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Thursday, April 25, 2013

WWII CANADA RCAF aircraft


Auster
Communication and reconnaissance  1939-
Crew: pilot
Armament: none



Avro Anson
Trainer 1940-
Crew:  pilot, radio instructor, two students
Armament: none




Avro Lancaster
Heavy bomber 1943-
Crew: one pilot and up to 8 crew
Armament: one 22000 bomb or 18000 smaller and eight .303 mgs




Beechcraft Expeditor
Transport 1940-
Crew: two crew and 5-7 passengers
Armament: none




Boeing Fortress
Transport  1943-
Crew: 4 - two pilots, radio-operator, navigator.
Armament: none




Bolton-Paul Defiant
Fighter/Night-fighter 1939-41
Crew: one pilot and one gunner
Armament: four .303 mg in dorsal turret




Bristol Beaufighter
Fighter, Fighter-bomber, Anti-maritime  1940-
Crew: two or three
Armament: four 20mm cannon and six .303 mg; up to two 250lb bombs; eight 90lb rockets; one torpedo




Bristol Beaufort
Bomber 1939-42
Crew: four
Armament: four .303 mgs [two in nose turret an two in tail turret] plus three .303 mgs additional; up to 1500lb bombs or one torpedo




Bristol Blenheim
Bomber 1939-42
Crew: four
Armament:  one .303 mg and up to 1000lb bombs or one torpedo




Bristol Bolingbroke
Bomber, anti-maritime and reconnaissance 1939-43
Crew: four
Armament: two .303cal mgs and up to 1000lb bombs




Chipmunk
Communication and reconnaissance  1941-
Crew: pilot
Armanent: none




Consolidated Canso
Anti-maritime and reconnaissance  1941-
Crew: eight or nine
Armanent: two 5cal mgs, two 30cal mgs, one .303cal mg plus up to 1000lb bombs or depth charges.





Consolidated Catalina
Anti-maritime and reconnaissance  1941-
Crew: eight or nine
Armanent: two 5cal mgs, two 30cal mgs, one .303cal mg plus up to 1000lb bombs or depth charges.





Consolidated Liberator
Anti-maritime and reconnaissance  1942-
Crew: ten
Armament:  ten 50cal mgs and up to 8000lb of bombs




Curtiss Kittyhawk
Fighter 1942-43
Crew: pilot
Armament: six .303 mg and 1000lb [250-500-250] bombs




Curtiss Tomahawk
Fighter 1942-43
Crew: pilot
Armament: two .50 cal mg in nose and two .303 cal mgs in wings.




de Havilland Mosquito
Fighter, fighter-bomber, anti-maritime, bomber
Crew: two
Armament: four 20mm Hispano cannon and four .303 mg's, eight 90lb rockets, four 500lb bombs




de Havilland Tiger Moth
Trainer
Crew: one instructor and one passenger
Armament:




Douglas B18 Digby
Bomber   1939-43
Crew: six - two pilots, two gunners, navigator, bomb-aimer
Armament: three 30.cal mgs and up to 6500lbs of bombs




Douglas Boston
Bomber, Intruder  1940-
Crew: three to five crew
Armament: four .303 mgs in nose, two .303 mgs in tail and up to 2000lb bombs




Douglas Dakota
Transport   1941-
Crew: two pilots, up to three crew
Armament: none




Grumman Goose
Transport
Crew: two crew and 5-7 passengers
Armament: none




Handley-Page Halifax
Heavy bomber 1943-
Crew: seven
Armament:  nine .303 mg's and up to 145000 in bombs




Handley-Page Hampten
Bomber  1939-43
Crew: four
Armament: four .303 mgs and up to 4000lbs in bombs




Hawker Hurricane
Fighter 1939-45
Crew: pilot
Armament: eight .303cal mgs in wings



Hawker Typhoon
Ground-attack 1943-
Crew: pilot
Armament: four 20mm Hispano cannons and eight 90lb rockets or 1000lb bombs




Lockheed Hudson
Anti-maritime and reconnaissance
Crew: five
Armament: two 50cal mgs in nose turret, two 50cal mgs in tail turret plus 3 additional and up to 1000lbs of bombs.




Lockheed Lodestar
Transport  1939-
Crew: three plus up to 14 passengers
Armament: none




Lockheed Ventura GRV
Anti-maritime and reconnaissance
Crew: five
Armament: five 50cal. mgs and up to 650lbs in bombs or depth charges.




Noorduyn Norseman
Transport
Crew: pilot plus seven passengers
Armament: none




North American Harvard
Trainer  1939-
Crew:  one pilot and one passenger
Armament:



North American Mitchell
Bomber  1941-
Crew: two pilots and up to three crew
Armament: eight 50cal mgs and up to 3000lbs of bombs




North American Mustang
Fighter 1943-
Crew: pilot
Armament: six 50cal mgs in wings and eight 90lb rockets or 1000lb bombs




Short Sterling
Bomber 1943-44
Crew:
Armament: six .303 mgs and up to 14000lbs of bombs




Short Sunderland
Anti-maritime and reconnaissance  1939-
Crew: 13
Armament: twelve .303 cal and 50 cal mgs plus up to 5000lbs of bombs or deptyh charges




Supermarine Spitfire
Fighter  1939-
Crew: one
Armament:  eight .303 mgs in wings






Supermarine Stranaer
Anti-maritime and reconnaissance  1939-44
Crew: 5 - pilot, navigator, radio operator, two gunners
Armament: three .303cal mgs and 1250lbs of bombs or depth charges







Vickers Wellington
Bomber   1940-43
Crew: eight
Armament: two .303 mgs in nose turret, two .303 mgs in tail turret plus two additional and 4500 of bombs.






Westland Lysander
Communications, recconaisance, transport
Crew: two
Armament: one .303 mg






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