Registration / Serial:"JB226"
Military Code:LQ-G
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 683 Lancaster
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian
Aircraft Version:Avro 683 Lancaster Mk.X
C/n (msn):[ KB839 ]
Operator Titles:Canada - Air Force
Display Paint:405 Pathfinder Squadron
Aircraft Name:Gutless Gert
City / Airport:Greenwood (CYZX / YZX)Map
Region / Country:Nova Scotia, Canada
Collection:Greenwood Military Aviation Museum
Photo Date:24 June 2023
Photo by:Kenneth I. SwartzContact
Photo ID:584911Submit Correction
View count: 374
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.
Registration / Serial:"JB226"
Aircraft Version:Avro 683 Lancaster Mk.X
C/n (msn):[ KB839 ]
Operator Titles:Canada - Air Force
Display Paint:405 Pathfinder Squadron
City / Airport:Greenwood (CYZX / YZX)Map
Region / Country:Nova Scotia, Canada
Photo Date:24 June 2023
Photo by:Kenneth I. SwartzContact
Registration / Serial:"JB226"
Military Code:LQ-G
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 683 Lancaster
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian
Aircraft Version:Avro 683 Lancaster Mk.X
C/n (msn):[ KB839 ]
Operator Titles:Canada - Air Force
Display Paint:405 Pathfinder Squadron
Aircraft Name:Gutless Gert
City / Airport:Greenwood (CYZX / YZX)Map
Region / Country:Nova Scotia, Canada
Collection:Greenwood Military Aviation Museum
Photo Date:24 June 2023
Photo by:Kenneth I. SwartzContact
Photo ID:584911Submit Correction
View count: 374
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.
Registration / Serial:"JB226"
Aircraft Version:Avro 683 Lancaster Mk.X
C/n (msn):[ KB839 ]
Operator Titles:Canada - Air Force
Display Paint:405 Pathfinder Squadron
City / Airport:Greenwood (CYZX / YZX)Map
Region / Country:Nova Scotia, Canada
Photo Date:24 June 2023
Photo by:Kenneth I. SwartzContact