Registration / Serial: | CF-CMS |
Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 683 Lancaster |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian |
Aircraft Version: | Avro 683 Lancaster 1 |
C/n (msn): | [ R5727 ] |
Operator Titles: | (Trans-Canada Air Lines - TCA) |
City / Airport: | Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map |
Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | May 1944 to August 1944 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 758801Submit Correction |
View count: | 133 |
CF-CMS was a British-built Lancaster bomber that was converted by Victory Aircraft in Canada to a transport for Trans-Canada Air Lines. It entered service as a transatlantic freighter in July 1943. Passenger approval was granted in 1944. CF-CMS crashed and burned at Dorval on June 1, 1945 while trialling Rolls Royce Merlin 85s in Avro Lincoln cowlings. Sometimes listed a Victory Aircraft Lancastrian 10. The designation used here is from the Historic Canadian Civil Aircraft Register Project. Photo from: Imperial War Museums
Registration / Serial: | CF-CMS |
Aircraft Version: | Avro 683 Lancaster 1 |
C/n (msn): | [ R5727 ] |
Operator Titles: | (Trans-Canada Air Lines - TCA) |
City / Airport: | Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map | Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | May 1944 to August 1944 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | CF-CMS |
Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 683 Lancaster |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian |
Aircraft Version: | Avro 683 Lancaster 1 |
C/n (msn): | [ R5727 ] |
Operator Titles: | (Trans-Canada Air Lines - TCA) |
City / Airport: | Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map |
Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | May 1944 to August 1944 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 758801Submit Correction |
View count: | 133 |
CF-CMS was a British-built Lancaster bomber that was converted by Victory Aircraft in Canada to a transport for Trans-Canada Air Lines. It entered service as a transatlantic freighter in July 1943. Passenger approval was granted in 1944. CF-CMS crashed and burned at Dorval on June 1, 1945 while trialling Rolls Royce Merlin 85s in Avro Lincoln cowlings. Sometimes listed a Victory Aircraft Lancastrian 10. The designation used here is from the Historic Canadian Civil Aircraft Register Project. Photo from: Imperial War Museums
Registration / Serial: | CF-CMS |
Aircraft Version: | Avro 683 Lancaster 1 |
C/n (msn): | [ R5727 ] |
Operator Titles: | (Trans-Canada Air Lines - TCA) |
City / Airport: | Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map | Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | May 1944 to August 1944 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |