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SUMMARY:Operation Manna 80th Anniversary commemoration
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the museum on Tuesday\, April 29\, 2025\, from 10 am
  – 3 pm for Operation Manna 80th Anniversary commemoration. Admission: a
  non-perishable food item to be donated to local food banks. A commemorati
 on ceremony will be held at 11:00 am.\n\nWe are excited to announce we wil
 l be hosting the P51 Mustang and Spitfire from the Timmermans Collection (
 weather permitting and possible maintenance scheduling – confirmation cl
 oser to date) as well as C-130 Hercules from 424 Squadron (weather permitt
 ing). The planes will be on display to visitors.\n\n2025 will be an eventf
 ul time of remembering our history of 80 years ago. 1945 marked the end o
 f WWII in Europe and the Pacific. Windsor had a very specific part in it 
 when a pilot from here by the name of Bob Upcott led the first\, and argua
 bly most dangerous since they were unarmed\, humanitarian air drop of food
  on April 29 in his Lancaster bomber. The Dutch were starving after the N
 azis commandeered most of the food in the Netherlands\, reduced to eating 
 tulip bulbs to survive\, and Bob and his crew flew the first test mission 
 dropping gunny sacks of non-perishables like flour\, tinned meat\, sugar\,
  coffee and tea\, dried peas and beans\, salt\, mustard and of course\, ch
 ocolate\, at a race track near the Hague.\n\nThis year we honour Bob and h
 is faithful crew at our museum on April 29. We'll be open from 10 - 3\, a
 nd appropriately\, admission will be a non-perishable food item to be give
 n to local food banks through the Unemployed Help Centre. You can partic
 ipate in the commemoration by bringing the same items as were in the Opera
 tion Manna burlap bags dropped out of the bomb bay of a Lancaster bomber s
 imilar to our own at the museum\, or any non-perishable or a monetary dona
 tion if you prefer\, that we'll collect and provide to those locally in ne
 ed.
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LOCATION:Canadian Aviation Museum (CAM)\, Commercial Dr \, Windsor\, ON\, N
 8V 1A1\, Canada
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