1929 Canada FFC Cover Signed WOP MAY WWI ACE - Last Pilot Chased by Red Baron For Sale

1929 Canadian First Flight Cover – Edmonton to Wrigley (Northwest Territories)
Signed by famed bush pilot and WWI flying ace Wop May (Wilfrid Reid May - hence the W R May signature

• Postmarked Edmonton, Alta., Nov 26, 1929
• Cachet: “Canada Air Mail First Regular Official Flight Fort McMurray to Arctic Red River”
• Backstamped Arctic Red Red River, N.W.T., Dec 26, 1929
• Addressed to Minneapolis, USA
• Franked with Canada Airmail issue

✈️ Historic Northern Route:
This flight represents early development of air mail service into remote northern Canada—an important phase in bush aviation history.

✍️ Wop May Signature:
Signed by Wop May, legendary Canadian bush pilot and World War I ace - 13 Victories, widely known for his role in the final engagement involving the Red Baron and for pioneering northern air routes. He was the final allied pilot pursued by Manfred von Richthofen before the German ace was shot down on the Western front in 1918.

Post war he was a bush pilot pioneer flying for Canadian Airways in the Northern Alberta and Northwest Territores

📌 Condition:

• Clean strike cancels
• Minor edge wear typical of period covers
• Overall attractive and displayable example