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): Adolf Schärf • Betty Cuthbert • Bogoslav Šulek • Carmen Electra • Cornelius Harnett • Don Mattingly • Eszter Tamási • Irene Lieblich • John Carney (American football) • Konstantin Lavronenko • Marie-Antoinette de Geuser • Massimo D'Alema • Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby • Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha • Steve Spurrier • Vannesa Rosales

Born in the same month (April 1896): Einar Lundborg • Ernst Udet • Fred Barnett (English footballer) • Fred Haney • Frits Peutz • Johnny Golden • Léo-Paul Desrosiers • Na Hye-sŏk • Nikolay Semyonov • Reverend Gary Davis • Robert E. Sherwood • Robert Henry Best • Ruut Tarmo • Tristan Tzara • William Hudson (engineer) • Yip Harburg