Canadian Military Aircraft Instructional Airframes A100 to A199 Detailed List

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	Designer	Manufacturer	basic designation	variant or model	name
	company designation	company number
A100	North American		Harvard	I
	first date: 23 September 1940 - Taken on strength
	Had been RAF instructional airframe 2123M, formerly N7070. No previous RCAF history. Received from UK Air Ministry. Taken on strength at the Technical Training School at St. Thomas, Ontario.
	last date: 14 February 1945 - Written off at St. Thomas
A101	Airspeed		Oxford
	first date: 23 September 1940 - Taken on strength
	RCAF records report this aircraft as ex RAF instructional airframe 2112M, but this was actually a Westland Wallace. Most likely RAF 2122M, former RAF L4609, which became an instructional airframe after crashing in the UK on 16 July 1940. No previous RCAF history. Received from UK Air Ministry. Used at Technical Training School at St. Thomas, Ontario. Scrapped there.
	last date: 20 February 1942 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce
A102	North American		Harvard	I
	first date: 23 September 1940 - Taken on strength
	Had been RAF N7028. No previous RCAF history. Received from UK Air Ministry. Used by No. 1 training command, at the AID Inspector School at Malton, Ontario. To No. 6 Repair Depot on 2 June 1944 for scrapping.
	last date: 24 October 1944 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce
A103	Avro		Anson	I
	first date: 18 November 1940 - Taken on strength by No. 3 Training Command
	Had been RAF K6154. No previous RCAF history. Received from UK Air Ministry, where it had been instructional airframe 2025M. Initially used at the Aeronautical Engineering School at Montreal. To No. 1 Training Command on 1 July 1943, for use at the AID Inspector School at Malton, Ontario. Scrapped at Malton, some parts retained as instructional aids.
	last date: 15 February 1944 - Struck off
A104	Fairey		Battle	I
	first date: 23 September 1940 - Taken on strength by No. 3 Training Command
	Had been RAF instructional airframe 2143M, formerly P2270. No previous RCAF history. Received from UK Air Ministry. Received at the Aeronautical Engineering School at Montreal in August 1940. To No. 9 Repair Depot on 1 August 1944 for scrapping.
	last date: 6 September 1944 - Struck off
A105	de Havilland		D.H.60
		DHC110
	first date: 2 September 1940 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Formerly RCAF 154 (which see), then CF-CCD.
A106	de Havilland		D.H.60
		DHC111
	first date: 2 September 1940 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Formerly RCAF 155 (which see), then CF-CFU.
A107	de Havilland		D.H.60
		721
	first date: 11 October 1940 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Formerly RCAF 72 (which see), then CF-CFS.
A108	de Havilland		D.H.60
		724
	first date: 11 October 1940 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Formerly RCAF 75 (which see), then CF-CFZ.
A109	de Havilland		D.H.60
		714
	first date: 11 October 1940 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Formerly RCAF 64 (which see), then CF-CFX.
A110	de Havilland		D.H.60
		DHC104
	first date: 11 October 1940 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Formerly RCAF 160 (which see), then CF-CFO.
A111	de Havilland		D.H.60
		719
	first date: 11 October 1940 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Formerly RCAF 70 (which see), then CF-CFM.
A112	de Havilland		D.H.60
		DHC102
	first date: 11 October 1940 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Formerly RCAF 158 (which see), then CF-CFV.
A113	de Havilland		D.H.60
		DHC101
	first date: 19 October 1940 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	Had been RCAF 117, disposed of in 1937. Was CF-CCY, donated by Department of Transport. Taken on strength at No. 4 Service Flying Training School at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Free issue to the Youth Training Centre at Medicine Hat, Alberta on 18 December 1941. Back to the RCAF on 28 July 1944, on the books of No. 4 Training Command, for storage with No. 402 Holding Unit on 28 July 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still in storage. Later stored at No. 3 Satellite Equipment Holding Unit. Pending disposal from 26 September 1945
	last date: 19 September 1947 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation
A114	de Havilland		D.H.60
		779
	first date: 11 November 1940 - Taken on strength by No. 1 Training Command at Brantford
	No previous RCAF history. Had been CF-ADA. Donated by P. White of Rouyn, PQ. Free issue to the Galt Aircraft School on 10 January 1942, rejected by this School because it was not a complete airframe. Free issue to No. 8 Air Cadet Squadron at Woodstock, Ontario on 16 June 1942, apparently rejected there as well. Scrapped at No. 5 Service Flying Training School at Brantford, Ontario.
	last date: 10 June 1942 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce
A115	Avro		Anson	I
	first date: 14 November 1940 - Taken on strength by No. 1 Training Command at Toronto
	No previous RCAF history. Had been RAF K6244, then RAF Instructional Airframe 2175M. First assigned to Technical Training School at St. Thomas, Ontario. To No. 6 Repair Depot on 20 January 1943. No. 6 Repair Depot asked to report on this aircraft on 20 July 1943.
	last date: 2 September 1943 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce
A116	Avro		Anson	I
	first date: 14 November 1940 - Taken on strength by No. 3 Training Command at Montreal
	No previous RCAF history. Had been RAF K6156, then RAF Instructional Airframe 2142M. Fuselage and engines only received in Canada. Engines assigned to storage at No. 12 (E) Depot. To No. 1 Training Command on 22 November 1940, probably for use at St. Thomas. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 January 1945. Pending disposal from 24 March 1945. Stored by No. 4 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit.
	last date: 3 July 1947 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation
A117	de Havilland		D.H.60	D.H.60GM
		DHC101
	first date: 30 November 1940 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Former RCAF 157 (which see), then to civil register as CF-CGA.
A118	de Havilland		D.H.60	D.H.60GM
		DHC117
	first date: 10 November 1940 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Former RCAF 167 (which see).
A119	de Havilland		D.H.60	D.H.60GM
		715
	first date: 4 December 1940 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Former RCAF 65, then to civil register as CF-CFN.
A120	de Havilland		D.H.60	D.H.60GM
		DHC133
	first date: 9 December 1940 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Originally CF-AVF, before sale to RCAF. Former RCAF 223 (which see). Briefly CF-CGB, when loaned to Winnipeg Flying Club in in 1939 and 1940.
A121	de Havilland		D.H.60	D.H.60GM
		DHC116
	first date: 12 December 1940 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Former RCAF 166, then to civil register as CF-CFP.
A122	de Havilland		D.H.60	D.H.60GM
		DHC115
	first date: 12 December 1940 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Former RCAF 165, then to civil register as CF-CFY.
A123	de Havilland		D.H.60	D.H.60GM
		716
	first date: 14 December 1940 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Former RCAF 67, then to civil register as CF-CFR.
A124	de Havilland		D.H.60	D.H.60GM
		788
	first date: 14 December 1940 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Former RCAF 120. Had been CF-CFW while on loan to Flying Clubs in 1940. Returned to civil register for use by Patterson & Hill Aircraft in training BCATP elementary flying instructors. Later renumbered as A136.
	last date: 18 January 1941 - Back to civil register
A125	Fairey		Battle	I
	first date: 13 January 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 1 Training Command
	No previous RCAF history. Ex RAF P6603. Received from the UK Air Ministry. Used at the Technical Training School at St. Thomas, Ontario.
	last date: 14 February 1945 - Struck off, scrapped at St. Thomas
A126	North American		Yale
		64-3038
	first date: 22 February 1941 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Former RCAF 3410 (which see).
A127	Fleet		Finch	II
	first date: 22 February 1941 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Former RCAF 4565 (which see).
A128	de Havilland		D.H.60	D.H.60X
		1309
	first date: 8 March 1941 - Taken on strength (again) by No. 3 Training Command
	Was with Air Board as C-GYWY (which see) from 1929, then to RCAF as 212 (which see). To civil register as CF-CCX in 1937, registered to Department of Transport. Donated by DOT to RCAF. Taken on strength at No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School at Stanley, NS. Classified as Instructional Airframe on 11 March 1941. Free issue to the Edmunston High School on 8 November 1941. Reported as "spares and produce" on 22 May 1944. Back to RCAF at No. 4 Repair Depot on 5 July 1944.
	last date: 14 September 1944 - Struck off, having been previously reduced to spares and produce
A129	Avro		Avian
		65250
	first date: 22 March 1941 - Taken on strength
	Ex CF-CFH, which had been registered to the Department of National Defence in 1937 for use at the Brandon Flying Club. Received from Department of Transport. Used as Instructional Airframe at No. 19 Elementary Flying Training School at Virden, Manitoba.
	last date: 17 May 1945 - Struck off strength
A130	Hawker		Tomtit
	first date: 14 April 1941 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Ex RCAF 139 (which see).
A131	Hawker		Tomtit
	first date: 14 April 1941 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Ex RCAF 140 (which see).
A132	Fairchild		51
	first date: 1 May 1941 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Ex RCAF 31, later 628 (which see).
A133	Fairey		Battle	I
	first date: 19 May 1941 - Taken on strength
	No previous RCAF history. Received from UK Air Ministry, had been RAF L3127.
	last date: 21 January 1944 - Struck off strength
A134	Avro		Anson	I
	first date: 23 June 1941 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Was RCAF 6094 (which see).
A135	de Havilland		Fox Moth
		4094
	first date: 11 September 1941 - Taken on strength by Eastern Air Command
	Received from UK Air Ministry. Had been on Newfoundland register as VO-ADE from 1934. Had been operated by Imperial Airways on behalf of the Newfoundland Government Air Service, was the first aircraft to land at the present location of Gander airport on 11 January 1938. Returned to flying status with Eastern Air Command on 31 July 1942. Loaned to RAF Ferry Command on 1 August 1942, operated by No. 45 Group. Damaged beyond repair at Gander Bay on 22 February 1944.
	last date: 24 October 1945 - Struck off strength, transferred to Government of Newfoundland
A136	de Havilland		D.H.60	D.H.60M
	first date: 2 August 1941 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 120 (which see), on civil register as CF-CFW, and Instructional Airframe A 124 (which see). Returned to Department of National Defence when Patterson and Hill training contract was terminated. Received at No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School at Oshawa, Ontario. Free issue to No. 10 Air Cadet Squadron at Timmins, Ontario. Still there in 1949. A Record Card entry dated 23 December 1961 states that the Air Cadets reported the aircraft had been returned to RCAF Station North Bay 10 years earlier. Exact fate unclear.
A137	Airspeed		Oxford
	first date: 5 August 1941 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1505 (which see).
A138	Avro		Anson	I
	first date: 24 September 1941 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF R9715 (which see).
A139	Fairchild		71
	first date: 9 August 1941 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 632 (which see).
A140	North American		Harvard	I
	first date: 11 October 1941 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1329 (which see).
A141	Fairey		Battle	I
	first date: 20 October 1941 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF P6730 (which see).
A142	Northrop	Canadian Vickers	Delta	II
		CV 197
	first date: 4 December 1941 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 684 (which see).
A143	Northrop	Canadian Vickers	Delta	II
		CV 177
	first date: 6 January 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 667 (which see).
A144	Northrop	Canadian Vickers	Delta	II
		CV 178
	first date: 6 January 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 668 (which see).
A145	Northrop	Canadian Vickers	Delta	II
		CV 179
	first date: 6 January 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 669 (which see).
A146	Northrop	Canadian Vickers	Delta	II
		CV 181
	first date: 6 January 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 671 (which see).
A147	Northrop	Canadian Vickers	Delta	II
		CV 191
	first date: 6 January 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 674 (which see).
A148	Northrop	Canadian Vickers	Delta	II
		CV 194
	first date: 6 January 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 677 (which see).
A149	Northrop	Canadian Vickers	Delta	II
		CV 198
	first date: 6 January 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 685 (which see).
A150	Northrop	Canadian Vickers	Delta	II
		CV 199
	first date: 6 January 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 686 (which see).
A151	Northrop	Canadian Vickers	Delta	II
		CV 200
	first date: 6 January 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 687 (which see).
A152	North American		Harvard	I
	first date: 7 January 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1350 (which see).
A153	North American		Harvard	II
	first date: 7 January 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 3124 (which see).
A154	Fairey		Battle	I
	first date: 2 February 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF L5292 (which see).
A155	Fairey		Battle	I
	first date: 2 February 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1717 (which see).
A156	Northrop	Canadian Vickers	Delta	II
		CV 196
	first date: 2 February 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 683 (which see).
A157	Northrop	Canadian Vickers	Delta	II
		CV 193
	first date: 24 March 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 676 (which see).
A158	Northrop	Canadian Vickers	Delta	II
		CV 192
	first date: 2 April 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 675 (which see).
A159	de Havilland		Tiger Moth
	first date: 16 July 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1240 (which see).
A160	Fairey		Battle	I
	first date: 18 July 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 2017 (which see).
A161	Fairey		Battle	I
	first date: 18 July 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1945 (which see).
A162	Fairey		Battle	I
	first date: 18 July 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1719 (which see).
A163	Fairey		Battle	I
	first date: 18 July 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF L5573 (which see).
A164	Fairey		Battle	I
	first date: 18 July 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF R4046 (which see).
A165	Fairey		Battle	I
	first date: 18 July 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF R4041 (which see).
A166	Supermarine	Supermarine, Castle Bromwich	Spitfire	IIB
		711
	first date: 7 May 1942 - Taken on strength at Rockcliffe
	Ex RAF P8332. No previous RCAF history. Received from UK Air Ministry. Transported on board the MV Manchester Escort, April 1942. Used by No. 1 Training Command at Mountain View, Ontario. Toured frequently during the war, on static display at War Bond drives. Static display at several RCAF facilities up to 1964. Later transferred to National Aeronautical Collection at Rockcliffe. Restored to war time RAF markings by No. 6 Repair Depot at Trenton in 1966. On the books of the Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa in 1983 to 1986. Refurbished to flyable condition in 1989, using a US built Packard Merlin 29, salvaged from a Canadian built Hurricane. Loaned to Canadian War Museum in 1990, still there, partially disassembled but on display, in 2011. May still belong to Department of Defence.
A167	North American		Harvard	I
	first date: 23 October 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1321 (which see).
A168	North American		Harvard	I
	first date: 23 October 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1322 (which see).
A169	North American		Harvard	I
	first date: 23 October 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1324 (which see).
A170	North American		Harvard	I
	first date: 23 October 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1328 (which see).
A171	North American		Harvard	I
	Reserved for a Harvard, but no record this number was actually used.
A172	North American		Harvard	I
	first date: 23 October 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1333 (which see).
A173	North American		Harvard	I
	first date: 23 October 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1335 (which see).
A174	North American		Harvard	I
	first date: 23 October 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1337 (which see).
A175	North American		Harvard	I
	first date: 11 June 1943 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1338 (which see).
A176	North American		Harvard	I
	first date: 23 October 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1342 (which see).
A177	North American		Harvard	I
	first date: 23 October 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1348 (which see).
A178	North American		Harvard	I
	first date: 23 October 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1349 (which see).
A179	North American		Harvard	I
	first date: 23 October 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 3560 (which see).
A180	North American		Harvard	I
	first date: 3 August 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 1326 (which see).
A181	Lockheed		Hudson	III
	first date: 5 August 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF BW708 (which see).
A182	Fleet		Fort
	first date: 20 August 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 3540 (which see). First prototype Fort.
A183	Handley Page		Hampden
	first date: 27 August 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF AN143 (which see).
A184	Bristol		Bolingbroke	I
	first date: 4 September 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 707 (which see).
A185	Fairey		Battle	I
	first date: 25 September 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF L5505 (which see).
A186	Fairey		Battle	I
	first date: 25 September 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF L5063 (which see).
A187	Fairey		Battle	I
	first date: 25 September 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF L4973 (which see).
A188	Bristol		Bolingbroke	IV
	first date: 10 November 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 9081 (which see).
A189	Fleet		Finch	II
	first date: 14 October 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 4736 (which see).
A190	Lockheed		Hudson	V
	first date: 5 November 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF AM905 (which see).
A191	North American		Harvard	II
	first date: 20 November 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 2964 (which see).
A192	Fleet		Fawn	II
	first date: 2 December 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 213 (which see).
A193	Fleet		Fawn	II
	first date: 2 December 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 215 (which see).
A194	Fleet		Fawn	II
	first date: 2 December 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 216 (which see).
A195	Fleet		Fawn	II
	first date: 2 December 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 220 (which see).
A196	Fleet		Fawn	II
	first date: 2 December 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 262 (which see).
A197	Fleet		Fawn	II
	first date: 2 December 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 263 (which see).
A198	Fleet		Fawn	II
	first date: 2 December 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 264 (which see).
A199	Fleet		Fawn	II
	first date: 2 December 1942 - Classified as an Instructional Airframe
	Had been RCAF 265 (which see).

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