CF-BMV  Barkley-Grow T8P-1                          (c/n  5)

                            

                                 The Barkley-Grow T8P-1 was a kind of a cross between a Lockheed 10A Electra and a
                                 Beech 18, although it had a fixed undercarriage.  It employed a unique patented "multi-spar"
                                 all metal wing which provided exceptional bending and torsional strength.  When sales in
                                 the U.S. failed to take off, it was marketed north of the border, where most of the only eleven
                                 machines built were registered.    This one was built for Yukon Southern Air Transport and
                                 would have passed to Canadian Pacific in 1943, but instead was written off on December 22,
                                 1942 when, whilst fitted with skis and on charter by the US Army, was searching for a
                                 crashed B-17.  It broke through the ice at Angmagssalik, Greenland and sank.  Fortunately
                                 Inuit hunters helped rescued the two crew and walked them to a remote CPAL base.