Hi
Curiosity is getting me, found his on Wiki, anyone know what state they are in, or have links to photos ?
Substantial wrecks
Lancaster B X FM221 Crashed on take off at Resolute Bay, North West Territories, in 1950. Wreckage remains in situ but has severely deteriorated due to a combination of extreme weather, souvenir hunters and buldozing of the wreckage after the crash.
Lancaster B X KB999 Ditched in a glacial lake near Nunavut in the North West Territories following an engine fire in 1952. Wreck remains in situ but has been broken up by ice action.
cheers
Jerry
By: jackd - 27th October 2011 at 23:09
Good eye. This one is CF-BTX – which is probably one of the ones you saw in Alberta back in the day. Coulson Logging pulled it off of a hillside up the BC coast when they were heli-logging nearby. It had crashed there back in the ’40s.
By: jackd - 27th October 2011 at 23:09
Good eye. This one is CF-BTX – which is probably one of the ones you saw in Alberta back in the day. Coulson Logging pulled it off of a hillside up the BC coast when they were heli-logging nearby. It had crashed there back in the ’40s.
By: Steve T - 27th October 2011 at 21:25
Jack–
Neat…Barkley Grow T8P1. Had never seen one until a visit to Alberta in 1995, whereupon I saw three of them!
S.
By: Steve T - 27th October 2011 at 21:25
Jack–
Neat…Barkley Grow T8P1. Had never seen one until a visit to Alberta in 1995, whereupon I saw three of them!
S.
By: jackd - 27th October 2011 at 18:16
I used to work at that airport before they de-activated it in the late ’80s. There were many stories of early misadventures that were told by the old timers that I knew. If it did ever happen, my guess is that it occurred post-war when Lancs were operating in the area. I have comprehensive lists of wartime crashes for the area but what happened after remains unknown.
Here’s another animal that was stored there during my time. Guess what it is.
By: jackd - 27th October 2011 at 18:16
I used to work at that airport before they de-activated it in the late ’80s. There were many stories of early misadventures that were told by the old timers that I knew. If it did ever happen, my guess is that it occurred post-war when Lancs were operating in the area. I have comprehensive lists of wartime crashes for the area but what happened after remains unknown.
Here’s another animal that was stored there during my time. Guess what it is.
By: Peter - 27th October 2011 at 16:11
Thats a new one Jack..? Re the other two wrecks, yes KB965 is a memorial to the crew that were killed in the crash. And FM221 is at a military base.
By: Peter - 27th October 2011 at 16:11
Thats a new one Jack..? Re the other two wrecks, yes KB965 is a memorial to the crew that were killed in the crash. And FM221 is at a military base.
By: jackd - 27th October 2011 at 03:27
Port Alberni?
I heard a rumour many years ago of a Lanc fuselage that was located at the end of the runway at the old Port Alberni airport – supposedly an emergency landing that resulted in the aircraft overshooting and the remains winding up out on the tidal mud flats. Any truth to that one?
By: jackd - 27th October 2011 at 03:27
Port Alberni?
I heard a rumour many years ago of a Lanc fuselage that was located at the end of the runway at the old Port Alberni airport – supposedly an emergency landing that resulted in the aircraft overshooting and the remains winding up out on the tidal mud flats. Any truth to that one?
By: brewerjerry - 27th October 2011 at 03:09
Hi All,
Thanks my curiosity is satisfied.
cheers
Jerry
By: brewerjerry - 27th October 2011 at 03:09
Hi All,
Thanks my curiosity is satisfied.
cheers
Jerry
By: Alloy - 27th October 2011 at 02:07
I know the one at Resolute is marked, and is considered a grave site, the other may be the same. Many good folks lost their lives there.
Ian
By: Alloy - 27th October 2011 at 02:07
I know the one at Resolute is marked, and is considered a grave site, the other may be the same. Many good folks lost their lives there.
Ian
By: David Thompson - 27th October 2011 at 00:32
A quick ‘Google’ found these ;
FM221 ; http://www.lancaster-archive.com/lanc_surv_fm221.htm
KB999 ; our own link from 2007 ; http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=82948
By: David Thompson - 27th October 2011 at 00:32
A quick ‘Google’ found these ;
FM221 ; http://www.lancaster-archive.com/lanc_surv_fm221.htm
KB999 ; our own link from 2007 ; http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=82948
By: J Boyle - 27th October 2011 at 00:28
Here’s a link to WIX with photos from the crash site of KB965. Nothing too substancial, but they might be of interest to yourself or someone here.
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33171&p=331541&hilit=lancaster+canada#p331541
BTW: There were substancial B-24 remains near Resolute Bay in 1970.
Forum member StepWilk mentioned them a story he did for Flying magazine.
By: J Boyle - 27th October 2011 at 00:28
Here’s a link to WIX with photos from the crash site of KB965. Nothing too substancial, but they might be of interest to yourself or someone here.
http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33171&p=331541&hilit=lancaster+canada#p331541
BTW: There were substancial B-24 remains near Resolute Bay in 1970.
Forum member StepWilk mentioned them a story he did for Flying magazine.
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