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The Wop May Chronicles

Stories about Wilfrid Reid (Wop) May

Month: December 2015

Canada’s First Air Harbour

December 31, 2015December 31, 2015 admin

The first Air Harbour in Canada was “May Field” on the Sproule Farm in Edmonton. The Sproule Farm in Edmonton…

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Mercy Flight: 2004 Re-enactment

December 31, 2015December 31, 2015 admin

On January 2, 2004 we had the pleasure and privilege of re-enacting an amazing historical event. Seventy Five years earlier,…

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Mercy Flight: 1979 Re-Enactment

December 29, 2015December 29, 2015 admin

Thanks to the efforts of the Staff of the Lutheran Association of Missionaries & Pilots  – in 1979, pilots Denny…

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Taking Flight

December 28, 2015February 28, 2016 admin

On February 8, 1916 Wop May joined the Canadian Army – the 202 Edmonton Sportsman’s Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary…

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Mercy Flight of 1929

December 28, 2015July 23, 2017 admin

Bert Logan, a Hudson’s Bay employee, and his wife were well respected in the communities of Little Red River and…

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