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The Bomber Command Museum of Canada reopened its doors Thursday as Alberta moved into Stage 2 of the province’s Open for Summer Plan.

How do you restore a WWII-era aircraft during a pandemic when pandemic restrictions prevent traditional group work? Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: May 13, 2021 6:05 PM MT | Last Updated: May 14 Jack McWilliam, project manager with the Calgary Mosquito Aircraft Society, has been working at home on the pilot seat of a historic de Havilland Mosquito aircraft owned by the City of Calgary.(Dave Gilson/CBC)

The private open-air museum once featured about 40 old planes, or what's left of them. Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Fraser and his brother were hoping to have enough parts to one day rebuild a machine that they would be able to take up to the skies again. That never happened, but the collection they gathered on the property in the Oxbow area preserves local history. Most of these planes were sold out of the old Estevan airport. Some also came from Weyburn and a few pieces they acquired from out of the province. After the war, many local farmers bought written-off aircraft to ut...

Article content The Bomber Command Museum of Canada has published two new books. The Canadian Bomber Command Squadrons, by the museum’s Dave Birrell, tells the story of the airmen using archival documents. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Bomber Command Museum publishes two new books Back to video “Through archival photos and excerpts from wartime documents, this book tells the story of the young Canadians who served with the Canadian Bomber Squadrons – their efforts during the early years and how they evolved as the war progressed, the tec...