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The masses have always had a fascination with big planes. So in 1954, Trans-Canada Airlines decided the best way to introduce its new line of Lockheed Super Constellations was to fly one to Vancouver and let the public tour it.
“Not just a Constellation,” said an ad in the May 4, 1954 Vancouver Sun. “Not just a Super Constellation. But the latest, greatest version of this superb aircraft type. Truly a
SUPER Constellation!”
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The ad promised a plane that was “bigger, finer (and) more powerful” than previous passenger planes, with “spacious cabins” and “luxurious accommodations” that offered “the most exclusive First Class service across the Atlantic.”
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July 3, 1942.
Pilot George Williams and a crew of six men took off from a runway at Swindon, England. Their destination: the channel between Nazi-occupied Denmark and neutral Sweden. At a month shy of his 26th birthday, this was George’s 21st mission.
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He piloted a Lancaster, a heavy bomber used by the British in the Second World War. Accompanying him and his crew was a second Lancaster.
The mission was to fly low and slow to facilitate the laying of mines within the channel, providing a deadly obstacle for German ships.
A Saskatchewan author is writing a book featuring an historical account about a devastating military plane crash that shook the Estevan community more than 70 years ago. Marie Donais Calder s next book tells the stories of the 21 veterans who died in a plane crash outside of Estevan almost one year after WWII ended. The book is titled “Together Forever in the Clouds” and it tells the stories of the 21 airmen who died when the Dakota 962 plane they were in crashed near the Estevan airport in 1946.
21 men died in the plane crash near Estevan, SK, in 1946. Calder has written 25 other books about the war, mostly focusing on her father s service. During her research, she learned about the devastating plane crash that took place September 15, 1946.