Wop May

Wilfrid Reid "Wop" May, was a Canadian flying ace in the First World War and a leading post-war aviator. He was the final Allied pilot to be pursued by Manfred von Richthofen before the German ace was shot down on the Western Front in 1918. After the war, May returned to Canada, pioneering the role of a bush pilot while working for Canadian Airways in Northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

20 April 1896

Born on the same birth day (20 April): Carmen Electra • Clement Isong • Daniel Chester French • Daniel Varoujan • Elena Verdugo • Georg Michael Telemann • Holland Smith • Julia Morris • Konstantin Lavronenko • Louka Katseli • Sandro Chia • Stephen Marley • Tito Puente

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