National Tribute Auction

This package is valid for four (4) seats from Hamilton, Ontario on the PBY-5A Canso during the 2027 flying season. The winners are responsible to travel to and from the CWH hangar located beside the Hamilton International Airport. The CWH Canso is dedicated to RCAF Flight Lieutenant David “Bud” Hornell VC and his crew. Flight Lieutenant Hornell served with RCAF 162 Sqaudron from 1941 to 1944 and completed 60 missions involving some 600 hours of flying before his loss over the North Atlantic on June 24, 1944. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross while flying a Canso for his valour in sinking a U-Boat in the Second World War.