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Serial #: FM213 Construction #: ? Civil Registration: C-GVRA |
Model(s): Lancaster B Mk. X Lancaster Mk. 10 (MR) Victory Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History:
Delivered to RCAF as FM213.
- BOC: August 21, 1946.
- SOC: June 30, 1964.
Displayed on pole as VR-A, Goderich, Ontario, June 14, 1964-1979.
Canadian Warplane Heritage, Mount Hope, Ontario, 1977-2002.
- Registered as C-GVRA, Sept. 1, 1988.
- Airlifted by helicopter to Hamilton, Nov. 5, 1979.
- Restored to airworthy.
- First flight Sept. 11, 1988.
- Flown as KB726/VR-A.
- Minor damage in hanger fire, Hamilton, Feb. 15, 1993.
-- repaired.
- Damaged in ground collision with CWH C-47, July 21, 2002.
-- Suffered prop damage.
-- Repaired and returned to air by August 2002.
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Photo Source(s): Jim Buckel. Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002 |
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