“The Flying Bandit”
Elizabeth Anne Mochrie
16,student/cashier
| My banner is a
“poster”
of the man Ken Leishman, although he is more famous for his title “The
Flying Bandit”. The banner is a depiction of him and the plane
crash that claimed his life, or so we’ve been led to believe. Ken Leishman was a citizen of Red Lake for years before he was caught and convicted while attempting one of the biggest gold heists in Canada. He served his time in jail, before returning once again to our northern community. He was accompanying a patient on a medical flight, and both he and the passenger died in the crash. At the time he had been elected as the deputy mayor. |
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I wanted to make this banner
appear similar to an
old movie poster. The story of the Flying Bandit intrigued me, and
indeed it does have that same sort of “romantic” appeal of a classic
film. It is relatively safe to assume that Ken Leishman died in that
plane crash, but one can still ponder the events and wonder if he was
just performing another greatly disguised gold-heist.
The Red Lake Regional Heritage Centre is a charitable organization, funded by the Municipality of Red Lake and the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. Reg # 87315 2714 RR001
