Bomber Command Museum of Canada - Nanton, Alberta
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N 50° 21.014 W 113° 46.581
12U E 302490 N 5581258
The Bomber Command Museum of Canada or the Nanton Air Museum is dedicated to the air men and women that trained in and came from the southern Alberta area near Nanton, Alberta.
Waymark Code: WMEVG3
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 07/09/2012
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This museum is dedicated to the service men and women who served in the Second World War in southern Alberta. The Nanton Air Museum has its roots in the preservation of Avro 683 Lancaster FM159.
Nanton was the heart of the air training that took place for the British Commonwealth Air Training program during the war. Nearby service flying schools to train fighter and multi-engine pilots included Vulcan, Claresholm, Fort Macleod, Medicine Hat and Calgary.
The museum houses numerous artifacts and a full day can be spent looking at the displays. Outside the building is flanked by two aircraft on pedestals. The are additional monuments including a wall that lists the service men and women of Bomber Command that lost their lives in the war.
"The Nanton Lancaster Society was formed following the Town of Nanton's suggestion in the fall of 1985 that perhaps a group could be formed to, "take care of the Bomber" which had been on outside display for twenty-five years. At this time virtually no one had been in the aircraft since it had arrived and very little was known, in Nanton, about the Lancaster or the history associated with it.
A core group was formed and an inaugural meeting was held in March, 1986. Various committees were formed and by May some Lancaster related artifacts were on display and Lancaster T-shirts and caps were for sale in the Tourist Information Booth next to the aircraft. The founding members had also made the decision that the best way to, "take care of the Bomber" was to have it become the centrepiece of an air museum."
See: http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/nlsmuseum.html
Admission to the museum is by donation only.