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Re: Canadian content
Posted by Neil Medcalf on Mon Sep 02, 2002 12:14:13 AM
In reply top Canadian content posted by Mark Munzel on Sat Aug 31, 2002 12:36:00 PM
Got the info Mark - I'll contact you with what ever I find out. Hope to go there tuesday.
Neil
: For those of you interested in underwater wrecks ...
:
: The first six N3BPs destined for Norway were delivered to
: Vancouver, Canada early in 1941, where the RNNAF (Royal No
: rweigan Naval Air Force) used them for pilot training. Tw
: o of the six crashed here -- #303 into the Strait of Georg
: ia near Point Atkinson, and #305 into Patricia Bay near Vi
: ctoria.
:
: I have no idea whether either aircraft was recovered, or w
: hat would be left of them after 61 years in salt water. B
: ut the possibility that one of those beauties could still
: be in the neighbourhood has always fired my imagination.
:
: The only information I have on the two acidents, or on RNN
: AF training in Canada, is 1.5 pages of a book on RCAF air
: stations on the West Coast. Can anyone offer (or point me
: to) more details?
:
: -M.M.