Here's a couple more links to wartime action involving the Canso.
www.chapter-one.com/vc/award.asp?vc=280
http://www.geocities.com/bgmcansh/ho...idhornell.html
Those guys had big ones, made of brass.
The PBY now flying for the Canadian Warplane Heritage has now been dedicated to F/L Hornell.
www.warplane.com/pages/june22.html