Hello All, Looking through my late father’s (RCA 1st Med.)wartime treasures, I found an aluminum plate that I hadn’t noticed before. It states; “A.V. Roe Canada Ltd, Malton Ont., Inventory No. 52-574”. My father spent from 1939 to 1946 overseas with the last year being with the RCE as a Sapper.
I wondered if anyone had an idea what this plate belonged to, or where I could find out?
Thanks, James
By: Jameswaterwolf - 26th November 2012 at 23:11
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Thanks Steve, I also discovered that after 1945 AV Roe maintained and serviced Lancasters.
By: Steve T - 26th November 2012 at 17:03
James–
Interesting. Not sure off what (aircraft, factory equipment, etc) the plate would have come, but datewise it would be postwar…during wartime the Malton aircraft manufacturer was called Victory Aircraft, descended from the aviation division of National Steel Car (which company BTW still exists, building railway cars here in Hamilton). It became A.V. Roe Canada Ltd. when it became an Avro subsidiary after the war, strong links with Avro having been formed, of course, as NSC/Victory took on the manufacture of Lancasters (and one each York and Lincoln) during World War II.
S.
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November 26, 2012 at 12:47 am