On August 8th, 1943 RCAF Halifax Bomber, HR 871, landed in the Baltic off the Swedish coast. All 7 crew bailed out and the Halifax has rested unknown and unseen for almost 73 years until recently discovered in 50 feet of water just a few miles offshore of the south tip of Sweden.
Halifax 57 Rescue and Havsresan are pleased to announce after months of negotiations we have official Swedish government permission to salvage this RCAF Halifax bomber.
We are appealing to all Canadians and history fans to help raise the funding and people's support to recover HR871 this summer and bring her home, to Canada. Thanks to our colleagues and allies at "Havresan - Sea Journey" of Lund University of Sweden we can save Halifax HR871, literally from "the sands of time".
Perks
"CANADIAN PATHFINDER - The Life of a Canadian Bomber Ace" by Kenneth B. Cothliff It has been over 75 years since the end of WW2 and the story of one of Canada’s greatest RCAF bomber pilots and leaders, REG LANE DSO DFC and Bar CMM CD, can now be told. Through this very unique book, exclusively offered in Canada by Halifax 57 Rescue, finally we can share the amazing story of Reginald John Lane who did 64 combat trips, with 2 full tours on Halifaxes!! This most special book by UK author Ken Cothliff ( who lost his own father Bill in Halifax bomber combat with RCAF 425 Squadron) explains in great detail in 156 pages the entire brilliant career of Reg Lane in the RCAF and RAF, including the postwar RCAF. An excellent read with great details of Reg’s 1942 to 1944 bomber combat (2 tours) when hardly any bomber crews were finishing 1 combat tour, the author is to be commended for his exhaustive research due in the main to the great cooperation of the Reg Lane family. regards H57RC
Commemorative crest of the original RCAF 6 Group crest designed at 6 Group headquarters in 1943-1944. Found recently in the RCAF archives of RCAF 6 Group from over 75 years ago, this crest was used by RCAF Headquarters in England with the symbolic image of the Canadian Maple Leaf superimposed on the Yorkshire White Rose with the RCAF 6 Bomber Group number in the center. A true but totally forgotten symbol of our RCAF bomber boys, resurrected by HALIFAX 57 RESCUE, as a tribute to the RCAF and Bomber Command's contribution to Allied Victory in WW2.
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A newly published book (188 pages) on all aspects of the design, history, and combat career of the Halifax bomber, the "jack-of-all-trades" bomber of the RCAF and RAF in Bomber Command. Included is information and great photos on all the survivor Halifaxes in existence and their restorations. This book is straight from the publisher Haynes to Halifax 57 Rescue who contributed to the making of this excellent historical and technical book on the Halifax.
H57RC has produced, from an original wartime Pilot's Halifax control wheel in our collection, finely detailed and exact copies of the Halifax pilot control wheel which we offer here for the first time to our members and donors! Complete down to the pilot brake control handles (moveable) in the center of the control wheel, these never-before-offered control wheels, made from heavy resin, are so detailed that even the factory part serial numbers from the original can be seen clearly on these replica gems. Do not miss out on acquiring one of these replicas by donating $400. or more to our Halifax Project! This offering is unique in the Halifax and WW2 bomber aviation world.
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"Invincible Item" Halifax print, signed by (11) Halifax aircrew and the artist. (DFC) means awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for excellence in combat operations (POW) - shot down and Prisoner of War This print is (24 in. X 36 in.) or ( 60 cm. X 92 cm.) Oliver Rheaume - rear gunner - Ottawa, Ontario Ted Turner - rear gunner - Campbell River, B.C. Lloyd Patten DFC - pilot - Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta Gordon Ford - wireless operator - Stratford, Ontario Peter Provias - navigator- Oakville, Ontario Albert McMullen - mid-upper gunner - POW - Red Deer, Alberta Russell Earl DFC - pilot - Estevan, Saskatchewan Jack Dundas DFC - pilot - Ridgeville, Ontario Barney Ririe DFC - wireless operator - Magrath, Alberta Michael McCabe - artist - Moncton, New Brunswick - cousin W.D. Walsh KIA in a Halifax of RCAF 408 Sqn. Keith Rupert - wireless operator - Ottawa, Ontario Michael Guthman DFC - mid-upper gunner - Vancouver, B.C.
Highlights
See all activity775April news on the HALIFAX
April 13, 2025
Greetings from your Halifax bomber recovery and restoration centers as we rebuild our Halifax for the Bomber Command Museum of Canada (BCMC) in Nanton, Alberta.
Here are all the high points of our work so far this month with acquisitions and rebuild activities, there is no moss growing anywhere on our projects nor on our people as keep pressing on with our Halifax bomber.
We are going great guns on the Halifax wing rebuild in Arnprior, Ontario as we prepare for the 2025 season at BCMC in Alberta. We have 80% of the wing being rebuilt by Knox Tech in Arnprior – see the wing as we build up the trailing edge and flaps for our Halifax. See the wings and flaps as brought back to life by Knox Tech.
The
BIG news is the RAF Museum - Thank you Harry Raffal and Team ! - in
the UK has awarded us - donated TWO Hercules engines – both Complete –
so we now have enough engines to make 4 complete engines for the
Halifax restoration.See the beauties, below.
Not
only this, but another rare gem, a Halifax Boulton-Paul Type C
mid-upper turret was purchased in Atlanta, Georgia - thanks Fred
Beiser - and delivered to Nanton last week. There was much much oohing
and ahhing as it is the complete turret including over 200 pounds of
pumps, motors, and the plumbing for this turret! You CANNOT find
turret parts at Canadian Tire or Tescos, so these are treasured extras
for our Halifax.
Meanwhile
back at the ranch in Alberta, we have put Hercules No. 2 into
hibernation along with No. 1 Hercules, both are running great, and now
we have finally installed Hercules No. 3 engine on our engine-run
trailer. We are still on schedule to resurrect No. 3 engine after
sitting 55 years in a crate. Much meticulous planning and prep has
been gone into this engine and we hope to do test runs on her in the
coming weeks.
Remember, we have 15 new "HALIFAX 57 RESCUE Shows" - exciting weekly videos of all we have done on YOUTUBE. We put out a new show every WEEK, you gotta see them, they are attracting thousands of viewers, just go here and choose your program to watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngDj_rauLPk&list=PL5HIXlsPoaH33o3dpzap51wvVMciNs2Zx
Further on the engines, have you heard us say "Bless you Bristol" !! ?? that is to acknowledge the over-engineered and tight bolt patterns confronting us as we sacrifice our knuckles and patience to bring No. 3 back to life.
Also, we are now employing ''colonial youth" to become gymnasts and engineers for our final prep, see young Zack on our rebuild shop team in Nanton putting the last exhaust pipes on No. 3 HERC, --- my kingdom for such flexibility and enthusiasm as this !!
So
we should be able to get No. 3 Hercules to "rise up" from
oblivion to a new life - within the next 2 to 3 weeks.
( Do you know when you can tell if your pet monster engine is all ok -- you will know after the first 5 to 7 minutes of running - after 55 years of sitting ( you check the Hercules coarse oil filter in the oil sump and the fine oil filter on the side of the supercharger housing and IF there is no metal bits or internal parts stuck to the brass filter screens that is when we know we have a launch) - ok, wait for it, just thought this up -- so this truly becomes a "full resurrection") - Ian Hinks likes this kind of humour.
So me hearties, we have need of strong donations as we spent almost $20,000 on the turret, plus we have a $8,000. bill to bring our 20 foot crate filled with tons of Halifax parts across the ocean.
We have over 800 stalwart members on this H57RC UPDATE mailing list and we hope all of you, when receiving this appeal, can answer the call to provide funding for this most special Halifax Project, -- we have converted the impossible to the difficult, and now we are getting it done!
So please help us with ANY DONATION you can. In the years to come, when Halifax thunder echoes outwards from BCMC, you can proudly say I helped make this dream become reality in memory of our Halifax veterans and Bomber Boys.
WE LEAVE NO HALIFAX BEHIND
sincerely, Karl
email: 57rescuecanada@rogers.com
March 29 - Latest HALIFAX news and YOUTUBE Shows
March 29, 2025
Hi Everybody, welcome back to the latest news as we recover, rebuild, and restore our Halifax bomber as the ultimate tribute to our Bomber Boys.
We will have much to do in April 2025 as we have the shipment of a 20 foot shipping container to bring over to Canada filled with Halifax parts collected over these past many months. Cost will be $7,000 to $8,000.
By "much to do" I mean pay for shipping as well as get the container ready, as well as uncrate the mid-upper turret we just received from Atlanta, Georgia - cost -- $17,500 CAD plus $1,000 for shipping and only $860 for import fees - YAY no tariffs !!
See mid-upper turret crate just arrived - Thanks to Dawn Norrish and East-West Express - and picked up this week, below, we will un-wrap our little precious next week. Standby for that !
BUT,
too busy right now installing our #3 Hercules engine on the engine-run
trailer, for this summers runs, see that little darlin' almost ready:
So our video produces Jim Blondeau and Peter Normann have been busy popping our our new YOUTUBE Halifax 57 Rescue SHOWS, we are up to Show 13 now. Sorry but I have been too busy to keep advising you as they came out, here is the latest out 2 days ago - Halifax 57 Rescue SHOW 13 - click on the Blue below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEl_TfHmbiY
In fact, if you want to keep track of and watch ALL our H57RC weekly shows, with so much rebuild and Bomber Boys history included, here is the "PLAYLIST" that shows them all, so far:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngDj_rauLPk&list=PL5HIXlsPoaH33o3dpzap51wvVMciNs2Zx
Please remember all we are doing to restore our Halifax in Arnprior and Nanton for the Bomber Command Museum of Canada is being done with your support and donations, we cannot do it without you !
So please keep those donations and support coming in, by now all of you have received your H57RC 2024 tax receipts for last years donations. Plus those great perks - we have more new ones in store for you with each donation, as we move into 2025.
So watch the shows, see we are worthier than before, with so many more miles to go before we sleep, all for our Bomber Boys.
My kingdom TODAY for such aircrews and aircraft to stop present tyrannys --- but I digress.
Remember, WE LEAVE NO HALIFAX BEHIND
email: 57rescuecanada@rogers.com
HALIFAX 57 RESCUE Show 10
March 5, 2025
HALIFAX 57 RESCUE Show 10
HI Everybody, here is the announcement about SHOW 10 just out today, for your viewing pleasure and every WEEK from now on.
I will have a another detailed report about the Halifax Project later this week.
Our
1st Halifax propeller assembled in foreground - 13 foot diameter -
Not for sale, with Canadair Argus propeller in back - 15 foot
diameter - for sale by H57RC - $2,500 or best offer.
Special HALIFAX Youtube Program - Wed. Feb 26
FEB. 23, 2025
Hi to all our members and supporters of Halifax 57 Rescue.
We gathering support and interest for our Halifax Project in Canada, the UK, and Europe.
But now we have a big invitation from the biggest warbird group in
the USA,
the COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE - CAF, to have a special 1
hour program on the Halifax bomber recovery and restoration.
H57RC is a 2024 - 2025 member of the CAF.
The program will air on FEB. 26 at 700 pm to 800 pm CENTRAL time as a Webinar on YOUTUBE.
It will also be recorded for future viewing on the CAF YOUTUBE channel as a taped show.
BCMC and H57RC will be guests of this popular CAF warbird show as we tell our story about saving the history and restoring Halifax bombers for Canada and the aviation world for over 20 years.
It is NOT well known but 8,864 Americans flew in the RCAF in WW2, with 852 RCAF Americans from 48 States killed-in-action flying in combat for Canada.
Further, the majority of those American killed in Canadian combat aircraft were flying the HALIFAX heavy bomber when they sacrificed their lives for our Freedom.
This program will include and pay tribute to Canada's American lads who flew with us before, during, and after Pearl Harbour before returning to the USA after the war, unheralded and unknown.
You must register with CAF to attend - view this ''Halifax Project
Program'' on THIS WED. so here is the ''link-invitation''
BELOW,
click on LINK - then follow directions to attend with us.
**Online Event- Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 at 7 p.m. CENTRAL Time
** For over 70 years, the Royal Canadian Air Force Halifax
bomber HR 871 lay concealed under the Baltic Sea off the Swedish
coast—one of many warbirds lost to history. That was until about seven
years ago, when the Bomber Command Museum of Canada and Halifax 57
Rescue embarked on a bold mission to recover and restore this
legendary aircraft. Join us for this episode of CAF Warbird Tube as we
receive an exciting update on the ongoing restoration efforts to
revive this WWII heavy bomber. Explore the incredible challenges of
deep-sea aircraft recovery, the meticulous work being done to piece HR
871 back together, and understand why this project is vital for
preserving the legacy of the Halifax bomber and the crews who flew them.**
Registration link: You must put in your OWN NAME and EMAIL to register to attend:
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7442995975485175899
WE LEAVE NO HALIFAX BEHIND
email: 57rescuecanada@rogers.com
The Halifax 57 Rescue Show - SHOW 8
Feb. 19, 2025
Welcome to Halifax 57 Rescue - SHOW 8 -- where we share with you our adventures and effort to rebuild a Halifax aircraft here in Canada as a memorial and tribute to our Veterans..
Today is a Halifax Rebuild show, every 4th show, where we show you all we are doing at the Arnprior airport Hangar 43 to rebuild our Halifax for the Bomber Command Museum of Canada.
Below,
inside loaded 20 foot container you will see 1. two NEW Halifax fuel
tanks, 2. half a rudder, 3. two new main gear tires -- 4. and 6.
total of 3 Halifax front leading edge cowlings for Hercules engines.
5. Halifax lower rear fuselage - 9 feet long in crate and 6. crate
with cowlings - main gear castings - wing joints - flap sections 
So
we spent over $3,000. in expenses traveling those 900 miles last week
gathering all we could for the Halifax rebuild.
Halifax 57 Rescue SHOW 7
FEB. 12, 2025
The Halifax 57 Rescue Show - SHOW 6
Feb. 5, 2025
Aug.11,
1944 - King and Queen of England on a Royal Visit to inspect Halifax
MZ285 "U" of RCAF 427 Squadron from RCAF Leeming and
decorate RCAF combat airmen.
Royal
Visit of King and Queen to decorate scores of RCAF combat airmen,
see the Gallantry Awards Ceremony - Parade - upper right - where
King is presenting awards. NOTE - this is the correct ratio from
1942 -1944 of Halifaxes to Lancs in WW2 in the RCAF bomber squadrons
- 10 Halifaxes for every 2 Lancs.
Halifax 57 Rescue SHOW 5 with UPDATE
Feb. 1, 2025
HI to all our Members, Supporters, and Donors.
.
I wanted to give you a quick update on the Halifax restoration progress and also give you the direct LINK - below - to our "HALIFAX 57 Rescue - Show 5" on YOUTUBE which came out this week.
First, progress on the cowlings and cowl gills being installed on our Halifax Hercules engine #2 as we have been doing final adjustments on the entire engine coverings. We are within 1/4 inch on all fittings to give Hercules #2 his sleek overcoat under which this 1,600+ hp bruiser will adorn our airframe.
See the partial cowls on the right
hand side of Hercules , the black leading edge cowling, and our
waiting Halifax assembled prop, far left, behind the RED engine
hoist. See waaaay in the back, Mossie RS700 in rebuild - see inside
the black cowl circle, eyeballing the prominent posterior of our
muscle bound Hercules. 
Then
see the trial fitting below, almost there, of the Hercules grey-blue
cowlings to cover the engine. See the new cowl gill rings on the
left edge of the grey-blue cowl.
Also, Scott Knox and his team in Arnprior are making good progress
on the rear wing edges and wing flap mounts but we do not have
images so will share those in the next report.
So thanks to Jim Blondeau our video producer, we can share another rare Bomber Command veteran's interview, from 1992, in Show 5 !
Plus another installment of HOW we raised Halifax NA337 from 700+ feet deep - a world's record warbird recovery, with NA337 now fully restored in Canada at the RCAF Memorial Museum in Trenton.
All of this in "THE HALIFAX 57
RESCUE SHOW 5" - here is the LINK - just click on it:
We will have NEW show every week, so far we are up to ''SHOW 12" ready for you, hope you will SHARE-LIKE-FORWARD these historic Halifax programs.
So, I will be leaving for the UK for 1 week, starting on Feb. 9, to gather - transport - prepare a shipping container with all our Halifax parts to be shipped later to Canada in the spring. The cost is $300. CAD/day in the UK to do this work so hope you can support us. (how about supporting 1 day of this expense?)
All of these important jobs and UK work require your support and donations so hope to hear from you, all for the Bomber Boys and our Halifax rebuild.
Also, I am sending out your 2024 H57RC Tax Receipts this week via email, so watch for those.
Remember too, you still have 4 weeks to send in a 2024 donation and receive your tax receipt for 2024, there is a CRA time extension on the 2024 donation deadline of February 28, 2025 - thanks to the postal strike.
Thanks again for all your support in 2024 and we move forward in good faith and energy in 2025. We may have some more Halifax surprises this year - you do not know the half of it!
WE LEAVE NO HALIFAX BEHIND
Cheers, Karl
NEW Halifax 57 Rescue website: https://halifax57rescue.ca/
email: 57rescuecanada@rogers.com
More Progress and H57RC Show 4 on YOUTUBE
January 22, 2025
Hi Members, Donors, and Supporters,
Before we proceed with another exciting show, Remember, your 2024 donation year has been extended by Revenue Canada to Feb. 28, 2025 so you can still donate for 2024 and receive a Tax receipt for 2024 if you want to send in funds up to the end of Feb. 2025 !!
Why do we need your donations, well we just bought a complete Mid-Upper turret for a Halifax - cost $16,000. with hundreds of pounds of spare Boulton- Paul turret parts added in to the deal.
PLUS - H57RC bought a 20 foot shipping container in the UK for $5,000. Canadian, that I will load up with hundred of pounds of Halifax parts and ship to the Port of Montreal in late spring. Once the container gets to Canada it will be saved by us for permanent extra storage at our REBUILDSHOP in Arnprior
Is there any of you hardy Halifax souls who will help defray - donate to cover these rare and invaluable additions for our Halifax rebuild?? We hope you will help with a donation in our hour of need.
At our Headquarters at Bomber Command Museum in Nanton, Alberta we have been doing great work on our Hercules engine cowlings and propellers, this you can see - below - as photos, with great videos on YOUTUBE as our SHOW 4, listed at the Bottom of the report.
See rebuilt cowl gill ring with cowl gills installed above and below
HAT. 
See
BELOW, the first cowling in place with supporting cowl gill ring now installed.
So
on with the show ---- ''The Halifax
57 Rescue Show 4'', every week we will be coming your way.
Thank you for following us, supporting us, and seeing all we are doing to save Halifax bomber history while recovering and restoring Halifaxes for Canada and the aviation world.
WHY would we save Halifaxes --- 71 per cent of all bomber combat done by the Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF in WW2 was done on the Halifax.
Please share with all your people as we Save a Halifax.
This week - myself at Bomber Command Museum in Nanton, Alberta and Scott Knox of 'Knox Tech' in Arnprior, Ontario - share all the progress via video of rebuilding the airframe and engines and props for the Halifax, you already know our theme song ''One Piece at a Time'' by Johnny Cash. So let's Git 'er done.
NOTE - - H57RC will make every FOURTH show in our multiple show series be a REBUILDSHOP show.
So join us now - SHOW 4 - and see this labour of aircraft love, for our Bomber Boys and veterans.
WE LEAVE NO HALIFAX BEHIND
SHOW 4 - click here - https://youtu.be/cXuKUHRm-Co
Our H57RC website - NEW - https://halifax57rescue.ca/
The Halifax 57 Rescue Show
WED. January 15, 2025
Hank
Jackson, far right with the MURPHY crew and their favourite Halifax
"Q" for Queenie Mk. II JP197, 428 Squadron at RCAF Middleton
St. George.
Special
steel lifting device used to lift HALIFAX NA337, it was big and white
and grabbed airplanes so we called it "MOBY GRIP".ANNOUNCEMENT - "The HALIFAX 57 RESCUE Show"
SO,
on to the SHOWS, literally.Special Announcement
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
December 29, 2024
Remember, there is still time until Jan. 7th, 2025 to donate for the 2024, that is our banking deadline. Please specify your donation is being applied to 2024!
BUT, I digress from the ANNOUNCEMENT
Saving history is important to all people and we wanted you to know that“Halifax 57 Rescue” is entering our 30th year of doing just that! We are saving a special bomber of WW2 the “Handley Page Halifax” as a tribute to Bomber Command and our Bomber Boys who mightily contributed and sacrificed for Allied victory in WW2.
From our very beginnings in 1994 when Halifax 57 Rescue was formed, by our founder Ian Foster, until today we have helped save the Halifax history and changed the perception of the aviation and historic world about how important this aircraft, the Halifax heavy bomber, was in WW2 combat.
Along the way we have recovered and recorded on film – THREE – I said 3 Halifax bombers, recovered 3 missing-in-action airmen for their families, while conducting and saving hundreds of veteran’s interviews on video for sharing with all of you.
The answer is “HALIFAX 57 RESCUE” to all the following questions BELOW:
Who was instrumental, with friends Dacon and Dag Ammerud, in the 1995 recovery of Halifax NA337 from a Lake Mjosa, Norway from 730 feet of water? See NA337 and her veterans after restoration, as our title photo.
Who was pivotal, with friends BAHA, in the recovery of all of Halifax LW682 from 20 feet underground in a swamp Belgium, saving 3 airmen MIA - entombed in the wreckage?
Who was responsible, with friends BAHA, for saving all the combat aluminium of RCAF Halifax LW682 for making memorials, statues, and plaques over the past 20 years?
Who spearheaded, with friends – Swedish Coast and Sea Center – River Thames Association - the national memorial “Bomber Command Museum of Canada” – BCMC - performing the underwater recovery of Halifax HR871 from the Baltic Sea in Sweden in the period 2021 – 2023 - to begin a new Halifax bomber for (BCMC) in Nanton, Alberta?
SO, How do we celebrate our 30 years as a historic and warbird group - charity and show evidence of all that we, Halifax 57 Rescue, have succeeded in doing to this date?
To that end, Halifax 57 Rescue is pleased to announce that starting next Wed. Jan. 1, 2025 we will be releasing exciting video chapters of our warbird history, for your viewing pleasure, on our YOUTUBE station - location.
”THE HALIFAX 57 RESCUE SHOW” will be presented to you Weekly and is being produced by TIMEKEEPERS Canada and displayed on YOUTUBE. From 1916 to 2024 you will see all the history we have saved – and made – while travelling the world in search of Halifaxes including recording our veteran’s eye-witness history from WW1 and WW2.
Your show hosts will be this author Karl Kjarsgaard – Halifax Projects Manager and Scott Knox – Halifax Rebuild Engineer both of whom have been with us all the way over these past 30 years. All our programs have full endorsement and sponsorship of the Bomber Command Museum of Canada.
We will give you the YOUTUBE exact links each week via Facebook groups and pages as well as internet announcements so that you can see all our adventures, so far. There are MORE adventures to come, you do not know the half of it!
Of course, you may look – follow - peruse all our adventures NOW - a sneak preview if you wish – see our websites below.
Then perhaps you will understand why Halifax 57 Rescue deserves and has truly earned your financial support.
WE LEAVE NO HALIFAX BEHIND
Halifax 57 Rescue Website: https://halifax57rescue.ca/
email: 57rescuecanada@rogers.com
Timekeepers Canada https://www.timekeeperscanada.com/network
Halifax - REBUILDSHOP https://halifax57rescue.ca/
Rescue Show
For your convenience, here is a collection of the Halifax 57 Rescue videos
Show 7
Show 6
Show 5
Show 4
Show 3
Show 2
Show 1
Activity
"CANADIAN PATHFINDER - The Life of a Canadian Bomber Ace" by Kenneth B. Cothliff It has been over 75 years since the end of WW2 and the story of one of Canada’s greatest RCAF bomber pilots and leaders, REG LANE DSO DFC and Bar CMM CD, can now be told. Through this very unique book, exclusively offered in Canada by Halifax 57 Rescue, finally we can share the amazing story of Reginald John Lane who did 64 combat trips, with 2 full tours on Halifaxes!! This most special book by UK author Ken Cothliff ( who lost his own father Bill in Halifax bomber combat with RCAF 425 Squadron) explains in great detail in 156 pages the entire brilliant career of Reg Lane in the RCAF and RAF, including the postwar RCAF. An excellent read with great details of Reg’s 1942 to 1944 bomber combat (2 tours) when hardly any bomber crews were finishing 1 combat tour, the author is to be commended for his exhaustive research due in the main to the great cooperation of the Reg Lane family. regards H57RC
Commemorative crest of the original RCAF 6 Group crest designed at 6 Group headquarters in 1943-1944. Found recently in the RCAF archives of RCAF 6 Group from over 75 years ago, this crest was used by RCAF Headquarters in England with the symbolic image of the Canadian Maple Leaf superimposed on the Yorkshire White Rose with the RCAF 6 Bomber Group number in the center. A true but totally forgotten symbol of our RCAF bomber boys, resurrected by HALIFAX 57 RESCUE, as a tribute to the RCAF and Bomber Command's contribution to Allied Victory in WW2.
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A newly published book (188 pages) on all aspects of the design, history, and combat career of the Halifax bomber, the "jack-of-all-trades" bomber of the RCAF and RAF in Bomber Command. Included is information and great photos on all the survivor Halifaxes in existence and their restorations. This book is straight from the publisher Haynes to Halifax 57 Rescue who contributed to the making of this excellent historical and technical book on the Halifax.
H57RC has produced, from an original wartime Pilot's Halifax control wheel in our collection, finely detailed and exact copies of the Halifax pilot control wheel which we offer here for the first time to our members and donors! Complete down to the pilot brake control handles (moveable) in the center of the control wheel, these never-before-offered control wheels, made from heavy resin, are so detailed that even the factory part serial numbers from the original can be seen clearly on these replica gems. Do not miss out on acquiring one of these replicas by donating $400. or more to our Halifax Project! This offering is unique in the Halifax and WW2 bomber aviation world.
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"Invincible Item" Halifax print, signed by (11) Halifax aircrew and the artist. (DFC) means awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for excellence in combat operations (POW) - shot down and Prisoner of War This print is (24 in. X 36 in.) or ( 60 cm. X 92 cm.) Oliver Rheaume - rear gunner - Ottawa, Ontario Ted Turner - rear gunner - Campbell River, B.C. Lloyd Patten DFC - pilot - Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta Gordon Ford - wireless operator - Stratford, Ontario Peter Provias - navigator- Oakville, Ontario Albert McMullen - mid-upper gunner - POW - Red Deer, Alberta Russell Earl DFC - pilot - Estevan, Saskatchewan Jack Dundas DFC - pilot - Ridgeville, Ontario Barney Ririe DFC - wireless operator - Magrath, Alberta Michael McCabe - artist - Moncton, New Brunswick - cousin W.D. Walsh KIA in a Halifax of RCAF 408 Sqn. Keith Rupert - wireless operator - Ottawa, Ontario Michael Guthman DFC - mid-upper gunner - Vancouver, B.C.
