot, Joe English. Joe was a long-time Nanton Lancaster Society board member and supporter of the museum. With his passing away in 2010, it was decided that subsequent fly-ins should be a memorial to him. Members of the Joe English family who A large contingent of Joe English’s family attended the 2010