Not your average Canso takeoff

Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:26 pm

Folks

As soon as I saw this slide that my father took in 1952 in Shearwater Nova Scotia I knew you guys would appreciate it...

I've got a few others I'm in the process of scanning... P-51s, B-25s, Lancs, Sabres, Sea Furys, etc... So stay tuned...

Mark

Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:50 am

This is an aircraft from No. 103 (S&R) Flight at Shearwater. From the two-colour roundel and three letter code, picture may have been taken earlier than 1952, maybe as early as 1947 to 1949. Can't wait to see the rest of these!

Mon Aug 11, 2008 2:12 pm

I don't think he took the picture that early. He only joined the AirForce in July of 1949. I know he did not own a camera up to that point. Immediately upon joining he went to Trenton for a year's basic and technical traning (I have a copy of his service record)

I think this was for an Airfirce day show in Shearwater in early 52 or maybe late 51...

In the collection he has a large number of pictures of wartime Lancs that were going for some sort of overhaul/upgrade... I've even got pictures of him working on a Lanc in Bermuda... Not much in Bermuda in htose days...

Mark