The Canadian Museum of Flight has the centre and rear fuselage and portions of the wing for CF-BYJ (RCAF 915) that crashed and sank in Belize Inlet in BC. Last time I seen the Stranny it was stored outside at the museums storage facility but last I heard one of the museums members is now storing it for the museum at his place.
I think the museum also had part of the rear fuselage and engines and prop from the wreckage of CF-BYM (RCAF 949) that crashed in Sovereign Lake in Northern BC. The remains of this aircraft seem to have disappeared when the property it was stored on was sold. Rumour has it that the new owner had a local scrapper haul it away, but of course, this is only a rumour. A friend of mine visited the Sovereign Lake site a year ago and found a few more parts of CF-BYM.
If your interested, there’s a book called “The Accidental Airline” by Jim Spilsbury and Jim White which is about Queen Charlotte Airlines and includes stories of flying the Stranraer’s. It’s a good read.
As for CF-BXO, this aircraft was a Super Stranraer sporting the 1000hp Wright 1820 Cyclone engines.
Hope this helps.
Brian….
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