was not flown in Saskatchewan and moved to Gatineau in the summer
of 2007.
The Castle Bromwich-built Spitfire LF.XVIe has had an interesting
history. In the late 1940s it beame the personal aircraft of Air Chief
Marshall Sir James Robb and was normally kept at RAF Northolt. In
1954 the Spitfire was purchased by a Worthing garage owner and for
a number of years it was displayed in a compound on the forecourt.
From 1958 until 1965 it was on show at the Beaulieu Motor Museum.
The aircraft moved to Chicago for a period before returning to England.
In 1976 it moved to Arizona and from 1983 to 1990 was loaned to the
San Diego Aerospace Museum. The fighter moved to the collection in
2001.
Examples of Canadian designs, such as the Beaver and Chipmunk,
are also in the collection along with licence built types. Civilian aircraft
feature with a Fox Moth rebuilt in New Zealand.
Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard 4 C-FROA (CCF4-242)
Curtiss 87V Warhawk IV C-FVWC/‘FR350’ (28589)
De Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth C-FYPM (4033)
De Havilland DHC.1 Chipmunk 1B-2-S5 CF-EGO/18028 (166-204)
Fairchild M-62A-4 Cornell II CF-YQR (FC.213)
Fairey Swordfish II C-GEVS/HS554 (F/BS35270A)
Fleet 16B Finch II C-FPFF (284)
Hawker Fury I
Hawker Hurricane XII C-GGAJ/‘P2961’ (46002)
North American P-51D Mustang CF-VPM/‘KH661’ (122-39922)
Supermarine 361 Spitfire HF.IX C-GYQQ/‘MK304’
Supermarine 379 Spitfire F.XIV RM747
Vought FG-1D Corsair C-GVWC/‘KD658’ (3367)
Westland Lysander IIIA C-FVZZ/‘416’ (1206)GERMANY
DEUTSCHES TECHNIKMUSEUM: Berlin
Visited in May by Doug Revell.
Allied bombing destroyed many museums in Berlin during World War
II, including the Museum of Traffic and Construction, which opened in
1906, and the Deutsche Luftfahrt Sammlung which was established in
the mid 1930s and eventually had over 100 aircraft on show. The DTM
includes a superb model showing the DLS with its vast display
dominated by the Do X flying boat.
At the end of the conflict a group of enthusiasts in what was then
West Berlin started obtaining items for a transport and technical
museum. The collection opened to the public in 1983 but a lack of
space meant that few of the aircraft in the collection could be
displayed. Some of the former DLS aircraft were discovered in Poland
in 1945 and most are now in the museum at Krakow.Lockheed 583-04-15 Starfighter (CF-104D) 104646 (583A-5316)
Lockheed Lear Learstar (Lockheed 18-10 Lodestar (C-57)) CF-CEC
(18-2132)
McDonnell M.36BA Voodoo (CF-101B) 101040 (551)
McDonnell M.267B Hornet (CF-188B)
McDonnell M.267B Hornet (CF-188B) 188911 (97/B029)
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF 776/23+45 (96002009)
Noorduyn Harvard IIB 3270 (07-137)
North American NA-64 Yale 3411 (64-2167)
Northrop Gamma 2F 3521
SAGEM Sperwer (CU-161) 161007
Sikorsky S-51 Dragonfly 9601 (5118)
Sikorsky S-61A Sea King (CH-124A) 12405 (61202)
Supermarine 361 Spitfire LF.IXc (FSM) ‘ML380’/BAPC.224
Vertol V.114 Chinook (CH-147) 147201 (M.3284)
The following have been reported as with the museum but were not seen
- any updates appreciated.
De Havilland DH.100 Vampire F.3 17072
Lockheed 414-56-03 Hudson IIIA (A-29A) 41-23419 (414-6236) –
front fuselage only.
Northrop Gamma 3521 – wreck.
QUEBECVINTAGE WINGS OF CANADA: Gatineau
The collection is housed in a new hangar at the airfield with the aim of
preserving a fleet of significant types in flying condition. During the
summer regular flying days and open houses are held.
Among the highlights of the collection is a pair of Hurricanes. The
XII was rebuilt over many years by Harry Whereatt in Saskatchewan.
The now rare IV served with the Royal Air Force and the Yugoslav
military before moving to Israel. The airframe was found in a Kibbutz
scrapyard near Jaffa in 1983 and brought back to Blackbushe in
England. Acquired by the Fighter Collection, the Hurricane was
restored at Duxford and Milden and flew again at Earl’s Colne in July
- The fighter is painted in the markings of an aircraft of 6
Squadron Royal Air force who flew it in Italy in the tank-busting role.
The Swordfish is one of the batch parked on Ernie Simmonds’ farm
near Tillsonburg in Ontario from 1946 until the auction in 1970. It was
acquired by Robert Spence and underwent a restoration lasting two
decades before taking to the air again in 1992. The Lysander, built in
Canada, was delivered in 1942 and sold to a private owner in Calgary
in 1972. Five years later it was purchased by Harry Whearatt and
moved to his farm at Assiniboia in Saskatchewan. Restoration work
was carried out and by 2007 the airframe was complete and painted in
the yellow and black target tug scheme used by the RCAF. The Lysander
Curtiss 87V Warhawk IV C-FVWC/‘FR350’ (28589) at Vintage Wings of Canada, Gatineau. [Mike Baker]