Catalina patrol aircraft dropping depth charges astern of HMCS ARVIDA on 16 September 1943, possibly while escorting HX256 in the North Atlantic. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Howard Abbott, RCNVR. (RTL-HA081)
CS2F Tracker
CS2F Tracker 1557 at Shearwater Aviation Museum, Nova Scotia. First flown with the RCN and later taken over by the RCAF. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL44371)
RCN Hawker Sea Fury FBII
Hawker Sea Fury FBII on display at the Naval Museum of Alberta in The Military Museums at Calgary. Seventy-five Sea Fury Fighters flew with the RCN many from the aircraft carrier HMCS MAGNIFICENT. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL20898)
CS2F Tracker
CS2F Tracker 1557 at Shearwater Aviation Museum, Nova Scotia. First flown with the RCN and later taken over by the RCAF. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL44371)
McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee
McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee jet fighter accepted by the Royal Canadian Navy, on display at the Shearwater Aviation Museum in Nova Scotia. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy of Roger Litwiller. (RTL96312)
RCN Piasecki HUP-3
RCN Piasecki HUP-3 Helicopter at the Shearwater Aviation Museum in CFB Shearwater, NS. The RCN operated three of these helicopters from 11 May 1954 to 28 February 1964. Primary service was from HMCS LABRADOR, supplying the DEW Line and some search and rescue work, based out of HMCS SHEARWATER on the East Coast and Patricia […]
RCAF CH-148 Cyclone
RCAF CH-148 Cyclone 813 flying over Halifax Harbour on 13 June 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL02369)
RCN and RCAF Aircraft
RCN and RCAF aircraft at the Shearwater Aviation Museum Airpark on 6 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00681)
RCN Grumman Avenger TBM-3
RCN Grumman Avenger TBM-3 on display at the Shearwater Aviation Museum, Air Park at the gates to CFB Shearwater. Used by the Royal Canadian Navy for anti-submarine warfare. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL98849)
Sea King over a Silver Star
RCAF Sea King and a Silver Star at the Shearwater Aviation Museum Airpark on 6 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00655) 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 […]