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History of the Cameco Canada Remembers Air Show

In 1994 over 100 World War Two, Korea War and Peacekeeping Veterans joined other dedicated communityvolunteers to form Saskatoon’s Canada Remembers Committee, led by (now deceased) Chair and WWII Veteran Jack Scarfe; the first commemorative Canada Remembers Air Show was held on Sunday, May 7th, 1995, as a salute to the 50th Anniversary of the end of WWII … 50 years from the date Nazi Germany announced their surrender.

The Canada Remembers Air Show has long been acknowledged as Canada’s largest Tribute to Veterans project, honouring the presence of thousands of prairie-region Veterans and their families, along with many more coming from across Canada and the United States; to date, the event has entertained and educated over 400,000 on-site patrons, helped raise over $450,000.00 for charitable and community groups and has generated over $32M in economic benefits throughout the province.

The event has proudly been the recipient of several regional and national awards; three Canada Remembers film documentaries have enjoyed nation-wide television airplay over the last six years on National and Regional Television Networks, with a fourth documentary being released in the fall of 2009 (produced by Thomega Ent.).

It should be noted that copies of these films are also being utilized by Canada’s school system, coast to coast, as a modern-day tool to help educate our nation’s youth about Canada’s Veterans and the need to “Remember” their sacrifices.

Through the years, unique and rarely seen historical aircraft have participated in the event, such as the famed B-17 “Memphis Belle” (also accompanied by the original pilot, U.S. WWII Veteran Col. Bob Morgan / now deceased),  B-25 Mitchell Bombers, P-51 Mustangs, A-26 Invader, German Henkle HE-111 and others; modern aviation technology such as the C-5 Galaxy (world’s second largest transport aircraft), the C-17 Globemaster and current aviation marvels like the $2Billion Dollar B-2 Spirit, have also attended this tribute event.

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