Aircraft Photo of CF-TCY | Lockheed 18-08 Lodestar | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #637956
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:CF-TCY
Military Code:ER-V
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed 18 Lodestar
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed 18 Lodestar
Aircraft Version:Lockheed 18-08 Lodestar
C/n (msn):18-2064
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Ole Boomerang
Location
City / Airport:Mundelein - Air Estates (closed)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: -   IATA: -   Local: LL09   Other: -
Collection:Victory Air Museum
 
Photo Date:20 May 1981
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 637956
Photo Comment

Delivered to Trans Canada Air Lines as CF-TCY in 1941. To the Department of Transport in 1948. Sold in 1958. Impounded at Chicago-Midway around 1966. Moved to the Victory Air Museum in 1968 and painted to resemble an RAF Hudson. To the Canadian Museum of Flight when the Victory Air Museum was forced to close in 1986. Moved around various locations for storage and restoration.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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