Canadian Forces Arctic Recovery?

[Mike Berry]

I found these photos on the Canadian Forces Image Gallery. There are no captions with the photos, but I assume they're from the military exercise OP Nanook 2011 currently underway near Resolute Bay, Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic.

Any ideas as to the aircraft type/identity they're recovery parts from?

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/ne ... mbatcamera

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/ne ... mbatcamera

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/ne ... mbatcamera

Mike

[RMAllnutt]

Fascinating photos.... looks like a star and bar on the wing, along with dayglo colors. Wing and prop look definitely B-17 like... but it's so hard to tell. Good find! Hopefully we hear more. I hope they saved what they recovered.

Cheers,
Richard

[gtokid]

Reported as a C-54 that crashed into Resolute Bay in 1951. Found it here:

http://www.ctv.ca/gallery/html/candian- ... ndex_.html[/url]

-Todd

[RMAllnutt]

Looking more closely, after downloading the high resolution images, I think it might actually be from a C-54, rather than a B-17.

Cheers,
Richard

[CoastieJohn]

Here's the video and story. It looks like a joint op betweeen the Canadian Forces and US Coast Guard. I didn't even know they (USCG) were doing that. I usually hear about those things.

http://www.combatcamera.forces.gc.ca/ne ... mbatcamera

Coincedently...there was a commercial crash that happened while the joint ops was going on at Resolute Bay. 12 fatalities in that one.

[The Inspector]

How deep was it? It appears the 'travelling decorators' had paid it a visit and 'tagged' it.
Now we need to find the C-54 that disappeared in Alaska in 1948 with over $1 Million onboard--

[Dora9a]

Cool story, amazing how well preserved the paint is. That cold water does wonders!