RCAF 651 to 700
Canadian Military Aircraft
Serial Numbers
RCAF 651 to 700
Detailed List
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Designer
Manufacturer
basic designation
variant or model
name
company designation
company number
651
Douglas
Douglas, Long Beach
Dakota
Mk. I
9290
Ex US C-47A-20-DL 42-23428. Operated by No. 164 (T) Squadron, RCAF
Station Moncton, 1943 to 1946.
first date: 20 April 1943
last date: June 1970
taken on strength
to CAF as 12936 (which see)
651
de Havilland
Puss Moth
D.H.80A
This was an RCMP serial number, applied to RCAF
169 (which see) when it was loaned to the Mounties in the mid 1930s.
652
Douglas
Douglas, Long Beach
Dakota
Mk. I
9108
Ex USAAF C-47-DL, serial number 42-32882. Operated by No. 164 (T) Squadron, RCAF
Station Moncton, 1943 to 1946. Became
instructional airframe A.509 on 12 July 1946.
To civil register post war, as N45F, as CF-ITQ in 1976, also C-FITQ
and 6Y-JJQ.
first date: 27 April 1943
last date: 14 November 1955
taken on strength
struck off, later sold
653
Douglas
Douglas, Long Beach
Dakota
Mk.
III
9415
Ex US C-47A-25-DL 42-23553. Operated by No. 164 (T) Squadron, RCAF
Station Moncton, c.1943. Also reported
with No. 165 (T) Squadron in 1943.
Operated by No. 168 (HT) Squadron, UK Detachment, c.1944 to 1946. Participated in Operation Sundog III
(airborne assault on Fort Chimo, PQ, from Goose Bay), February 1952, while
with 412 Squadron. Also reported as
sold on 15 August 1952? With No. 102
(C&R) Flight, RCAF Station Trenton, in November 1953, when it searched
for a missing USAF F-89 over Lake Michigan.
Took part in Operation Bulldog (air drop of Army engineers and
equipment, out of Fort Nelson, BC) in February 1954.
first date: 3 May 1943
last date: June 1970
taken on strength
To CAF as 12937 (which see)
654
Douglas
Douglas, Long Beach
Dakota
Mk.
III
9595
Ex USAAF C-47A-30-DL serial number
42-23733. Operated by No. 164 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Moncton, c.1943 to 1946. Also with No. 165 (T) Squadron, RCAF
Station Sea Island, BC, during this period.
Operated by Winter Experimental Establishment, RCAF Station Edmonton,
from 1946. Arrived at Winnipeg, en
route to Churchill, on 29 January 1947, weathered in at Winnipeg for several
days. Took part in Operation Sundog II
in February 1951 (airborne assault exercise out of Churchill, Manitoba),
possibly with 435 (T) Squadron.
first date: 17 June 1943
last date: 15 August 1952
taken on strength
struck off
655
Douglas
Douglas, Long Beach
Dakota
Mk.
III
9830
Ex USAAF C-47A-40-DL, serial number
42-23969. Operated by No. 164 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Moncton, c.1943 to 1946. Also with No. 165 (T) Squadron, RCAF
Station Sea Island, BC, during this period.
With No. 435 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Edmonton, Alberta, by
September 1946. Nosed over on landing
at Fort St. John, BC on 25 January 1947.
Repaired on site. Detached to
Norman Wells, NWT 3 June 1947 to carry fuel for Photo Wing detachments
operating in area that summer. To
Rockcliffe for major inspection, 22 June 1947. Also reported as Mk. IIIR. Still active February 1968. On civil register as CF-QJZ by 1976. Also reported as owned by Aeroshell,
Guayaquil.
first date: 14 July 1943
last date: April 1970
taken on strength
Struck off
656
Douglas
Douglas, Long Beach
Dakota
Mk.
III
9832
Ex USAAF C-47A-40-DL, serial number
42-23970. Operated by No. 164 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Moncton, c.1943 to 1946. Also with No. 165 (T) Squadron, RCAF
Station Sea Island, BC, during this period.
Delivered to No. 435 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Edmonton, Alberta on 3
February 1949. To Los Angeles and
Buffalo, NY in October 1950. Took part
in Operation Assinaboine, 14 November 1950 (6 plane paradrop at Camp Shilo,
Manitoba). Transferred to Rivers Camp,
Manitoba in December 1950. Served with Transport Support Squadron,
CJATC. Participated in Operation
Sundog III (airborne assault on Fort Chimo, PQ, from Goose Bay), February
1952. Took part in Operation Bulldog
(air drop of Army engineers and equipment, out of Fort Nelson, BC) in
February 1954. Still active February
1968.
first date: 14 July 1943
last date: June 1970
taken on strength
Became CAF 12938 (which see)
657
Douglas
Douglas, Long Beach
Dakota
Mk.
III
9834
Ex USAAF C-47A-40-DL, serial number
42-23972. Operated by No. 164 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Moncton, 1943 to 1946.
With No. 412 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, in 1949. Medevac to Toronto in April 1949. With 413 (P) Squadron, 1950. To 435 (T) Squadron, Edmonton, on 30 March
1950, to replace KJ936.
first date: 14 July 1943
last date: June 1970
taken on strength
Became CAF 12939 (which see).
658
Douglas
Douglas, Long Beach
Dakota
Mk.III
9830
Ex USAAF C-47A-40-DL, serial number
42-23968. Operated by No. 164 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Moncton, 1943 to 1946.
Based at RCAF Station Centralia, Ontario, in November 1953, when it
searched for a missing USAF F-89 over Lake Michigan. Still active February 1968. Later to US civil register as N8563.
first date: 14 July 1943
last date: 1 april 1970
taken on strength
Struck off, later sold.
659
Douglas
Douglas, Long Beach
Dakota
Mk.
III
9833
Ex USAAF C-47A-40-DL, serial number
42-23971. Served with No. 435 (T)
Squadron. Ferried to Dorval, PQ on 18
November 1947, replaced by 976. Back
to 435 Squadron in September 1948.
Extensive corrosion in tail discovered in April 1949, repaired at
Edmonton by mobile party from No. 10 Repair Depot, Calgary. To Rockcliffe,
for Photo Wing, November 1950.
Operated on behalf of UN in Sinai from 1956 to 1967.
first date: 19 July 1943
last date: June 1970
taken on strength
Became CAF 12940
660
Douglas
Douglas, Long Beach
Dakota
Mk.
III
10239
Ex USAAF C-47A-60-DL, serial number
42-24377. Operated by No. 164 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Moncton, 1943 to 1946.
first date: 16 September
1943
last date: June 1970
taken on strength
became CAF 12941 (which see)
661
Douglas
Douglas, Long Beach
Dakota
Mk.
III / 3FP
10200
Ex USAAF C-47A-60-DL, serial number
42-24338. Operated by No. 164 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Moncton, 1943 to 1946. With Winnipeg Detachment of No. 435 (T)
Squadron by September 1946. Delivered
to No. 435 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Edmonton, Alberta on 3 February 1949.
Took part in Operation Assinaboine, 14 November 1950 (6 plane paradrop at
Camp Shilo, Manitoba). To Rockcliffe, for Photo Wing, late November
1950. When it was sold to the British
Ministry of Defence in April 1969 for use by the Royal Aircraft
Establishment, it was thought to be formerly KG661 and was given this serial;
when the error was discovered it was reserialled ZA947 in July 1979. Named
“Portpatrick Princess”.
Transferred to the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight in March
1993, now marked as KG374.
first date: 16 September
1943
last date: April 1969
taken on strength
sold, see comments
662
Douglas
Douglas, Long Beach
Dakota
Mk.
III / 3FP
10201
Ex USAAF C-47A-60-DL, serial number
42-24339. Operated by No. 164 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Moncton, 1943 to 1946.
Operated by 137 Transport Flight, from RAF Langar, UK, in support of 1
Air Division in Europe, in the 1950s.
Still active February 1968.
Reported to be with Sultan of Oman Air Force by July 1969, their
serial number 502. Later to civil
register as LN-TAV and also HK-2666 (or HK-2663?). Both these aircraft stored at Villvicencio,
c.2000.
first date: 16 September
1943
last date: c.1968 or 1969
taken on strength
Struck off and sold
663
Douglas
Douglas, Long Beach
Dakota
Mk.
III / 3FP
10202
Ex USAAF C-47A-60-DL, serial number
42-24340. Operated by No. 12 (Comm)
Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, in camouflage. With No. 435 (T) Squadron, Winnipeg
Detachment, by September 1946. Carried
Air Commodore Kerr and party on western tour that month. Medevac flight to Southhampton Island, NWT,
delivering patient to Winnipeg on 28 September 1946. Carried survey party from Rockcliffe to
Churchill, December 1946. With No. 12
(Com ) Squadron, Rockcliffe, by February 1947, when it carried US-Canadian
Joint Board of Defense from Ottawa to Winnipeg. With 412 (T) Squadron in April 1949, when
it carried the RCAF Band to Austin, Texas.
Still active February 1968. On
civil register as CF-TKX in 1976.
first date: 16 September
1943
last date: c.1968?
taken on strength
Sold, exact date not known.
664
Douglas
Douglas, Long Beach
Dakota
Mk.
III
10203
Ex USAAF C-47A-60-DL, serial number
42-24341. Operated by No. 165 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Sea Island, BC, c.1943 to 1945. Usedd for trials with wheels / ski
installation.
first date: 16 September
1943
last date: 28 February 1950
taken on strength
written off, while on skiis
665
Fairchild
Fairchild, Longueuil
Super 71P
51
Civil registration CF-AUT reserved in 1936, not
clear if ever marked. At RCAF Station
Rockcliffe for tests in 1937. Used at
Camp Borden, later at RCAF Trenton, Ont.
Was to be converted to ambulance, but not known if this was carried
out.
first date: 27 August 1936
last date: 11 April 1940
taken on strength
Struck off strength and scrapped at Trenton
666
Fairchild
Fairchild, Longueuil
Super 71P
52
Assigned to No. 7 General Purpose Detachment in
western Canada in 1937 at time of crash.
Pilot’s body found a quarter of mile from crash site, 3 days after
crash. Reason for this still
unknown. Some parts at Western Canada
Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Reported in 1970s that they would be combined with parts from a civil
Super 71 to restore one aircraft.
first date: late 1936
last date: 6 August 1937
taken on strength
Crashed at Morrison Lake, Man. 2 fatalities.
667
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
I/IA
CV 177
First Canadian built Delta. First flight also reported as 16 August
1936. Initial company tests from
Fairchild facility on St. Lawrence River.
Accepted by RCAF on 1 September 1936, on floats. Used for camera trials and initial crew
training at Rockcliffe in the fall of 1936.
Converted to partial Mk. II standards, including bomb racks, and
redesignated Mk. IA, late 1937. Fitted
with larger vertical tail c.1938 (unofficially known as Mk. III with this
tail). Operated by No. 8 (BR)
Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ont., and various stations in Nova Scotia,
1938 to 1941. Later with No. 13 (OT)
Squadron, RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC, 1941.
first date: 21 August 1936
last date: 26 April 1944
First flight from St. Lawrence River, by A. S.
Schnieder of Fairchild Aircraft.
Struck off.
668
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
I/IA
CV178
Converted to partial Mk. II standards,
including bomb racks, and redesignated Mk. IA. Operated by No. 8 (BR) Squadron, RCAF
Stations Rockcliffe, Ont., and various stations in Nova Scotia, 1938 to
1941. Operated by No. 3 (GP)
Detachment of this squadron on survey flights over Alberta and North West Territories,
May to September 1938. Became
instructional airframe.
first date: 17 October
1936
last date: Febraury 1945
Accepted by RCAF, on floats
scrapped
669
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
I/IA
CV 179
Used for photo surveys in 1937 by No. 6 (GP)
Detachment. Converted to partial Mk.
II standards, including bomb racks, and redesignated Mk. IA. With No. 8 Squadron when it moved from RCAF
Station Rockcliffe, Ont., to RCAF Station Sydney, NS, August to September
1939.
first date: 31 October
1936
last date: 26 April 1944
Accepted by RCAF, on floats
Struck off
670
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
II
CV 180
Fitted with dorsal gun in 1938 by Canadian
Vickers, used for company trials.
Operated by No. 8 (BR) Squadron, RCAF Stations Rockcliffe, Ont., and
various stations in Nova Scotia, 1937 to 1940. Later to 119 (BR) Squadron, RCAF Station
Jericho Beach, BC, in March to May 1940, for pilot training. Only aircraft assigned to this unit while
it was in BC in 1940. Operated by No.
120 (BR) Squadron from RCAF Stations Sea Island and Patricia Bay, BC, May
1940 to July 1941.
first date: November 1937
last date: 16 December 1940
Delivered to RCAF
Struck off
671
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
II
CV 181
With No. 8 (BR) Squadron, when it moved from
RCAF Rockcliffe, Ont., to RCAF Station Sydney, NS, August to September 1939.
first date: November 1937
last date: 26 April 1944
Delivered to RCAF
Struck off
672
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
II
CV 182
With No. 8 (GP) Squadron at RCAF Station
Rockcliffe, Ontario in 1937. Fitted
with dorsal gun in 1938 by Canadian Vickers, used for company trials. Turret removed by September 1939. With No. 8 (BR) Squadron, when it moved
from RCAF Rockcliffe to RCAF Station Sydney, NS, August to September 1939. Coded “YO*C”.
first date: November 1937
last date: 7 February 1942
Delivered to RCAF
Struck off
673
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
II
CV 183
Operated by No. 3 (GP) Detachment of No. 8 (P)
Squadron on survey flights over Alberta and North West Territories, May to
September 1938. No. 8 (BR) Squadron,
RCAF Rockcliffe, Ont., at outbreak of war. Ferried to war station at
Dartmouth, NS. Lost between Megantic,
PQ and Fredericton, NB on 14 September 1939.
First RCAF WW2 casuality. Wreckage
not found until July 1958, 40 miles north of Fredricton, NB. Wreckage now at National Aeronautical
Collection, considered unrestorable.
first date: November 1937
last date: 19 September 1939
Delivered to RCAF
Crashed, see comments.
674
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
II
CV 191
Operated by No. 8 (BR) Squadron, RCAF Stations
Rockcliffe, Ont., and various stations in Nova Scotia, 1937 to 1941. Flew this squadron’s first war time mission
on 12 September 1939; anti-submarine patrol from Sydney, NS.
first date: 8 October 1938
last date: 20 April 1944
taken on strength
Struck off
675
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
II
CV 192
Used by No. 1 (F) Squadron as trainer at
Vancouver 1939, as squadron converted from Siskins to Hurricanes. Operated by No. 120 (BR) Squadron from RCAF
Station Sea Island 1940 to 1941. Flew
this squadron’s first operational mission, patrol over Juan de Fuca Strait,
30 June 1940. Later with No. 12 (Comm)
Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ont.
first date: 18 October
1938
last date: 14 February 1945
taken on strength
Struck off
676
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
II
CV 193
Fitted with larger vertical tail c.1938
(unofficially known as Mk. III with this tail). No. 8 (GP) Squadron, Rockcliffe by 1938.
Flew to war station at Dartmouth NS, August – September 1939. Crashed while in Nova Scotia, date unknown,
repaired. Returned to Canadian Vickers
late 1939 for conversion to prototype Mk. III (no change in
designation?). Spinning trials by C.V.
in early 1940. Returned to No. 8
Squadron later that year. Operated by
No. 120 (BR) Squadron from RCAF Stations Sea Island and Patricia Bay, BC, May
1940 to July 1941, coded “MX*C”.
Operated on floats. Later with
No. 13 (OT) Squadron, RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC, 1941.
first date: 4 November
1938
last date: 14 February 1945
taken on strength
Struck off
677
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
II
CV 194
To No. 8 Squadron winter of 1938/39. Ferried to east coast August to September
1939. Category B damage at Sydney, NS
on 28 August 1940.
first date: 12 November
1938
last date: 14 February 1945
taken on strength
Struck off
678
Noorduyn
Norseman
Mk.
IVW
20
first date: 25 May 1938
last date: 2 August 1940
taken on strength
struck off, after Category A accident at
Grafton, Ontario on 16 May 1940
679
Noorduyn
Norseman
Mk.
IVW
21
Operated from RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario,
fall of 1938. Operated by No. 1
Wireless School, RCAF Station Winnipeg, during the war. To civil register post war, as CF-SAH.
first date: 27 June 1938
last date: 31 October 1945
taken on strength
struck off, later sold
680
Noorduyn
Norseman
Mk.
IVW
22
Used by No. 34 Service Flying Training School
at Medicine Hat, Alberta, 1941. Still
airworthy 1976 as CF-FJB.
first date: 30 June 1938
last date: 8 February 1947
taken on strength
struck off, later sold
681
Noorduyn
Norseman
Mk.
IV
23
Operated by No. 124 (Ferry) Squadron, in
1943. To civil register post war, as
CF-CRD.
first date: 23 July 1938
last date: 14 February 1946
taken on strength
struck off, later sold
682
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
II
CV 195
To No. 8 (GP) Squadron winter of 1938/39.
first date: 17 January
1939
last date: 26 October 1940
taken on strength
Struck off
683
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
II
CV 196
Built with with larger vertical tail
(unofficially known as Mk. III with this tail). Delivered to No. 120 Squadron, summer of
1940. To Western Air Command in 1941.
first date: 1 June 1940
last date: 14 February 1945
taken on strength
Struck off
684
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
II
CV 197
Built with with larger vertical tail
(unofficially known as Mk. III with this tail). Used to test this enlarged vertical fin.
Fitted with spin chute for these trials.
Delivered to No. 120 Squadron, summer of 1940. To No. 3 Training Command in 1941.
first date: 10 September
1940
last date: 20 April 1944
taken on strength
Struck off
685
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
II
CV 198
Built with with larger vertical tail
(unofficially known as Mk. III with this tail). First delivered to No. 120 (BR)
Squadron. Operated by No. 120 (BR)
Squadron from RCAF Stations Sea Island and Patricia Bay, BC, May 1940 to July
1941. Later with No. 13 (OT) Squadron,
RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC, 1941, coded “AN-P”.
first date: 24 June 1940
last date: 14 February 1945
taken on strength
Struck off
686
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
II
CV 199
Built with with larger vertical tail
(unofficially known as Mk. III with this tail). Delivered to No. 120 (BR) Squadron,
operated from RCAF Station Jericho Beach, BC in 1941, coded “MX*F”.
first date: 24 July 1940
last date: 24 October 1944
taken on strength
Struck off
687
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
II
CV 200
Built with with larger vertical tail
(unofficially known as Mk. III with this tail). Delivered to No. 120 (BR) Squadron, RCAF
Station Jericho Beach, BC.
first date: 24 July 1940
last date: 14 February 1945
taken on strength
Struck off
688
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
II
CV 201
Built with with larger vertical tail
(unofficially known as Mk. III with this tail). Delivered to No. 120 (BR) Squadron, RCAF
Station Jericho Beach, BC.
first date: 14 August 1940
last date: 16 December 1940
taken on strength
Struck off after crashing on 10 October 1940.
689
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
II
CV 202
Built with with larger vertical tail
(unofficially known as Mk. III with this tail). Delivered to No. 120 (BR) Squadron, RCAF
Station Jericho Beach, BC. With No. 8
Bombing and Gunnery School at Lethbridge, Alberta in 1941 and 1942, probably
the last operational Delta in the RCAF.
first date: 23 September
1940
last date: 11 August 1943
taken on strength
Struck off, after crashing at Lethbridge,
Alberta on 16 January 1942.
690
Northrop
Canadian Vickers
Delta
Mk.
II
CV 203
Built with with larger vertical tail (unofficially
known as Mk. III with this tail).
Delivered to No. 120 (BR) Squadron, October 1940, RCAF Station Jericho
Beach, BC. Later with No. 13 (OT)
Squadron, RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC, 1941.
first date: 28 October
1940
last date: 30 May 1942
taken on strength
Struck off
691
Noorduyn
Norseman
Mk.
IV
24
Operated by No. 1 Wireless School, RCAF Station
Winnipeg, from 1940. To civil register
post war as CF-EJB.
first date: 23 January
1940
last date: 23 July 1946
taken on strength
struck off, later sold
692
Noorduyn
Norseman
Mk.
IV
25
In Category B accident at RCAF Station Trenton,
31 May 1940. Repaired. Still airworthy 1976 as CF-CRC.
first date: 19 February
1940
last date: 11 August 1946
taken on strength
struck off, later sold
693
Noorduyn
Norseman
Mk.
IV
19
Originally delivered to Hudson Bay Air
Transport, Flin Flon, MB in February 1939.
Operated by No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School, 1941. Became CF-QAA post war. Still registered 2004 as CF-BFT, to The
Canadian Heritage Bushplane Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Claimed to be oldest Norseman on Canadian
register.
first date: 1 April 1940
last date: 14 February 1946
Impressed.
struck off, then sold, to civil register
694
Noorduyn
Norseman
IVW
5
First Mk. III built. Registered as CF-BAM on 5 September 1936,
to Noorduyn Aircraft. To McKenzie Air
Services on 17 December 1936. Converted
to Mk. IV on 26 June 1937. To Western
Air Command in 1940. Used by No. 122
(K) Squadron, RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC, 1942 or 1943 . Went to War Assets March 7, 1946 and sold
in that year to Johannesson Flying Services, Winnipeg, Manitoba as
CF-BZM. Later became CF-CRU of CP
Air. Crashed north of Red Lake, 22
November 1968. Also reported as destroyed
in mid air collision with CF-IRH at Kenora, Ontario on 25 July 1958?
first date: 10 February
1940
last date: 7 March 1946
Impressed, was CF-BAM of McKenzie Air Services
since December 1936
struck off, later sold
695
Noorduyn
Norseman
Mk. IV
2
Originally registered as CF-AZA, built as a Mk.
II in 1936. Sunk near Fort McMurray,
Alberta in 1938, while still on civil register with McKenzie Air
Service. Converted to Mk. III on 4
December 1936, and to Mk. IV on 28 April 1937. Operated by No. 6 (BR) Squadron, from RCAF
Station Alliford Bay, BC, in 1940/41.
Operated by No. 122 (K) Squadron on west coast, 1942. Category C accident at RCAF Station
Patricia Bay, BC, on 6 October 1942.
With No. 116 Squadron when it crashed near Port Alice, BC, while
returning to squadron base at RCAF Station Coal Harbour. Had been to Port Alice on RCAF business.
first date: 24 February
1940
last date: 20 July 1944
impressed, was CF-AZA
written off after crash on 4 February 1944, 4
fatalaties, see comments.
696
Noorduyn
Norseman
Mk.
IV
15
Built in 1937, first registered to United Air
Transport of Edmonton, Alberta as CF-BFR on 14 August 1937. To McKenzie Air Service of Edmonton on 18
July 1938. With No. 13 (OT) Squadron,
1940. Operated by No. 6 (BR) Squadron,
from RCAF Station Alliford Bay, BC, in 1940/41, coded “XE*Z”. Visited RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC on 26
December 1941. Operated by No. 122 (K)
Squadron on west coast, 1942. Operated
by No. 166 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Sea Island, 1943/1945. Back to civil register after war, as CF-CRT
on 3 October 1946.
first date: 24 February
1940
last date: 8 May 1946
impressed, had been CF-BFR
struck off, later sold
697
Noorduyn
Norseman
Mk.
IV
8
First registered 26 January 1937 to General
Airways Ltd. of Toronto. To McKenzie
Air Services on 18 July 1938. Assigned
to RCAF Station Vancouver on February 24, 1940. Operated by No. 6 (BR) Squadron, from RCAF
Station Alliford Bay, BC, in 1940/41.
Operated by No. 122 (K) Squadron on west coast, 1942. Served with Western Air Command until
1946. Sold to Canadian Pacific
Airlines and registered as CF-CRU on March 7, 1947.
first date: 24 February
1940
last date: 8 May 1946
Impressed, had been CF-BAN.
Transferred to War Assets, later sold.
698
Noorduyn
Norseman
Mk.
IV
26
Category B accident at Calgary, Alberta, on 8
March 1941.
first date: 22 May 1940
last date: 1 March 1946
taken on strength
Struck off
699
Fairchild
F-24H
Argus
693
With No. 12 (Comm) Squadron at RCAF Station
Rockcliffe, Ontario in 1941.
first date: 31 December
1940
last date: 21 December 1942
Taken on charge
Struck off
700
Westland
built in UK
Lysander
Mk.
II
Ex RAF R2047.
To Western Air Command in 1942.
To civil register post war as CF-GFJ. Used for crop spraying by
Westland Spraying Service, Alberta. Converted by NW Industries, Edmonton,
Alta.
first date: 18 April 1942
last date: 1 July 1946
Taken on charge
Struck off
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Created 15 January 2005. Updated 23 December 2005.