The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is an

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located at the

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in Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada. The museum has 47 military jets and propeller-driven aircraft on display. Displayed is a collection of Canadian military aircraft, many in flying condition. The museum is also restoring several Second World War and

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aircraft, including a

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a De Havilland Canada built S-2 Tracker and a

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. Built by Fairchild-Canada, it was a license-built version of the Bristol Blenheim Mk IV bomber. De ...

. The flying collection performs at air shows and is made available for local flights by museum visitors. The Avro Lancaster flown by the museum is one of only two airworthy Lancasters in the world. Known as the Mynarski Memorial Lancaster in honour of

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Andrew Charles Mynarski Andrew Charles Mynarski, VC (14 October 1916 – 13 June 1944) was a Canadian airman and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for bravery in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Mynarski w ...

, it is painted in the markings of his aircraft.

History

After pooling their money to purchase a Fairey Firefly, Dennis Bradley, Peter Matthews, Alan Ness, and John Weir moved the aircraft into Hangar 4 at Hamilton Airport in 1972. A few years later, the museum purchased a second hangar, Hangar 3, as well. The collection was expanded with the acquisition of additional aircraft – including a B-25 in 1975 and a Lancaster in 1977. However, that same year Alan Ness was killed in the crash of a Fairey Firefly at the

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. On February 15, 1993, a fire destroyed most of Hangar #3. Destroyed in the fire were also the Hawker Hurricane,

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, Auster, Stinson 105 and

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. A new, purpose built hangar was completed in 1996 to replace it. In August and September 2014, the Mynarski Memorial Lancaster Bomber flew across the North Atlantic to RAF Coningsby to participate in six weeks of airshows and events across the United Kingdom. Unique to this tour, the Lancaster VeRA (as it became known due to its wartime VR-A markings) flew in close formation with the Royal Air Force – Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Lancaster bomber PA474 for most of the 60 displays and events over the two months of the tour. Lancaster VeRA returned to Hamilton on September 29, 2014.

Collection

Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum Exterior 1

* Auster AOP.6 ''16681'' * Avro Anson V ''12417'' * Avro Lancaster X ''FM213'' * Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mk.5D ''18785'' * Beechcraft CT-134 Musketeer ''134222'' * Beechcraft D18S ''A-0156'' *

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''41-8621'' * Canadair CF-5A Freedom Fighter ''116757'' * Canadair CF-104D Starfighter ''12641'' *

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''12790'' * Canadair CT-114 Tutor ''26038'' * Canadair CT-133 Silver Star ''21275'' * Canadair Sabre Mk.6 ''23651'' * Canadian Vickers Canso ''11084'' * Cessna L-19 Bird Dog ''21085'' * Cessna Crane I ''7862'' * de Havilland DHC-1B Chipmunk ''18035'' * de Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth ''8922'' * de Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth ''4947'' * de Havilland Vampire FB.6 ''J-1145'' * de Havilland Canada CSF-2 Tracker ''1577'' * de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo ''811'' * Douglas Dakota III ''FZ692'' *

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''2141'' * Fairchild Bolingbroke IVT ''10117'' * Fairchild Cornell II ''10694'' * Fairchild Cornell II ''FV702'' * Fairey Firefly VI ''WH632'' * Fleet 21K ''FAL-11'' * Fleet 60K Fort ''3540'' * Fleet 60K Fort ''3643'' * Fleet Finch II ''4738'' * Hawker Hurricane II – Replica * General Motors TBM-3E Avenger ''53858'' *

McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo The McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo was an all-weather interceptor aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Forces between 1961 and 1984. They were manufactured by the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation of St. Louis, Missouri for ...

''101045'' * Nanchang CJ-6A ''47-22'' * Noorduyn Norseman V ''N29-47'' *

North American B-25J Mitchell The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in e ...

''45-8883'' * North American Harvard IV ''20213'' * North American Harvard IV ''20412'' * North American Yale ''3350'' * North American Yale ''3400'' * Stinson 10A * Supermarine Spitfire XVI ''TE214'' * Westland Lysander IIIA ''2363''

Images

Image:Warplane Heritage D.JPG, Avro Canada CF-100 Image:Warplane Heritage A.JPG, CF-104 Starfighter and CF-101 Voodoo Image:Warplane Heritage C.JPG,

Avro Lancaster The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirlin ...

Image:Warplane Heritage B.JPG,

PBY Canso The Consolidated PBY Catalina is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft that was produced in the 1930s and 1940s. In Canadian service it was known as the Canso. It was one of the most widely used seaplanes of World War II. Catalinas served wit ...

and Avro Anson Image:CWH Lancaster.jpg, Mynarski Memorial

Image:B25 CWHM Hamilton Ontario 1.jpg,

File:Canadair Sabre Mk 6 cut away.JPG, Sabre Mk VI cut-away display File:DunsfoldLancasters3883.JPG, The CWH and BBMF Lancasters during a display in 2014

Affiliations

The museum is affiliated with: CMA,

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, OMMC and Virtual Museum of Canada.

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