2013 08 Aug 09 51st Abbotsford Air Show 18a
The B-25 Mitchell bomber on static display at the airshow. Similar in design to the venerable Canadian Avro Lancaster heavy bomber but only used by Canada following the WWII. During WWII Canada had a gigantic Lancaster squadron that in total flew over 150,000 missions. My maternal grandfather, Douglas Eastham flew a Lancaster as a tail gunner. Sadly he was killed in action just prior to D-Day.
Canadian history most Canadians don't know: During WWII we had the worlds third largest navy and one of the largest air commands in history. The cold war and its reliance on nuclear weapons, which we did have for a few decades compliments of our American friends, change the balance and our military might faded.
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