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Canadian Warbirds of the Second World War - Fighters, Bombers and Patrol Aircraft
Canadian Warbirds of the Second World War - Fighters, Bombers and Patrol Aircraft
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.

LanguageEnglish
PublisheriUniverse
Release dateMay 29, 2001
ISBN9781462048144
Canadian Warbirds of the Second World War - Fighters, Bombers and Patrol Aircraft
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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

    All Rights Reserved © 2001 by Harold Skaarup

    No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or by any information storage retrieval system, without the permission in writing from the publisher.

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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

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