Description: WELCOME TO BEANSANTIQUES We are proud to announce that we are ebay.ca's winner of the 2010 Family Business Of The Year We are offering to you a great piece of Canadian Military History. This is a great WW2 years photo showing a bi wing aircraft with members of the 408th playing at starting it. Named to Ron Hancock and Sargent Maxfield dated 1940 The photo is about 2 7/8" x 4" and is in good shape. Just a fine original image to add to your collection. Please use the zoom on the photos to grade this rare old piece Free shipping to Canada and the USA We mail next day after payment A rare piece to add to your fine collection. Any questions please email. Check our other listings Please consider the photos to be part of the description. Thanks for looking at this piece and have a great day A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SQUADRON FOLLOWS. No. 408 Squadron was formed at Lindholme, Yorkshire, on June 24, 1941 and served overseas in the Second world war. This RCAF squadron took part in the first 1,000-bomber raid on Germany, flew many missions against naval and industrial targets, and played an active part in Gardening (mine laying) for victory. Beginning operations with Hampdens in 1941, No. 408 was given Halifaxs towards the end of the following year and later (August 1943) Lancaster II's. In the summer of 1944 it returned to Halifaxs and dropped "well over 10,000 tons of bombs and mines". The 408th gained more than 210 awards, including 160 DFC's and over 30 DFM's. The squadron was disbanded September 1945. In 1970 the Squadron moved to CFB Edmonton where it re-formed as 408 Tactical Helicopter Sqn and is operating today. The Fairey Battle was a British single-engine light bomber built by the Fairey Aviation Company in the late 1930s for the Royal Air Force. The Battle was powered by the same Rolls-Royce Merlin piston engine that gave contemporary British fighters[N 1] high performance; however, the Battle was weighed down with a three-man crew and a bomb load. Despite being a great improvement on the aircraft that preceded it, by the time it saw action it was slow, limited in range and highly vulnerable to both anti-aircraft fire and fighters with its single defensive .303 machine gun During the "Phoney War", the Fairey Battle recorded the first RAF aerial victory of the Second World War but by May 1940 was suffering heavy losses of well over 50% per mission. By the end of 1940 the Battle had been withdrawn from combat service and relegated to training units overseas. For such prewar promise, the Battle was one of the most disappointing of all RAF aircraft. aw8531-33
Price: 15.99 CAD
Location: Middleton, Nova Scotia
End Time: 2024-01-26T20:24:43.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Region of Origin: Canada
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada
Theme: Militaria
Original/Reproduction: Original
Conflict: WW II (1939-45)
