Showing posts with label Canada 1939-1945. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada 1939-1945. Show all posts
Tuesday, 6 May 2025

Bristol Beaufighter, part one. Royal Canadian Air Force.

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  The Bristol Beaufighter is a British heavy fighter aircraft that could also perform other types of roles, from pure and night fighter to l...
Tuesday, 15 April 2025

Boeing Stearman Model 75, part five. The Stearman in America, part two. Canadian, Colombian, Cuban and Dominican users

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  The Boeing Stearman PT-13/17 Kaydet is an American double winged two-seater basic trainer that was developed during the 1930s and was expo...
Thursday, 20 June 2024

Supermarine Spitfire. American Users, part four. Canadian users of the Spitfire. Part three.

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  Some more users of the Spitfire in the Royal Canadian Air Force  (RCAF) were: No.402 Squadron: This squadron, transitioned from the Hawker...
Wednesday, 12 June 2024

Supermarine Spitfire. American Users, part three. Canadian users of the Spitfire. Part two.

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  Some of the RCAF's Spitfire operating squadrons, were the following: No. 417 Squadron: This unit, the only RCAF one deployed in the Me...
Tuesday, 7 May 2024

Supermarine Spitfire. American Users, part two. Canadian users of the Spitfire. Part one.

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  The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) got hands on the Supermarine Spitfire too, although as such, only operated eight machines as most of t...
Tuesday, 16 August 2022

Miles M.14 Magister, part two, American and African users.

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  The Miles M.14 Magister is a two-seat trainer monoplane designed and manufactured by Miles aircraft which was used by various Commonwealth...
Thursday, 2 June 2022

Bristol Beaufort. Part One. Some Commonwealth and Turkish Users

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  The Bristol Beaufort was a British twin-engined torpedo-bomber designed and manufactured by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. It was develope...
Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Bristol Blenheim part two, the Bollingbrokes and Canadian Blenheims

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  The Bristol-Fairchild Bollingbroke was a maritime patrol aircraft which was also used as a trainer by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) ...
Tuesday, 19 January 2021

Douglas Digby, the Canadian B-18

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  The Douglas Digby Mk.I was the Canadian denomination given to the American Douglas B-18A Bolo bomber.  A total of twenty Digbys served wit...
Saturday, 13 June 2020

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, part seven, American Users

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The Airspeed AS.10 Oxford was a British twin-engined multi-role aircraft that was designed and manufactured by Airspeed Ltd. With more tha...
Tuesday, 28 April 2020

Avro Anson, part ten, Canadian Users & variants

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Up to a total of 1.528 Anson Mk.Is were delivered to Canada from British production from 1939 onwards. It was soon found that modification...
Thursday, 27 February 2020

Fairey Battle, part one

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The Fairey Battle was a British single-engine light bomber which was designed and manufactured by Fairey Aviation Company. It was develope...
Tuesday, 12 November 2019

Fairey Albacore, part four

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By mid-1942 there were up to 15 squadrons operating the Albacore, from the Arctic Circle protecting Soviet convoys to the Mediterranean, W...
Tuesday, 3 September 2019

Fairey Swordfish, part two, Commonwealth & Royal Air Force users

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As it could've been expected, the Fairey Swordfish was also used by some Commonwealth countries as well as the Royal Air Force. The us...
Friday, 17 November 2017

Avro Lancaster Mk.II - Canadian users

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The Avro Lancaster Mk.II was a variant of the regular Lancaster Mk.I that was powered by four Bristol Hercules radial engines. It was used...
Monday, 3 April 2017

25pdr SP, tracked, Sexton

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Today we bring you another tracked land vehicle. The 25pdr tracked Sexton was a self-propelled artillery vehicle from the World War 2 that...
Sunday, 12 March 2017

Avro Manchester - Canadian Users

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The Avro 679 Manchester was a British heavy bomber developed during the early stages of the World War II. It was a failure due to its engi...
Saturday, 4 March 2017

Macchi C.202 - Foreign users

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This nice Italian fighter was used by many foreign users. Croatia had around 20 or 22 in service during 1944 and used them to intercept...