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PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2021 10:30 pm 
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Hoping you like the pics. Was a few years since I had the chance to visit.

I am only missing 3 of the 8 Lancaster in Canada to see. Nanton, Greenwood & the Windsor one.

Saw: VRA, Ottawa, Calgary, Toronto/Victoria, Edmunston/Trenton

https://thehangarmuseum.ca/


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2021 10:31 pm 
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Weird.....none of the attached files got through.....give me a few minutes.....

BTW...this is an original WW2 wooden hangar.....really sweet.


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2021 10:49 pm 
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Let's give this a try.....Uber easy site to use.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 26, 2021 11:17 pm 
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They also had this.... I knew of these things. But never knew they also made it into Canada's west coast!!!!!!

https://thehangarmuseum.ca/node/50
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=716798%C2%A0

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HISTORY OF THE FU-GO BALLOON BOMB
On loan from Glenbow Museum, these two fragments of fu-go balloon bombs were found in western Canada. The fabric fragment was recovered near Boundary Bay during the Second World War after being shot down by fighter places from Comox Air Force Base. At the time, the balloons were still a secret. Armament specialists defused the bombs and recovered the armament, but left the fabric for recovery until the next day. It was too late at that point, as several people had waded into the water to retrieve pieces of it. The chandelier and ballast mechanism was found after the war in Wood Buffalo Park.

During the Second World War Japan looked for a way to redirect wartime resources in North America. The strong winds over the Pacific Ocean were used to carry these large balloons attached to bombs to the West coast of Canada and the United States, with the goal of causing forest fires. While more than 9000 balloons were launched and it is estimated that 900 made it across the Pacific, they were largely unsuccessful.

This 2013 National Geographic map shows all the then-known find locations, though several pieces have been found since it was created.

These artifacts help tell the story of Hawker Hurricane 5389, since one of its tasks was to locate and shoot down these balloon bombs in Boundary Bay.


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Thanks Michel, neat place.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 8:49 pm 
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Great pics, thanks for sharing!
Was just reading on another forum about the Hurricane restoration, hopefully they sort their engine issues easily.


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