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MIriam Green Ellis poses at the Lacombe airfield in 1920.

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Miriam Green Ellis and Nellie McClung, at the Lacombe airfield in 1920.

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Miriam Green Ellis and Wilfred Reid ("Wop") May pose with one of May's airplanes at the Lacombe airfield in 1920.

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Florence, Miriam Green Ellis, Wilfred Reid ("Wop") May and Tubbie, at the Lacombe airfield in 1920.

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Miriam Green Ellis, posing in front of an airplane at the Lacombe airfield in 1920.

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Miriam Green Ellis and Nellie McClung with an airplane at the Lacombe airfield in 1920.

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Nellie McClung, with an airplane at the Lacombe airfield in 1920.

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A collage of photos from Miriam Green Ellis and Nellie McClung's trip to visit Wilfred Reid ("Wop") May at the Lacombe airfield in 1920. May, a celebrated World War I fighter pilot, operated an aviation business out of Lacombe after the war.

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Miriam Green Ellis, Wilfred Reid ("Wop") May and an unidentified man pose in front of one of Wop May's airplanes at the Lacombe airfield in 1920.

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Wilfred Reid ("Wop") May, famous aviator, in his military uniform. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1918 for his exemplary service as a pilot in World War I.

Wop May and Miriam Green Ellis were good friends; MGE reported that he…
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