Under Restoration.
Bureau #: 05021 Construction #: 110 Civil Registry: N33301 VP-BAR VP-JAU CF-HFL
Model(s):
PBY-5A Catalina Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2002
History: Registered as N33301 by ????, 19>>. Also reported as NC18444. Caribbean International Airways Ltd, Nassau, Aug. 1950. - Registered as VP-BAR. Caribbean International Airways Ltd, Kingston, Feb. 26, 1951. - Registered as VP-JAU. Eastern Provincial Airways Ltd, Halifax, NS, Nov. 1953-1957. - Registered as CF-HFL. - Forced landing after engine failure, Oct. 1, 1957. -- Abandoned, near Goose Bay, Labrador. Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum, Halifax, NS, 1986-2002. - Recovered complete, by Canadian Force CH-147 Chinook, Oct. 27, 1986. - Under Restoration to Eastern Provincial Airlines configuration. |
Immediately after recovery.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Gene Hamlilton
Photo Source(s):
Gene Hamilton
Steve Tournay.