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RCAF Lancaster Photos
This page will showcase RCAF Lancaster photos,
many of which crashed or were scrapped in the
1940's, 1950's and 1960's
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Above - KB959 with 404 Squadron
RCAF Station Greenwood, Nova Scotia
Courtesy DND
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RIGHT - KB999 "Malton Mike" with 405 Squadron RCAF Station Greenwood, NS. Crashed in a lake north of Churchill, Manitoba 1953
Courtesy Daren Wentzell (FE) on board at time of crash. |
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LEFT - KB999's crew shelter while waiting for rescue. Note: Lancaster at top centre of image, "TU" represents "Thank You" as the SAR aircraft dropped cigarettes and food.
Courtesy Daren Wentzell (FE) on board at time of crash. |
RIGHT - FM217 Taken at RCAF Station
Rockcliffe, Ontario in the late 1950's.
Courtesy Mr. George Lawson |
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LEFT - FM104 Served with 107 SAR Squadron. Under restoration at TAM, Downsview, Ontario
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RIGHT - FM212 Prototype Photo Recon Lancaster.
Also served with 408 Squadron. Now mounted for public display in Windsor, Ontario
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LEFT - KB944 Now fully restored to war time configuration.
On display at the National Aviation Museum, Ottawa, Ontario
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Right - KB949. 10MP served with 407 Squadron, Comox, BC. Scrapped 1961
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LEFT - Unknown Lancaster, 123 Rescue Flight believed to date from the late 1940's.
Courtesy - Peter Whitfield |
RIGHT - KB889 mid 1980's located at IWM, Duxford, England
Courtesy - Mark Peapell, ACAM |
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LEFT - FM213 during fund raising activities in the early 1980's.
Courtesy - Mark Peapell, ACAM |
RIGHT - KB839, Greenwood, Nova Scotia. Taken in the mid 1980's. Notice the tail fin marking - "FM107", does anyone know the reason for this?
Courtesy - Mark Peapell, ACAM |
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