Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat
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 (26) Canadian Crewed (84) Canadian Museum (3)Canso A 9833
With No. 116 (BR) Squadron at Botwood Bay, Newfoundland. Crashed into ditch at end of Runway 32 after landing at Gander on 8 December 1943. Only fatality was pilot Flight Lieutenant H. MacKay. To No. 19 Sub Repair Depot at RCAF Station Gander, Newfoundland on 21 December 1943. Apparently not repaired.RCAF - Accident Investigation File
1943-07-31 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1943-December-08 Accident: 116 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bickes | Chamber | Frost | Owen | Rae | Smith
1944-04-12 Struck off Strength Struck off, scrapped. 2019-08-20