33 French Stinsons - where are they now?

[megan]

tony, the chronicler of British aviation "Flight" makes no mention, other than to say, "The DC-5 was designed and built just prior to the war in direct competition with the D.H, Flamingo".

[tonytales]

I should have done a little more research. On the web in one of the blogs on the DC-5 I found the following:
British Airways also originally ordered this aircraft for use on the London to Berlin route and one of nine ordered by the company for this purpose. Allocated the registration of G-AFYI. With the outbreak of war in Europe the Air Ministry instructed the company not to proceed with the order and the deposit paid was transferred to other Douglas aircraft for use by the Air Force.
Still it was a bit surprising inasmuch the Lockheed twins were already in service in England although their capacity not quite as large.
Of course I should have consulted Renr J. Francillon's definitive book on Douglas which covers the 1939 vintage British Airways who did purchase nine DC-5. It sys they did a comparative study of the Flamingo versus the DC-5 and picked the DC-5. Two aircraft were scheduled for delivery in December, 1939 to Floyd Bennett Field, NY but as already mentioned the Air Ministry cancelled the purchase and thereby releasing the reserved registrations for the Stinsons. Apologize for my thread drift.

[CloudHound]

Hi TonyT,

Thanks for acknowledging TD, now back to the search.

Is there public access to the original Canadian Civil Register to trace these 10?

Update. Answering my own question; yes there is.
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/Civil_cdn_1_ww2.html

I'll fill up my list and see what that does to fill in the blanks.

[India Four Two]

Cloud Hound,

You can find the currently registered Canadian HW-75s here:

CCARCS-RIACC - Quick Search Result

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by India Four Two

You can find the currently registered Canadian HW-75s here:

CCARCS-RIACC - Quick Search Result

Though note that there's one more (CF-BST 7055), also current on the Canadian register but described as a "105" rather than an HW-75.

CCARCS-RIACC - Aircraft Details

[A30yoyo]

[QUOTE=tonytales;972596. Two aircraft were scheduled for delivery in December, 1939 to Floyd Bennett Field, NY but as already mentioned the Air Ministry cancelled the purchase and thereby releasing the reserved registrations for the Stinsons. Apologize for my thread drift.[/QUOTE]
The delivery schedules by sea for all 9 DC-5s running into early 1940 had been arranged before the cancellation when WWII broke out.
As mentioned before it was many years before the vacant registration G-AFYO was allocated to that Stinson