11/15/2006. Remarks by Bill Ewing: "Built by Victory Aircraft, Malton, Ontario, in 1944, this aircraft was given to a group in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario for an attempt to set up a museum there, but the idea collapsed and the Lanc was barged across the lake to Oshawa, Ontario.

The aircraft was purchased by Doug Arnold of England after an attempt to acquire the aircraft by the Canadian Warplane Heritage fell through. They arranged a deal with his contact in Canada, Joe Corrigan, to dismantle the aircraft for shipment in exchange for the four Merlin engines.

A third party got involved and managed to convince Corrigan that he could do the job better. The end result was that CWH was forced to convince the then Canadian Heritage Minister, Alan McKekran to officially impound the aircraft at the dock in Montreal until they obtained the engines they had originally contracted for. In the end, Doug Arnold received this Lancaster and CWH received their engines.

This aircraft was almost finished an extensive refurbishing in England when a heavy snow collapsed the hangar roof onto it, damaging all the top surfaces and the main spars. It has since been sold to the Imperial War Museum and refurbished to display standard. It is presently in the colours and markings of 428 Squadron, RCAF, and is scheduled to be displayed in the new "Super Hangar" at Duxford, UK."