KLM-IIB Canso As
Mar 9, 2020 11:10:15 GMT
Post by davidlegg on Mar 9, 2020 11:10:15 GMT
I put the following query on AB-IX recently but there were no takers so trying here ...
"KLM-IIB acquired four former RCAF Canso As for operation in Indonesia. They were registered PK-CTA to PK-CTD.
PK-CTC was delivered in the Autumn of 1947 and is reported to have staged through both Prestwick and Blackbushe around the 7th/8th October.
PK-CTD also staged through Blackbushe on its delivery flight, probably in December 1947 but is also reported to have visited Poole harbour in August 1947 which, if correct, begs the question where/why was it in the UK all this time.
At least one of the others, possibly PK-CTA, staged through Shannon on 19 September 1947 before flying on to Amsterdam. It may be reasonable to assume that PK-CTB also transited the UK.
I do not have any ‘formal’ confirmation of these reports - can any member add anything from their logs or, perhaps, contemporary published sources such as movement reports."
Hope to hear.
"KLM-IIB acquired four former RCAF Canso As for operation in Indonesia. They were registered PK-CTA to PK-CTD.
PK-CTC was delivered in the Autumn of 1947 and is reported to have staged through both Prestwick and Blackbushe around the 7th/8th October.
PK-CTD also staged through Blackbushe on its delivery flight, probably in December 1947 but is also reported to have visited Poole harbour in August 1947 which, if correct, begs the question where/why was it in the UK all this time.
At least one of the others, possibly PK-CTA, staged through Shannon on 19 September 1947 before flying on to Amsterdam. It may be reasonable to assume that PK-CTB also transited the UK.
I do not have any ‘formal’ confirmation of these reports - can any member add anything from their logs or, perhaps, contemporary published sources such as movement reports."
Hope to hear.
