A momentous occasion will take place today at the Bomber Command Museum of Canada in Nanton Saturday Sept 17.

WW2 veteran Henry 'Hank' Jackson will have his Distinguished Flying Cross and other medals returned to him at 12:30 P.M. during a special ceremony.

Museum Board Member Karl Kjarsgaard says the medals were lost while in the care of one of Jackson's relatives after they passed away. 

After weeks and weeks of his family and the Board searching they finally found the medals and can hardly wait to hand them back to Jackson.

Jackson completed 31 combat missions in Halifax bombers as a rear gunner with the Murphy crew in RCAF 428 bomber squadron between 1943 and 1944.

The museum is also celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Halifax bomber on Saturday as they continue to restore and bring back a Halifax bomber to life.

The 'Halifax Project' started when the museum received a call from Sweden.

"A Swedish diving group found a Canadian Airforce Halifax heavy bomber off the coast of Sweden.  They contacted the Bomber Command Museum in Nanton and they said we understand you're looking for a Halifax."

"We negotiated at a very high level to get the salvage rights and we've already started it, we're weeks into the process."

The story becomes even more incredible because the pilot of this exact Halifax is still alive at the age of 92 and is happy it's been found.

"We had the phone number of the Halifax pilot...and phoned him. He was quite excited to know that after 73 years his Halifax had been found and a group of Candians and Swedes were going to recover it for him."

The Halifax Project celebrations go from 10A.M. to 4:00P.M.

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