RapidFireWeb Miles Magister (IWM Photo CH 1250) Miles M.14A Magister, No. 28, No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School at Woodley, Berkshire, September 1940, prior to a training flight. The Miles M.14 Magister is a two-seat monoplane basic trainer aircraft designed and built by the British aircraft manufacturer Miles Aircraft It was affectionately known as the Maggie. … Read more
Miles Master and Miles Martinet (RAF Photo) Miles M.9A Master Mk. IA, RAF (Serial No. T8559). The Miles M.9 Master was a British two-seat monoplane advanced trainer designed and built by aviation company Miles Aircraft Ltd. It was inducted in large numbers into both the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Fleet Air Arm (FAA) during … Read more
Noorduyn Norseman (RCAF Photo via Mike Kaehler) Noorduyn Norseman Mk. VI (Serial No. 2496), c/n 378, coded AP-Q, No. 413 Squadron, on a Canadian photo-mapping mission ca 1944-45. It is docked on the water at Sawmill Bay, on the East side of Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories. Ex-USAAF UC-64 (Serial No. 43-5387), RAF (Serial No. … Read more
North American Yale (Peter Bakema Photo) North American NA-64 Yale Mk. I, RCAF (Serial No. 3416), coded X9, used in the movie Captains of the Clouds. Guelph Airpark, Ontario. The Yale is a low-wing single piston engine monoplane advanced trainer that served with the RCAF during the Second World War. Ordered as a follow-on to … Read more
Northrop Nomad (DND Archives Photo, PL-6224) Northrop A-17A Nomad, RCAF (Serial No. 3508), painted with target towing stripes, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, 21 Nov 1941. Northrop A-17A Nomad (32), (Serial Nos. 3490-3521). The Royal Canadian Air Force received 32 Nomads that had been part of a French order of 93 aircraft. When France fell in … Read more
Percival Proctor (RAF Photo) Percival Proctor Mk. IV in flight. The Percival Proctor was a British radio trainer and communications aircraft of the Second World War. The Proctor was a single-engined, low-wing monoplane with seating for three or four, depending on the model. (Wikipedia) Five RCAF aircrew were killed in flying accidents (KIFA) flying Proctors. (CWHM) … Read more
Saunders Roe A.27 London (Air Ministry Photo) Saro London flying boat (Serial No. K5911), of No. 204 Squadron Royal Air Force, c1930s. The Saunders Roe A.27 London was a British military biplane flying boat built by the Saunders Roe company. Only 31 were built, entering service with the Royal Air Force in 1936. Although due … Read more
The Short Empire was a medium-range four-engined flying boat, designed and developed in the 1930s to meet the requirements of the growing commercial airline sector, with a particular emphasis upon its usefulness upon the core routes that served the the UK. It was developed and manufactured in parallel with the Short Sunderland maritime patrol bomber. … Read more
Stinson Model 10A and Model 108 Voyager (RCAF Photo) Stinson Model 105, RCAF (Serial No. 3467), RCAF Station Patricia Bay, British Columbia, 4 Dec 1941. Between July and September 1940, the RCAF acquired 26 Model 105s and 10s. Purchased as commercial aircraft, each was assigned a Canadian civilian registration number and flown to Canada. Once on … Read more
Cessna Crane (DND Archives Photo, PCN-3871) Cessna T-50 Crane Mk. I, RCAF (Serial No. 8676), painted in yellow training livery. 8676 is currently on display in the Canada Air and Space Museum, Ottawa, Ontario. The Cessna T-50 Crane was the RCAF version of the Cessna AT-17 Bobcat, a twin-engined advanced trainer designed and made in … Read more
