When I posted this image of the South Ontario kilt rabble beside the Andrew Mynarski memorial Lancaster bomber at Canadian Warplane Heritage at Mount Hope Airport, Hamilton, Ontario, six years ago, none of us could have foreseen that the Lancaster would one day cross the pond and visit Middleton St. George airfield in England where Mynarski was based and from where he flew his thirteenth and final mission, but here it is in England yesterday:-
As my dad served with the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan at Gananoque Ontario and at Penhold Alberta during World War 2 and my mother's family all emigrated to Canada I took out a life membership of Canadian Warplane Heritage and had the good fortune to be welcomed on board the Lancaster by one of the hosts from Ontario.
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Some re-enactors in Royal Canadian Air Force uniforms inspect the tail turret.
Inspecting the Tail Turret by cessna152towser
Andrew Charles Mynarski V.C. is commemorated outside the former Officers' Mess which is now a hotel.
The Last Salute by cessna152towser
The Lancaster put on a fine display
Lancaster in Flight by cessna152towser
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