For Those who Love Canada and Warbirds

[McMurdo]

Is he Robert Edward Rennie? I walk and bike there quite a lot, I'll make a point to pass there and pay my respects, if that's alright with you.

This is a concrete example of why I love this forum,

[tulloch]

Wow! Thanks for those photos. What a lovely bird! Spacious inside.

[BCAC]

Wow! Thanks for those photos. What a lovely bird! Spacious inside.

You've obviously never been inside one or seen one up close! I had the honour of working on the Battle of Britain Mémorial Flight for a few too short months and I can say many, many things about the Lancaster bomber, but "spacious inside" certainly isn't one of them!

Nice to see that these two are still being kept airworthy and flying regularly.

[Mike_Oettle]

Lodrorigdzin, you mention Heerde. There is a South African family surnamed Van Heerden, descended from a Dutch immigrant in the 17th century who was born at Heerde. However, his parents were from elsewhere, and moved on from Heerde before he was a grown man. I am a descendant of that first Van Heerden.
My father-in-law was in the Fleet Air Arm (an aircraft fitter) and an uncle of mine was a major in the South African Air Force (a pilot). For two years I worked under a Scot who had been a navigator on bomber flights from England to Germany. He was the first navigator made an aircraft commander.
I never tire of hearing about the aircraft of that era.
Regards,
Mike