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| RX159, a 10 MP variant is seen in company with three other 10MP variants. The aircraft to the left of 894 seems to missing the forward UPD-501 antenna. (DND photo via Nanton Lancaster Society) |
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| RX159, a 10 MP variant is seen in company with three other 10MP variants. The aircraft to the left of 894 seems to missing the forward UPD-501 antenna. (DND photo via Nanton Lancaster Society) |
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| This 10MP Lancaster is part of the collection at the Greenwood Aviation
Museum. Circled on the port side of the fuselage, is a blister. This blister
is both an air intake and exhaust for the Janitrol heater installed
in some post-war Lancs to give some measure of heat for the crews. On some
Lancs, the blister was installed on starboard side while on others it was
on the port side.
Some crews were very leery of the Janitrol as it gave off tremendous amount of heat when you were close to it and you could sometimes get a severe burn if not careful. Also, it consumed fuel directly from the aircraft's tanks and that lessened patrol endurance slightly. In many instances, it was simply left off. For crews flying at higher altitudes or in the Arctic, the Janitrol was definitely used. (Photo by Ian MacCorquodale, Mac's Naval Photography) |
Avro Lancaster Mk X (10S) flying over Cold Lake during the Lake Land 2009 Air Show. This Lanc, C-GVRA is one of only two still flying in the world and the only one in North America. The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum has dedicated its Mynarski Memorial Lancaster to the memory of Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski, VC, of 419 (Moose) Squadron, 6 (RCAF) Group. Mynarski won 6 Group's only Victoria Cross, the Commonwealth's highest award for gallantry in battle. (Photo by Pierre Cloutier, 4 Wing Imaging, Combat Camera) This photo was taken from the Saskatoon Control Tower as the crew of Avro Lancaster C-GVRA did a couple of passes at YXE and then proceeded to Winnipeg. This event was promoted by the Canada Remembers Air Show. The Lanc entered Saskatoon air space, went around with a low fly past at the airport and then circled around and above the city before leaving for Ontario on August 3, 2009. The fly past was a tribute to Canadian air veterans and a farewell salute to the Cameco Canada Remembers Air show. (Photo courtesy Canada Remembers Air Show) Search and rescue version (10SR) of the Lancaster. (Canadian Forces photo) Ray White recalls the Lancaster while serving in the Supplementary Radio System. "When I was in the Naval Radio Station in Churchill (1953-54), we used to copy the Lancs as they flew training flights from Ontario to Alberta. Often they would come to Churchill when flying east from Edmonton. Their comms were generally in CW, but occasionally they used AM double sideband voice between aircraft. Their callsigns were VC followed by three letters.
In 1953, several Lancs flew out of Winnipeg to Churchill to take part in a search for a missing commercial aircraft - a DC-4 I believe. The Navy station provided crews to aid in the visual search and I believe it was one of the sailors who spotted the downed aircraft. I did one flight in the rear gunner position but never again. The aircraft, (believe it was VCBNG), would fly very low to the ground and leapfrog over the occasional tree. It was easy to lose your lunch!! On one of the search flights, the Captain decided to go to Winnipeg and he took his Navy spotter crew with him. Our CO was not pleased that these guys had a weekend in the big city. Anyways, the Lancs were a common sight in Churchill and also over Aklavik, where they never landed".
After standing guard on Toronto's waterfront for decades and the threat of suffering permanent damage from the elements, FM104 is being dismantled for the trip to the Canadian Aerospace Museum in Toronto where it is currently under restoration as a static exhibit. This was the scene on October 16, 1999. (Photo by Jerry Proc) This is just one of six wing fuel tanks whose capacity is around 359 gallons. This is FM104 being restored at the Canadian Aerospace Museum. (Photo by Jerry Proc)
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| The CWH Mynarski Lancaster is in the hanger for winter maintenance in this scene taken on February 23, 2010. The middle photo details the hardpoints for the jack. In the bottom photo, the axle and wheel have been removed from the oleo struts. (All three photos by Jerry Proc) |
Credits and References: 1) VR*A Lanc photo : http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca
2) Herb Smale , Greenwood Aviation Museum. < hsmale(at)ns.sympatico.ca>
3) Mac's Naval Photography http://macsnavylinks.ca/whatsnew.html
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