CF-CMS was a British-built Lancaster bomber that was converted by Victory Aircraft in Canada to a transport for Trans-Canada Air Lines. It entered service as a transatlantic freighter in July 1943. Passenger approval was granted in 1944. CF-CMS crashed and burned at Dorval on June 1, 1945 while trialling Rolls Royce Merlin 85s in Avro Lincoln cowlings. Sometimes listed a Victory Aircraft Lancastrian 10. The designation used here is from the Historic Canadian Civil Aircraft Register Project. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

Roaring over Montreal is a four-engined Lancaster bomber which Royal Canadian Air Force personnel pilot across German territory to bomb war centres. This huge bomber is now being built in Canada. DND photo.

Pattern aircraft for Canadian Lancaster production, just flown across the Atlantic from Britain by Clyde Pangborn. R5727 was later converted for transport duties and registered as CF-CMS. On 22 July 1943 it flew from Montréal - Dorval to Prestwick non-stop in 12 hours and 26 minutes. Crashed near Dorval on a training flight on 1 June 1945, no injuries. Photo by: John Phillips / Life