Parked B17 bombers & hangers along R09 at Gander's USAAF base. Gander airport's WWII importance became realized, ferrying an estimated 20,000 bombers to the UK. A digital slide show of Gander airport during WWII ganderairporthistoricalsociety.org/_html_war/Di...
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1946 Sabena crash rescue. This was the world's first civilian rescue by a helicopter. Without the helicopter, the survivors would have perished in the wilderness. The rescue was so successful, the helicopter became a world wide rescue vehicle. ganderairporthistoricalsociety.org/_html_4658/S...
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Marlène Aviation
Air Cargo - How It Works
Marlène Aviation
Air Cargo - How It Works
Air Cargo - How It Works
Air Cargo - How It Works
Air Cargo - How It Works
Marlène Aviation
Gander Airport Historical Society
Gander Airport Historical Society
#OTD in 1944, Brize Norton airfield. To be assembled, an Airspeed Horsa glider. #WW2 #HISTORY
Aeroflot IL76 at Gander c.1979. The IL76 was generally used to fly cargo/supplies from the USSR to Cuba & visa versa. The range of the aircraft required refueling stops at Iceland & Gander
The Martin JRM Mars flying boat was conceived as a long range patrol bomber, scaled up from the company’s own PBM Mariner. Initially retaining the twin tailfins of its predecessor, the prototype XPB2M was officially launched in Nov 1941, but first flew in June 1942.
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A Lufthansa Blohm & Voss Ha 139 "Nordstern" catapult take-off from Friesenland. The Ha 139 was a long-range seaplane mail carrier.
Junkers Ju 52/3m was captured by the Australian forces at Ain-El Gazala, Libya, repainted and nicknamed "Libyan Clipper". The aircraft was used by 450 Squadron RAAF to transport mail, food supplies and small items.
