92 AIR CLASSICS/August 2022
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GLORIOUS PAST
BY NORM TAYLOR
With the advent of the aircraft,
the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police had a new tool with which
to cover that vast nation. Over
the decades, many different types
of aircraft have been utilized for
the RCMP mission, including de
Havilland DHC-3 Otter CF-MPY,
which was photographed on 13
April 1964 at Iqatuit, Nunavut, Canada. Able to operate out of rough strips and capable of being fitted with land gear, skis, and floats the
Otter could carry a heavy load. CF-MPY left RCMP service in 1974 but is still airworthy.
As noted in last issue,
Canada was an important
producer of de Havilland
Mosquitos. Built as an
FB Mk. 21, Mosquito
KA102 stayed in Canada
and was used as a
developmental airframe
for the FB Mk. 24 and
Mk. 26. Photographed at
Downsview, Ontario, the
plane tested the more
powerful Merlins that
went into these other
variants but only the Mk.
26 went into production.
It is presumed the plane
was scrapped at the end
of the war.The sleekly elegant Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor was an advanced four-engine airliner although the Germans had more sinister
plans for the type. Condor D-AMHC was the third production example and it was photographed at the opening of Fornebu Airport
in Oslo, Norway, where it was photographed on 1 June 1939. With the war only three months away, the Germans had been care-
fully mapping all the airfields and military facilities in Norway.