RCN Trackers 1500 to 1550
Canadian Military Aircraft
Serial Numbers
Royal Canadian Navy
CS2F Tracker detailed list – part 1
Photograph courtesy of the Canada Aviaiton Museum, Ottawa
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Designer
Manufacturer
basic designation
variant or model
name
company designation
company number
1500
Grumman
?
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
Marking applied to early test aircraft. Probably US built. Probably remarked from 500X, possibly ex
USN 136519. Some sources say this
aircraft became 1501, some say it was returned to USN as 136519.
1501
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
Assembled with components supplied by
Grumman (also reported as delivered
complete, then disassembled at de Havilland Canada, may have been USN BuAer
number 136519). Also marked X500
during trials? Taken on strength 18
December 1955. Serial number 1501
assigned by October 1956. Used for
production jig verification, and for tests at de Havilland Canada,
Downsview, and at the National Aeronautical Establishment at RCAF Station
Uplands. Taken on strength at VX 10 18
December 1955, again 27 September 1956 to 8 January 1957. Used as prototype for CS2F-2. To the Naval Air
Maintenance School
as instructional airframe A706 on 29 January 19 57, and 29 March 1968. Now preserved at Shearwater Aviation
Museum.
first date: 13 December
1954
last date: 17 January 1972
Delivered to RCN, marked X-500
Struck off, to Shearwater Aviation
Museum.
1502
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC01
To Royal Netherlands Navy, their number 180, on
30 March 1961. Operated by Dutch until
1971, then used for fire department training, then scrapped.
first date: 12 October
1956
last date: 17 November 1960
First flight
Struck off.
1503
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC02
First Canadian built Tracker to fly. To Royal Netherlands Navy, their number
181, on 18 September 1961. Operated by
Holland until
1968, then scrapped.
first date: 31 May 1956
last date: 17 November 1960
First flight at Downsview, by company pilots
George Neal and Tony Verrico.
Struck off.
1504
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC03
To Royal Netherlands Navy, their number 182, on
18 September 1961. Operated by Holland until 1971.
first date:
last date: 17 November 1960
Struck off.
1505
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC04
To Royal Netherlands Navy, their number 183, on
18 September 1961. Operated by Holland until 1971,
scrapped by 1979.
first date:
last date: 17 November 1960
Struck off.
1506
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC05
To Royal Netherlands Navy, their number 184, on
10 April 1961. Operated by Dutch Navy
until 1970. Passed to Fokker Technical School.
Awaiting restoration in 1997.
first date:
last date: 17 November 1960
Struck off.
1507
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC06
Became instructional airframe 742B. Preserved, now displayed at Camp Borden, Ontario.
first date:
last date: 30 March 1982
Struck off
1508
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC07
Operated by VS881 when it crashed on 18 October
1957, during operations from HMCS Bonaventure.
first date:
last date: November 1957
Written off
1509
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC08
To Royal Netherlands Navy, their number 185, on
18 September 1961.
first date:
last date: 17 November 1960
Struck off
1510
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC09
With VU 32 when it was ditched in the South Atlantic on 14 April 1960.
first date:
last date: 5 May 1960
Written off.
1511
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC10
To Royal Netherlands Navy, their number 186, on
6 December 1960. Operated in Holland until 1971,
later scrapped.
first date:
last date: 17 November 1960
Struck off.
1512
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC11
To Royal Netherlands Navy, their number 187, on
6 December 1960. Operated in Holland until 1970,
later scrapped.
first date: 1959
last date: 17 November 1960
First flight.
Struck off.
1513
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC12
To Royal Netherlands Navy, their number 188, on
18 September 1961. Operated by Holland until
1969. Reported on US register, as
N8195.
first date:
last date: 17 November 1960
Struck off.
1514
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC13
To Royal Netherlands Navy, their number 189, on
6 December 1960. Operated by Holland until
1969. Reported on US register, as
N8195.
first date:
last date: 17 November 1960
Struck off.
1515
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC14
To Royal Netherlands Navy, their number 190, on
18 September 1961. Operated in Holland until
1969. Passed to KLM technical school,
still there 1999.
first date:
last date: 17 November 1960
Struck off.
1516
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC15
To Royal Netherlands Navy, their number 191, on
30 March 1960. Operated by Holland until 1968,
later scrapped.
first date:
last date: 17 November 1960
Struck off.
1517
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC16
With VS880 when it crashed in January 1960.
first date:
last date: September 1960
Written off.
1518
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC17
To Royal Netherlands Navy, their number 192, on
30 March 1961. Operated by Holland until 1970,
later scrapped.
first date:
last date: 17 November 1960
Struck off.
1519
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC18
With VS880 when it was written off during
simulated deck landings in August or September 1959, no fatalities.
first date:
last date: 4 November 1959
Struck off.
1520
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC19
In storage at CFB Saskatoon, Sask., in 1976,
still with RCN serial number. To civil
register. With Field Aviation in 1977 as C-GWUP. With Conair by May 1982 as
C-GWUP. Later converted to Firecat,
coded 568. Re-registered as Conair
Firecat, serial number 12, on 24 September 1991. Still operational 1993 and 1997. Latest Certificate of Registration issued
on 2 April 2002.
first date:
last date: 12 November 1970
Struck off, placed in storage.
1521
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC20
Became instructional airframe A725. CAF serial number reported on Dutch web
site, not confirmed. Struck off on 17
July 1974.
first date:
last date: June 1970
To CAF serial number 12121.
1522
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC21
To Royal Netherlands Navy, their number 193, on
6 December 1960. Operated by Holland until 1970. Some parts to Delft University
after scrapping (as training aids?).
first date:
last date: 17 November 1960
Struck off.
1523
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC22
To Royal Netherlands Navy, their number 194, on
6 December 1960. Operated by Holland until 1970,
later scrapped.
first date:
last date: 17 November 1960
Struck off.
1524
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC23
To Royal Netherlands Navy, their number 195, on
10 April 1961. Operated by Holland until written off after crash in Aruba, 26 August 1966.
first date:
last date: 17 November 1960
Struck off.
1525
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC24
Not clear if CAF serial marked before being
struck off on 12 November 1970.
Operated by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources as CF-IOF, later
CF-OPY (from 28 September 1978), coded “58”. To Conair for conversion to Firecat, registered
as C-FOPY.
first date:
last date: June 1970
To CAF serial number 12125
1526
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC25
To Royal Netherlands Navy, their number 196, on
18 September 1961. Operated by Dutch
until 1968, then scrapped.
first date:
last date: 17 November 1960
Struck off.
1527
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC26
With VS 880 when it crashed on 2 April
1959. Also reported as on civil
register with Conair, see CAF 12127 for details.
first date:
last date: 24 April 1959
Struck off
1528
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC27
CAF serial number reported by Dutch web site,
not confirmed. Became instructional
airframe 726C.
first date:
last date: June 1970
To CAF serial number 12128
1529
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC28
CAF serial number reported by Dutch web site,
not confirmed. Also reported as
crashed on 12 December 1959, struck off on 4 January 1960.
first date:
last date: June 1970
To CAF serial number 12129
1530
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC29
No record of CAF serial being marked before
sale. By 1972 with Ontario Ministry of
Natural Resources as CF-OPT, reported as being used for spares. In 1980 with Conair as C-GMXY.
In July 1982 converted to
Firecat, coded “T-3”.
Registration cancelled 1982. 16
July 1982, delivered to France
as F-WZLP, by 1984 F-ZBAT, coded
“T3”, with Securite Civile.
Written off in Corsica 24 September
1990, I fatality.
first date:
last date: 12 November 1970
Struck off
1531
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC30
CAF serial number reported by Dutch web site,
not clear if CAF serial ever marked.
See CAF 12131 for further history.
first date:
last date: June 1970
CAF serial number 12131 reserved.
1532
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC31
Not clear if CAF serial ever marked. By 1972 with Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources as CF-OPX, coded “57”.
Still registered to them in 1976.
In 1980 to Conair as C-FOPX. Converted to Firecat #565 in March
1981. Written off on 27 July 1988 at Ymir, BC.
first date:
last date: June 1970
CAF serial number 12132 reserved.
1533
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC32
CAF serial number reported by Dutch web site,
not clear if it was ever marked. See
12133 for subsequent history.
first date:
last date: June 1970
To CAF 12133.
1534
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC33
Converted to COD configuration 1964, for use
with VU-32. In storage at CFB
Saskatoon, Sask., in 1976, still with RCN serial number. To civil register as C-GWTX
first date:
last date: June 1970
To CAF as 12134.
1535
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC34
No record of CAF serial being applied. By 1972 to Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources as CF-OPV, coded
“55”. Still registered to
them in 1976. In 1980 to Conair
as C-FOPV. In April 1981 converted to Firecat, coded
“566”. Registration as
CS2F-1 cancelled 24 September 1991.
Re-registered as Conair Firecat, serial number 6, the same day. Last Certificate of Registration issued on
2 April 2002. Stored outside at
Abbottsford, partially disassembled, 2004.
first date:
last date: 12 November 1970
Struck off, later sold
1536
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC35
In storage at CFB Saskatoon, Sask., in 1976,
still with RCN serial number. No
record of CAF serial being applied. By
1975 to Conair as C-GHQY. Converted
April 1979 to Firecat, coded “560”.
Written off at McBride
BC, 15 September 1986, one
fatality.
1537
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC36
No record of CAF serial being applied. By 1975 to Conair as C-GHQZ. April 1978 converted to Firecat #561. Written off Castlegar BC,
25 July 1978.
1538
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC37
To civil register as C-GWHK. See CAF 12138 for subsequent history.
first date:
last date: June 1970
To CAF as 12138.
1539
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC38
No report if CAF serial number applied before
being struck off. By 1972 to Ontario
Ministry of Natural Resources as CF-OPU, coded “54”. Still registered to them in 1976. By 1980 to Conair as C-FOPU. Converted April 1981 to Firecat, coded
“564”. Registration as
CS2F-1 cancelled 24 September 1991.
Re-registered as Conair Firecat, serial number 7, the same day. Last Certificate of Registration issued on
2 April 2002.
first date:
last date: 12 November 1970
Struck off
1540
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC39
Converted to COD configuration January 1965,
for use by VU-32. Visited Portsmouth, UK, from HMCS Bonaventure, in
October 1968.
first date:
last date: June 1970
To CAF as 12140 (which see).
1541
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC40
first date:
last date: June 1970
To CAF as 12141 (which see).
1542
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC41
With VS 880 when it crashed in March 1959.
first date:
last date: 26 March 1959
Struck off, see comments.
1543
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-1
Tracker
DHC42
With VU 32 when it crashed on 3 February 1968,
4 fatalities.
first date:
last date: 22 May 1968
Struck off after crash, see comments.
1544
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-2
/ -3
Tracker
DHC43
Converted to CS2F-3.
first date:
last date: June 1970
To CAF as 12144.
1545
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-2
Tracker
DHC44
At CFB Borden,
Ontario, as instructional
airframe, 1988, still with RCN serial number.
first date:
last date: June 1970
To CAF as 12145.
1546
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-2
/ -3
Tracker
DHC45
Converted to CS2F-3. In storage at CFB Saskatoon, Sask., in
1976, still with RCN serial number.
first date:
last date: June 1970
To CAF as 12146 (which see).
1547
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-2
/ -3
Tracker
DHC46
Converted to CS2F-3.
first date:
last date: June 1970
To CAF as 12147.
1548
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-2
/ -3
Tracker
DHC47
Converted to CS2F-3.
first date:
last date: June 1970
To CAF as 12148.
1549
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-2
Tracker
DHC48
first date:
last date: June 1970
To CAF as 12149.
1550
Grumman
de Havilland Canada
CS2F
CS2F-2
/ -3
Tracker
DHC49
Converted to CS2F-3.
first date:
last date: June 1970
To CAF as 12150.
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