RCAF & RCN aircraft at their finest ...

[Mark Allen M]

... as in good quality photos and interesting types. Some very nice looking photos of some very nice looking Royal Canadian aircraft from 'The Aviation Photo Company' website.
http://www.aviationphotocompany.com/sea ... q=Canadian

Part 1


Royal Canadian Navy 883 Squadron Supermarine Seafire PR479


Royal Canadian Navy 883 Squadron Supermarine Seafire PR458


Royal Canadian Navy 883 Squadron Supermarine Seafire PR498


Royal Canadian Navy 883 Squadron Supermarine Seafire SW909


Royal Canadian Navy 883 Squadron Supermarine Seafire PR504


Royal Canadian Navy 883 Squadron Supermarine Seafire PR503

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Part 2


Royal Canadian Navy 803 Squadron Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 VX690 (1951)


Royal Canadian Navy Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 WZ636 (1953)


Royal Canadian Navy Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 WG565 (1953)


Royal Canadian Navy Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 TG128

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Part 3


Royal Canadian Air Force Lockheed Ventura 2264


Royal Canadian Air Force Lockheed Ventura TT 2254


Royal Canadian Air Force De Havilland Mosquito FB.20 A-518

[Mark Allen M]

Part 4


Royal Canadian Air Force Avro Lancaster 10 FM208


Royal Canadian Air Force Avro Lancaster 10 KB976


Royal Canadian Air Force Avro Lancaster 10 KB997

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Part 5


Royal Canadian Air Force 424 Squadron North American Harvard Mk II 3766


Royal Canadian Air Force 414 Squadron Douglas C-47 Dakota KN256

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[Mark Allen M]

Part 6


Royal Canadian Air Force North American B-25 Mitchell KL136


Royal Canadian Air Force North American B-25 Mitchell KL154


Royal Canadian Air Force North American B-25 2TT HD326


Royal Canadian Air Force 406 Squadron North American B-25 5266


Reserve Squadron Mitchell aircraft, a B-25 medium bomber deployed on Exercise Sun Dog III, is “bombed up” at Royal Canadian Air Force Station Goose Bay, Labrador

[Warbirdnerd]

Royal Canadian Navy 883 Squadron Supermarine Seafire PR503

This one is still around. PR503 at Oshkosh 2010:

[Mark Allen M]

This one is still around. PR503 at Oshkosh 2010

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Royal Canadian Navy Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 WG566 (1953)


Royal Canadian Navy AGC Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 TG120 (1948)


Royal Canadian Navy 880 Squadron Fairey Firefly AS.5 VN138A


RCAF Bristol Bollingbroke 9932


Royal Canadian Air Force 103 RU Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 11047 (1949)


Royal Canadian Air Force Avro Lancaster 10 with Orenda engines FM209

[bdk]

Part 5


Royal Canadian Air Force 424 Squadron North American T-6G 3766

Not a T-6G!

3766

North American Harvard Mk. II

NA-81

81-4033

first date: 19 April 1941 - Taken on strength

Served with No. 8 and No. 14 Service Flying Training Schools. ATR-11 radio installed post war. Served post war with No. 424 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Mount Hope, Ontario. Visited Brantford, Ontario in June 1950 while with this unit, marked "BA*P". Also with No. 400 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Downsview, Ontario, dates not known.

last date: 18 October 1960 - Struck off, to Crown Assets Disposal Corporation for sale.

http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_3750_3799_detailed.html

[Mark Allen M]

Not a T-6G!

Corrected! North American Harvard Mk. II

[gregv]

Part 6

Royal Canadian Air Force 406 Squadron North American B-25 5266

Great pics, thanks as always for sharing! The target tug Ventura is a new one to me, striking scheme!

The 2nd to last B-25 looks like it might still have the applique armor installed on the cockpit side? Or is that some form of paint remnant/evidence from it's previous installation? Just curious. Still has the gun packs too...

cheers

greg v.

[Scooby]

Thank-you Mark!

[Chris Brame]

Great stuff Mark - how about some RCAF Digbys?

On the Mosquito, it looks like the serial was overpainted and maybe changed to A518 - would this be a maintenance (or otherwise grounded) trainer serial?

[rcaf_100]

On the Mosquito, it looks like the serial was overpainted and maybe changed to A518 - would this be a maintenance (or otherwise grounded) trainer serial?

Yep. A*** serial numbers were for instructional airframes.

[David Legg]

re. "Royal Canadian Air Force 103 RU Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina 11047 (1949)" It's actually a Canadian Vickers-built Canso A with no prior connection to the US Navy so not a PBY-5A. Lovely shot though. And it's still with us - after a long career as a Canadian fire fighter (CF-OFI/C-FOFI) it is now at Buckeye, AZ with Hans Lauridsen as N413PB. Any update on that would be welcome.