MOUNT HOPE, Ont. – A military funeral for a Canadian Air Force pilot killed in a plane crash last week was held Wednesday at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Mount Hope, Ont.
Capt. Thomas McQueen, 29, died after the CF-18 he was flying crashed during a training exercise near the Alberta-Saskatchewan border on Nov. 28.
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Four CF-18 Hornets from 3 Wing Bagotville, Que., performed a flyby after the service.
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Then a procession began to travel along an extended Highway of Heroes to Ottawa for a private burial at the Beechwood National Cemetery of Canada.
McQueen grew up on a farm near Hamilton and family members say he was proud to carry on the legacy of his grandfather, a pilot in the Second World War.
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His mother, Edith McQueen, told the service that becoming a fighter pilot was the “entire focus” of her son’s life until he met his fiancee and thanked the military for “giving Thomas the opportunity to fulfil his dream.”
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