RapidFireWeb Warplanes in British Columbia, Langley, Canadian Museum of Flight The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document every historical Warplane preserved in Canada. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website. Photos are by the author unless otherwise credited. Any errors … Read more
CFB Comox Air Force Museum, British Columbia Website: https://comoxairforcemuseum.ca/ The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document every historical Warplane preserved in Canada. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website. Photos are by the author unless otherwise credited. Any errors … Read more
Burgess-Dunne floatplane, Model AH-7 (DND Archives Photo, PL-115112) Burgess-Dunne floatplane, Canada’s first military aircraft. The Dunne D.8 of 1912 was a tailless swept wing biplane, designed by J.W. Dunne to have inherent stability. One example was supplied to RAE Farnborough. License-built Burgess-Dunne models were used by the US Signal Corps and the USN. One was … Read more
Canadian Car & Foundry (Grumman) Goblin (RCAF Photo) Canadian Car & Foundry G-23 Goblins, No. 118 (Fighter) Squadron, RCAF, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, 1941. The Grumman FF “Fifi” (company designation G-5) was an American biplane fighter flown by the United States Navy during the 1930s. It was the first carrier aircraft with retractable landing gear. It … Read more
Canadian Vickers Stranraer (DND Photo, PL-1176, via Mike Kaehler) Canadian Vickers Stranraer, RCAF (Serial No. 913), CV190, coded QN-B, No. 5 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron, RCAF Station Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, sometime between 1938 and 1941. Note the lines under the QN-B code indicate this is an aircraft from a Canadian Home Defence Establishment Unit. It is … Read more
Curtiss C-1 Canada bomber (IWM Photo, Q 33818) The Curtiss C-1 Canada was a twin-engined bomber aircraft of the First World War which was designed by Curtiss of America to be built by their Canadian subsidiary for the British Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Flying Corps. Although large orders were placed, only twelve were built, … Read more
Douglas MO-2BS floatplane (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3390223) Douglas MO-2BS, RCAF G-CYZG during an airmail flight to Saint John, NB from Ottawa, 1929. Douglas MO-2BS Seaplane (1), (Reg. No. G-CYZG). The Douglas O-2 biplane family was one of the longest-lived American designs during the inter-war period. Entering service with the US military … Read more
Fairey Albacore Mk. I (Aerospace Archives Photo) Fairey Albacore Mk. I (6), (Serial Nos. N4191, N4315, T9244, T9246, X8947, X8952). No. 415 ‘Swordfish’ (TB) Squadron based at Bircham, Newton, in the UK, had the following Fairey Albacore Mk. I’s on strength at one time or another during the types use between October, 1943 and July, … Read more
Fairey IIIC Transatlantic (RCAF Photo) Fairey IIIC (Mod) Transatlantic Floatplane (1) c/n F.333, Reg. No. G-CYCF. Fairey IIIC, C/N F.333, Reg. No. G-CYCF was specially modified for a trans-Atlantic flight in 1919. On 7 Oct 1920, this biplane seaplane came to grief at Whelpley’s Point, 20 miles north of Saint John, New Brunswick. It was … Read more
The Canadian War Museum, Captured German Equipment (1914-1918) (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3403104) German First World War 7.92-mm Maxim Spandau MG 08 Machinegun being assembled by German Prisoners, Camblain-l’Abbé, France, May 1917. (Author Photos) German First World War 7.92-mm Maxim Spandau MG 08 Machinegun (Serial Nr. 4943), 1917, mounted on a Schlitten … Read more
