Bristol Bolingbroke
The Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke is a maritime patrol aircraft and trainer used by the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Produced by Fairchild-Canada, it was a license-built version of the Bristol Blenheim Mk IV bomber. In 1935, the British Air Ministry issued Specification G.24/35 to procure a coastal reconnaissance/light bomber to replace the Avro Anson. [5] Most of the 151 Mk IVs built served in their intended role as patrol bombers on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Canada between 1940 and 1944. [6] The Mk IVT trainers saw extensive use in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP).
Bolingbroke IVT in the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba
Bolingbroke in a Manitoba junkyard, 2006
Maritime patrol aircraft trainer Manufacturer Bristol Aeroplane Company Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. (Canada) Royal Canadian Air Force Bristol Blenheim Second World War Fairchild-Canada Bristol Blenheim Mk IV Air Ministry reconnaissance light bomber Avro Anson Blenheim Mk I Bristol Aquila Mercury VIII Canadian dinghy Pratt & Whitney SB4G Twin Wasp Junior British Columbia Aviation Museum North Saanich Aleutians campaign British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Wright R-1820 octane Canada No. 8 Squadron RCAF No. 115 Squadron RCAF No. 119 Squadron RCAF No. 147 Squadron RCAF Jarvis, Ontario Mossbank, Saskatchewan Macdonald, Manitoba Fingal, Ontario Dafoe, Saskatchewan Mountain View, Ontario Paulson, Manitoba Lethbridge, Alberta Mont-Joli, Quebec Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward Island Picton, Ontario Picton Airport Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History Brussels Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Brandon, Manitoba Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba 17 Wing Winnipeg Canada Aviation and Space Museum Ottawa, Ontario Reynolds-Alberta Museum Wetaskiwin, Alberta Trans-Canada Highway Nanton, Alberta Greenwood Military Aviation Museum Greenwood, Nova Scotia Victoria, British Columbia Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Hamilton, Ontario Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre Aerospace Bristol Filton, Gloucestershire National Museum of Flight East Fortune, East Lothian Royal Air Force Museum Midlands RAF Cosford Duxford Airfield Duxford, Cambridgeshire Denham Aerodrome Fantasy of Flight Polk City, Florida Pima Air & Space Museum Tucson, Arizona Airfoil Bristol Mercury XV Power/mass .303 in Browning machine gun Bristol Beaufort Bristol Beaufighter Douglas DB-7 Dornier Do 17 Heinkel He 111 LeO 451 Martin Maryland Potez 630 PZL.37 Łoś Tupolev SB List of aircraft of the Canadian Air Force List of Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons List of Royal Canadian Air Force stations List of bomber aircraft Wayback Machine Fairchild KR-125 KR-135 XC-120 Packplane XH-26 Jet Jeep 100 Pilgrim (Pilatus) PC-6 AT-21 Gunner AU-23 Peacemaker C-26 Metroliner C-82 Packet C-119 Flying Boxcar C-123 Provider AQM-41 SD-5 Osprey SM-73 Goose Fairchild (Canada) 81, 82, 34-42 Niska 45-80 Sekani F-11 Husky (Handley Page) Hampden SBF Helldiver Super 71 328JET F-27/FH-227 FH-1100 A-10 Thunderbolt Merlin Metroliner Bristol