Hangar Flight Museum pays tribute to D-Day with Avro Lancaster viewing for visitors
There was an Avro Lancaster viewing Friday at the Hangar Flight Museum in Calgary.
Friday marked the 81st anniversary of the Battle of Normandy -- D-Day-- which was one of the pivotal moments of the Second World War.
To mark the occasion, The Hangar Flight Museum held a special viewing day for their Avro Lancaster.
Hundreds of Lancasters were built in Canada during the Second World War before they flew overseas to play a crucial role.
Visitors got the chance to see how congested the insides of the planes were.
Inside the Avro Lancaster
Hundreds of Avro Lancasters were built in Canada and shipped to Europe where they played a crucial role in the Second World War
(CTV Calgary)
'I find it very emotionally impactful to be inside there and the darkness and the enclosed nature and thinking about, OIK, seven boys and they might have been 18 years old, they might have been 20 years old; a lot of these were really young men who served in these planes,' said one museum guest.
The Hangar Flight Museum will be opening the Lancaster for more viewing throughout the summer.
For more information about The Hangar Flight Museum, go here.
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