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Toronto, OntarioConsolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat
RCAF Canso A (Serial No. 9754), No. 162 Squadron, F/L David Ernest Hornell aircraft.
The Consolidated Catalina and Canso were close cousins. The Canso was the true amphibious version of the design and therefore included a conventional undercarriage to allow for either water or land use. The Canso provided more than two decades of valuable service to the RCAF. The Catalina variant came first and was produced beginning in 1935 for the United States Navy. The amphibious version, designated PBY-5A, came in service early in 1941 and the RCAF began using the aircraft on anti-submarine patrols that same year. After the Second World War, the RCAF used Cansos for search and rescue, Arctic survey missions and various transport operations. RCAF
Canso PBY
Wikipedia Canso PBY
Harold A Skaarup Web PageCASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF Owned (274) RCAF 400 Squadrons (26) Canadian Crewed (84) Canadian Museum (3)Canso A 9786
Used by No. 160 (BR) Squadron for training, at RCAF Station Sea Island, BC in 1943, before this unit transferred to Eastern Air Command. Remained with WAC when this unit went east in June 1943.1943-04-28 Taken on Strength Western Air Command 2019-08-20
1943-December-19 Accident: 7 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Duckworth | Fereday | Gannett | Kanonowicz | Lindsay | McCallum | Skelton | Smith | Spratt
1944-04-24 Struck off Strength Struck off after Category A crash on 19 December 1943. 2019-08-20
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