| description: | Captain Wilfrid Reid (Wop) May, Obe, Dfc, While Chief Pilot Of Commercial Airways Of Edmonton, Was Awarded The Trans Canada Trophy, By The Minister Of National Defence, For Meritorious Service In The Advancement Of Aviation In Canada During 1929, In Recognition Of His Work Organizing Air Services To Outlying Districts. He Was Born In Carberry, Mb, On March 20, 1896. He Moved To Alberta With His Parents In 1903. He Received His Training As A Mechanic With Great West Motors In 1914. He Became A Machine Gun Instructor With The Candian Expeditionary Force At The Machine Gun School In 1916. By February 1917 He Was With The 202nd City Of Edmonton Battalion And Went Overseas As A Staff Sergeant. He Joined The Royal Flying Corps When He Reached France. In March 1918 He Reported To The 209th Squadron As A Fighter Pilot. On His First Combat Flight He Shot Down An Enemy Aircraft And On Returning Home With His Guns Jammed He Was Chased By German Ace, Baron Manfred Von Richthofen, Who Was Shot By Captain Roy Brown, An Old School Chum Of Wop'S. Wop Was Awarded The Dfc For Gallantry And Returned To Canada May 1919 After The War And Started A Commercial Aviation Company In Edmonton Called May Airplanes Ltd |