Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Remembrance Day ceremony

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The biggest Remembrance Day service outside of Ottawa takes place at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. Each year the hanger is packed with people paying tribute to soldiers past and present.

More than 2500 people packed the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum to honour Canada’s bravest.

At the eleventh hour there was a moment of silence to pay tribute to those who served. Who fought for our freedom and to who sacrificed their lives. The silence ended with the rumble of the Lancaster bomber flying by.
It was a day of symbolism, ceremony and emotion.

“I get very emotional and I am now, but it is wonderful to see so many people. And all these people remember and that’s wonderful just wonderful.” said Trevor Meldrum.

“Its very emotional what we do to remember the people who aren’t here that’s why we are here and I am just glad to be here with guys like this.” said Malcolm Andre.

Even though it’s not easy to remember, there were also moments of reflection. 95-year old Jack Finan from Hamilton is the oldest living pilot to fly the Lancaster bomber during WWII.

“It took 13 seconds to get the anti-aircraft shell up to where you were . So the Brits brought out a series of doing corkscrews and that in affect changes your height and direction so they couldn’t calculate where you were going to be 13 seconds later.”

In his speech the former Chief of Defense, Tom Lawson, talked about marching alongside veterans when he was a cadet.

“It didn’t seem particularly remarkable back then but it does now. I wish I could relive it. I wish I could speak to them.”

Today recognized all the men and women in uniform at the ceremony, young and old.