CF-5A 116701 to 116745

CF-5A 116701 to 116745

 

Canadian
Military Aircraft
Serial
Numbers
Canadian
Armed Forces
Detailed
list 116701 to 116745

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Designer

Manufacturer

basic designation

variant or model

name

 

company
designation

company number

 

 

 

116701

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1001

 

 

 

 

first
date: 8 February 1968 – Taken
on strength

 

First
Canadian built F-5.  Rolled out at
Cartierville 6 February 1968, bearing old style RCAF serial 14701.  Flown as cargo in CAF Hercules to Edwards AFB,
8 February 1968,  for first flight.  First flight, at Edwards AFB on 6 May 1968, by
Northrop pilot Hank Chouteau.  Re-marked as
CAF 116701 before first flight.  Used for
Category II flight tests.  Officially taken
on strength by Mobile Command on 5 November 1968, but remained at
Edwards.  Crashed at Edwards AFB during
these tests, on 3 December 1969.

 

last
date:
19 May 1970 – Struck off
after crash, see comments

116702

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1002

 

 

 

 

first
date: 7 February 1968 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14702, re-marked before completion. 
Assembled at Cartierville.  Rolled
out at Cartierville on 15 April 1968, flown as cargo to Edwards AFB, 6
May 1968.  First flight on 18 May 1968, at
Edwards.  Used to test interchangeable
camera nose.  Delivered to CFB Cold Lake,
Alberta, after these tests.  On strength
with No. 448 (Test) Squadron.  Used by
Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment, CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, in
1973.  With 433e L’Escadre de Combat, CFB
Bagotville, PQ in 1978.  Back to AETE at
Cold Lake in 1979.  Seen with Camera nose
at Cold Lake in May 1985.  Still at AETE in
1994.  In storage at Air Maintenance
Development Unit, CFB Trenton, by February 1995.  Reported
stored at Mountain View in 1997 and 2002.  To
Ottawa War Museum from March 2004, still there January 2006.

 

last
date:
19 April 2004 – Transferred
to Museum

116703

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1003

 

 

 

 

first
date: 14 January 1969 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14703, re-marked before completion. 
Initial delivery to Aerospace Engineering Test
Establishment at CFB Uplands, Ontario, on 25 January 1969. 
With No. 419 Squadron, CFB Cold Lake, Alberta in 1979 and
1985. Stored at CFB Trenton in 1987, back to No. 419 Squadron by 1989.  Special markings (red and white all over) in
c.1989 to 1990 for air show displays.  Was
on display at Kamloops Airport, in colour scheme designed by Robert
Thomson and Capt. Patrick R. Penley.  Stored
at Mountain View in 1991.  In storage at
Air Maintenance Development Unit, CFB Trenton, by February 1995.  Seen in storage, inside Hanger 3 at CFD
Mountain View, Ontario in October 2005.  To
Canadian Air Land Sea Museum in Markham in November 2005. 
Stored outdoors at Markham, Ontario airport by July 2007.

 

last
date:
November 2005 – Transferred
to Museum

116704

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1004

 

 

 

 

first
date: 6 January 1971 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14704, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB
Trenton.  With No. 434 Squadron at CFB Cold
Lake by 1975.  Seen with camera nose in
1980.  Still with 434 Squadron when seen at
Prestwick in September 1977, and Nellis AFB in 1981 and 1982.  Stored in 1989 and 1991.  With
No. 419 Squadron, CFB Cold Lake, Alberta in 1992.  Stored
at Trenton in 1992 and 1995.  Originally
scheduled for Avionics Upgrade Program, but did not receive it.  Replaced by 116754 in this program.  In storage at CFD Mountain View in 1997 and
2002.  On display at Museum at town of Cold
Lake, Alberta by May 2006.

 

last
date:
c.2006 – Transferred to
Museum

116705

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1005

 

 

 

 

first
date: 22 October 1969 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14705, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to CFB Cold Lake, Alberta for use by No.
419 Squadron.  Became instructional
airframe A711 on 22 October 1969, returned to flying status on 4 June
1982.  Operated in aggressor markings by
No. 419 Squadron, and with flight refuelling probe, 1984. 
With No. 433 Squadron, dates not known. 
With No. 434 Squadron at CFB Chatham, NB in 1988 and 1989.  Stored at CFB Trenton in 1990. 
Back to No. 419 Squadron by 1992, still there in 1994.  Received full Avionic Update Program
modifications c.1995.  In storage at
Bristol Aerospace, Winnipeg, Manitoba in February 1995. 
Delivered to Botswana on 22 March 1997 by Bristol
Aerospace.  Botswana Defence Force serial
OJ 1.  Operated by Z28 Squadron at
Thebephatshwa Air Base, near Molepolole, Botswana in October 2002.

 

last
date:
14 June 1996 – Sold to
Botswana

116706

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1006

 

 

 

 

first
date: 22 October 1969 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14706, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to CFB Cold Lake, Alberta. 
Later to 433e L’Escadre de Combat at CFB Bagotville, PQ.  Still with this Squadron when seen at
Prestwick in September 1977.  Later with
No. 434 Squadron, seen at Cold Lake with this Squadron in May 1979.  With 433e when it was destroyed in non-fatal
crash during low level training, near Bagotville, on 13 December 1979.  Pilot ejected.  Also
reported as engine failure on take off?

 

last
date:
3 November 1980 – Struck
off after crash, see comments

116707

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1007

 

 

 

 

first
date: 22 October 1969 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14707, re-marked before completion. 
Initial delivery to CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, left
Cartierville on 27 October, arrived 29 October 1969. 
First single seater delivered to Cold Lake. 
Delivery pilot was Capt. Jake Miller, later to be 434
Squadron solo demo pilot for 1970 to 1974.  With
No. 434 Squadron at Cold Lake in 1973 and 1977.  Stored
at CFB Trenton c.1982 to 1985.  Back to 434
Squadron at CFB Chatham, NB in 1986.  With
No. 419 Squadron at Cold Lake in 1988 and 1989.  Received
full Avionic Update Program modifications in early 1990s. 
In use with Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment at
CFB Cold Lake, Alberta in August 1994, and in February 1995, one of the
last operational CF-5s.  Stored at Mountain
View by 1996.  Seen in storage, inside
Hanger 1 at CFD Mountain View, Ontario in October 2005. 
Transported to Calgary in early 2006, reported destined
for a local museum.  Publicly unveiled in
June 2007, on pedestal at Museum of the Regiments, in Calgary.  Still there in 2010.

 

last
date:
c.2006 – Transferred to
Museum

116708

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1008

 

 

 

 

first
date: 10 November 1969 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14708, re-marked before completion. 
Initial delivery to 433e L’Escadre de Combat, CFB
Bagotville, PQ, on 10 November 1969.  First
single seater to this unit.  With this unit
when it was written off in mid air collision with 116718 on 21 August
1970.

 

last
date:
30 September 1970 – Struck
off after crash, see comments

116709

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1009

 

 

 

 

first
date: 27 January 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14709, re-marked before completion. 
Initial delivery to CFB Bagotville, PQ, for use by 433e
L’Escadre de Combat.  Operated with camera
nose and flight refuelling probe.  Seen at
CFB Trenton in 1980.  Seen at Nellis AFB in
January 1981, with photo nose.  Visited
California in spring of 1982.  Visited CFB
Shearwater in September 1984.  With No. 434
Squadron by 1987.  To storage in 1990.  In storage at Aircraft Maintenance Development
Unit at CFB Trenton in February 1995.  Seen
in storage, inside Hanger 3 at CFD Mountain View, Ontario in October
2005.  To Canadian Air Land Sea Museum in
Markham November 2005.  Stored outdoors at
Markham, Ontario airport by July 2007.

 

last
date:
c.2005 – Transferred to
Museum

116710

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1010

 

 

 

 

first
date: 7 April 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14710, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB
Trenton.  To No. 434 Squadron, CFB Cold
Lake, Alberta by 1976.  Seen at Prestwick,
UK in September 1977.  To CFB North Bay for
Exercise Roving Fire in November 1977.  At
Cold Lake in this unit’s markings in 1982.  In
storage at CFB Trenton in 1987.  With No.
419 Squadron at CFB Cold Lake in July 1991.  Classified
as Instructional Airframe 911B on 24 August 1993.  In
use at Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering,
CFB Borden, Ontario in February 1995.  Parked
outside of Museum at CFB Borden by May 2006, still there October 2008.  Displayed inside the Museum by early 2012.

 

last
date:  – Still on strength?

116711

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1011

 

 

 

 

first
date: 22 May 1970 – Taken
on strength

READ  Canadian Forces CT-156

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14711, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB
Trenton.  Later to 433e L’Escadre de
Combat, CFB Bagotville, PQ.  With this unit
when it crashed on 3 January 1974, after entering a flat spin.

 

last
date:
10 July 1974 – Struck off
after crash, see comments

116712

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1012

 

 

 

 

first
date: 7 April 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14712, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB
Trenton.  With No. 434 Squadron at CFB Cold
Lake by 1975.  Fitted with camera nose for
missions over Soviet Arctic research station on 25 April 1977.  Still with 434 Squadron when it visited
Twenthe, Holland in October 1978, and Montreal in May 1986.  With No. 419 Squadron at Cold Lake by April
1987, when it visited Teesside, UK and CFB Baden in Germany.  In storage at Aircraft Maintenance Development
Unit at CFB Trenton by September 1989, still there in February 1995.  Seen in storage, inside Hanger 3 at CFD
Mountain View, Ontario in October 2005.  To
Canadian Air Land Sea Museum in Markham November 2005. 
Some pieces reported still at Mountain View in July 2006.  Stored outdoors at Markham, Ontario airport by
July 2007.

 

last
date:
c.2005 – Transferred to
Museum

116713

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1013

 

 

 

 

first
date: 22 October 1969 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14713, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB
Trenton.  Later to No. 434 Squadron.  With this unit for Exercise Perfect Season at
CFB Petawawa in January 1977, basing out of CFB North Bay, Ontario.  With No. 419 Squadron, dates not known.  Became instructional airframe 774B on 7
September 1979.  In use as a training aid
at CFB Borden in 1984 and 1994.  In storage
at Aircraft Maintenance Development Unit at CFB Trenton by February
1995.  Seen in storage, inside Hanger 3 at
CFD Mountain View, Ontario in October 2005.  To
Canadian Air Land Sea Museum in Markham November 2005. 
Stored outdoors at Markham, Ontario airport by July 2007.

 

last
date:
c.2005 – Transferred to
Museum

116714

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1014

 

 

 

 

first
date: 22 October 1969 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14714, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, where it
served with No. 434 Squadron.  Seen at
Abbotsford air show in August 1972.  With
No. 419 Squadron in 1979, 1982 and 1985.  Used
by Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment at Cold Lake in 1990.  Back to 419 Squadron by 1993. 
In storage at Aircraft Maintenance Development Unit at CFB
Trenton by February 1995.  Seen in storage,
inside Hanger 3 at CFD Mountain View, Ontario in October 2005.  To Canadian Air Land Sea Museum in Markham
November 2005.  Stored outdoors at Markham,
Ontario airport by July 2007.

 

last
date:
c.2005 – Transferred to
Museum

116715

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1015

 

 

 

 

first
date: 24 December 1969 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14715, re-marked before completion. 
Used at Edwards AFB for company trials. 
Delivered direct to CFB Cold Lake, Alberta after these
trials.  With No. 448 Squadron at Cold Lake.  With No. 419 Squadron in 1979, 1982, 1983 and
1994.  Became instructional airframe A855
on 7 March 1986, but apparently returned to flight status by 1994.  Originally scheduled for Avionics Upgrade
Program, but did not receive modifications.  Replaced
by 116764 in this program.  In storage at
Aircraft Maintenance Development Unit at CFB Trenton by February 1995.  Preserved, displayed at CFB Kingston, Ontario
by October 2000, still there December 2005.

 

last
date:  – Still on strength?

116716

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1016

 

 

 

 

first
date: 27 December 1969 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14716, re-marked before completion.  
Initial delivery to CFB Bagotville, PQ for use by 433e
L’Escadre de Combat.  With No. 419 Squadron
at Cold Lake in 1979.  Appeared in
Yellowknife air show in May, 1983, in No. 419 Squadron colours.  Received full Avionic Update Program
modifications in early 1990s.    Still
with 419 Squadron in 1994.  Stored at
Trenton in 1995,and at Mountain View in 1995.  To
Bristol Aerospace in June 1996 for further upgrading, in preparation
for delivery to Botswana.  Delivered to
Botswana on 22 March 1997.  Their serial OJ
3.

 

last
date:
14 June 1996 – Sold to
Botswana

116717

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1017

 

 

 

 

first
date: 22 October 1969 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14717, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB
Trenton.  Reported with No. 434 Squadron at
Cold Lake in 1972.  With 433e L’Escadre de
Combat in 1975, and in 1981 when it was seen at Nellis AFB, Nevada.  With No. 434 Squadron at CFB Bagotville in
1984.  With No. 419 Squadron, CFB Cold
Lake, Alberta in 1987 and 1990.  In storage
at Aircraft Maintenance Development Unit at CFB Trenton by July 1991,
still there in February 1995.  Seen in
storage, inside Hanger 3 at CFD Mountain View, Ontario in October 2005.  Stored outdoors at Markham, Ontario airport by
July 2007.

 

last
date:
c.2006 – Transferred to
Museum

116718

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1018

 

 

 

 

first
date: 15 January 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14718, re-marked before completion.  
Initial delivery to CFB Bagotville, PQ.   
Written off after mid air collision with 116708 on 21
August 1970, while with 433e L’Escadre de Combat.

 

last
date:
4 May 1971 – Struck off
after crash, see comments

116719

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1019

 

 

 

 

first
date: 24 December 1969 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14719, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to CFB Cold Lake, Alberta. 
With No. 434 Squadron, dates not known. 
With No. 419 Squadron, CFB Cold Lake, Alta. in 1983 and
1987.  Received upgrades at Bristol
Aerospace in 1989.  With 433e L’Escadre de
Combat, CFB Bagotville, PQ, dates not known.  Received
full Avionic Update Program modifications in early 1990s. 
Operational with No. 419 Squadron at Cold Lake in
September 1991 and in February 1995, one of the last operational CF-5s.  To Bristol Aerospace in June 1996 for
preparation for delivery to Botswana, delivered there on 23 March 1997.  Their serial OJ 4.

 

last
date:
14 June 1996 – Sold to
Botswana

116720

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1020

 

 

 

 

first
date: 24 December 1969 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14720, re-marked before completion.  
Initial delivery to CFB Bagotville, PQ. 
Served with 433e L’Escadre de Combat, CFB Bagotville, PQ.
in 1982, 1983 and 1986.  Crashed on 12
November 1987 while with No. 434 TAC(F) Squadron at CFB Chatham, NB.  Entered a spin after losing control at high
altitude during dissimilar Air Combat Manoeuvring training near Tyndall
AFB, Florida.  Capt. M. Singh ejected into
Gulf of Mexico, survived.

 

last
date:
5 May 1988 – Struck off
after crash, see comments

116721

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1021

 

 

 

 

first
date: 22 October 1969 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14721, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to CFB Cold Lake, Alberta. 
With No. 434 Squadron at Cold Lake in 1978. 
Used by Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment at Cold
Lake in 1979 and 1982.  With 433e L’Escadre
de Combat, CFB Bagotville, PQ, dates not known.  With
No. 419 Squadron, CFB Cold Lake, Alberta in 1990.  Special
air show markings (red and white all over) as 1994 solo display
aircraft, the “Moose Bird”.  Was seen at
Kamloops Airport during an air show in this colour scheme that was
designed by Robert Thomson.  Back in
storage at the Aircraft Maintenance Development Unit at CFB Trenton by
September 1995.  At RCAF Memorial Museum in
Trenton, Ontario by summer of 2000.  Still
there in 2009.

 

last
date:  – Still on strength?

116722

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1022

 

 

 

 

first
date: 12 January 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14722, re-marked before completion.  
Initial delivery to CFB Bagotville, PQ. 
Operated by 433e L’Escadre de Combat, CFB Bagotville, PQ.
when it was destroyed in non-fatal crash, near Chatham, NB on 22
September 1971.  Pilot ejected safely.

 

last
date:
13 March 1972 – Struck off
after crash, see comments

116723

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1023

 

 

 

 

first
date: 24 December 1969 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14723, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to CFB Cold Lake, Alta. 
Served with No. 419 Squadron, CFB Cold Lake, Alberta.  With No. 434 Squadron in 1980 when it visited
Eggebeck, Germany, and in 1990.  Received
full Avionic Update Program modifications in early 1990s. 
Operational with No. 419 Squadron at Cold Lake in February
1995, one of the last operational CF-5s.  In
storage at CFB Trenton by June 1995.  Stored
at CFD Mountain View by June 1997.  Delivered
to Botswana c.2000 by Bristol Aerospace, part of a second batch of
aircraft for this country.

READ  RAF owned, RCAF operated, up to Z9999

 

last
date:
c.2000 – Sold to Botswana

116724

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1024

 

 

 

 

first
date: 24 December 1969 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14724, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to CFB Cold Lake, Alta. 
With No.419 Squadron at CFB Cold Lake in 1982, also with
No. 434 Squadron at Cold Lake. Favourite demo aircraft of Capt. Jake
Miller, 434 Squadron solo demo pilot.  Used
by Miller to set coast to coast record on 2 May 1970, “Operation
Bluenose”. Flew Vancouver to Halifax in 4 hours 23 minutes, including
fuel stops at Gimli and Val d’Or.  Became
instructional airframe A 812 on 2 September 1982, later 812B.  In storage at Aircraft Maintenance Development
Unit at CFB Trenton by September 1987, still there in February 1995.  Being disassembled for spares at that time.  To Canadian Air Land Sea Museum in Markham
November 2005.  Stored outdoors at Markham,
Ontario airport by July 2007.

 

last
date:
24 March 1992 – Struck off

116725

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1025

 

 

 

 

first
date: 24 December 1969 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14725, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to CFB Cold Lake, Alberta. 
Served there with No. 434 Squadron, and later at CFB
Chatham, NB with this Squadron.  With 433e
L’Escadre de Combat, CFB Bagotville, PQ in 1975.  In
storage at CFB Trenton on April 1984, still there in June 1990.  Classified as Instructional Airframe 904B on 3
April 1993.  In use at Canadian Forces
School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering, CFB Borden, Ontario as
battlefield damage instructional airframe 904B, in December 1993.  Still there in May 2002.

 

last
date:  – Still on strength?

116726

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1026

 

 

 

 

first
date: 27 January 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14726, re-marked before completion.  
Initial delivery to CFB Bagotville, PQ for use by 433e
L’Escadre de Combat.  Still with this
Squadron when it visited Fairbanks, Alaska in May 1972, and
Lossiemouth, UK in 1977.  With no. 434 and
419 Squadrons, dates not known.  In storage
at Aircraft Maintenance Development Unit at CFB Trenton by September
1982, still there in February 1995.  Being
disassembled for spares at that time.  At
Mountain View by June 1995.  Reported
assigned to Canadian Museum of Flight, but transferred to Canadian Air
Land Sea Museum in Markham.  Present
location unclear.

 

last
date:
24 March 1992 – Struck off

116727

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1027

 

 

 

 

first
date: 27 January 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14727, re-marked before completion. 
Initial delivery to CFB Bagotville, PQ for use by 433e
L’Escadre de Combat.  Still with this
Squadron when it visited Fairbanks, Alaska in May 1972, and was
displayed at the Abbotsford air show in August 1972. 
With No. 434 Squadron at CFB Cols Lake on 1981.  Later used by Aerospace Engineering Test
Establishment at Cold Lake, Alta.  With No.
419 Squadron at Cold Lake in 1989 and 1990.  With
No. 434 Squadron, dates not known.  Received
full Avionic Update Program modifications in early 1990s. 
In storage at Bristol Aerospace, Winnipeg, in February
1995.  Stored at CFB Trenton later in 1995.  To Bristol Aerospace for preparation for
export in June 1996.  Delivered to Botswana
on 22 March 1997.  Reported as replacement
for CF-116D 116830.  Their serial OJ 5.  With Z28 Squadron at Thebephatshwa Air Base,
near Molepolole, Botswana in October 2002.

 

last
date:
14 June 1996 – Sold to
Botswana

116728

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1028

 

 

 

 

first
date: 7 April 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14728, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB
Trenton.  With 433e L’Escadre de Combat at
CFB Bagotville, PQ in 1974, with camera nose.  Seen
at Prestwick, UK in September 1977.  With
this unit when it crashed on 11 July 1979 at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta.

 

last
date:
20 February 1980 – Struck
off after crash, see comments

116729

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1029

 

 

 

 

first
date: 22 January 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14729, re-marked before completion. 
Initial delivery to CFB Bagotville, PQ, for use by 433e
L’Escadre de Combat, CFB Bagotville, PQ.  With
No. 1 Flying Training School and then No. 419 Squadron at CFB Cold Lake
in late 1970s.  Returned to Canadair 4 June
1987, being prepared for structural testing.  Airframe
later used at CFD Mountain View for structural testing in support of
fatigue life extension for the fleet.  Stored
at Trenton on 1995, and pieces seen at Mountain View in May 2001.  Reported on display at CFB Trenton.

 

last
date:
26 May 1988 – Struck off

116730

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1030

 

 

 

 

first
date: 7 April 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14730, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB
Trenton.  With No. 419 Squadron, CFB Cold
Lake, Alberta. in 1978, 1979, 1982 and 1983, and then 433e L’Escadre de
Combat, CFB Bagotville, PQ.  Also with No.
434 Squadron, dates not known.  In storage
at Aircraft Maintenance Development Unit at CFB Trenton by February
1995.  Being disassembled for spares at
that time.  Stored at CFD Mountain view by
June 1995.  Reported stored outdoors at
“museum” in Cambellford, Ontario in August 2009, in aggressor paint
scheme.

 

last
date:
18 June 1998 – Struck off,
transferred to Memorial Military Museum in Cambellford

116731

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1031

 

 

 

 

first
date: 11 June 1970 – Acceptance
flight by CAF, at Cartierville

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14731, re-marked before completion. 
Taken on strength on 10 July 1970.  Delivered
direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB Trenton. 
With 433e L’Escadre de Combat, CFB Bagotville, PQ by
September 1974, when it was seen at Lossiemouth, UK. 
With this unit when it crashed on 20 May 1977.  Pilot ejected safely.  Aircraft
came down in St. Lawrence River.

 

last
date:
26 September 1977 – Struck
off after crash, see comments

116732

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1032

 

 

 

 

first
date: 7 April 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14732, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB
Trenton.  With 433e L’Escadre de Combat,
CFB Bagotville, PQ in 1973.  Became
instructional airframe A747 on 2 July 1974.  Returned
to flight status on 16 August 1976.  With
No. 419 Squadron at CFB Cold Lake in 1982,1983 and 1985. 
With No. 434 Squadron at CFB Chatham, NB in 1988.  Back to No. 419 Squadron at Cold Lake in 1990
and 1992.  Received full Avionic Update
Program modifications in early 1990s.  In
storage at Bristol Aerospace, Winnipeg, in February 1995. 
Later stored at Trenton.  Back
to Bristol Aerospace in June 1996, being prepared for export.  Delivered to Botswana in October 1997.  Their serial OJ 6.  With
Z28 Squadron at Thebephatshwa Air Base, near Molepolole, Botswana.

 

last
date:
14 June 1996 – Sold to
Botswana

116733

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1033

 

 

 

 

first
date: 7 April 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14733, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB
Trenton.  Used to test Canadair designed
camera nose.  With 433e L’Escadre de
Combat, CFB Bagotville, PQ when it was seen at McChord AFB, Washington
in June 1974, at Goose Bay in August 1978 and at Lossiemouth, UK in
October 1986.  Seen with camera nose and
with refuelling probe while with this Squadron.  Also
with No. 434 Squadron at CFB Chatham, NB in 1988.  Stored
at CFB Trenton by May 1990.  Reported with
433 Squadron in September 1992, possibly just displayed in Squadron
markings (Squadron had converted to CF-18 by then). 
Preserved, displayed at Bagotville by August 1993.  Still there in 2009, deteriorating.

 

last
date:
9 August 1991 – Struck off

116734

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1034

 

 

 

 

first
date: 27 January 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14734, re-marked before completion.  
Initial delivery to CFB Bagotville, PQ, where it served
with 433e L’Escadre de Combat.  With No. 1
Flying Training School at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta in 1975. 
With No. 419 Squadron at Cold Lake in 1979 and 1982.  Received full Avionic Update Program
modifications in early 1990s.  In storage
at Bristol Aerospace, Winnipeg, in February 1995.  Delivered
to Botswana 22 March 1997.  Their serial OJ
2.  Damaged at Gaberone airport shortly
after delivery, while practicing for an air show.  Apparently
repaired, reported with Z28 Squadron at Thebephatshwa Air Base, near
Molepolole, Botswana in October 2002.

READ  Canadian Forces CF-104D

 

last
date:
14 June 1996 – Sold to
Botswana

116735

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1035

 

 

 

 

first
date: 24 August 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14735, re-marked before completion. 
Initial delivery to CFB Bagotville, PQ. 
Seen at Frobisher Bay, NWT, during exercises in June 1972.  With No. 1 Flying Training School at CFB Cold
Lake in 1975.  Destroyed in crash on 26
February 1981, while with 433e L’Escadre de Combat. 
Dove into a lake 60 miles south of Bagotville during
Aerial Combat Manoeuvring training, Capt. L.G. Boutin killed.  Some wreckage reported stored at CFD Mountain
View in 1990, not confirmed.

 

last
date:
16 January 1984 – Struck
off after crash, see comments

116736

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1036

 

 

 

 

first
date: 24 August 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14736, re-marked before completion. 
Initial delivery to CFB Bagotville, PQ. 
With 433e L’Escadre de Combat, CFB Bagotville, PQ when it
was seen at Prestwick, UK in September 1977.  Later
with No. 419 Squadron at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta.  Stored
at CFB Trenton in September 1987.  Preserved,
displayed at Cold Lake by May 1990.  On
display at main gate to CFB Cold Lake by 2010.

 

last
date:
10 November 1988 – Struck
off

116737

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1037

 

 

 

 

first
date: 7 April 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14737, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB
Trenton.  Served with No. 434 Squadron in
1974 when it was seen at Prestwick, UK.  Still
with this Squadron in 1982, and later at CFB Chatham, NB. 
Stored at Trenton in 1984 and 1990.  Became
instructional airframe 905B on 3 April 1994.  At
Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering, CFB
Borden, Ontario in March 1994, being used for battlefield damage repair.  Still there in 2001.

 

last
date:
26 April 1988 – Possibly
the date it was withdrawn from use

116738

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1038

 

 

 

 

first
date: 7 April 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14738, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB
Trenton.  With  433e
L’Escadre de Combat at CFB Bagotville, PQ in 1975, 1982, 1983 and 1984.  Also with No. 434 Squadron at CFB Chatham, NB
in 1988.  Reported used for R&D
projects, no further information.  In
storage at Aircraft Maintenance Development Unit at CFB Trenton by
September 1989, still there in February 1995.  Being
disassembled for spares at that time.  At
CFD Mountain View in June 1995.  Reported
sold to Fort Wayne Air Services in 1999, not confirmed.

 

last
date:
18 June 1998 – Struck off,
transferred to Memorial Military Museum in Cambellford

116739

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1039

 

 

 

 

first
date: 7 April 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14739, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB
Trenton.   With 433e L’Escadre de
Combat, CFB Bagotville, PQ when it was seen at Lossiemouth, UK in
September 1974.  Visited Portage, in this
unit’s colours in 1983.  With No. 434
Squadron at CFB Chatham, NB in 1988.  With
No. 419 Squadron at CFB Cold Lake in 1989 and 1990. 
Stored at CFB Trenton in 1991.  Preserved,
displayed at CFB Trenton, Ontario by April 1995.  On
a pole in front of the Holiday Inn in Trenton by 2000. 
Still there in 2012.

 

last
date:
24 October 1994 – Struck off

116740

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1040

 

 

 

 

first
date: 6 January 1971 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14740, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB
Trenton.  With 433e L’Escadre de Combat
when it visited California in 1983.  With
No. 434 Squadron at CFB Bagotville in 1983.  With
No. 434 Squadron at CFB Chatham, NB when it visited CFB Baden, Germany
in April 1987.  Used by Aerospace
Engineering Test Establishment at CFB Cold Lake in 1989. 
With No. 419 Squadron, CFB Cold Lake, in 1990.  Special air show markings (red and white all
over) as  “Moose Bird”. 
At London, Ontario air show in this scheme, summer of 1992.  Mounted on pedestal at Fulton Field, Kamloops,
BC, on 17 June 1995.  (Fulton Field is
named after first commander of 419 Squadron, W/C J. “Moose” Fulton,
lost in action July 1942.)  This colour
scheme was designed by Robert Thomson.  Still
there in January 2006.

 

last
date:
c.1995 – placed on display
at Kamloops, BC

116741

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1041

 

 

 

 

first
date: 5 August 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14741, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB
Trenton.  Used by Aerospace Experimental
Test Establishment at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, instrumented to record
airframe loads.  Written off after crash on
2 March 1976, still with AETE.

 

last
date:
12 October 1976 – Struck
off after crash, see comments

116742

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1042

 

 

 

 

first
date: 13 October 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14742, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, where it
served with No. 419 Squadron.  With 433e
L’Escadre de Combat when it visited Lossiemouth, UK in November 1975,
and California in 1983.  With No. 434
Squadron at CFB Chatham, NB in 1988.  Back
to No. 419 Squadron, with them in July 1989.  Became
instructional airframe 900B on 3 April 1993, used as a cockpit
procedures trainer.  In storage at Bristol
Aerospace, Winnipeg, in December 1994.  Reported
damaged in handling accident at CFD Mountain View in summer of 1995.  Front fuselage in storage at CFB Cold Lake,
Alberta in May 2006.  Still there in 2009,
stored for Cold Lake Museum.  Nose section
on display at Cold Lake Museum by 2010.  Reported
sold to Botswana, but that may just have been pieces of the airframe
for spares.

 

last
date:
14 April 1994 – Struck off

116743

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1043

 

 

 

 

first
date: 7 April 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Delivered
direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB Trenton. 
With 433e L’Escadre de Combat when it visited Lossiemouth,
UK in November 1975 and Prestwick, UK in September 1977. 
With No. 434 Squadron when it visited Nellis AFB in 1983,
and Eggebeck, Germany in 1987.  Still with
this Squadron in 1988, carried squadron markings on tail. 
With No. 419 Squadron at CFB Cold Lake, dates not known.  In storage at Aircraft Maintenance Development
Unit at CFB Trenton by February 1995.  Being
disassembled for spares at that time.  At
CFD Mountain View in 2000, partially disassembled. 
Reported assigned to Canadian Air Land Sea Museum,
fuselage reported stored at Markham in June 2000.

 

last
date:
24 March 1992 – Struck off

116744

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1044

 

 

 

 

first
date: 7 April 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14744, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB
Trenton.  With No. 434 Squadron at CFB Cold
Lake by 1975, operated with camera nose.  Given
temporary all-over camouflage for Maple Flag Eleven, 1983. 
With 434 Squadron at CFB Chatham, NB in mid 1980s.  Stored at CFB Trenton by 1987. 
Classified Instructional Airframe 906B on 3 April 1993.  In use at Canadian Forces School of Aerospace
Technology and Engineering, CFB Borden, Ontario for battlefield damage
repair in March 1994.  Still there in 2001.

 

last
date:  – Still on strength?

116745

Northrop

Canadair

CF-116

CF-116A

CF5

 

CL-219-1A10

1045

 

 

 

 

first
date: 5 September 1970 – Taken
on strength

 

Originally
ordered as RCAF 14745, re-marked before completion. 
Delivered direct to CFB Cold Lake, Alberta. 
With 433e L’Escadre de Combat at CFB Bagotville, PQ in
1972 and 1979.  With No. 434 Squadron, when
it visited Eggebeck, Germany in 1980 and California in 1983.  Stored at CFD Mountain View in 1984, but
reported back at CFB Bagotville in 1986.  Stored
at Trenton again by 1991.  Later used for
spares.

 

last
date:
26 May 1988 – Struck off

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future,
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references can be found at the links below.  I would welcome any
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