Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1935. In 1974, May was declared a National Historic Person, and a plaque to commemorate him was installed in Edmonton in 1978. May is immortalized in songs by Stompin' Tom Connors ("Wop May"), The Gumboots ("Wop May"), and John Spearn ("Roy Brown and Wop May"). He was also the subject of a 1979 National Film Board of Canada vignette. On October 6, 2004, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity located a rock on the south slope of the Endurance Crater on Mars. The 1 metre (3.3-foot) rock was given the name "wopmay" after the legendary Canadian bush pilot. Canada has a geologic feature known as the Wopmay Fault Zone, lying to the west of Hudson Bay along the Wopmay River, where the earliest mountains in the world appeared during the Paleoproterozoic era, approximately two billion years ago. The city of Edmonton, Alberta, named the neighbourhood of Mayfield in honour of Wop May. In 2017 the airport at Fort Vermilion, Alberta was renamed Fort Vermilion (Wop May Memorial) Aerodrome in his honour. References Bibliography Reid, Sheila & May, Denny "Wings of a Hero" – Maycroft – revised edition 2014 May, Denny "More Stories about Wop May"- Maycroft – 2011 Godsell, Philip H. Pilots of the Purple Twilight: The Story of Canada's Early Bush Flyers. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1955. "Wilfrid Reid May" The Canadian Encyclopedia. External links 1929 Wilfrid Reid ‘Wop’ May NWT Historical Timeline, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre Watch Canada Vignettes: Wop May, National Film Board of Canada Entry at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca Wop May fonds. Northwest Territories Archives 1896 births 1952 deaths British Army personnel of World War I Barnstormers Bush pilots Canadian aviators Canadian Officers of the Order of the British Empire Canadian World War I flying aces NCR Corporation people People from Carberry, Manitoba Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Air Force officers Royal Air Force personnel of World War I Royal Flying Corps officers Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts alumni