a few more nice shots from the ‘archives’ to share… I believe these were RCAF archival shots… depicting Stranraers 912 and 915 as well as Blackburn Shark 524. What I found interesting was the use of what appears to be a Type A1 Variation roundel in the second shot of Stanny 912 – the other two shots they wear Type A on the wings and Type B on the fuselage.
James
By: HP57 - 23rd August 2006 at 15:19
Hi Cees–
That thingy in Lake Ontario off Trenton might be vintage, but is almost certainly not a Shark…the one the website claimed it to be crashed into the lake while on floats in (iirc) 1937 and was recovered more or less whole soon afterward (Carl Vincent’s Shark book has photos of it lying on the slip at Trenton); but the thingy in the lake is on land undercarriage and, besides, it’s still in the lake! I doubt the RCAF would’ve bothered recovering it, changing the undercart, and dumping it back in Lake Ontario again. No other Shark ditched in that area, either. So, much as I wish that was a Shark down there, I’ll be completely gobsmacked if it turns out it is… 🙁
S.
Pity
By: Steve T - 23rd August 2006 at 04:51
Hi Cees–
That thingy in Lake Ontario off Trenton might be vintage, but is almost certainly not a Shark…the one the website claimed it to be crashed into the lake while on floats in (iirc) 1937 and was recovered more or less whole soon afterward (Carl Vincent’s Shark book has photos of it lying on the slip at Trenton); but the thingy in the lake is on land undercarriage and, besides, it’s still in the lake! I doubt the RCAF would’ve bothered recovering it, changing the undercart, and dumping it back in Lake Ontario again. No other Shark ditched in that area, either. So, much as I wish that was a Shark down there, I’ll be completely gobsmacked if it turns out it is… 🙁
S.
By: HP57 - 22nd August 2006 at 20:44
Nice photographs of a nice aircraft. One of the RCAF Stranrears is at the RAF Museum and remains of another one are in storage at the CFMT. Are there long term plans for a restoration as the wreckage was recovered almost two decades ago. Mark 12 posted several pics of this aircraft while in open storage.
There was also a website about a Blackburn Shark in a Canadian lake with pics. But lost the link a long time ago. Has it been recovered? And if not why, this must be a coup for any selfrespecting Canadian museum.
Cheers
Cees
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