Question about 1950s RCAF markings from Tony Buttler

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Can any member tell me please what code letters were used by Royal Canadian Air Force No. 405 Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron when it was flying Lancasters in the first half of the 1950s? No.404 Squadron for example used the letters 'AF'. I cannot find this anywhere. Many thanks indeed.
Best wishes to all.

 

[starviking]

A quick google reveals some confusing pictures:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Lancaster10MP_405Sqn_RCAF_NAS_Jax_Feb1953.jpg

No serials.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Lancasters10MP_405Sqn_RCAF_NAS_Jax_1953.jpg?uselang=ja

Partial view of what appear to be special serials one apparently "G <Roundel> G", another "? <Roundel>P"

http://jproc.ca/rrp/rrp3/lanc.html

Figure one on this page gives a derelict with the code VN959.

http://aircraftart.purpleglen.com/avro_canada.html

This page gives a painting of a 405 Squadron Lanc with code MN976

http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2010/06/lancasters-hit-civvy-street-air-force-part-39/

This page gives a pic of a 405 Squadron Lanc with code MN207.

http://www.canmilair.com/sqnhistories.htm

This page references a 405 Squadron history which might be useful.

http://www.ody.ca/~bwalker/

And the author of this site, dealing with RCAF serial numbers, rather than squadron codes, might be worth contacting. Seems a work in progress though.

Sorry not to have anything definitive but the last link might lead to something solid.

 

[Arjen]

Can any member tell me please what code letters were used by Royal Canadian Air Force No. 405 Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron when it was flying Lancasters in the first half of the 1950s? No.404 Squadron for example used the letters 'AF'. I cannot find this anywhere. Many thanks indeed.
Best wishes to all.

404 Sqn: AF, SP
405 Sqn: AG
407 Sqn: RX
408 Sqn: AK, MN
413 Sqn: AP

Source: 'Avro Lancaster' by Ken Delve, Crowood 1999

 

[Bill Walker]

Hello all. finally got signed up, after finding my web site mentioned here.

Post war RCAF markings went through multiple distinct stages, and the Lancaster was around long enough to see several of them. More information than you probably want can be found at my buddy's web site, http://www.canmilair.com/schemes.htm

Bill Walker