k5083 wrote:
With respect to RCAF disposal policies, I seem to recall reading, probably in one of Milberry's books, that while fighters and trainers were disposed of pretty freely after the war, there was a restriction on selling surplus bombers because of the damage they could do in the wrong hands. The Anson qualified as a bomber, which is why so few Ansons were preserved despite having been easily the most numerous RCAF aircraft ever.
August
To add to that, it was just the earlier Mk Is and IIs that were classified as bombers since that is what they were first used for.
The later Mk Vs were not designed as bombers so there were lots of those sold off for civillian use.
However, due to their plywood construction and our harsh environment, their survivablity depended basically on whether or not they were hangared.
Same thing goes for the Battles, Oxfords and Liberators (plus a few others) used by the RCAF that were disposed of by Crown Assets at the end of the war. Old bombers simply sold as scrap.
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