Canadian Warplanes 4: Lockheed Electra 10A, Lockheed L-10 Electra, Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior, Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra

Lockheed Electra 10A, Lockheed L-10 Electra, Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior, Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3650925)

Lockheed 10A Electra (Serial No. 7633).

The Lockheed Model 10 Electra is an American twin-engined, all-metal monoplane airliner developed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in the 1930s to compete with the Boeing 247 and Douglas DC-2. The type gained considerable fame as one was flown by Amelia Earhart on her ill-fated around-the-world expedition in 1937.

Manufactured in 1937, this Electra (CF-TCA) was the first new aircraft purchased by Trans- Canada Air Lines (TCA). Transferred to the RCAF in 1939, it was then used as a transport plane for six years, with a brief interruption in 1941, when it was loaned back to TCA for six months. (Wikipedia)

Lockheed L-10A, L-10B Electra (15), (Serial Nos. 1526, 1527, 1528, 1529, 7631, 7632, 7633, 7634, 7648, 7649, 7650, 7651, 7652, 7656, 7841).

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3583647)

Lockheed 10A Electra (Serial No. 1526), 8 Dec 1944.

(RuthAS Photo)

Lockheed 10A Electra, RCAF (Seerial No. 7656), Reg. No. N241M, in RCAF markings at Denton Airport, Texas, in 1986. This aircraft was bought new by Bata Shoe in 1936.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3581568)

Lockheed 10A Electra (Serial No.), being serviced at RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario, 6 Dec 1939.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3581566)

Lockheed 10A Electra (Serial No.), being serviced at RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario, 6 Dec. 1939.

(PO Fred N. Spackman Photo, via Daphne Hayes)

Lockheed 10A Electra, RCAF (Serial No. 7632), Fort Nelson, BC, 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3650924)

Lockheed 10A Electra, RCAF (Serial No. 7633), 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3583497)

Lockheed L-10 Electra, RCAF (Serial No. 7634), awaiting disposal on 18 Sep 1944.  This Electra was taken-on-strength (TOS) with No. 1 Training Command, RCAF Station Trenton.  It was stored in Reserve in Ottawa, then went to No. 13 (OT) Squadron where it was loaned to Trans Canada Airlines, then back to No. 13 (OT) Squadron.  It was then loaned to the Canadian Testing Establishment who used it on the North-West Staging Route Communications Flight.  It was then loaned again to Trans Canada Airlines.  It went to No. 6 Communications Flight until ending its RCAF career at the Aircraft Pending Disposal site, Western Air Command (APDAL WAC).  The aircraft was acquired by Maritime Airways through War Assets Corporation on the 25th of October, 1944.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 2272191)

Lockheed Electra 10A, TCA, CF-BAF, 21 Feb 1942.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3582972)

Lockheed Electra 10A, TCA, CF-,--- c1942.

(Bzuk Photo)

Lockheed 10A Electra (Serial No.), stored in winter for TCA, CF-TCC.  Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Lockheed L-12A, Reg. No. CF-CCT, (Lockheed Construction No. 1219), on display at the CASM, Ottawa. This aircraft was operated by Canada's Department of Transport from 1937 until 1963 and surveyed the route of the Trans-Canada Highway.  In 1937 it made the first same-day flight from Montreal, Quebec, to Vancouver, British Columbia, making five stops en route.

(Alain Rioux Photo)

Lockheed L-12A, Reg. No. CF-CCT, on display at the CASM, Ottawa.

Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior (10), (Serial Nos. 1531, 7640, 7641, 7645, 7646, 7647, 7653, 5764, 7837, 7838).  The L-12A is an eight-seat, six-passenger all-metal twin-engine transport aircraft of the late 1930s, designed for use by small airlines, companies and wealthy private individuals.  It is a smaller version of the L-10 Electra, and was widely used as a corporate and government transport.  Several were also used for testing new aviation technologies. (Wikipedia)

(Jane McMahon family Photo)

Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior, RCAF (Serial No. 7647), visit of Air Vice Marshal to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, winter 1940/41.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3582946)

Lockheed L-212, RCAF (Serial No. 7642)  & Noorduyn Norseman (Serial No. 2487),  9 Oct 1941.

Lockheed L-212 (1), (Serial No. 7642).

Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior (10), (Serial Nos. 1531, 7640, 7641, 7645-7647, 7653, 5764, 7837, 7838), Model L-212 (1), (Serial No. 7642), for a total of 11 aircraft.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3582948)

Cockpit of Lockheed L-212 (Serial No. 7642), 9 Oct 1941.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3383403)

Unloading of airmail from Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra, Reg, No, CF-TCK of Trans-Canada Air Lines, Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 1940. The Model 14 was the basis for development of the Lockheed Hudson maritime reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft.

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(City of Vancouver Archives Photo)

Lockheed 14-H2Super Electra, Reg, No, CF-TCM of Trans-Canada Air Lines at Vancouver, BC, 1 Jan 1940. TCA had 16 Lockheed Super Electra 14H2, 12 were modified to model 14-08 standard.

(City of Vancouver Archives Photo)

Lockheed 14-H2Super Electra, Reg, No, CF-TCM of Trans-Canada Air Lines at Vancouver, BC, 1 Jan 1938.

(Trans-Canada Air Lines Photo)

Lockheed 14-H2Super Electra, Reg, No, CF---- of Trans-Canada Air Lines at Malton, Ontario, 1939.

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