Second World War-era bomber discovered in Gander Lake, Newfoundland

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https://canadiangeographic.ca/articl...-newfoundland/

“For nearly 80 years, a Second World War-era B-24 Liberator Bomber has rested at the bottom of Gander Lake, Newfoundland, where it crashed upon takeoff on Sept. 4, 1943, taking with it the four souls aboard. Seventy-nine years and one day later, an international team of divers supported by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, the Shipwreck Preservation Society of Newfoundland and Labrador and Ocean Quest Adventures located and positively identified the wreck.
Dubbed “Liberator 589D,” the aircraft lies on a steep ledge nearly 50 metres below the surface in near-freezing temperatures (six degrees Celsius). At the time of the crash in 1943, search and salvage missions were conducted by military divers in hard hats but abandoned after the wreck slipped into deeper water. “

[Hanno Spoelstra]

This article https://www.keymilitary.com/article/atlantic-squadron (behind a paywall, it seems) describes No.10 Squadron RCAF or the ‘The North Atlantic Squadron’ and its aircraft.

Some more info on Gander Lake's B-24 here: http://www.ganderairporthistoricalso....lakes.B24.htm; with a link to footage: http://www.ganderairporthistoricalso...der%20Lake.mp4

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Liberator USAAF 42-40447, RAF BZ725, RCAF 589:

"Consolidated Liberator B Mk. III (B-24D) with single .303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine gun in the nose, two in each waist position, and four in a Boulton Paul tail turret, similar to that on contemporary British heavy bombers such as the Handley Page Halifax, as well as other British equipment. The Martin dorsal turret was retained. Later modified to Mk. V. (15), (Serial Nos. 586, 587, 588, 589, 590, 591, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 600)."

Attached a photo of an identical Consolidated Liberator G.R. Mk. V, ex-RAF (Serial No. BZ735), RCAF (Serial No. 595), coded X, No. 10 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron, c1944.

Source: https://www.silverhawkauthor.com/pos...b-24-liberator