by Diana Trafford | Jul 29, 2021 | Consolidated Catalina, Flying boat, Gander, RAF Transport Command
Background In 1944, a total of 138 PBN-1 Nomads were made available to the U.S.S.R. by the United States under its Lend-Lease program. Of these, 48 were destined for Russia’s Northern Fleet (Bu numbers 02795 to 02856). An improved version of Consolidated...
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 | Jun 18, 2017 | Ferry Command, Gander, Jackie Cochran, Lockheed Hudson
Jackie Cochran in the cockpit of her North American Aviation P-51B-15-NA Mustang NX28388 at Cleveland Municipal Airport. In 1947 and 1948 she set four world and United States speed records with this aircraft. Photo © Smithsonian Institution. Source: National Air and...
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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