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Douglas Digby
Douglas Digby Mk. I, RCAF (Serial No. 740), coded R, No. 10 (Bomber) Squadron, RCAF.
The RCAF acquired 20 Douglas Digby Mk. I in 1940. These were American twin engine B-18A Bolo bombers which served during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Digby, named after the RAF school of bombing at RAF Digby, was based on the Douglas DC-2 airframe. The RCAF Digbys were immediately issued to No. 10 Squadron to replace the squadron's Westland Wapitis, to carry out anit-submarine patrol duties. RCAF Eastern Air Command (EAC) Digbys carried out 11 attacks on U-boats. U-520 was confirmed sunk by Flying Officer F. Raymes' crew of No. 10 (BR) Squadron, on 30 October 1942, east of Newfoundland. The Digby antisubmarine role was relatively short-lived, and they were superseded in this role in 1943 by Consolidated B-24 Liberators, which had a much heavier payload and a substantially longer range which finally closed the mid-Atlantic gap. Harold Skaarup web page
Digby bomber
Wikipedia, Digby bomber
Harold A Skaarup Web PageCASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (20), Canadian Aircraft Losses (5)Digby Mk. I 739
First used at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario. To RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario from 24 May to 31 July 1940, then back to Rockcliffe. To stored reserve with Eastern Air Command at Halifax on 9 August 1940. Issued to No. 10 (BR) Squadron at RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS on 14 December 1940. Also used by A flight of this Squadron at RCAF Station Gander, Newfoundland. Coded "P". Disappeared while on patrol on 14 July 1942. Wreckage not located until August 1956, when it was found by RCMP Beaver CF-MPN, 20 miles east of Port Saunders, Newfoundland.
1939-12-29 Taken on Strength No. 1 (E) Depot 2019-08-20
1942-July-11 Accident: 10 Squadron Loc: Rcaf Stnorth Gander Names: Corey | Crerar | Few | Finnis | Padden | Stubbs
1942-12-07 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
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