RAF owned, RCAF operated, R1000 to V9999

RAF Type C1 roundel

Canadian Military Aircraft
Serial Numbers
RAF Owned, RCAF Operated
Serial Numbers R1000 to V9999

Brief List

RAF Type B roundel

		Designer	Manufacturer	basic designation	variant or model	name	comments
R	1605	Vickers	Vickers, Chester	Wellington	Mk. IC		Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, as a Mk. IC. Later converted to Mk. XVI.
R	1961	Miles		Magister			Used by No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF as squadron hack from 7 September 1944.
R	2274	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF / V		With No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF. Converted to Mk. V after delivery.
R	2276	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		With No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
R	2283	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF in 1941.
R	2331	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF in 1941.
R	2336	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF in 1941. Scored this unit's first kill - a Ju 88 over Bedlington on the night of 1/2 September 1941, flown by F/O R. C. Fumerton and Sgt. L. P. S. Bing. Operating out of Acklington, Northumberland, several days before the squadron was declared operational.
R	2338	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF in 1941.
R	2386	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF in 1941.
R	2402	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF in 1941.
R	2404	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF in 1941. Crashed on landing one engine on 8 December 1941 at Acklington, UK. Pilot retracted undercarriage to stop aircraft after it overran the landing, damaged beyond repair.
R	2461	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF in 1941.
R	2466	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF in 1941.
R	2473	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		With No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF, at RAF Acklington, UK. The aircraft spun on approach to landing on 14 September 1941 after a training exercise. Crash sight reported as "Carruther's Farm", disintegrated upon impact. F/O Hugh John Findlay and Wireless Op/Air Gunner Sergeant Edwin Karl Vickers killed. Post war research suggests crash site was actually on estate called Eshott Park, now known as Eshott Birnie farm.
R	2478	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF in 1941.
R	2479	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF in 1941.
R	4171	Hawker	Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth	Hurricane	Mk. I		Operated by No. 1 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from Northolt, Middlesex, UK. Coded "YO*L". One of ten aircraft that took part in the squadron's first engagement of the Battle of Britain, on 26 August 1940. Shot down 5 days later while attacking Do 17's, pilot baled out unhurt near West Malling.
R	6079	Airspeed		Oxford	I		Used by No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF as squadron hack from 15 August 1943 to 22 August 1944.
R	6611	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. I		Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 27 May 1941. Coded "KH*T". Category C damage in a flying accident on 2 July 1941, still with this unit.
R	6890	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. I / V		Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 12 September 1941. Coded "KH*H". Category AC damage in a flying accident on 13 March 1942, still with this unit, repaired on site. Later converted to Mk. V. Used by No. 444 Squadron, RCAF, as a Mk. V, from 27 February 1944.
R	6897	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. I / V		Delivered to 6 MU on 7 July 1940, fitted with cannon wing. Converted to Mk. V on 23 February 1941. Served with No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 20 November 1942, coded "DB*Z". Still with this unit on 28 January 1943, when it was destroyed in mid-air with AB847, over Alby, Lincolnshire.
R	6984	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. I		Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 28 May to August 1941. Coded "KH*F".
R	7058	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. I		Named "R.J. Mitchell". Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 28 May to July 1941. Coded "KH*O".
R	7064	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. IA		Named "Mercury". Reported with No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, summer of 1941, by several sources, but not confirmed by RAF movement card.
R	7065	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. I		Named "Chelmsford". Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 10 June to August 1941. Coded "KH*X".
R	7066	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. I		Named "Galleywood". Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 10 June 1941. Coded "KH*G".
R	7068	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. I		Named "Worthing". Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 10 June 1941. Coded "KH*G".
R	7126	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. I / V		Named "Villae de Poole". With No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, as a Mk. V, from 22 June 1941.
R	7127	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. IA / Va		Named "Turris Jehova Fortissimo". Served with No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 7 July 1941. Later converted to Mk. Va.
R	7129	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. I		Named "Secundus du Busque Rectus". Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 28 May 1941. Coded "KH*A".
R	7140	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. I		Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 28 May 1941. Coded "KH*D". Category B damage in a flying accident on 3 June 1941, still with this unit.
R	7150	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. I		With No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 28 May to August 1941.
R	7158	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. I / Vb		Named "Cheshire". Converted to Mk. Vb on 15 April 1941. With No. 402 Squadron, RCAF, from 14 March to May 1942. With No. 416 (F) Squadron, RCAF on 22 May 1943, then to No. 421 (F) Squadron, RCAF, on 23 May 1943.
R	7159	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. IA		Named "Kamba Meru". Served with No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 23 June 1941.
R	7162	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. IA		Named "Toby". Served with No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 22 June 1941. Category B damage in a flying accident on 21 July 1941, still with this unit.
R	7194	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. I / Va		Named "Bristol Civil Defence". Converted to Mk. Va mid 1941. With No. 421 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 24 May 1942.
R	7198	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. I / PR.IV		Named "Sherwood Forester". With No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 7 July 1941. Later converted to PR.IV.
R	7220	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. Vb		Named "Bournemouth II". Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 4 August 1941. Coded "KH*F". Category B damage, on operations, on 26 October 1941. Aircraft later passed to USAAF, and to French AF post war.
R	7224	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk.Vb		With No. 416 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 31 May 1942. Category B damage in a flying accident on 3 June 1942, sent to SAL for repairs.
R	7235	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. VB or C		Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, mid 1941. Coded "KH*C".
R	7251	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. Ia		To No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 22 June 1941. Category B damage in a flying accident on 3 July 1941, sent to Westlands for repairs.
R	7252	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. Ia		With No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 22 June 1941.
R	7256	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. Va		With No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 4 August 1941.
R	7260	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. VB or C		Named "Bristol Air Raid Warden". Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 4 August 1941. Coded "KH*R". Crashed into the sea on 19 August 1941, off Dover, after successful combat with Bf 109s of JG26 during Circus 81. Pilot P/O N.R.D. Dick rescued.
R	7265	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. V		Named "Grimsby I". To No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF on 23 August 1942. Category E damage in a flying accident on 24 September 1942. Had 179:00 airframe time when struck off. F/Sgt. K.E. Root killed.
R	7266	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. VB or C		Named "Jamshed Pur Gulmari II". Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 4 August 1941. Coded "KH*J". Failed to return from evening mission on 9 August 1941. Pilot P/O D.M. Waldon killed.
R	7273	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. VB or C		Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, mid 1941. Coded "KH*L". Reported in Kostenuk and Griffin, not confirmed by RAF movement card.
R	7279	Supermarine		Spitfire	Mk. VB or C		Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 4 August 1941. Coded "KH*S". Failed to return from Circus 84 on 21 August 1941, lost in combat off Dunkirk. Sgt. C.E. McDonald taken prisoner. Had 118:55 airframe time when lost.
R	7301	Supermarine		Spitfire			With No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 25 August 1941.
R	7308	Supermarine		Spitfire			Reported converted to PR.VII in 1942, also reported with No. 400 (F) Squadron, RCAF in 1943. This may be a typo.
R	7335	Supermarine		Spitfire			Named "The Kirby II". With No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 27 November 1941 to December 1941. Later converted to PR.VII, then PR.XIII, before being struck off in 1944.
R	7336	Supermarine		Spitfire			Named "Hominis Vis". To No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF on 7 January 1942. Assigned to close escort on Circus 112, on 8 March 1942. Category B damage on operations 2 May 1942, repaired on site. Had left this unit by August 1942. Destroyed in mid-air with Martlet FN266 on 27 January 1943
R	7342	Supermarine		Spitfire			To No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, on 4 August 1941. Coded "KH*K". Failed to return from Circus 81 (or 83?) on 19 August 1941. P/O K.H. Anthony taken prisoner.
R	7343	Supermarine		Spitfire			Named "Hexham and District". To No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, on 11 August 1941. Left this unit by November 1941.
R	8897	Hawker	Gloster Aircraft	Typhoon	Mk. IB		Operated by No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Coded "5V*C".
R	8926	Hawker	Gloster Aircraft	Typhoon	Mk. Ib		Operated by No. 429 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Coded "5V*B".
R	8971	Hawker	Gloster Aircraft	Typhoon	Mk. Ib		Reported with No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF, no details. Later operated by No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Flew into a hill near Cummnock Scotland, killing the pilot F/O E.L. Dixon (J20973) of Toronto, on 20 February 1944. This was the first fatal crash of a 143 Wing Typhoon.
R	8977	Hawker	Gloster Aircraft	Typhoon	Mk. Ib		Operated by No. 429 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Coded "5V*D".
R	9001	Westland		Lysander	Mk. III		Used by No. 110 (AC) Squadron, RCAF, from Odiham, UK, mid 1940 to February 1941. Still with this unit when it became No. 400 (AC) Squadron, RCAF.
R	9003	Westland		Lysander	Mk. III		With No. 400 (AC) Squadron, RCAF, at Odiham in 1941.
R	9004	Westland		Lysander	Mk. III		With No. 110 (AC) Squadron, RCAF when it crashed on 19 January 1941, 2 miles west of Odiham. Engine lost power shortly after take off, flew into raising ground. Also reported as controlled flight into terrain, encountered mist while night flying. Official report states "The accident was almost certainly due to loss of control in black-out conditions shortly after takeoff". Pilot F/L A.H.F. Alloway killed. Alloway's mother was a reporter for the Winnipeg Tribune, owned by Montreal millionaire J.W. McConnell. McConnell paid for several "presentation" aircraft during the war, including Spitfire W3441, named "Alloway", presented in June 1941. Also killed was mechanic passenger, Sgt. G. Wright.
R	9005	Westland		Lysander	Mk. III		Used by No. 110 (AC) Squadron, RCAF, from Odiham, UK, mid 1940 to February 1941.
R	9006	Westland		Lysander	Mk. III		Used by No. 110 (AC) Squadron, RCAF, from Odiham, UK, mid 1940 to February 1941.
R	9007	Westland		Lysander	Mk. III		Used by No. 110 (AC) Squadron, RCAF, from Odiham, UK, mid 1940 to February 1941.
R	9008	Westland		Lysander	Mk. III		Used by No. 110 (AC) Squadron, RCAF, from Odiham, UK, mid 1940 to February 1941.
R	9009	Westland		Lysander	Mk. III		With No. 400 (AC) Squadron, RCAF, at Odiham in 1941.
R	9113	Westland		Lysander	Mk. III		Used by No. 110 (AC) Squadron, RCAF, from Odiham, UK, mid 1940 to February 1941.
R	9119	Westland		Lysander	Mk. III		With No. 400 (AC) Squadron, RCAF, at Odiham in 1941.
R	9120	Westland		Lysander	Mk. III		With No. 110 (AC) Squadron, RCAF.
R	9125	Westland		Lysander	Mk. III		With No. 400 (AC) Squadron, RCAF, at Odiham in 1941.
R	9384	Handley Page		Halifax	Mk. II		With No. 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit when it crashed on 23 April 1944.
T	1808	Bristol	Rootes Securities	Blenheim	Mk. IV		Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*N".
T	1869	Bristol	Rootes Securities	Blenheim	Mk. IV		Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*O".
T	1946	Bristol	Rootes Securities	Blenheim	Mk. IV		With No. 404 Squadron, RCAF when lost in October or November 1941. Mid-air with Blenheim Z6339 of same unit, both came down in Shetland Islands. Different dates reported in different sources.
T	1949	Bristol	Rootes Securities	Blenheim	Mk. IV		Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*D". Still with this unit when it crashed on take off for a training flight from R.A.F. Station Sumburgh, Shetland Islands on 6 October 1942. 3 fatalities.
T	1950	Bristol	Rootes Securities	Blenheim	Mk. IV		Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*C".
T	3011	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		With No. 410 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
T	3015	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		With No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
T	3037	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		With No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF from 28 December 1941. Crashed on 8 January 1942 at Stobswood Colliery, near Widderington, Northumberland. Was engaged in practice GCI, apparently lost control in clouds and spun in. Pilot P/O Herbert Basil Wooler, RAF and observer Sgt. T. Williams, RAF killed.
T	3038	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		With No. 406 Squadron, RCAF.
T	3142	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		With No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF. With No. 409 (NF) Squadron, RCAF when lost on a training flight on 27 March 1943. Spun in near Leverton, Lincolnshire. Both crew killed.
T	3152	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		With No. 410 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
T	3155	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "EE*N".
T	3159	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		With No. 410 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
T	3196	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "EE*U". May be a typo, this serial number never issued. Possibly T3169?
T	3221	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		With No. 410 (NF) Squadron, RCAF. Crashed at Ayr, Scotland on 1 September 1942. F/S N. MacPherson and WO2 S.M. Cooksey killed.
T	3292	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IC		Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF for crew training in June 1942. May not have been on squadron strength.
T	3365	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		With No. 410 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
T	3387	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		With No. 410 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
T	3428	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Operated by No. 410 (NF) Squadron, RCAF, 1941/1942, from Scotland. Flew this unit's first operational scramble, on 23 July 1941.
T	3430	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "EE*K".
T	3431	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "EE*O".
T	3436	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "EE*J".
T	3440	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "EE*K".
T	3931	Boulton Paul		Defiant	Mk. I		With No. 409 (NF) Squadron, RCAF. Attacked by Ju88 intruder on night of 18/19 August 1941, while taking off from Coleby Grange, pilot was F/O N. Head. Aircraft in action again with same crew on 20 August 1941.
T	3934	Boulton Paul		Defiant	Mk. I		With No. 409 (NF) Squadron, RCAF. Struck a tree while landing at Coleg (sp?) Grange on 14 August 1941, one minor injury.
T	3937	Boulton Paul		Defiant	Mk. I		With No. 410 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
T	3994	Boulton Paul		Defiant	Mk. I /IIT		With No. 410 (NF) Squadron, RCAF. Later converted to Mk. IIT.
T	4036	Boulton Paul		Defiant	Mk. I /IIT		With No. 410 (NF) Squadron, RCAF. Later converted to Mk. IIT.
T	4120	Boulton Paul		Defiant	Mk. I /IIT		With No. 410 (NF) Squadron, RCAF. Later converted to Mk. IIT.
T	5468	de Havilland		Tiger Moth			Served with No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, as squadron hack and trainer, c.1942/1944.
T	5494	de Havilland		Tiger Moth			Squadron hack with No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
T	6569	de Havilland		Tiger Moth			Squadron hack with No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
T	7914	de Havilland		Tiger Moth			Squadron hack with No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
V	1110	Boulton Paul		Defiant	Mk. I		Operated by No. 410 (NF) Squadron, RCAF, 1941/1942. Coded "RA*H". Later converted to TT.III.
V	1123	Boulton Paul		Defiant	Mk. I		Operated by No. 410 (NF) Squadron, RCAF, 1941/1942, from Scotland. Coded "RA*R". Later converted to TT.III.
V	1137	Boulton Paul		Defiant	Mk. I		With No. 410 (NF) Squadron RCAF, when it struck trees and crashed on 8 December 1941, returning from operations. Pilot F/L R.L.F. Day seriously injured. Gunner Sgt. J.J. Townsend, RAF, also injured, pulled pilot from wreckage, later awarded BEM. Day would become one of the early members of the Gunie Pig Club, after undergoing experimental reconstructive surgery.
V	1183	Boulton Paul		Defiant	Mk. I		Operated by No. 410 (NF) Squadron, RCAF, 1941/1942, from Scotland. Scored this unit's first victory, a Ju-88 shot down over Whitby, on 6/7 September 1941. (Some sources have different date for this Squadron's first victory.) Crashed at Stamfordham, UK during a night flying test on 16 March 1942. P/O I.B. Constant, RAF and W.J. Lewis, RAF killed.
V	5430	Bristol	Rootes Securities	Blenheim	Mk. IV		Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*V".
V	5433	Bristol		Blenheim			With No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF when it failed to return from a mission on the Norwegian coast on 21 February 1942. Crashed in the Outer Skerries, no survivors.
V	5433	Bristol	Rootes Securities	Blenheim	Mk. IV		Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*F".
V	6603	Hawker	Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth	Hurricane	Mk. I		Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, early 1941. Coded "YO*V".
V	6605	Hawker	Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth	Hurricane	Mk. I		Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, early 1941. Coded "YO*N".
V	6609	Hawker	Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth	Hurricane	Mk. I		Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, coded "YO*X". With B Flight at Castledown from November 1940.
V	6637	Hawker	Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth	Hurricane	Mk. I		Served with No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF in 1941, coded "YO*D".
V	6669	Hawker	Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth	Hurricane	Mk. I		With No. 1 (F) Squadron, RCAF, when it crash landed at High Halstow at 15:30 on 17 September 1940. Oil system damaged in combat with Bf109s, repaired.
V	6670	Hawker	Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth	Hurricane	Mk. I		Reported crashed and burned near Romney, Kent on 11 September 1940, following combat with He 111s while with No. 1 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Pilot survived. Also reported with No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, early 1941. Coded "YO*Z".
V	6671	Hawker	Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth	Hurricane	Mk. I		Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, early 1941. Coded "YO*K".
V	6697	Hawker	Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth	Hurricane	Mk. I		Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, early 1941. Coded "YO*L". Later converted to Sea Hurricane.
V	6698	Hawker	Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth	Hurricane	Mk. I		With No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
V	6749	Hawker	Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth	Hurricane	Mk. I		With No. 1 (F) Squadron, RCAF, when it force landed near Cookham on 25 September 1940. Repairable.
V	6787	Hawker	Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth	Hurricane	Mk. I		With No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
V	7026	Hawker	Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth	Hurricane	Mk. I		With No. 1 (F) Squadron, RCAF when lost on 18 February 1941. Came down on or near present day location of Bridlington Golf Course, Yorkshire.
V	7287	Hawker		Hurricane	Mk. I		Operated by No. 1 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from Northolt, Middlesex, UK. Coded "YO*F". One of ten aircraft that took part in the squadron's first engagement of the Battle of Britain, on 26 August 1940.
V	7288	Hawker		Hurricane	Mk. I		With No. 1 (F) Squadron, RCAF on 30 September 1940, when it was damaged in combat with Bf 109. Nosed over on landing, repairable. Later operated by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, early 1941. Coded "YO*W".
V	7349	Hawker		Hurricane	Mk. I		With No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Later converted to Sea Hurricane.
V	7498	Hawker		Hurricane	Mk. I		With No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Later converted to Sea Hurricane.
V	7745	Hawker		Hurricane	Mk. I		With No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Later converted to Sea Hurricane.
V	8131	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "EE*T".
V	8144	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "EE*S".
V	8152	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "EE*W".
V	8157	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "EE*P". Damaged in landing accident in October 1942, repaired and returned to service. Crashed on 5 December 1942, near Dyce, following a high speed stall while in a steep bank. 2 crew killed.
V	8168	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "EE*B".
V	8189	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "EE*F".
V	8191	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "EE*C".
V	8202	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "EE*L".
V	8203	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "EE*H".
V	8205	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "EE*R".
V	8211	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942. Crashed on 7 December 1942, right after take off for night training flight from RAF Dyce. Both crew killed.
V	8212	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "EE*Q".
V	8214	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. IIF		Served with No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43, coded "EE*G".
V	8454	Bristol		Beaufighter	Mk. VIF		Served with No. 409 (NF) Squadron, RCAF. Shot down by flak over Bayeaux on 16 April 1943. Pilot taken prisoner, RN observer wounded and taken prisoner.
V	8717	Bristol		Beaufighter			Served with No. 409 (NF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "KP*P". With No. 406 (NF) Squadron when it crashed on 18 October 1943. Broke up in air on a ferry flight, 1/2 mile north of Ty Croes, Anglesey.
V	8718	Bristol		Beaufighter			Served with No. 409 (NF) Squadron, RCAF. Failed to return from Ranger mission over Lisieux and Vire, France on 17 / 18 April 1943. P/O H.B. Miller and Sgt. W.V. Ivor (RAF) killed.
V	9095	Lockheed		Hudson	Mk. III		Served with No. 407 (GR) Squadron, RCAF, coded "RRC" and / or "RRG".
V	9102	Lockheed		Hudson			Served with No. 407 (GR) Squadron, RCAF, coded "RRX" and / or "RRW".

This data has come from a variety of sources, and may contain all sorts of errors. In the future, I will add a complete list of references. For now, some recent Internet references can be found at the links below. I would welcome any corrections or additions you may have. Contact me using the link below.

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