Halifax 57 Rescue (Canada) & SCSC – Swedish Coast and Sea Center
Halifax 57 Rescue (Canada) and the Bomber Command Museum of Canada (BCMC), in partnership with the Swedish Coast and Sea Center (SCSC),
The Canadian Lancasters
During the early years of the war, the British and their Allies were making plans to build as many aircraft as possible. If some of this manufacturing could be done…
Cessna Crane
The British built Airspeed Oxford and Avro Anson Mk I were the only twin-engined trainers available for service with the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Canada at the beginning…
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Just one minute after Britain's formal declaration of war against Germany took effect on September 3, 1939, a Blenheim IV of 139 Squadron took off to fly the RAF's first…
North American NA-64 Yale
The Yale is a fixed undercarriage, lower powered, lighter weight version of the well known Harvard. Both the Yale and Harvard evolved from the North American Aviation NA-16 which was…
Beechcraft-18 “Expeditor”
The Beech-18 is one of the most adaptable and versatile twin-engined aircraft ever built. The type first flew in 1937 and orders for military versions were placed in 1941 with…
Vickers Viking
The Vickers Viking IV biplane was the first amphibian aircraft to be used in Canada. Although designed in Britain by the British Vicker's Aircraft Co, most of those used in…
The Bomber Command Museum of Canada’s Spitfire gets an engine!
The Museum’s Spitfire reached a major milestone when the museum received its “new to us” Merlin 68. While we still have a long road to travel to see our Spitfire…