Hi To all our Members and Supporters,

Busy day today as we finish doing a post tune up engine-run test on our No. 2 Hercules engine for our Halifax bomber – at our headquarters the Bomber Command Museum of Canada (BCMC).

Then OUR first “Halifax 57 Rescue” Hercules engine run of the season will be at the PRATT & WHITNEY – Canada main office in Lethbridge, Alberta on April 19,  in honour of the RCAF 100th Anniversary.

The HERCULES engine is THE engine used by 70% of our RCAF bomber Squadrons in WW2 to contribute to Allied Victory. Every young 22 year-old pilot that flew Halifaxes in the RCAF had FOUR of these engines under his throttle hand in combat!

HERE are 3 out of the 10 Hercules engines we have for our Halifax rebuild, the Hercules on the left has less than 300 hours on it since new and the 2 on the right are straight out of factory crates from the RAF – Zero hours on them!

While we prepare for this event do not forget about our 1st BIG event of the 2024 season, the RCAF 100th Anniversary Event at BCMC in Nanton, Alberta on Friday May 3 (in the eve) and Sat. May 4 – all day.

 

To give you a perspective on HOW BCMC is leading the way in tributes and rebuilds for our Bomber Boys, read this NEW newsletter just out this week on all that is happening for us in Nanton, Alberta and around the world with our Halifax Project – see page 15 for my short report to all our supporters.  Click on this link below:

https://www.bombercommandmuseumarchives.ca/newsletters/2024_1.pdf

 

We need your donations – support – help, more than ever as we have many Halifax parts that must come across the ocean to deliver parts for the Halifax rebuild in Nanton and Arnprior, Ontario at the RBUILDSHOP – see a page on Facebook by this name “REBUILDSHOP”.

See the latest VIDEO reports from the REBUILDSHOP – just click on these YOUTUBE links to see all the latest – 2 special programs – that explain it all !

The short REBUILD Technical video – 11 mins:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9e8Xy6Zm50

and the longer Halifax Project video – 20 mins.:

https://youtu.be/-vRwZnSgt-w?si=e__YaXTZ256dUADV

So very much hope to hear from you as H57RC and BCMC press on to bring home our Halifax bomber, we cannot do this without your support!

 

WE LEAVE NO HALIFAX BEHIND

 

Cheers, KK – Director