by Diana Trafford | Mar 15, 2018 | 45 Group, Bruce Watt, Consolidated Catalina, Ferry Command, RAF Transport Command
During the Second World War, PBY Catalinas served the Allied forces well, mainly on coastal surveillance missions. Here, Catalina Z2147 (a Mark I Catalina), approaches the southern tip of Gibraltar after completing an anti-submarine patrol for RAF No. 202...
by Diana Trafford | Dec 19, 2017 | Bruce Watt, Howard Watt, Manitoba Basin Mining, Ryan M-2, St. Lawrence River
“Spirit of The Pas” – Eastern Canada Airways’ Ryan M-2 in 1928 operating from The Pas, Manitoba, for Manitoba Basin Mining. Photo: SDASM 00390. Called a “Lindy Look-alike” or a sister ship to Lindbergh’s Spirit of St....
by Darrell Hillier | Nov 28, 2017 | Bruce Watt, Ferry Command, Gander, Lockheed Hudson
Welcome to guest author Darrell Hillier Canadian Aviation Historical Society member Darrell Hillier, whose special interests include Ferry Command and Gander aviation over the years, tells the full story of Hudson T9446 which crashed in December 1940 with my...
by Diana Trafford | Apr 2, 2017 | Bruce Watt, Ferry Command, Lockheed Hudson
In the early months of the Atlantic ferry service, a top priority was delivering Hudsons from Canada to Britain. Once assigned to their squadrons, they patrolled the coast and protected the shipping lanes. Here, Hudson Mark II, T9376 ZS-X, of No. 233 Squadron RAF,...
by Diana Trafford | Dec 9, 2016 | Bruce Watt, Ferry Command, Gander
The only Lockheed Hudson still flying today. Shown here at Point Cook, Greater Melbourne, Australia, it was taken on by the Royal Australian Air Force on 5 December 1941, two days before the war in the Pacific started. After serving with RAAF Survey Flight during the...
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