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语篇如下：

EddieMcKay,aonce-forgottenpilot,isasubjectofgreatinteresttoagroupofhistorystudentsinCanada.

ItallstartedwhenGrahamBroad,aprofessorattheUniversityofWesternOntario,foundMcKay'snameinafootnoteinabookaboutuniversityhistory.McKaywasincludedinalistofuniversityalumni(校友)whohadservedduringtheFirstWorldWar,buthisnamewasunfamiliartoBroad,aspecialistinmilitaryhistory.Outofcuriosity,Broadspenthoursatthelocalarchives(档案馆)inafruitlesssearchforinformationonMcKay.Tiredanddiscouraged,hefinallygaveup.Onhiswayout,Broad'sglancehappenedtofallonanexhibitingcaseshowingsomeoldnewspapers.Hiseyewasdrawntoanoldpictureofayoungmaninarugbyuniform.Ashereadthewordsbesidethepicture,heexperiencedathrillingrealization."Afterlookingforhimallday,therehewas,staringupatmeoutoftheexhibitingcase,"saidBroad.Excitedbythefind,Broadaskedhisstudentstocontinuehissearch.Theycombedoldnewspapersandothermaterialsforclues.Gradually,apicturecameintoview.

CaptainAlfredEdwinMcKayjoinedtheBritishRoyalFlyingCorpsin1916.Hedownedtenenemyplanes,outlivedhisentiresquadron(中队)asaWWIflyer,spentsometimeasaflyinginstructorinEngland,thenreturnedtothefront,wherehewaseventuallyshotdownoverBelgiumandkilledinDecember1917.Butthere'smoretohisstory."Forabrieftimein1916hewasprobablythemostfamouspilotintheworld,"saysBroad."HewascreditedwithdowningOswaldBoelcke,themostfamousGermanpilotatthetime."Yet,inaletterhome,McKayrefusedtotakecredit,sayingthatBoelckehadactuallycrashedintoanotherGermanplane.

McKay'swarrecordsweredestroyedduringaWorldWarIIairbombingonLondon—anexplanationforwhyhewasallbutforgotten.

Butnow,thankstotheeffortsofBroadandhisstudents,amarkerinMcKay'smemorywasplacedontheuniversitygroundsinNovember2007."IfoundmyeyesfillingwithtearsasIreadtheword'deceased'(阵亡)nexttohisname,"saidCoreyEverrett,astudentwhofoundapictureofMckayinhisuniform."Thiswassuchasimpleexampleofthefactthathehadbeenastudentjustlikeus,butinsteadoffinishinghistimeatWestern,hechosetofightan