The Fate of the Mosquito Bomber, Post - World War II
Mosquito Bomber assembly at Central Aircraft Ltd., London ONT, Canada
From the collection of Walter Lester, circa 1944 (S. Scott, London)
The previous post is home to not only a rare news clipping (or two, or three), but also several rare photographs with a London connection, a connection in fact inside my own neighbourhood.
Because Mosquito bombers were in the news in this series of posts re Operation Baytown, beginning Sept. 3, 1943, I was very happy to share 11 rare photographs of Canadian-built planes produced in London ONT, including the Mosquito bomber seen above.
And during my research I also came across a news article originally published in the (Toronto) Globe and Mail on May 23, 1947 that describes the unfortunate fate of scores of Mosquito bombers that did not get pressed into service before the war ended.
The article that follows will unfortunately compare to another rare article posted here (years earlier, somewhere on this site), re the fate of Canadian-built landing crafts that were used for training purposes on Vancouver Island until the war ended. Those landing crafts would have been close to the hearts of many sailors, including my father, who were stationed at Comox (at HMCS Givenchy III; they helped train others how to use landing crafts), Vancouver Island, BC, two - three months after the conclusion of Operation Baytown.
For more information about the role of Canadians and Canadian-built war machinery during WWII, please link to Editor's Research: Operation Baytown (Italy WWII) (10a)
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