Walker has been commissioned by philanthropist and aviator, Craig  Roberts to paint a restored depiction of the recently acquired Lancaster Bomber, FM 104 which is now at The BC Aviation Museum near Victoria, BC.  This Lanc was built in Malton, Ontario in 1944 during WW2. Once it was retired it was display mounted on Toronto's waterfront near the Canadian National Exhibition grounds from 1966 to 1999. It was then placed in a museum at Downsview Park but the museum closed and FM 104 was dismantled and placed in storage.

 

Many proactive heritage enthusiasts of the GTA tried desperately to find the funds to create another location or perhaps restore this Lancaster Bomber but to no avail. FM 104EVER  was formed to spearhead a campaign to keep it in Toronto but the city's economic development committee could not come up with the funding.

 

FM-104 is now British Columbia's first and only Lancaster Bomber to be restored to airworthiness but FM-104 needs help from Canadian's to achieve this goal.  Walker will be donating proceeds from the sales of the reproductions to the BC Aviation Museum to aid with funding and public awareness of this truly remarkable part of Canadian heritage.   

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"I lived and worked in Toronto while going to OCADU and remembered cycling past FM-104 on many occasions. Although I feel sad for Torontonians losing their Lanc; I think a better way of dealing with this loss is to show their continued support for FM-104. She is a Canadian institution and she belongs to ALL Canadians!  I think FM-104EVER will be completely blown away when they hear the roar of her 4 Rolls Royce Merlin Engines  flying overhead as she visits Pearson International Airport near her birthplace in Malton, Ontario, in the not so distant future."