Canadian Warplanes 2: Avro 552A Viper. Avro 552A Viper. (RCAF Photo via the Shearwater Aviation Museum). Avro 552A Viper SS Patrol, RCAF. The Avro 552 was a British light biplane aircraft produced in the early 1920s.…
Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd. manufactured the JN-4 (Can) Canuck (1200), the Felixstowe F5L flying boat (30), and the Avro 504. The plant remained opened until after the Armistice and was sold to the Columbia Graphophone Company Ltd. in 1919.…
Canadian Warplanes 2: Avro 504K Lynx, Avro 504N Gosport, Avro 504N Wright. Avro 504K Lynx, Avro 504N Gosport, Avro 504N Wright. (RCAF Photo). Avro 504K, G-CYEI in flight.…
Canadian Airplanes: Avro 627 Mailplane. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3580688). Avro 627 Mailplane, Reg. No. G-ABJM, 15 Sep 1931.…
Canadian Warplanes 4: Avro York. Avro York. (Bomber Command Museum of Canada Photo). Victory Aircraft Ltd, Canada (Avro) York (Serial No. FM400) was the only one built in Canada, as a C. Mk.1 with modified cabin floor for the RCAF.…
Canadian Airplanes: Avro C102 Jetliner. Canadian Warplanes, Jets, Avro C102 Jetliner. (Avro Canada Photos). Avro C102 Jetliner, ca 1950.…
Canadian Warplanes 3: Avro Anson. Avro Anson. (NDIL Photo via Tom Walsh). Avro Anson Mk. I, RCAF (Serial No. 6453), built in the United Kingdom. Taken on strength by the RCAF on 8 March 1941.…
Canadian Warplanes 5: Avro Lancastrian. Avro Lancastrian. Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3388036). Avro Lancastrian, Trans-Canada Airlines, Reg. No. CF-CMW, August 1946. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3583775).…
Canadian Warplanes 5: Avro Lincoln. Avro Lincoln. (RCAF Photo). Avro Lincoln B, Mk. XV, RCAF (Serial No. FM300), 27 April 1947. Avro Lincoln B. Mk. I. (1), (Serial No. RE258), B Mk. II. (1), (Serial No. SX 924), B. Mk. XV. (1), (Serial No.…
Canadian Warplanes 3: Avro Manchester. Avro Manchester. The Avro 679 Manchester was a British twin-engine medium bomber developed and manufactured in the United Kingdom.…
Canadian Warplanes 5: Avro Shackleton. Avro Shackleton. (Author Photos). Avro AEW.2 Shackleton (Serial No. WL790), Reg. No. N790WL, Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona.…
Warplanes of the UK: Avro Anson. Avro Anson. (IWM Photo). (David Merrett Photo). (Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation Photo). Avro Anson Mk. XI (Serial No. N4877), Reg. No. G-AMDA, Imperial War Museum. , Duxford, Cambridgeshire. (ozz13x Photo).…
Canadian Warplanes 2: Avro 616 Avian. Avian 616 Avian. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3545886). Avro Avian Mk. IVM, CF-CEW, Ottawa Flying Club, 1938. Avro 616 Avian Mk. IVM Minor. (11), (Serial Nos. 92-101), A129, ex CF-CFH, Avian Mk. IVM.…
Warplanes of the UK: Avro Vulcan. Avro Vulcan. (RAF Photo). Vulcan bombers in anti-flash white from RAF Waddington flying in formation in 1957.…
Avro 504. Avro 504, Hounslow, Middlesex, UK, 1917. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3387974). Avro 504J, RAF (Serial No. C-4364), ca 1918. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3387981). (RCAF Photo).…
Canadian Warplanes 2: Avro 626 Prefect. Avro 626 Prefect. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3241746). Avro 626 Prefect, RCAF (Serial No. 226), ca 1940. Operated by No. 12 (AC) Squadron (No. 112 (AC) Sdn.…
Warplanes of the UK: Avro Lancaster. Avro Lancaster. The aim of this web site is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War preserved in the United Kingdom.…
Canadian Warplanes 2: Avro 621 Tutor. Avro 621 Tutor. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3642468). Avro 621 Tutor, (Serial No. 188), flown by No. 110 (AC) Squadron, Ottawa, Ontario, 19 Sep 1939.…
Canadian Warplanes 6: Avro CF-105 Arrow. Avro CF-105 Arrow. (Avro Photo). Avro CF-105 Arrow (Serial No. 25201). Avro CF-105 Arrow Mk. I. (5), (Serial Nos. 25201-25205). The.…
Canadian Airplanes: Avro Canada VZ-9AV Avrocar. Avro Canada VZ-9AV Avrocar. Avro Canada VZ-9AV Avrocar (Serial No. 58-7055), AV-7055.…
Canadian Warplanes 6: Avro CF-100 Canuck. Avro CF-100 Canuck. (DND Photo). Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 5 (Serial No. 18539), coded DL, No. 432 Squadron, over RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec, 16 Aug 1957. (Canadian Forces Photo via Mike Kaehler).…
Canadian Warplanes 3: Avro Lancaster, RCAF, 1942-1945. Avro Lancaster, RCAF 1942-1945. (Library & Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4207036). Avro Lancaster bombing a target in Europe, 21 March 1945. The.…
Canadian Warplanes 5: Avro Lancaster, RCAF, post-war. Avro Lancaster, RCAF, post war. (RCAF Photo via Mark Allen). Avro Lancaster Mk. 10, RCAF (Serial No. FM207), coded MN, in flight, post war.…
National Museum of the USAF, Dayton, Ohio: Avro aircraft. Warplane Survivors USA: Ohio, Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Avro. (NMUSAF Photo). Avro 504K, replica, Reg. No. G-CYEI, painted as 1620, D.9029.…
The RCAF purchased 30 KDA-4 Firebees, which were flown from two specially converted Avro Lancaster Mk. 10DC Drone Carriers from 1956 to 1961. These were used to test the weapons system for the Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck and the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow.…
Warplanes of the UK: Airspeed Oxford, Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, Avro Lincoln, Avro York, Cierva C.30 Autogyro, Blackburn Skua, Hafner Rotachute III, and Percival Q.6. Warplanes of the Second World War preserved in the United Kingdom.…
F/O Gray, Robert Alexander, Avro Lancaster (Serial No. FM102), 22 Jul 1952. F/O Hutt, Edward Charles William, Avro Lancaster (Serial No. FM102), 22 Jul 1952. F/O Macara, James Ernest, Avro Lancaster (Serial No. FM102), 22 Jul 1952.…
Avro 504, G-CYCY & G-CYCU. (RCAF Photo). (RCAF Photo). Avro 504, G-CYEI. Avro 504, (Serial No. B3243). (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3585192). (Tim Laye Photo). (Author Photos). Avro 504K (Serial No.…
In 1956, an American Boeing B-47 Stratojet was loaned to the Royal Canadian Air Force to flight test the Iroquois jet engine for use in the Avro CF-105 Arrow.…
Avro Lancaster. Avro Lancaster, VR-A. Avro Lancaster, radial engines. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. German flak defenses were responsible for more than half of all Allied aircraft losses.…
Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 5D (Serial No. 100760). (Doug Jermyn Photo). (Pierre Gillard Photo). Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 5 (Serial No. 18760), (Serial No. 100760), No. 425 Squadron, previously mounted on a pylon at St.…
It was developed by Handley Page to the same specification as the contemporary twin-engine Avro Manchester.The Halifax has its origins in the twin-engine H.P.56 proposal of the late 1930s, produced in response to the British Air Ministry's Specification P.13…
Avro 652A Anson Mk. I (Serial No. 6518), RAF (Serial No. K8786). Avro 652A Anson Mk. II, RCAF (Serial No. 7359). (RCAF Photo). (Author Photos, 28 Jan 2019). Avro 652A Anson Mk. II (Serial No. FP846). (RCAF Photo). Avro 683 Lancaster, FM 219, RX.…
Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 2T (Serial No. 18105) in flight. (Andre Blanchard Photo). Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 2T (Serial No. 18106). Avro CF-105 Arrow replica. Beechcraft C-45B Expeditor Mk. 3NM (Serial No. 6144), fuselage on site.…
Avro 652A Anson Mk. II (Serial No. 886), (Serial No. 7481). (Author Photo). Avro 683 Lancaster Mk. X (Serial No. FM159), mounted on concrete pedestals, long before its restoration, ca 1981.…
Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 5 (Serial No. 18555) in flight. (Author Photos). Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 5 (Serial No. 18731), (Serial No. 100731), Royal Military College (RMC). This aircraft is on display near the Land Forces Technical Staff College. CFB Kingston.…
Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 2. (RCAF Photo). Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 2 (Serial No. 18103). Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 2, parts. Beechcraft C-45J Expeditor (Serial No. TBC), RCAF markings. Beechcraft CT-134A Musketeer (Serial No.).…
Avro Lancaster Mk. X AR (Serial No. KB882), Goose Bay, Labrador, ca 1960. (RCAF Photo). (Author Photo). Avro Lancaster Mk. X AR (Serial No. KB882), initially coded NA-R in 1945, on display at Edmundston in 2016.…
Avro Lancaster Mk. II (Serial No. DS723), coded EQ-B, No. 408 Squadron, RCAF. The aircraft was nicknamed 'Titus'. (408 Squadron Photo). Avro Lancaster Mk. II (Serial No.…
Avro 652A Anson (Serial No.), parts. Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 5 pair in flight. (RCAF Photo courtesy of the Canadian Aviation Preservation Association). Avro CF-100 Canuck (Serial No. 18784), 1979. (RCAF Photo). (Brice Fraser Photo). (Krystal Wilson Photo).…
Canadian Vickers-built Avro 504NS, Jericho Beach, British Columbia, 8 May 1928. John Bowers and Marguerite De La Motte, Pantages stars.…
Avro 616 Avian Mk. IVM, RCAF (Serial No. 137), R3, C/N 316, CF-CDV, ex-Calgary Flying Club. Avro 652A Anson Mk. I (Serial No. TBC). Avro 652A Anson Mk. II, RCAF (Serial No. 11567). Avro 652A Anson Mk. V, RCAF (Serial No. 12477), C/N MDF-289, CF-HQZ, ".…
On 4 August 1944, while pilotingan Avro Lancaster in a pathfinder role, Bazalgette and crew flew to Trossy St.Maximin in France to mark a V-1 flying bomb storage cave. Whennearing the target, his Lancaster came under heavy anti-aircraft fire.…
The Valiant was the first of the V bombers to become operational, and was followed by the Handley Page Victor and the Avro Vulcan. The Valiant is the only V bomber to have dropped live nuclear weapons (for test purposes).…
Avro 652A Anson Mk. II, RCAF (Serial No. 7401). Hangar Flight Museum. (RCAF Photo). Avro Lancaster, RCAF, AF-A, 408 Sqn, Rockcliffe, 1 Apr 1964. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3584572). Avro 683 Lancaster, RCAF (Serial No.…
Avro 652A Anson Mk. I (Serial No. TBC). (J. Hazard Photos). (Mike Kaehler Photo). Avro 652A Anson Mk. V (Serial No. 12125), being restored. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3199833). Bristol Boliingbroke, RCAF (Serial No. 702).…
Avro 631 Cadet. (Pedro Aragão Photo). (Ricardo Reis Photo). Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan (Serial No. 2504). (Pedro Aragão Photo). de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (Serial No. 102). (Ricardo Reis Photo). de Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth (Serial No. 111).…
Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 4B (Serial No. 18323) in flight with Sparrow missiles. (RCAF Photo). Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 5 (Serial No. 18527) banking left. (Timo Explorer Photos). (Arthur Baier Photo).…
Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 4B, (Serial No. 18383), 423 Squadron. (RCAF Photo). Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 4B, (Serial No. 18444). (RCAF Photo). Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 5D (Serial No. 18784), shown here with new (Serial No. 100784). (RCAF Photo).…
Avro 616 Avian, Mk. IV M (Serial No. R3), CN 314, CF-CDQ. Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa, Ontario. Avro 616 Avian, G-CAVB, owned by Fort Edmonton Park since 2008. Edmonton, Alberta. (Author Photo). Avro 616 Avian Mk.…
It was faster than the Avro Lincoln and could fly higher and stay aloft longer than the British bomber.…
III, the Avro Anson, and the Westland Lysander, all from Britain's RAF. By the end of Aug 1942 there were 36 aircraft, and 194 trainees out of a total of 1,474 RAF personnel. By Nov 1942 the number of trainees had doubled and aircraft had expanded to 80.…
In the back row, right to left: Avro Anson, Airspeed Oxford, De Havilland Tiger Moth, Avro Lancaster, Miles Magister, Vickers Wellington, Douglas Boston, North American Mitchell, Miles Master and Short Stirling, c1945. (IWM Photo CH 7883).…
(Avro to Bristol). The Canada Aviation and Space Museum is located at 11 Aviation Parkway, Ottawa, Ontario. The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document every historical Warplane preserved in Canada.…
(Avro Photo). Arrow CF-105 Arrow, RL-203. (Author Photos). Arrow CF-105 Arrow replica (Serial No. RL-103). (Author Photo). Avro 683 Lancaster Mk. X (Serial No. FM104), mounted on a pylon on the Toronto waterfront before being taken down for restoration.…
Hubert, Montreal, Quebec, equipped with the Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mk. 4A, Mk. 4B and Mk. 5. It was deactivated on 1 May 1961.…
During his term of office, he continually andsuccessfully directed his efforts to secure money for experimental work on andproduction of a jet trainer and twin engine fighters, the Avro CF-100Canuck and the Avro CF-105 Arrow suitable for interception operationsin…
Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) training submarines, 1939–1945, HMS P.514, HMS P.552, HMS P.554, HNLMS O 15. (ussubvetsofworldwarii Photo). HMS. P.514. , shown here as USS. R-19. She was transferred to the Royal Navy on 9 March 1942 at New London. HMS.…
Accompanying the Golden Centennaires were an Avro 504, a CF-104 Starfighter and a CF-101 Voodoo. All of these aircraft performed at the Centennial airshows. (Wikipedia). (RCAF Photo). Golden Centenaires formation over the rockies. (RCAF Photo).…
Avro CF-100 Mk. 5 Canuck (Serial No. 18532). (Imer Photo). Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk.5D aux couleurs d'un Mk. 4B au Musée de la Défense Aériene de Bagotville, avec No. 741 DL sur la droite et KE 437 sur la gauche (No fictifs) et le nom Squadron Flagship.…