File:Fairchild Cornell III ‘163’ “Spirit of Little Norway” (LN-BIS) (49255879272).jpg
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c/n unknown Built by Fleet Aircraft in Ontario. Allocated ‘43-36487’ as a PT-26B for the US Army Air Force but was actually operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force as ‘FZ708’. It was later transferred to ‘Little Norway’ and renumbered ‘261’. Finally saw civil use in Norway registered as LN-BIS before being preserved and repainted as ‘163’. On display in the Military Aircraft Hall of the Norsk Luftfartsmuseum (Norwegian Aviation Museum). Bodø, Northern Norway 25th May 2019 The following information is from the Museum website:- “After the battles in Norway during the second world war were over, a training camp known as “Little Norway” was established in Toronto, Canada. The Fairchild PT-19 Cornell was chosen as the training aircraft. In the early years 35 aircraft were purchased using Norwegian funds or were received as gifts. From 1942 to 1944, 50 PT-26s were supplied on lease-lend conditions. After the war the Cornell was used as a trainer by the Flying School and as a communications aircraft by squadrons and stations. Between 1955 and 1958 all the aircraft were disposed of to civilian users. The Royal Norwegian Air Force Museum’s Cornell was originally a Fairchild M-62B/PT-26. The aircraft was built under licence in Canada, taken over by the Norwegian authorities and marked with the registration 261 in “Little Norway”. After the aircraft came to Norway post-war it led a roaming existence between military and civil users. The aircraft crashed while landing at Hamar in 1952. It was later re-built using parts from a PT-19 and flew for a short time on the civil register as LN-BIS. Back with the RNoAF the aircraft was transferred to the Norwegian Defence Museum and chosen to convey the topic of the training camp “Little Norway” in the Royal Norwegian Air Force Museum.” |
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| Author | Alan Wilson from Peterborough, Cambs, UK |
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