Busy summer and visit to Nanton Lancaster Museum

Hello,

Here is a brief note on my visit to the Nanton Lancaster Air Museum and some very interesting individuals I met and had conversations with.

Mr. Edmund Kluczny, whom I met up with on a private tour of the Nanton Lancaster.

We entered the Lanc together along with a mechanic on Friday afternoon, Mr. Kluczny was very agile and was able to climb over the spars and other obstacles all the way up into the pilots seat. The mechanic and I were very enlightened on many stories “Ed” was able to recall over a span of 45 minutes. Here are some photo’s as well as his mention in Hugh Halliday’s “Honors & Awards” in the AirForce.ca web site.

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P/O Edmund Kluczny

KLUCZNY, P/O Edmund George (J92663) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.90 Squadron - Award effective 15 March 1945 as per London Gazette dated 27 March 1945 and AFRO 1127/45 dated 6 July 1945. Born at Empress, Alberta, 1921; home in Winfield or Alder Flats, Alberta (cook); enlisted in Edmonton, 4 June 1942. Trained at No.4 ITS (graduated 6 November 1942), No.5 EFTS (graduated 5 February 1943) and No.15 SFTS (graduated 28 May 1943). Commissioned November 1942. No citation other than "completed...many successful operations against the enemy in which [he has] displayed high skill, fortitude and devotion to duty." Public Records Office Air 2/9050 has recommendation dated 14 December 1944 when he was a Warrant Officer (R159445) who had flown 35 sorties (178 hours 21 minutes); commissioned 23 December 1944 with effect from 23 November 1944.

In the past week I have almost completed adding captions to all the previous photos and arranged in chronological order.