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Constructed as a Lancaster B.X by Victory Aircraft.
Victory Aircraft Ltd manufactured Lancaster Mk X., FM136, Serial 31341, in 1945. Assigned to No. 20th and 30th Maintenance Units in England, it was never issued to an active squadron. Returned to Canada to the depot at Pearce, Alberta, it was eventually converted to Maritime Reconnaissance configuration and taken on strength by No. 404 Buffalo (Maritime Patrol) Squadron in Greenwood, Nova Scotia. It was subsequently transferred to No.407 Demon (MP) Squadron in Comox, British Columbia carrying operational markings RX-136 until it was struck off strength in April 1961. The aircraft was returned to Fort McLeod, Alberta to be surplused.FM136 was acquired by the Lancaster Club of Calgary and mounted on a pedestal at the southwest entrance to the Calgary Airport terminal in April 1962. The aircraft was moved to the current museum site exactly thirty years later, in April 1992. The City of Calgary now owns the aircraft.The atypical paint finish is an interim preservative paint applied after the aircraft was cleaned in 2002 to minimize the impact of storage outdoors |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n FM136. |
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To Aero Space Museum of Calgary, Calgary International Airport, Calgary, AB.
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Markings Applied: WL-OLady OrchidJenkins Express
Detailed research of the markings is at website - http://www.rcaf434squadron.com/lady-orchid/. |
February 1988 |
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Photographer: JM Bryant
Notes: Static display at entrance of Calgary Municipal Airport, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. |
May 1995 |
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Photographer: Steve Tournay
Notes: Photo taken at the Calgary Aerospace Museum. |
18 June 2012 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: 2012 Photo of the Lancaster at Aero Space Museum at Calgary |
18 June 2012 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: 2012 Photo of the Lancaster at Aero Space Museum at Calgary |
18 June 2012 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: 2012 Photo of the Lancaster at Aero Space Museum at Calgary |
18 June 2012 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: 2012 Photo of the Lancaster at Aero Space Museum at Calgary |
18 June 2012 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: 2012 Photo of the Lancaster at Aero Space Museum at Calgary |
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To The Hangar Flight Museum, Calgary International Airport, Calgary, AB.
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