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    Airframe Family: Bristol 135/142/149 Blenheim / Bolingbroke
    Latest Model:Bolingbroke IVT
    Last Military Serial:9869 RCAF
    Construction Number:9869
    Compressed ID:Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. (Canada) Bo...
    Latest Owner or Location:Royal Canadian Air Force

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    Dates

    Event

    1942

    Constructed as a Bolingbroke IVT by Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. (Canada) at Quebec, Canada.

    From 5 May 1942 to 15 May 1946

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 9869.

    Stored at MacDonald, Manitoba, where it was noted with only 35 hours 20 minutes logged time, never overhauled.

    1996

    Trucked ex storage at Gimli, Manitoba for open storage Winnipeg-St Andrews.

    5 October 1996


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: Well who would look good having spent 50 years in a farmers field? This Bristol Bolingbroke is the RCAF version of the RAF Blenheim light bomber of WW II. After the war many were sold for a few dollars to farmers who wanted them just for the wheels. Somehow this one survived and was still leaking oil from the right engine when seen here

    4 August 2018

    Partial Airframe - held in storage at the Royal Aviation Museum of Canada Storage Facility at St. Andrews, MB.
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