RapidFireWeb Douglas Boston, RCAF (DND Photo via James Craik) Douglas Boston Mk. III, (Serial No. BZ264(, ex-USAAF (Serial No. 42-33019), coded RH-B No. 88 Squadron, RAF. The Squadron had flown its first operation on 25 Aug 1943. She flew a total of 77 Ops with No. 88 Squadron, then moved to No. 342 Squadron, RAF, for 77 … Read more
Douglas Digby (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3581607) Douglas Digby Mk. I, RCAF (Serial No. 740), coded R, No. 10 (Bomber) Squadron, RCAF. The RCAF acquired 20 Douglas Digby Mk. I in 1940. These were American twin engine B-18A Bolo bombers which served during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Digby, named … Read more
Fairchild Bolingbroke (Umeyou Photo) Fairchild Bolingbroke Mk. IV, RCAF (Serial No. 9118), coded BK-V, No. 115 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron, Patricia Bay, British Columbia, 1942. The Fairchild Bolingbroke was a maritime patrol aircraft and trainer flown by the RCAF during the Second World War. Built by Fairchild-Canada, it was a license-built version of the Bristol Blenheim … Read more
Fairey Barracuda (IWM Photo, A20180) Fairey Barracuda Mk. II carrying an 18-inch (46 cm) aerial torpedo. The ASV radar “Yagi” antennae are visible above the wings. Flown by RCN and RCNVR pilots in service with the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy. Fairey Barracuda Mk. II. Canadians serving with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm flew … Read more
Fairey Fulmar (RN Photo) Fairey Fulmar flown by RCN and RCNVR pilots in service with the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy. The Fairey Fulmar was a British carrier-borne reconnaissance and fighter aircraft. It was named after the northern fulmar, a seabird native to the UK. The Fulmar served with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm … Read more
Grumman Avengers flown by RCN and RCNVR pilots in service with the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy (FAA Photo) Royal Navy Grumman Avenger over the British escort carrier HMS Biter (D97) during convoy escort duty in the Atlantic, 1943/44. The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American-built torpedo … Read more
Grumman Hellcats flown by RCN and RCNVR pilots in service with the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy (IWM Photo, A24533) Royal Navy Grumman Hellcats flown by Dutch pilots of No. 1840 Squadron based at Royal Naval Air Station Eglinton, Northern Ireland, 23 June 1944. The British Fleet Air Arm (FAA) received 1,263 F6Fs Hellcats under … Read more
Grumman Martlets flown by RCN and RCNVR pilots in service with the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy (RN Photo) Grumman Martlet flown by RCN and RCNVR pilots in service with the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy. Grumman Wildcats ordered by the French government in 1939, but when France fell to the Germans in 1940, the … Read more
Handley Page Halifax (World War Photos) Handley Page Halifax Mk. II Series I (Serial No. W7676), coded TL-P, of No. 35 Squadron, RAF, based at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire in the UK. The Handley Page HP 57 Halifax was a four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War, developed to the same specification as the Avro Lancaster … Read more
Handley Page Hampden (RCAF Photo via Chris Charland) Handley Page Hampden (Serial No. P5428), of No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Patricia Bay, British Columbia, in the torpedo-bomber training role between May 1942 and February 1944. Handley Page HP 52 Hampden Mk. I (96), (Serial Nos. L4142, 45, 57, L6069, P1167, P1200, 30, P1311, … Read more
