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Chris: Thanks for the pic of E8102. Interestingly, I was on Wingnuts Wings.com site, the manufacturer of a wonderful line of WW1 aircraft kits, and in the instructions for their Early Snipe are photos of E8102 replica owned by Kermit Weeks.

I'll be ordering a Snipe kit ASAP.

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G'day Folks

It's been awhile since the last quiz.

Who can identify this Royal Canadian Air Force mystery aircraft?

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Vickers Varuna?
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G'day Pie

Wrong, but you still get half of my freshly made coconut creme pie (-:

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Walrus?
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Nope...This is a Walrus used by Kenting Aviation for survey work in Labrador and Newfoundland

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Oh right, the number of engines...
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Vickers Viking operated between 1923 and 1931. Nope..it is a Vickers Vancouver 6 of which operated out of Rockcliffe in the Fall of 1929
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G'day Barney

You are partly right.

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I think it is a supermarine stranerear.
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G'day

Here is a Piasecki H-21A 'Flying Banana', s/n 9611 belonging to No. 108 Communications Flight. It was operating from R.C.A.F. Station Bagotville, Quebec in support of the Mid-Canada Line construction project. The unit was involved in recovering Cessna C-180, CF-HCL that had broken through the ice some 300 miles north of Montreal on the 21st of April, 1955.

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G'day

This Month in Royal Canadian History - May - Part One

'Here Kitty Kitty'
No.130 'Panther' (F) Squadron was formed on the 1st of May, 1942 at Mont Joli, Quebec under the command of Squadron Leader A. J. Chevrier. The squadron first used the Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk. I in its air defence role on the East Coast, until replaced by the Canadian-built Hawker Hurricane Mk.XII in September 1942.

'Going Batty'
No.145 (B.R.) Squadron was formed at R.C.A.F. Station Torbay Newfoundland, on the 30th of May 1942 under the command of Squadron Leader R. H. Batty. The bomber reconnaissance unit initially flew the Lockheed Hudson Mk. I and II before re-equipping with the more capable Lockheed-Vega V-146 Ventura G.R Mk.V general reconnaissance aircraft on anti-submarine duty with Eastern Air Command.

'Damn the Torpedoes'
No.160 'Sea Wolf' (T.B.) Squadron was formed on the 3rd of May 1943 at R.C.A.F. Station Sea Island, British Columbia under the command of Squadron Leader J. T. Wilson. The squadron's first aircraft type was the Bristol Beaufort Mk. I which was used in the torpedo-bomber role to counter the Japanese naval threat from the Aleutians.

'U-Boat Nemesis'
No.162 (B.R.) Squadron was formed at R.C.A.F. Station Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on the 19th of May to help stem the tide of rising German U-Boat activity on Canada's east coast. Squadron Leader N. E. Small assumed command on the same day. No.162 (BR) Squadron flew the Canadian-built Consolidated Canso A throughout its wartime activities. Incidentally, this is the same squadron that F/L David Hornell flew with. Hornell was subsequently awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for heroic actions after he and his crew flying Canso s/n 9841 , were shot down during an engagement with U-1225.

'We Fight at Night'
No.406 'Lynx' (N.F.) Squadron was formed on the 10th of May 1941, at R.A.F. Station Acklington, Northumberland, England under the command of Wing Commander D. G. Norris (R.A.F.) D.F.C. The 'Lynx' which were the R.C.A.F.'s fifth overseas and first night fighter unit, began their operational career with the venerable Bristol Blenheim Mk. I.

'The Demons Strike'
No.407 'Demon' (C.S.) Squadron was formed on the 8th of May 1941 at R.A.F. Station Thorney Island, Hampshire, England under the command of Wing Commander H. M. Styles (R.A.F.) D.S.O. The 'Demons' were initially equipped with the Bristol Blenheim Mk. IV but it was not used operationally. The squadron converted to the Lockheed Hudson Mk. IIII and V in June, 1941 where they were used in the coastal strike role role.

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An R.C.A.F. Curtiss Kittyhawk

An R.C.A.F. Lockheed-Vega Ventura Mk. V

A Boeing Aircraft of Canada-built Canso A, s/n 9759 from No. 162 (BR) Squadron. On the 4th of August, 1944, Flying Officer W. O. Marshall and his crew of this aircraft (individual aircraft radio call letter 'W') damaged a Kriegsmarine U-Boat with three depth charges. U-300 was a Type VIIC/41 U-Boat under the command of Oberleutnant Fritz Hein. Marshall was forced to cut short the attack as a result of heavy flak from the U-Boat. At the time, No. 162 (BR) squadron under the command of Wing Commander C. G. W. Chapman DSO, was operating from Wick, Caithness, Scotland as part of R.A.F. Coastal Command's No. 18 Group.

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A couple of photos of David Hornell's Canso..in 1:48 scale. A friend in Regina, Ray C. was an avid historian and the radar tech who worked on Hornell's aircraft prior to the last flight. This model also represents the effort of the women who helped build these weapons, and in particular Patricia Huff of Delta, BC who worked for Boeing at the False Creek plant. Patricia passed away at age 90- but her husband still hangs out at Boundary Bay.

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G'day

Here is part two of:

'This Month in Royal Canadian Air Force History'

Aircraft taken On Strength by Type / Date / Numbers Taken on Strength[/b]

Airspeed A.S. 10 Oxford Mk.I - 8 May 1939 - 25
Armstrong Whitworth Siskin Mk. III - 25 May - 1929 - 2
Avro 552A Viper *(T.S. Patrol AVS) - 25 May 1925 - 9
* Two seat Avro Viper Wright SeaplaneAvro CF-100 Canuck Mk.2 - 6 May 1952 - 10
Beechcraft Model 45 Mentor - 2 May 1954 - 25
Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker/30* - 20 May 1930 - 06
Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker/31* - 18 May 1931 - 06
* The numbers refer to R.C.A.F. acquisitions in 1930 and 1931 respectively.
Canadair CL-28 (CP-107) Argus Mk.1 - 2 May 1957 - 13
Lockheed T-33A Silver Star Mk.1 - 31 May 1951 - 20
Canadian Vickers Vedette Mk.VA - 1 May 1930 - 11
Canadian Vickers Vedette Mk.VI - 13 May 1930 - 1
Curtiss-Reid Rambler Mk.I - 11 May 1940 - 1
de Havilland D.H. 80A Puss Moth - 14 May 1931 - 4
Fairchild FC-2W - 21 May 1928 - 6
Fairchild 71B - 20 May 1930 - 12
Fairey Albacore - 7 May 1943 - 6
Fairey Battle Mk. I - 30 May 1940 - 7
Fairey Battle Mk. IIT* - 14 May 1943 * Converted from Battle Mk. I
Hawker Tomtit - 15 May 1930 - 2
Hawker Hart - 30 May 1940 - 2
Hawker Audax - 30 May 1940 - 5
Hawker Hind - 30 May 1942 - 4
North American NA-75 Harvard Mk.II - 28 May 1941 - 100
North American NA-81 Harvard Mk.II - 16 May 1941 - 24
North American AT-16 Mk.IIB 20 May 1942 639
North American AT-6D Texan 2 May 1951 100*
* These were an interim loan from the United States, while Canada Car & Foundry in Fort William Ontario, were producing the Harvard Mk.4.
Supermarine Type 329 Spitfire Mk.IIB - 7 May 1942 - 1
Supermarine Walrus Mk.II - 14 May 1943 - 6
Vertol Model 44 (RCAF H-44A) - 11 May 1960 - 2

Aircraft Struck Off Strength by Type / Date
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas Mk.1 - 19 May 1942
Avro 616 Avian Mk.IVM Minor - 17 May 1945
Avro 683 Lancaster MK.X - 21 May 1965
Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk.1 - 31 May 1965
Bristol Type 170 Freighter Mk.31 - 16 May 1967
Bristol Type 170 Freighter Mk.31C - 16 May 1967
Bristol Type 170 Freighter Mk.31M - 16 May 1967
Lockheed T-33A Silver Star Mk.2 - 30 May 1966
Canadian Vickers Vista - 4 May 1931
de Havilland D.H.60 Moth - 15 May 1948
Fairchild FC-2L - 19 May 1938
Fairchild M-62A-4 Cornell Mk.II - 16 May 1947
Fairchild M-62A-4 Cornell Mk.1 - 4 May 1948
Lockheed Model 12-A - 9 May 1945
Lockheed Model 10-A - 2 May 1946
Noorduyn Norseman Mk.III - 8 May 1946
North American NA-61 Harvard Mk. 1 - 9 May 1946
Vickers Viking Mk.IV - 4 May

Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft on strength - VE Day
Airspeed Oxford
Avro Tutor
Avro Anson
Avro Lancaster
Beechcraft Expeditor
Boeing Flying Fortress
Bristol Blenheim
Bristol Bolingbroke
Cessna T-50 Crane
Consolidated Catalina
Consolidated Canso A
Consolidated Liberator
Curtiss Kittyhawk
Curtiss Tomahawk
de Havilland Tiger Moth
de Havilland Fox Moth
de Havilland Mosquito
Douglas Boston
Douglas Dakota
Douglas Digby
Fairchild F-24
Fairchild 51
Fairey Albacore
Fairey Battle
Fleet Fawn
Fleet Finch
Gloster Meteor
Grumman Goose
Handley Page Halifax
Hawker Hurricane
Lockheed 10
Lockheed 12
Lockhed 212
Lockheed Hudson
Lockheed Lodestar
Lockheed Ventura
Noorduyn Norseman
North American Harvard
North American Mitchell
North American Yale
Stinson 105
Supermarine Sptifire
Supermarine Stranraer
Supermarine Walrus
Westland Lysander
Waco CG-4A Hadrian II Glider
General Aircraft Hostspur II Glider

O.T.U.
On the 23rd of May, 1941, No. 31 Operational Training Unit located at R.A.F. Station Debert Nova Scotia, commenced operations with Lockheed Hudsons and Bristol Bolingbrokes (Fairchild of Canada version of the Bristol Blenheim). No. 31 O.T.U. was the first of ten O.T.U.'s in Canada under R.A.F. and R.C.A.F jurisdiction.

'A Watery Grave'
On the 4th of May, 1943, a Consolidated Canso A, s/n 9747 and coded 'W' from No.5 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron, based at Gander Newfoundland and flown by Squadron Leader B. H. Moffit and crew, carried out a vicious attack against U-209. This attack my have been a contributing factor factor that led to the disappearance of the U-Boat on the 7th of May at position 52N, 38W. U-209 was a Type VIIC and commanded by veteran submariner Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Brodda. All 46 crew members were lost

'The First of Many'
On the 13th of May, 1943, a successful attack was carried out by a Sunderland, s/n W6006 and coded 3-G of No. 423 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron, flown by Flight Lieutenant J. Musgrave and crew. They encountered U-456 in the Western Approaches while escorting Convoy HX.237. The sinking was a combined effort by the flying boat crew who were based at Castle Archdale, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and destroyers H.M.C.S. Drumheller and H.M.S. Lagan. This was the R.C.A.F.'s first overseas U-Boat kill.

'Sabre Rattling'
On the 19th of May, 1951, No.410 'Cougar' Fighter Squadron based at St. Hubert Quebec, commenced flying the new Canadair Sabre Mk.2. They had previously been flying the de Havilland Vampire Mk.III, before being bestowed the honour of being the first R.C.A.F. unit to fly the new fighter.

The Thousand Eyed Monster
Deliveries of the Canadair CP-107 Argus Mk. I to Maritime Air Command squadrons began on the 17th of May, 1958 The first recipients of the giant four-engine anti-submarine aircraft, was R.C.A.F. Station Greenwood, Nova Scotia's No.405 'Eagle' (Maritime Patrol) Squadron. I have very many fond memories of the Argus. Its where Sergeant Art Watkins, a flight engineer showed me how to make N.A.T.O. standard coffee while were flying low-level over the Bay of Fundy.

The attached photo shows a Canadair CP-107 Argus XV*718 from No. 2 (Maritime) Operational Training Unit based at R.C.A.F. Station Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

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If I hit a big lotto. Soon after buying a plane, I might have to build a museum to house Barney's Air Force.
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G'day

Here is a Hawker Typhoon Mk. IB, s/n MN659 and coded I8*E from No. 440 'City of Ottawa' (FB) Squadron. This 'Tiffy' as the Typhoon was affectionately known as, nosed-up on landing at B. 78 (Base No. 78) in Eindohoven, The Netherlands on the 22nd of January, 1945. The starboard oleo collapsed upon touchdown which resulted in damage to the propeller and starboard wing. The aircraft was repaired.

Nicknamed 'Beaver', No. 440 (FB) Squadron was a fighter-bomber unit with the R.C.A.F.'s No. 143 (Fighter Bomber Wing) which in turn formed part of the Royal Air Force's Second Tactical Air Force. At the time of the accident, the squadron was under the command of Squadron Leader Harold Orville Gooding DFC from Ottawa, Ontario. He commanded the squadron from the 16th of December, 1944 to the 19th of March, 1945 when he was designated OTE – Operational Tour Expired.

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Very unfortunate that there are no airworthy Typhoons anymore. :( Would be something to hear one of those Napier Sabres running.
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G'day Shiny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo0Lv1S3RfQ

Crank up the volume!

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One of the more well known Typhoons was "Pulverizer IV" flown by F/L Harry Hardy and officially coded 18*P. Harry attended one if our flying club functions and he was more than happy to sign the underside of the wing.

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I had a CF-18 model built in the same scale as the Typhoon and one which the decal markings were terrible. It sat on the "to-do-shelf" for two years when I had a brain fart and this is the result.

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Shortly after completing the kerosene convertor version I attended a model show with the two models of "Pulverizer IV" and while setting up the display I felt a tap on the shoulder and there stood F/L Harry Hardy with a big smile on his face. We then proceeded to a favourite "watering hole" for a few brews

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This one took a First in Category.
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