CANADA
Visited by Michael Baker in May/June.
ONTARIOCREEMORE MONUMENT
At RCL Branch 397, 27 Wellington Street West, Creemore, Ontario L0M
1G0 which is in the western part of the village.
Canadair CL-30 Silver Star 3 (CT-133) 21070 (T33-070)
NATIONAL AIR FORCE MUSEUM OF CANADA: Trenton
The first Royal Canadian Air Force training airfield was at Borden. In
the 1920s a search was made for a new base and Trenton was chosen.
Close to Lake Ontario, the site was suitable for both landplane and
seaplane operations and was also near to the large cities in the
Province. Trenton became operational in 1931 with the arrival of two
squadrons from Borden.
During World War II Trenton was a centre for The British
Commonwealth Air Training Plan. A small museum was opened on 1st
April 1984 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of
the RCAF. A decade later to the day the new museum was opened in a
former curling club. The superb displays trace the history of the service
with models, photographs, uniforms, documents, components and
memorabilia.
In 1995 the museum obtained a Handley Page Halifax which was
shot down over Lake Mjosa in Norway on 13th April 1945. The wreck
was raised in September 1995 and transported to Canada. Restoration
of this rare bomber soon started and significant progress has been
made.
A crashed Northrop Gamma has been moved to the museum and
work has started on this rare monoplane. A replica of the 1912
Burgess-Dunne Seaplane has been built. Types flown by the Air Force
in recent years are on show in an outside area close to the museum
building.
Auster K AOP.6 ‘VF582’/C-FLWK (2598)
Avro 652A Anson II ‘7207’
Avro 683 Lancaster 10P(AR) KB882
Avro Canada C-100 Canuck 5 (CF-100) 18773 (673)
Avro Canada C-100 Canuck 5 (CF-100) 18774 (674)
Beech C23-19 Musketeer (CT-134) 134201 (M-1325)
Beech C23-19 Musketeer (CT-134) 134213 (M-1337)
Beech C23-19 Musketeer (CT-134) 134215 (M-1339)
Beech D18S Expeditor 3TM 1560 (CA-160 (A-760))
Beech E18S CF-PER (BA-409)
Bell 205 Iroquois (CUH-1H) (CH-118) 118101 (3213)
Bell 206A Kiowa (COH-58A) (CH-136) 136204 (44004)
Bell 212 Twin Huey (CUH-1N) (CH-135) 135102 (32002) 71-20869
Boeing 720-023B C-FETB (18024)
Boeing-Stearman A75N1 Kaydet (PT-17)
Boeing-Vertol 107-II-28 Labrador (CH-113A) 11315 (4009)
Burgess-Dunne Seaplane (FSM)
Canadair CL-13A Sabre 5 23221 (1011)
Canadair CL-13A Sabre 5 23257 (1047)
Canadair CL-219-1A10 Freedom Fighter (CF-116A) (CF-5A) 116721
(1021)
Canadair CL-28-2 Argus 2 (CP-107) 10732 (23)
Canadair CL-30 Silver Star 3 (CT-133) 21435 (T33-435)
Canadair CL-30 Silver Star 3 (CT-133) 133593 (T33-593)
Canadair CL-41A Tutor (CT-114) ‘114000’/CF-LTW-X
Canadair CL-41A Tutor (CT-114) 114015 (1015)
Canadair CL-600 Challenger (CC-144A) 144601 (1040)
Cessna 152 C-GXSR (15279970)
De Havilland DHC.1 Chipmunk T.10 WB550 (C1/0002)
De Havilland DHC.5A Buffalo 115464 (23)
Douglas DC-3A-456 Dakota III (CC-129) 12963 (12217)
Grumman G-103 Tracker (CP-121) 1545/C-FUCS (DHC-44)
Handley Page HP.61 Halifax A.VIIA NA337
Hawker Hurricane IIB (FSM) ‘V7287’
Hawker P.1099 Hunter F.58 C-GTPQ/J-4029 (41H/697396) – in Swiss
markings.
Lockheed 285B Orion (CP-140) 140102 (285B-5689)
Lockheed 382-15B Hercules (CC-130E) 130313 (382-4066)
Lockheed 382-15B Hercules (CC-130E) 130314 (382-4067)
Lockheed 414-17-11 Hudson VI (A-28A) FK466 (414-6942) – fuselage
only.PRESERVATION NOTES
Bob Ogden, 13 Western Avenue, Woodley, Berkshire RG5 3BJ
E-mail: [email protected]De Havilland DHC.1 Chipmunk 1B-2-S5 CF-EGO/18028 (166-204) at Vintage Wings of Canada, Gatineau. [Mike Baker]