Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat
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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
CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF Owned (274) RCAF 400 Squadrons (18) Canadian Crewed (83) Canadian Museum (3)Canso A 11061
Delivered new to storage. To Clark Ruse aircraft for repairs 30 June to 31 August 1944. With No. 116 (BR) Squadron in Newfoundland or Nova Scotia, 1944. Coded "M". With No. 162 (BR) Squadron in Iceland, probably from October 1944. Still with this unit when it struck a mountain south of Reykjavik on 19 December 1944 while returning from patrol. No survivors.1944-04-01 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1944-October-17 Accident: 161 Squadron GASPE Loc: Goose Bay Labrador Names: Anderson | Brotherston | Couper | Crowell | Dunfield | Edgerton | Jones | Overton | Paquin | Quinn
1944-December-19 Accident: 162 Squadron BR Loc: Reykjavik Names: Attree | Bewley | Latham | Mcdonald | Mckenna | Oakford | Pettigrew | Steinberg
1945-01-09 Struck off Strength Struck off after crash, see comments 2019-08-20