SHARK
II PROJECT
Shark II
Re printed from Whig-Standard
The remains of an aircraft a Hadley Page
torpedo bomber has been found on
the bottom of Lake Ontario at Brighton
Bay.
The wreckage of the aircraft, which may
have been there for 50 years, was
found by Ed Burtt of Ocean Scan Systems
of Belleville, who used side scan
sonar and a sub-borrom profiler to locate
the buried remains. Contours
were confirmed by infra red imagery.
We could distinctly see the landing gear
and tires. Parts of the tail
section is broken off, and partially buried
in the sand. The aircraft is
in a pile of sand with the wings stretching
out about 40 feet. We could
see a machine gun, and nearby, some bombs
that we believe the pilot ditched
before he went in. Terry Coons one
of the divers brought up one of the
bombs, which was delivered to the bomb
disposal at CFB Trenton Air Base.
They verified it as a practice bomb.
6 (TB) SQUADRON (torpedo bomber) Squadron, the first of two such
unitsintended for the RCAF, was, formed
at Trenton, Ontario in the late 1936. The
first two "SHARKS", 502 and 503 arrived
in December 1936. On April 28, 1937
the crated "SHARKS" 505, 506 and 507 arrived
by rail, and activated
immediately.
'SHARK' Crashed into Lake Ontario Oct. 7, 1938.
