72modeler Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Oboy! If you love Siskins as much as I do, I think you will enjoy this photo collection- although all of the photos depict only RCAF aircraft, they offer some great views of details not often seen, Happy modeling! Mike http://silverhawkauthor.com/canadian-warplanes-1-the-biplane-era-armstrong-whitworth-siskin_915.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Aero Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 There are some very nice French Helldivers being towed across the US/Canadian border in thos archives. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 2 hours ago, John Aero said: There are some very nice French Helldivers being towed across the US/Canadian border in thos archives. John There was an article in either Air Classics or Air Combat many years ago about U.S. aircraft being towed across the border; I seem to recall some Helldiver photos. Good eye, John! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 These are from here: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/collectionsearch/Pages/collectionsearch.aspx Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 Chris, Yep! A couple of the photos I remember from the magazine article showed farm tractors being used to tow them across the border. IIRC, there were also 44 SBC's, that were being transported by the French carrier Bearn from Nova Scotia,, but while en route, France fell, and the aircraft she was carrying, which included some H-75A's and F2A-2's were diverted to Martinique, where they were offloaded and ended up rotting away in a field. Wonder what their eventual fate was? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 These are from an old National Geographic: Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 Wow! Never remember seeing any photos of the Brewsters or Hawks that were abandoned in Martinique before- you are da man! 👍 Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 What a shame it appears I am forbidden from looking when I clicked the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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