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Serial #: KB976 Construction #: ? Civil Registration: CF-AMD CF-TQC G-BCOH Model(s): B Mk. X Mk. 10(AR) Victory Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to UK, May 1945, returned to Canada for RCAF, June 1945. Delivered to RCAF as KB976. - BOC: June 28, 1945 - SOC: May 26, 1964 Dr. E. Johnson, Calgary, Alberta, 1964-1969. Air Museum Of Canada, Calgary, Alberta, 1965. - Registered as CF-AMD. Northwestern Air Lease, St. Albert, Alberta, 1969-1973. - Registered as CF-TQC. - Conversion to fire tanker started but not complete. Sir W.J.D. Roberts/Strathallan Collection, Sept. 24, 1974-1987. - Registered as G-BCOH. - A newspaper article covering this transfer. - Delivered to Strathallan by air from Edmonton, June 11, 1975. Charles Church Ltd, Manchester, 1987-1990. - Trucked to BAe Woodford for restoration to airworthy, Apr. 9, 1987. - Badly damaged by hanger collapse, Woodward, Aug. 12, 1987. - Rebuild abandoned, Arrived dismantled Bedford, Nov. 1988. -- Arrived with section of KB944 & RF342. -- Planned restoration by Cranfield Institute of Technology. - Stored 1988-1990. Doug Arnold/Warbirds Of GB Ltd, Biggin Hill, Aug. 1990-1992. - Planned rebuild, using KB994 & Lincoln RF342. Kermit Weeks/Weeks Air Museum/Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, FL, 1992-2002 - Under restoration. |
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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): Dennis Thompson. |
