Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers RCAF 1550 to 1599 Detailed List

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	Designer	Manufacturer	basic designation	variant or model	name
	company designation	company number
1550	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9404. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 15 October 1942.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 2 May 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1551	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9481. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 15 October 1942.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 23 February 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1552	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9643. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 9 December 1942. Used by No. 31 Operational Training Unit at Derbert, NS, an RAF unit training crews for RAF Coastal Command and Ferry Command.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 25 April 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1553	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9422. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 7 November 1942. Category C damage on 20 January 1943. Used by No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School at London and Finegal, Ontario.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 26 February 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1554	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9652. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 7 October 1942.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 2 May 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1555	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9329. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 23 October 1942.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 15 May 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1556	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9731. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 23 July 1942. Used by No.31 Service Flying Training School at Kingston, Ontario.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 2 May 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1557	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9358. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 24 October 1942. Used at No. 3 Operational Training Unit at Patricia Bay, BC.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 21 July 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1558	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9300. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 18 August 1942. Used at No. 2 Bombing and Gunnery School at Mossbank, Saskatchewan.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 1 October 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1559	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9317. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 9 August 1943. Used by No. 121 (K) Squadron as a target tug, RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS, 1943 to 1944.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 25 November 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1560	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9314. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 13 November 1942. Used at No. 31 Service Flying Training School at Kingston, Ontario.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 7 November 1945
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1561	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9416. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 5 October 1942.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 25 April 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1562	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9582. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 7 November 1942.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 13 January 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash on 23 December 1943
1563	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9412. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 5 October 1942.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 25 April 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1564	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9425. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 5 August 1942. Used at No.1 Wireless School at Winnipeg, Manitoba.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 15 August 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1565	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9357. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 24 October 1942.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 21 August 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1566	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9366. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 5 August 1942.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 25 April 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1567	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9419. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 18 August 1942. Serving with No. 2 Bombing and Gunnery School at Mossbank, Saskatchewan at time of crash.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 9 July 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash on 27 May 1943.
1568	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9539. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 29 January 1943.
	first date: 27 January 1942			last date: 1 October 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1569	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9354. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 5 January 1943(?).
	first date: 4 March 1942			last date: 9 August 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash on 4 July 1944.
1570	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9730. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 4 July 1942.
	first date: 4 March 1942			last date: 25 April 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1571	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V94734.
	first date: 1 April 1942			last date: 26 February 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1572	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9713. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 23 July 1942.
	first date: 1 April 1942			last date: 1 October 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1573	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9368. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 13 November 1942.
	first date: 1 April 1942			last date: 15 May 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1574	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9647. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 23 July 1942. Used by No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School at MacDonald, Manitoba.
	first date: 1 April 1942			last date: 7 November 1945
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1575	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9307. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 29 September 1942.
	first date: 1 April 1942			last date: 11 March 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1576	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9298. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 24 October 1942.
	first date: 1 April 1942			last date: 15 May 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1577	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9327. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 7 October 1942.
	first date: 1 April 1942			last date: 15 May 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1578	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF P1728. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 22 October 1942.
	first date: 1 April 1942			last date: 2 May 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1579	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9521. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 20 August 1942.
	first date: 17 February 1942			last date: 12 June 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1580	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9352. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 21 December 1942. Used by No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School at MacDonald, Manitoba.
	first date: 17 February 1942			last date: 12 June 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1581	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9418. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 21 December 1942. Used by No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School at MacDonald, Manitoba.
	first date: 17 February 1942			last date: 25 November 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1582	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9552. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 9 December 1942.
	first date: 17 February 1942			last date: 22 August 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1583	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9645. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 29 July 1942.
	first date: 17 February 1942			last date: 25 April 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1584	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9613. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 29 January 1943.
	first date: 17 February 1942			last date: 22 August 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1585	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9554. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 20 February 1943.
	first date: 17 February 1942			last date: 22 August 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1586	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9476. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 21 December 1942.
	first date: 17 February 1942			last date: 12 June 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1587	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9285. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 9 December 1942.
	first date: 17 February 1942			last date: 25 November 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1588	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9501. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 4 November 1942.
	first date: 17 February 1942			last date: 25 April 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1589	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9415. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 29 January 1943. Sold post war, may have been in The Vormezeele Collection in Holland, from 1982. Their Lysander was destroyed by fire in 1985.
	first date: 17 February 1942			last date: c.1946
	Taken on strength			Transferred to National Museum.
1590	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9313. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 1 February 1943.
	first date: 17 February 1942			last date: 12 June 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off, transferred to National Museum.
1591	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9374. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 5 October 1942.
	first date: 7 May 1942			last date: 25 April 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1592	Westland	built in UK	Lysander	Mk. III TT
	Ex RAF V9355. Converted to Target Tug in Canada, completed 13 November 1942.
	first date: 7 May 1942			last date: 25 April 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1593	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3NM
	D-18S	CA 279
	Used by RCN. Still active at Integration.
	first date: 26 February 1953			last date:
	Taken on strength
1594	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3NM
	D-18S	CA 280
	Used at RCAF Stations St.John and Gimli, Manitoba. Served with No. 403 (Auxiliary) Sqaudron at Calgary, Alberta, dates unknown.
	first date: 26 February 1953			last date: 2 March 1966
	Taken on strength			Written off, after crash.
1595	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3TM
	D-18S	CA 195
	Served in Europe with No. 1 Air Division. To civil register as CF-SFP. Off register by 1976.
	first date: 18 June 1952			last date: 16 February 1965
	Taken on strength			Struck off, to Crown Assets Disposal Corporation for disposal.
1596	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3TM
	D-18S	CA 196
	Still active at Integration.
	first date: 18 June 1952			last date:
	Taken on strength
1597	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3TM
	D-18S	CA 197
	Still active at Integration.
	first date: 14 August 1952			last date:
	Taken on strength
1598	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3TM
	D-18S	CA 198
	Still active at Integration.
	first date: 4 July 1952			last date:
	Taken on strength
1599	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3TM
	D-18S	CA 199
	first date: 4 July 1952			last date: 24 September 1952
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 18 August 1952.

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Created 3 July 2005. Updated 3 July 2005.