Category:Lancaster B.X at the Hangar Flight Museum

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English: Avro Lancaster B Mk X FM136 was manufactured in 1945 by Victory Aircraft and assigned to No. 20 and 30 Maintenance Units in England but was never issued to an active squadron. It returned to Canada and was converted to Maritime Reconnaissance. It was taken on strength by No.404 "Buffalo" (MP) Squadron (Greenwood, Nova Scotia) as RX-136 and later transferred to No.407 ‘Demon’ (MP) Squadron (Comox, BC). It was struck off strength in April 1961 and then purchased from Crown Assets Disposal Corporation by Lynn Garrison. He created The Lancaster Memorial Fund to see the aircraft displayed, in 1962, on a pedestal at McCall Field, Calgary, as a memorial to those who trained under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. It was subsequently moved to Aerospace Museum of Calgary in 1992. A new shelter was built for it in 2007. As at 2013 it is painted to resemble Lancaster Mk X KB895 WL-O of No. 434 Squadron RCAF flown in 1945 by Calgarian Ronnie Jenkins.

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