DND photo.

DND photo.

DND photo.

DND photo.

DND photo.

404 (MR) Sqn. Lancaster from Greenwood, N.S. DND photo.

DND photo.

DND photo.

Victory Aircraft Ltd. built 430 Lancaster X which served with RCAF sqn's under No. 6 Bomb Group in the UK, including KB839 with 419 Moose Sqn. which flew 26 wartime missions with nine different crews. Postwar, KB839 was one of three 408 Sqn. Lancaster's fitted with an extended nose to carry high altitude cameras used for photo mapping northern Canada. Preserved in 1964, KB839 recently received a wartime nose and was painted as 405 Sqn's JB226, LQ-G, "Gutless Gert" which was shot down on its 61st mission on Nov. 17/18, 1943 en route to Ludwigshaven. Greenwood is home for 405 Sqn.

Victory Aircraft Ltd. built 430 Lancaster X which served with RCAF Sqns under No. 6 Bomb Group in the UK, including KB839 which flew 26 wartime missions with 419 Sqn. with nine different crews. Postwar, KB839 was one of three 408 Sqn. Lancaster's fitted with an extended nose to carry high altitude cameras used for photo mapping northern Canada. Preserved in 1964, KB839 recently received a wartime nose and was painted as 405 Sqn's JB226, LQ-G, "Gutless Gert" which was shot down on its 61st mission on Nov. 17/18, 1943 en route to Ludwigshaven Germany. Greenwood is home for 405 Sqn. CP-140s.

Victory Aircraft Ltd. built 430 Lancaster X which served with RCAF sqn's under No. 6 Bomb Group in the UK, including KB839 which served with 419 Moose Sqn. and flew 26 wartime missions with nine different crews. Postwar, KB839 was one of three 408 Sqn. Lancaster's fitted with an extended nose to carry high altitude cameras used for photo mapping northern Canada. Preserved in 1964, KB839 recently received a wartime nose and was painted as 405 Sqn's JB226, LQ-G, "Gutless Gert" which was shot down on its 61st mission on Nov. 17/18, 1943 en route to Ludwigshaven. Greenwood is home for 405 Sqn.

Parts of KB994, and the nose section of KB976 (sold in 1990 to Warbirds of GB, some parts later reported as being sold in 1992 to Kermit Weeks in Florida. The remains of KB994 were sold to Aces High, becoming G-BVBP on 4 August 1993. They sold them in 1997, and they are now in Australia with the Avro Bomber Preservation Association, to be used in the recreation of an Avro Lincoln based on major parts of RF342/G-APRJ. (It seems that KB976 (which became G-BCOH) swapped its front fuselage section with that of KB994 in order to replace the "long nose" then fitted to KB976.)

This Lancaster was built by Victory Aircraft Ltd at Malton, ON and was delivered to 425 'Alouette' Squadron, RCAF in May 1945 but just too late to take part in offensive operations. She was then placed in to storage but served briefly in 1952 with 404 Maritime Patrol Squadron, RCAF at Greenwood, NS. It is the most complete Lancaster X in existence, remaining very close to its wartime condition, and is now on display at the Canada Aviation & Space Museum.

This Lanc was built by Victory Aircraft Ltd at Malton, ON and arrived in England during Jan. 1945 to serve with 428 Squadron. Post-war she returned to Canada and was used for a while as a Firebee drone mothership before being scrapped. At least the nose has survived and is on display beside an elevated walkway so visitors can see inside the cockpit, at the Canada Aviation & Space Museum.