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VICTORY AIRCRAFT LTD. |
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| CANADA |
Originated 1942 at Malton, Ontario, under Canadian Ministry
of Munitions and Supply, to take over and manage
Malton aircraft factory of National Steel Car Corporation
to speed production of Avro Lancaster bombers. First Victory-
built Lancaster delivered to RAF in August 1943. Total
production 430, including seven unarmed mailplanes for
transatlantic government service operated by Trans-
Canada Air Lines; these were forerunners of the Lancastrian
post-war transport version of the Lancaster. One Avro
Lincoln Mk XV bomber built 1945. Company acquired from
Canadian government in July 1945 by Hawker Siddeley
Aircraft Company Ltd, becoming
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