Avro Lancaster – FM 159 “The Lucky Lancaster”
Lancaster FM159 is a lucky Lancaster. One of 7374 built to help vanquish the Nazis, it was fortunate to have arrived for battle after the war in Europe ended, thus…
Avro Anson type 652A – MK II “7481” restoration project
Avro Anson type 652A "7481" Fuselage under restoration For historic information on the museum's Avro Anson follow this link. https://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/aircraft/avro-anson-mk-ii/ The Bomber Command Museum of Canada's Anson restoration project has…
Avro Anson 7481 – Progress report
Trailing edge Update - Trial fitting of the Wing tip. Port Trailing edge After a slight delay due to Covid-19, shop nights at the museum have resumed. Our first task,…
Avro Anson 7481 – Progress report – Faithful Annie gets her tail feathers PT1
In the restoration of Annie 7481, we have always tried to keep as much original material as possible. Towards this purpose, when an old derelict remnant of a tailplane was…
Halifax 57 Rescue (Canada) & SCSC – Swedish Coast and Sea Center
Halifax 57 Rescue (Canada) and the Bomber Command Museum of Canada (BCMC), in partnership with the Swedish Coast and Sea Center (SCSC),
The Canadian Lancasters
During the early years of the war, the British and their Allies were making plans to build as many aircraft as possible. If some of this manufacturing could be done…
Cessna Crane
The British built Airspeed Oxford and Avro Anson Mk I were the only twin-engined trainers available for service with the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Canada at the beginning…
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Just one minute after Britain's formal declaration of war against Germany took effect on September 3, 1939, a Blenheim IV of 139 Squadron took off to fly the RAF's first…
North American NA-64 Yale
The Yale is a fixed undercarriage, lower powered, lighter weight version of the well known Harvard. Both the Yale and Harvard evolved from the North American Aviation NA-16 which was…
Beechcraft-18 “Expeditor”
The Beech-18 is one of the most adaptable and versatile twin-engined aircraft ever built. The type first flew in 1937 and orders for military versions were placed in 1941 with…