RCAF 1400 to1499

Canadian Military Aircraft
Serial Numbers
RCAF 1400 to 1449
Detailed List

Photograph courtesy of the Canadian Aviation Museum, Ottawa

	Designer	Manufacturer	basic designation	variant or model	name
	company designation	company number
1400	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S
	Serial number allocated to Expeditor Mk. 3T, but apparently never received by RCAF.
1401	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	6134
	Ex USAAF C-45B serial number 43-35625. Lend-Lease serial HB184 also reserved, probably never marked. Served post war with No. 442 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Sea Island (now Vancouver International Airport). To civil register as CF-SIJ when first sold. (Note that this registration would also be used for Millardair Expeditor ex 43-35552 in the 1970s to 1990s. Ex RCAF serial HB139.) Later registered as CF-UZS.
	first date: 10 March 1944			last date: 4 October 1966
	Taken on strength			Struck off, later sold. Also reported as 31 July 1964, this may be date withdrawn from service.
1402	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	6148
	Ex USAAF C-45B serial number 43-35632. Lend-Lease serial HB188 also reserved, probably never marked. Used by No. 129 Acceptance and Ferry Flight, post war. To civil register as CF-RVR, later C-FRVR. Owners included Slate Falls Airways from the 1970s, Marjorie Chyk, and Air Rainbow Ltd. Registration cancelled in 1992.
	first date: 16 March 1944			last date: 22 October 1964
	Taken on charge			Struck off, later sold
1403	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	6144
	Ex USAAF C-45B serial number 43-35630. Lend-Lease serial HB187 also reserved, probably never marked. Used post war by No. 1 Flying Training School at RCAF Station Centralia, Ontario.
	first date: 16 March 1944			last date: 7 March 1950
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1404	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	6152
	Ex USAAF C-45B serial number 43-35634. Served with No. 122 (K) Squadron, west coast. Also used by CJS(?), Washington. To Canadian civil registry as CF-BCB, then marked C-BVSG (a fake registration, maybe in a museum at the time). Reregistered May 18, 2004 as C-FDJW. Registration C-FDJW cancelled Mar 3, 2005, N118DJ allocated Mar 7, 2005.
	first date: 16 March 1944			last date: 20 October 1960
	Taken on strength			Struck off, later sold.
1405	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	6266
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35691. Lend-Lease serial HB213 also reserved, probably never marked. Used post war by No. 1 Flying Training School at RCAF Station Centralia, Ontario.
	first date: 20 April 1944			last date: 20 October 1960
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1406	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	6228
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35672. Lend-Lease serial HB211 also reserved, probably never marked. With No. 2 (Comm) Flight, No. 2 Training Command, post war. Passed through Winnipeg 21 and 27 October 1946, while with this unit.
	first date: 29 April 1944			last date: 19 March 1949
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1407	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	6278
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35697. Lend-Lease serial HB219 also reserved, probably never marked. Assigned to No. 2 Training Command, Winnipeg.
	first date: 2 May 1944			last date: 30 May 1945
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1408	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	6270
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35693. Lend-Lease serial HB215 also reserved, probably never marked. Served as VIP transport, with highly polished exterior. Also assigned to Training Command. Reported still active at Integration in 1968 in Griffin, but reported struck off on 30 May 1965 in "Canadian Armed Forces Aircraft".
	first date: 2 May 1944			last date:
	taken on strength
1409	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	6369
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35745. Lend-Lease serial HB238 also reserved, probably never marked. Served with No. 12 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, post war. Still with No. 412 (T) Squadron in early 1949. Later served at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba, probably with No. 1 Advanced Flying School in the 1950s. Reported still active at Integration in 1968 in Griffin, but reported struck off on 5 August 1964 in "Canadian Armed Forces Aircraft".
	first date: 15 May 1944			last date:
	Taken on strength
1410	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	6304
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35710. Lend-Lease serial HB228 also reserved, probably never marked.
	first date: 15 May 1944			last date: 22 February 1945
	Taken on strength			Struck off after Category A crash at Calgary, Alberta on 24 November 1944.
1411	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	6363
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35741. Lend-Lease serial HB237 also reserved, probably never marked. Served with No. 442 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Vancouver, BC, after the war. Also reported as struck off 31 July 1964 in "Aircraft of the Canadian Armed Forces". Later to civil register as CF-UJE, off register by 1976.
	first date: 1 July 1944			last date: 20 October 1966
	Taken on charge			Struck off, later sold.
1412	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	6320
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35718. Lend-Lease serial HB232 also reserved, probably never marked. Used post war at Central Flying School, RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba.
	first date: 30 May 1944			last date: 2 August 1966
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1413	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	6610
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35859. Lend-Lease serial HB262 also reserved, probably never marked. Used at No. 1 Flying Training School, RCAF Station Centralia, Ontario.
	first date: 16 June 1944			last date: 30 May 1957
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1414	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	6613
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35861. Lend-Lease serial HB263 also reserved, probably never marked. Used post war at Calgary, possibly stored?
	first date: 16 June 1944			last date: 2 August 1966
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1415	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	6619
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35865. Lend-Lease serial HB264 also reserved, probably never marked. Used post war by No. 406 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
	first date: 15 June 1944			last date: 12 September 1951
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1416	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	6625
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35869. Lend-Lease serial HB265 also reserved, probably never marked. With No. 1 Advanced Flying School at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba in the 1950s, and at CJATC, Rivers Camp, Manitoba, in 1962.
	first date: 16 June 1944			last date: 28 October 1966
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1417	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	8038
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-47630. Served with No. 403 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Calgary, Alberta, dates unknown. With No. 403 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Calgary in 1950s. With No. 1 Advanced Flying School at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba in the 1950s, and at CJATC, Rivers Camp, Manitoba, in 1962. Later to civil register as CF-PCH. Later registered as C-FPCH, with Canadian Voyager Airlines since at least 1976.
	first date: 26 December 1944			last date: 29 April 1965
	Taken on strength			Struck off, later sold.
1418	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	8041
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-47633. (Reported as 44-47663 by Wilson?) Served with No. 401 (Auxiliary) Squadron at St. Hubert, PQ, c.1958 to 1965. Later to civil register as CF-KAK, with Theriault Air Services of Chapleau, PQ in 1970s. Subsequent owners included Ellair Ltd. in the 1980s, a numbered Ontario company from 1997, and Doug’s Flying Service, Ear Falls, Ontario since 26 July 2001. Still on registry April 2005.
	first date: 26 December 1944			last date: 26 May 1965
	Taken on strength			Struck off, to Crown Assets Disposal Corporation for sale.
1419	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	8042
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-47634. Used post war by No. 424 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Hamilton, Ontario, and No. 428 (AWF) Squadron at RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario.
	first date: 26 December 1944			last date: 18 February 1965
	Taken on charge			Struck off, to Crown Assets Disposal Corporation for sale.
1420	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	8108
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-47700.
	first date: 30 January 1945			last date: 4 November 1958
	Taken on strength			Struck off after Category A crash at Camp Borden on 16 October 1958.
1421	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	8034
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-47626. Served at RCAF Station Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. Later sold to civil market as CF-UWE, then C-FUWE, with Atlantic Central Airlines from the 1970s.
	first date: 30 January 1945			last date: 24 November 1966
	Taken on strength			Struck off, to Crown Assets Disposal Corporation for sale.
1422	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	8104
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-47694. Reported as still active at Integration in 1968 in Griffin, but reported as struck off on 5 August 1964 in "Aircraft of the Canadian Armed Forces".
	first date: 30 January 1945			last date:
	Taken on strength
1423	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	8199
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-86940. Reported as still active at Integration in 1968 in Griffin, but reported as struck off on 26 November 1964 in "Aircraft of the Canadian Armed Forces".
	first date: 17 February 1945			last date:
	Taken on strength
1424	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	8198
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-86939. Reported as still active at Integration in 1968 in Griffin, but reported as struck off on 19 September 1964 in "Aircraft of the Canadian Armed Forces".
	first date: 9 March 1945			last date:
	Taken on strength
1425	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3T
	D-18S	8575
	Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-87316. Served with No. 12 (Com) and No. 412 (T) Squadron post war at Rockcliffe and Uplands. Delivered Air Commodore Millar, AOC MCHQ from Rockcliffe to Winnipeg, arriving on 17 October 1946. Carried Air Vice Marshal Slemon on Arctic tour, September 1947. Also served with Admin Unit at Uplands, date unknown. Reported missing in western Canada early 1949.
	first date: 12 July 1945			last date: 1 September 1949
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after going missing, see comments.
1426	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA-1
	First new built post war Expeditor for RCAF. The first Expeditor delivered to No. 2 Air Navigation School at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba, arriving on 30 August 1951. One of 5 Expeditors with the School when they started their first Expeditor course on 23 September 1951. To No. 402 Navigation Training Unit, same base, on 7 August 1956. Placed in storage early 1959. Griffin reports this aircraft was assigned to Crown Assests Disposal Corporation on 3 February 1959, but returned to active service at Air Force Headquarters, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario on 20 March 1959. To No. 11 Training School at Timmins on 26 September 1960. To No. 2 Air Observers School at RCAF Station Winnipeg on 21 April 1961. Back to AFHQ at Rockcliffe on 7 September 1961, and then at RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario from 31 March 1964. Declared surplus on 21 September 1964, and stored at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Sold to Nothland Airliner Ltd., which went broke shortly after. Stored at Gimli, Manitoba from 1966. Purchased by Time Travel Air of Ottawa in 2005, currently undergoing restoration. Reported as registered C-GTTA on Time Travel web site, but not in Transport Canada public database by August 2005. First flight is scheduled for February 2009.
	first date: 23 August 1951			last date: 2 August 1966
	Taken on charge			Struck off and sold.
1427	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA2
	Served at No. 2 Air Observers School, Winnipeg, Manitoba. With No.424 (T) Squadron (Auxiliary) at Hamilton, Ontario from late 1957, coded "PV*427". Landing accident there on 5 June 1959.
	first date: 23 August 1951			last date: 3 February 1959?
	Taken on charge			Reported struck off, to Crown Assets Disposal Corporation for sale.
1428	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA3
	Used at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. Sold, to civil register as CF-BCC, later C-FBCC. Still airworthy 1976 as CF-BCC, registered to T. Thomson. Owners included Buffalo Airways in the 1980s, Ata construction in the late 1980s, Octan Resources, Big Bird Sky-Farmers Inc., and William Cousineau in the 1990s. Owner since April 1994 is Kuby's Aircraft Limited, still on register April 2005.
	first date: 25 September 1951			last date: 20 October 1960
	Taken on charge			Struck off, later sold
1429	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA4
	Used at No. 2 Air Navigators School at RCAF Station Winnipeg in 1953. Also with No. 402 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Winnipeg. To civil register as CF-UNN, off register by 1976.
	first date: 23 August 1951			last date: 10 May 1966
	Taken on strength			Struck off, to Crown Assets Disposal Corp. for sale.
1430	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA5
	first date: 23 August 1951			last date: 12 May 1959
	Taken on strength			To French Air Force, Mutual Aid program.
1431	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA6
	first date: 23 August 1951			last date: 22 May 1959
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash at Sea Island, BC earlier that month.
1432	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA7
	Reported as still active at Integration in 1968 in Griffin, but reported as struck off on 7 April 1967 in "Aircraft of the Canadian Armed Forces".
	first date: 11 September 1951			last date:
	Taken on strength
1433	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA8
	Used at RCAF Station Winnipeg, Manitoba. To civil register, still airworthy 1976 as CF-SRK, operated by Trans Provincial Airways. Later to US register as N2292K. Last US Certificate of Registration issued on 11 August 1992, to Paul B. Mace.
	first date: 11 September 1951			last date: 28 September 1965
	Taken on strength			Struck off, to Crown Assets Disposal Corporation for sale.
1434	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA9
	first date: 11 September 1951			last date: 20 February 1953
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash at Gunton on 5 February 1953.
1435	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA10
	Used at No. 2 Air Observers School at Winnipeg. Also with No. 402 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Winnipeg. Transferred to Canadian Department of Transport as a "Recoverable Treasury Issue". Reported on US register as N3758 (not confirmed).
	first date: 11 September 1951			last date: 12 February 1960
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1436	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA11
	Used at No. 2 Air Navigators School at RCAF Station Winnipeg in 1953. Still airworthy 1976 as CF-BCD with the British Columbia Department of Transport. Off register by 1982.
	first date: 11 September 1946			last date: 7 January 1961
	Taken on charge			Struck off, to Crown Assets disposal Corp. for sale.
1437	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA-12

	first date: 25 September 1951			last date: 21 July 1954
	Taken on charge			Struck off after Category A crash at Winnipeg, Manitoba on 21 January 1954.
1438	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA-13
	Used at RCAF Stations Uplands and Rockcliffe, Ontario. Registration reported as CF-BCD or CF-SMU, no longer under these registrations by 1976.
	first date: 25 September 1951			last date: 23 June 1965
	Taken on charge			Struck off, to Crown Assets Disposal Corp. for sale
1439	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA-14
	Used at No. 2 Air Navigators School at RCAF Station Winnipeg in 1952 and 1953. Used at Calgary, possibly stored. To civil register as CF-KAR, no longer registered by 1976.
	first date: 25 September 1951			last date: 22 September 1965
	Taken on charge			Struck off, to Crown Assets Disposal Corp. for sale
1440	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N / 3NMT
	D-18S	CA-15
	With No. 408 Squadron, dates unknown . (Possibly with Expeditor Flight at CJATC in 1960s?) Also served at RCAF Station Saskatoon, dates unknown. Still active at Integration in 1968. Served with No. 1 Canadian Forces Flight Instructor School at CFB Portage la Prairie, 1969. Converted to Mk. 3NMT, date unknown.
	first date: 25 September 1951			last date: 16 June 1970
	Taken on charge			Struck off
1441	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA-16
	Used at Calgary. Reported as still active at Integration in 1968 in Griffin, but reported as struck off on 7 April 1967 in "Aircraft of the Canadian Armed Forces". To civil register as CF-CSN. Owners included Slate Falls Airways in the 1970s, Albert Wassaykeesick et al, Kuby's Aircraft, and Kyro's Airways of Albany River. Last Certificate of Registration issued to Vancouver Island Air on 5 March 1990.
	first date: 25 September 1951			last date:
	Taken on charge
1442	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N / 3NMT(Spec)
	D-18S	CA-17
	Operated by No. 411 (Aux) Squadron at RCAF Station Downsview, Ontario in the 1950s/1960s. To Summer Camp at Camp Borden with this squadron in 1959. Also served with No. 400 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Downsview during 1950s. Converted to Mk. 3NMT(Spec), date unknown. Reported as still active at Integration in 1968 in Griffin, but reported as struck off on 11 April 1967 in "Aircraft of the Canadian Armed Forces".
	first date: 1 October 1951			last date:
	Taken on charge
1443	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA-18
	Used at No. 2 Air Navigators School at RCAF Station Winnipeg in 1953. Used at Calgary, Alberta, dates unknown. Reported as still active at Integration in 1968 in Griffin, but reported as struck off on 7 July 1967 in "Aircraft of the Canadian Armed Forces".
	first date: 1 October 1951			last date:
	Taken on charge
1444	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA-19
	Used at No. 2 Air Navigators School at RCAF Station Winnipeg in 1953. Served with No. 424 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Hamilton, Ontario.
	first date: 1 October 1951			last date: 12 May 1959
	Taken on charge			To French Air Force, under Mutual aid program.
1445	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N / 3NMT
	D-18S	CA-20
	Operated by No. 411 (Aux) Squadron at RCAF Station Downsview, Ontario in the 1950s. Also with No. 401 Squadron (Auxiliary) at St. Hubert, PQ during this time. Still active at Integration in 1968. Converted to Mk. 3NMT, date unknown.
	first date: 1 October 1951			last date: 3 June 1970
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1446	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N / 3NMT
	D-18S	CA-21
	Operated by No. 411 (Aux) Squadron at RCAF Station Downsview, Ontario in the 1950s. Also with No. 402 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Winnipeg, Manitoba during this time. Still active at Integration in 1968. Converted to Mk. 3NMT, date unknown.
	first date: 20 October 1951			last date:
	Taken on charge
1447	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA-22
	Used at No. 2 Air Navigators School at RCAF Station Winnipeg in 1953. Operated by No. 411 (Aux) Squadron at RCAF Station Downsview, Ontario in the 1950s. With this unit when it crashed during practice single engine over shoot at Camp Borden, during Summer Camp, on 13 July 1959.
	first date: 1 October 1951			last date: 29 July 1959
	Taken on charge			Struck off after Category A crash at Camp Borden, see comments.
1448	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA-23
	first date: 20 October 1951			last date: 12 May 1959
	Taken on charge			To French Air Force, Mutual Aid.
1449	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3N
	D-18S	CA-24
	Used by Royal Canadian Navy reserve unit VC 922 at Patricia Bay, BC. Retained RCAF serial number, and ownership. Reported as still active at Integration in 1968 in Griffin, but reported as struck off on 7 July 1967 in "Aircraft of the Canadian Armed Forces". Later to US civil register as N792LP. Last US Certificate of Registration issued on 29 December 1986.
	first date: 20 October 1951			last date:
	Taken on strength

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Created 18 June 2005. Updated 20 August 2005.