airnutz wrote:
Thomas_Mac wrote:
While not in the USA, it's pretty darn close!
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Canso is back in the air after a few years of down time. Photo from the CWH Facebook
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What color scheme is this? Looks similar to North Atlantic. Cool scheme for a change. We operated with Canadian DE's And DD's which were a kind of seafoam green. Very sharp up close with their rounded open ocean bows and color, but off in the mist they were very hard to see. Glad to see she's up just in time for Canada's birthday celebrations!
Yippee! for Collings. Always nice to have another Catalina up and about!
Per the Canadian Warplane Heritage website. (
http://www.warplane.com/aircraft/collec ... craftId=11)
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The Canso was acquired in 1995 through generous donations from Canadians Resident Abroad Inc. and the Beamish Family. It is now painted in the colours and markings of RCAF No. 162 Squadron and is dedicated to Flt. Lt. David Hornell, VC, who was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. On June 24 1944, he and his crew sank the German submarine U-1225. During the attack, the aircraft was shot down and Hornell and his crew spent more than 20 hours floating in the cold Atlantic, before being rescued. Sadly, Hornell died from exposure shortly after his rescue.