Canadian Warbirds of the Second World War - Fighters, Bombers and Patrol Aircraft
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This aviation handbook is intended to provide the reader with a quick reference to identify the military aircraft flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Army during the Second World War. The handbooks in this series include a general description and a photograph from the Canadian Forces Archives of at least one of the key variants or marks of each aircraft that has been in Canadian service or used by Canadian servicemen overseas.
Each aircraft is listed alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type. General details describing the aircrafts engines, service ceiling, speed, armament or weapons load are included, along with a brief description of the Canadian or allied squadron in which Canadian aircrews used the aircraft operationally. This is the third volume in the series. It describes fighters, bombers and patrol aircraft flown by Canadians during the war. A list of museums, private aircraft collections and other locations where survivors preserved and displayed is also included. The handbook is not a definitive list of all Canadian-manufactured or operated aircraft, but it should serve as a quick reminder of the major examples flown on duty for anyone with an interest in Canadian military aviation.
Harold Skaarup
Major (Retired) Harold A. Skaarup, CD2, BFA, MA in War Studies, is a retired Canadian Army Intelligence Officer with an interest in Military History. He has served overseas with 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in Germany, with the Candian Airborne Regiment and the United Nations in Nicosia, Cyprus, with the NATO-led Peace Stabilization Force in Sarajevo, Bosni-Herzegovina, with North American Aerospace Defence Command and Northern Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and with the International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, Afghanistan. He currently resides at his home in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Canadian Warbirds of the Second World War - Fighters, Bombers and Patrol Aircraft - Harold Skaarup
Canadian Warbirds of the Second World War Fighters, Bombers and Patrol Aircraft
Harold Skaarup
Writers Club Press
San Jose New York Lincoln Shanghai
Canadian Warbirds of the Second World War Fighters, Bombers and Patrol Aircraft
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Information about Canadian Warbirds and the locations for the survivors is constantly being updated or changed. Although every effort is made to ensure accuracy up to the time of publication, there are always amendments to be made. Updates to any of the information found in this handbook would be greatly appreciated, and every effort will be made to include them in future editions
ISBN: 0-595-18381-6
ISBN: 978-1-4620-4814-4 (ebbok)
Contents
DEDICATION
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
CANADIAN WARBIRDS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR FIGHTERS, BOMBERS AND PATROL AIRCRAFT
APPENDIX A
Canadian Warbirds of the Second World War, Trainers, Transports and Utility Aircraft
APPENDIX B
Aviation Museums
APPENDIX C
Canadian Aviation Victoria Cross Winners of the Second World War
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
AVIATION BIBLIOGRAPHY
ENDNOTES
DEDICATION
This book is dedicated to the men and women who flew for Canada, to those who kept them flying, and to all who served in the Allied Air Forces during the Second World War.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Avro 679 Manchester IA
Avro 683 Lancaster III
Avro 683 Lancaster X
Avro 694 Lincoln B. XV
Bell P-39D Aircobra (RAF)
Blackburn Roc (RN)
Blackburn Skua
Boulton Paul P.82 Defiant I
Bristol Type 142M Blenheim IV
Bristol Type 142M Bolingbroke IVT
Bristol Type 152 Beaufort I
Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter XIC
Chance Vought Goodyear FG-1D Corsair
Consolidated Model 28-5, 28-5A Catalina Mk. VB
Consolidated Model 28-5A (PBY) Canso A
Consolidated Model 32 B-24L, GR VIII
Curtiss Hawk Model 81A-2,Tomahawk IIA
Curtiss Seamew Mk. I
De Havilland D.H. 98 Mosquito B VII
Douglas DB-1 Bolo/B-18A Digby
Douglas DB-7B Boston IIIA
Fairey Barracuda (RN)
Fairey Firefly TI
Fairey Fulmar (RN)
Grumman Martlet (RN)
Grumman Hellcat (RN)
Handley Page H.P. 52 Hampden I
Handley Page H.P. 57 Halifax II
Handley Page H.P. 57 Halifax III
Hawker Hurricane XII
Hawker Typhoon IB
Hawker Tempest VI
Lockheed L-214 Hudson III
Lockheed L-414 Hudson VI
Lockheed Vega V-146 Ventura I
Martin Model 167 Maryland
Martin Model 187 Baltimore III
Martin B-26 Marauder I, IA, II, III (RAF)
North American NA-108 Mitchell III/IIIAI
North American NA-91/P-51A Mustang I
North American NA-102 Mustang Mk. III
North American NA-122/P-51D Mustang IV
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt 1 (RAF)
Saro S.36 Lerwick I
Short S.25 Sunderland III
Short S.29 Stirling (RAF)
Supermarine Spitfire 349 VA
Supermarine Spitfire 361 IX
Vickers-Armstrong 416 Wellington B IC
Vickers-Armstrong 467 Wellington G.R. XIV
Westland Whirlwind (RAF)
Additional photographs of Canadian Military aircraft may be found in the following books which make up this series on Canadian Warbirds:
Book 1. Canadian Warbirds of the Biplane Era—Fighters, Bombers and Patrol Aircraft
Book 2. Canadian Warbirds of the Biplane Era-Trainers, Transports and Utility Aircraft
Book 3. Canadian Warbirds of the Second World War—Fighters, Bombers and Patrol Aircraft
Book 4. Canadian Warbirds of the Second World War-Trainers, Transports and Utility Aircraft
Book 5. Canadian Warbirds of the Post-War Piston Era
Book 6. Canadian Warbirds-the Jets and Helicopters
Canadian Warbird Survivors 2000
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank the staff who maintain the Canadian Forces Archives on the Air Force web page at www.airforce.dnd.ca for their assistance and for providing the majority of the photographs used in the preparation of the Canadian Warbirds series of handbooks. Every fan of Canadian Aviation should consult their website for countless helpful details that are invaluable to a person researching Canada’s air history. I would particularly like to acknowledge the invaluable research work carried out by John Griffin, who’s source book on Canadian Military Aircraft is the reference benchmark from which many of the serial numbers quoted here were derived. I would also like to thank the members of the Canadian Aviation Artist’s Association (CAAA) who gave much encouragement for the development of these handbooks. I would particularly like to say a special thankyou to the air historians and those who volunteer their labour and input for countless hours to restore and preserve our aviation heritage. From all of us who have the interest, keep bringing those historic aircraft that served Canada’s armed forces back to where they can be seen and appreciated, and whenever possible, keep them flying.
INTRODUCTION
There are a number of us who have a continuing interest in military aircraft that have been flown by Canadian servicemen throughout Canada’s long and interesting aviation history. There are relatively few of the World War II era aircraft preserved in various museums throughout the country, and less than a handful are still flying. Canada has done better than most at preserving a good number of aircraft examples of particular significance to its aviation history, although many are still being sought and in some cases, no examples exist.
The purpose of this handbook is to provide a simple checklist of what aircraft were actually on the RCAF inventory, or were flown by Canadians during their service with an active squadron at home or overseas in the RCAF and the RAF during World War Two. A great number of photographs from the Canadian Forces Archives have been used to try and illustrate at least one example, mark or variant of each of the machines found in this list. Where there are surviving examples, the locations for them have also been listed. Due to the limit placed by the publisher of 50 photographs in each book, the World War Two era aircraft have been divided into two groups: fighters, bombers and patrol aircraft; and, trainers, transports and utility aircraft. This book covers the fighters, bombers and patrol aircraft of the World War Two era. A list of the contemporary trainers, transports and utility aircraft found in the companion volume may be examined at Appendix A.
A good number of Canadian warbirds are being recovered from their crash sites in the bush. Historic aircraft are also being brought back to Canada by owners and collectors who have been flying, restoring, or displaying them in other countries. The unfortunate fact is that there are still many warbirds from Canada’s aviation