One of HMS PUNCHER’s stands ready during operations in the Canadian manned aircraft carrier during WWII. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA076) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the […]
HMCS WARRIOR
HMCS WARRIOR in drydock, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC045)
RCAF Lockheed CT-133 Silver Star
RCAF Lockheed CT-133 Silver Star, on display at the Shearwater Aviation Museum, Air Park at the entrance to CFB Shearwater in Nova Scotia. Four Silver Stars were initially used to train RCN Pilots for the Banshee Jet Fighter and later as a towed target aircraft before being turned over to the RCAF during unification. Roger […]
RCN McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee Jet Fighter
McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee jet fighter on display at the Shearwater Aviation Museum in Nova Scotia. Thirty-nine Banshees were accepted by the Canadian Naval Air Service (CANAS) in 1955 and saw service with Squadrons VF 870, VF 871 and VX 10. This was the first Canadian fighter to be armed with missiles and remained in service […]
HMS PUNCHER -Deck Crash
A Barracuda nosed into HMS PUNCHER’s flight deck, the rear gunner was slightly injured according to Howard Abbott, the angle of the plane made rescue difficult. Puncher was manned and operated by the Royal Canadian Navy, but retained her HMS designation under the terms of the “Lend/Lease” Agreement, and considered Canada’s second aircraft carrier after […]
HMCS WARRIOR
HMCS WARRIOR in drydock “Wolfe” in Belfast Ireland under construction in 1945. (Caption written on photo) Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC047A)
HMS INDEFATIGABLE
HMS INDEFATIGABLE underway, photo taken from HMCS IROQUOIS, unknown date/location. Roger Litwiller Collection, Lynford Bourne, RCNVR photo, courtesy Battle of Atlantic Place. (RTL-LRB019)
HMCS WARRIOR
HMCS WARRIOR in drydock, during construction in Belfast. (Caption on back of photo) Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC046)
HMS ANCYLUS in Halifax
Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC), HMS ANCYLUS in Halifax on 15 February 1944 with convoy ONS 28. The MAC ships were converted merchant tankers, given a flight deck and the aircraft could provide air cover for the convoy when shore based aircraft were out of range. Photo taken from HMCS TRENTONIAN in Halifax Harbour. Roger Litwiller […]
HMCS WARRIOR
HMCS WARRIOR in drydock, Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Caption on back of photo) WARRIOR was an improved Colossus class light fleet aircraft carrier and commissioned into the RCN on 24 January 1946. Roger Litwiller Collection, photo Courtesy Douglas Campbell, RCNVR. (RTL-DC045 )