General Information

Serial #

126464

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

Unknown

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

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Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Aircraft

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

McDonnell

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Missouri

City

St. Louis

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

The Museum example served with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1957 to 1962 and was transferred to Canadian War Museum in derelict condition in 1965. It was restored for the Canada Aviation Museum by 400 Air Reserve Squadron from 1975 to 1986.

Canada

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Function

Unknown

Technical

The Banshee entered US Navy service in 1948 as their second carrier jet fighter. They served with distinction with the USN in Korea. The Banshee replaced the Royal Canadian Navy’s Hawker Sea Fury as the RCN’s first and only jet fighter. The RCN acquired 39 Banshees from 1955 to 1958. Banshees operated from shore bases and from the aircraft carrier HMCS Bonaventure after 1957. The Banshee was the RCN’s last fighter and was not replaced when retired in 1962. A total of 805 were made. RCN pilots deserve credit for being able to operate the Banshee successfully from the carrier HMCS Bonaventure. Its small size made jet-fighter operation difficult.

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