Bomber Command Museum of Canada, Aviation museum in Nanton, Canada
The Bomber Command Museum of Canada displays World War II aircraft including the Lancaster FM159, alongside military equipment and engines from that era. The facility houses working engines and technical equipment that help visitors understand the aircraft engineering of the time.
The Nanton Lancaster Society formed in 1985 to save Avro Lancaster FM159, displayed outdoors in the town since 1960. The society opened the museum in 1986, completed a building for the aircraft in 1991, and expanded it in 1998, 2002 and 2007. It was renamed the Bomber Command Museum of Canada in 2010.
The museum preserves personal memories and photographs from Bomber Command veterans that visitors encounter while walking through the exhibits. These collections show how pilots and crews lived and worked during that time.
The museum is open on weekends and offers both self-guided and guided tours through the exhibitions. Visitors should allow plenty of time to view the aircraft and technical displays, and to attend the engine demonstrations that occur regularly.
The Lancaster FM159 is one of only a handful of this aircraft type remaining worldwide and can actually move under its own power across the museum grounds. This operational machine is a rare example of a plane that has retained its original capability.
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