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Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers RCAF 18101 to 18150 Detailed List |
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Manufacturer |
basic designation |
variant or model |
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company designation |
company number |
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18101 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 1 |
Canuck |
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First prototype Canuck, had Avon engines. In overall black finish, and coded
"FB*D", for intitial tests.
To Central Experimental and Proving Establishment at RCAF Station
Rockcliffe, Ontario, for initial RCAF trials winter of 1950 / 1951. To Wright Field, Ohio for USAF evaluation
in November 1950. Tested without
canopy during flight number 126, in mid 1952. Formally taken on charge by RCAF on 3
September 1952, immediatley loaned to Avro Canada. Wing tip pod cone jettisoning trials in
December 1952, photographed from the Jetliner. Used by Avro Canada for rocket trials at
Point Petre Range in 1953. First Canuck
wing tip rockets fired there on 27 January 1953, by Avro Canada pilot Peter
Cope. |
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first date: 19 January
1950 |
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last date: 31 May 1965 |
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First flight, from Malton, Ontario, by Bill
Wateron (hired from Gloster Aircraft in the UK). |
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Struck off charge, scrapped later that year. |
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18102 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 1 |
Canuck |
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Second prototype Canuck, carried same black
paint scheme as 18101, was coded "FB*K" for early trials. Fitted with Avon engines. To Central Experimental and Proving Establishment
at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, for initial RCAF trials from October
1950. Reached Mach 0.848 in a dive
early in trials. Fitted with
nose-mounted pitot tube for early company trials. Crashed on 5 April 1951 into Komoka Bog,
west of London, Ontario. First Canuck
loss and first fatal. Probable cause
was failure of pilot's oxygen system.
Formally taken on charge by RCAF on 23 June 1951, struck off same day. |
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first date: 10 July 1950 |
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last date: 23 June 1951 |
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first flight |
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Struck off, see comments. |
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18103 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 2 |
Canuck |
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First Canuck to fly with Orenda engines, on 20
June 1951. Also first armed
Canuck. Fitted with metal nose cone
during gun and rocket firing trials.
Formally taken on RCAF charge on 2 September 1952. Used by Avro Canada for engine and armament
development work in early 1950s.
Trials included all weather and anti-icing tests in spring of
1953. Fitted with US built T-160 20mm
cannon, for firing trials from May 1954 to April 1955. |
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first date: 20 June 1951 |
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last date: 3 June 1955 |
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First flight, at Malton. |
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Struck off |
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18104 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 2 |
Canuck |
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Used for development work by Avro Canada, coded
"FB*F". First RCAF
pre-acceptance flight on 13 October 1951, by S/L Hartmann. Delivered to Central Experimental and
Proving Establilshment, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, on 17 October 1951. Official hand over to RCAF in ceremony at
Malton that day, first Canuck formally accepted by RCAF. Returned to Malton on 19 November, for wing
spar modifications. Used as development
aircraft for Mk. 2T, from Malton, in early 1950s. Later became Instructional airframe
A611. Taken on strength by Canadian
Armed Forces on 1 February 1968, but retained RCAF serial number. Preserved, on display at St. Jean, PQ. |
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first date: |
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last date: 6 November 1974 |
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Struck off |
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18105 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
2T |
Canuck |
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Used as development aircraft for Mk. 2T, from
Malton, in early 1950s. JATO trials in
August 1952, at RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario. Used by Central Experimental and Proving Establishment
for autopilot trials from December 1952.
Included tests done at autopilot manufacturer, in Minneapolis,
Minn. Used for bombing trials in 1953
and 1954. By this time, aircraft was
roughly to Mk. 3 standards, but was never officially redesignated. Damaged during these trials on 23 September
1953, when canopy blew off during high g turn with four 1,000 pound bombs. |
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first date: 31 July 1952 |
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last date: 27 May 1955 |
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Taken on charge, well after first flight. |
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Struck off |
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18106 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 2 |
Canuck |
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Used as development aircraft for Mk. 2T, from
Malton, in early 1950s. Later became
Instructional airframe A 615.
Preserved, displayed at Lambeth, Ont. |
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first date: |
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last date: 14 November 1966 |
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Struck off |
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18107 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
2T |
Canuck |
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Used as development aircraft for Mk. 2T, from
Malton, in early 1950s. First Canuck
gun firing trials on 25 November 1952, near Trenton, flown by Peter
Cope. Used to test CF-105 powered
control components in 1955. |
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first date: 2 September
1952 |
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last date: 21 July 1958 |
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Taken on charge by RCAF, after first flight |
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Struck off |
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18108 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3T |
Canuck |
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First Canuck delivered to No. 3 AW(F)
Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario. Delivered from Malton on 22 July 1952 by
S/L P. Hartmann. Coded
"JF*O". First Canuck to an
RCAF operational unit. A regular
visitor to OTU maintenance shops, it was extensively modified by OTU
engineering staff . Reported as struck
off on 3 August 1960 in "Aircraft of the Canadian Armed Forces". |
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first date: 6 May 1952 |
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last date: 5 August 1955 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18109 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3T |
Canuck |
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Operated by No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training
Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario, from 1952. Coded "JF*R". Reported to be the fastest Canuck in the
OTU. |
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first date: 22 May 1952 |
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last date: 18 April 1955 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18110 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3T |
Canuck |
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Operated by No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training
Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario, from 1952. Coded "JF*S". Flown in CNE air show at Toronto on 20
September 1952 by OTU commander, S/L R. D. Schultz. He had 3 hours on type at the start of the
show, including the flight from North Bay to Toronto. Overstressed and bent wings on pullout
during show, recovered to North Bay successfully. |
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first date: 5 June 1952 |
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last date: 5 August 1955 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18111 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3T |
Canuck |
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Used by Avro Canada for de-icing trials in
April 1953. Destroyed in hanger fire
at Malton on 22 March 1955. |
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first date: 15 August 1952 |
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last date: 24 June 1956 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, after being destroyed, see
comments. |
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18112 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 4 |
Canuck |
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Ordered first as a Mk. 2, converted to
prototype Mk. 4 before first flight on 11 October 1952. Aircraft had been scheduled for conversion
to prototype Mk. 2P photo reconnaisance version, but this project was
cancelled. Coded "FB*S" for
company trials. Used by Avro Canada
for development trials from Malton, Ontario.
Taken to Mach 1.06 by Jan Zurakowski in December 1952. Used for first belly pack rocket firings on
test stand, from January 1954. First
aerial firing on 11 February 1954. Struck in nose by rocket during these
firing tests, landed safely. Crashed
on 23 August 1954 near Ajax, Ontario, following in flight explosion probably
resulting from fuel leaks produced by heavy buffetting when modified rocket
pallet was lowered. Zurakowski
ejected, test engineer Hiebert went down with aircraft. |
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first date: 5 September
1952 |
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last date: 15 September 1954 |
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Taken on charge, before first flight? |
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Struck off after crash, see comments. |
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18113 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A |
Canuck |
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Officially the first "production"
Canuck, first flight in October 1952.
Delivered to No. 3 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station North Bay
on 14 November 1952. |
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first date: 15 August 1952 |
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last date: 23 March 1955 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18114 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 3
/ 3D |
Canuck |
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Served with no. 3 F(AW) Operational Training
Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario.
converted to Mk. 3D with dual controls, date unknown. |
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first date: 31 March 1953 |
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last date: 3 August 1960 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18115 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A |
Canuck |
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Operated by No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training
Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario.
Crashed near North Bay on 31 December 1954, one of 2 crashes from the
OTU that day. 2 fatalities. |
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first date: 4 November
1952 |
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last date: 11 January 1955 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off after crash, see comments. |
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18116 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A / 3D |
Canuck |
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Operated by No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training
Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario.
Converted to Mk. 3D with dual controls, date unknown. |
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first date: 4 November
1952 |
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last date: 3 August 1960 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18117 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A |
Canuck |
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Used by Central Experimental and Proving
Establishment for tests with Canadian developed Velvet Glove guided
air-to-air missile in 1953 and 1954.
Fitted to carry four missiles
under wing. Crashed on 15 October
1954, during take off from RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario. |
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first date: 4 November
1952 |
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last date: 20 October 1954 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off after crash, see comments. |
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18118 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A / 3T / 3D |
Canuck |
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Operated by No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training
Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario.
Converted to Mk. 3T, and then Mk. 3D, dates unknown. |
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first date: 10 December
1952 |
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last date: 23 May 1958 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, after Category A crash on 7 May
1958 at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta. |
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18119 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A / 3T / 3D |
Canuck |
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Operated by No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training
Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario.
Converted to Mk. 3T, and then Mk. 3D, dates unknown. |
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first date: 3 January 1953 |
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last date: 3 August 1960 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18120 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A |
Canuck |
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Used by Avro Canada for canopy jettisoning
trials over Camp Borden, Ontario on 16 June 1953. Coded "JF*120" at that time. With No. 440 Squadron at RCAF Station
Bagotville, PQ. Converted to Mk. 3T,
and then Mk. 3D, dates unknown. |
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first date: 19 June 1953 |
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last date: 3 August 1960 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18121 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A / 3D |
Canuck |
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Operated by No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training
Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario.
Overhauled at MacDonald Brothers, Winnipeg, Manitoba in
1954/1955. Possibly converted to Mk.
3D dual control version at this time?
Takne on charge by Canadian Armed Forces on 1 February 1968, retained
RCAF serial number. |
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first date: 1953 |
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last date: 9 September 1968 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18122 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A |
Canuck |
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Operated by No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training
Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario, in 1953. Coded "JF*122". Crashed on 17 August 1954, 2 fatalities,
oxygen system failure suspected. |
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first date: 8 January 1953 |
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last date: 20 September 1954 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off after crash, see details. |
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18123 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A / 3D |
Canuck |
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Operated by No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training
Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario, in 1954. Visited Uplands that fall, for VIP
familiarization flights, including Air Marshall C. R. Slemon. Converted to Mk. 3D, dates unknown. Used by No. 423 Squadron, dates unknown. |
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first date: 8 January 1953 |
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last date: 3 August 1960 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18124 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A / 3T / 3D |
Canuck |
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Operated by No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training
Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario, in 1953 and 1954. Coded "JF*124". Converted to Mk. 3T, and then Mk. 3D, dates
unknown. |
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first date: 21 January
1953 |
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last date: 3 August 1960 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18125 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A / 3T / 3D |
Canuck |
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Operated by No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training
Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario.
Coded "JF*125" in 1955.
Converted to Mk. 3T, and then Mk. 3D, dates unknown. |
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first date: 22 January
1953 |
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last date: 3 August 1960 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18126 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A / 3D |
Canuck |
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With No. 445 Squadron at RCAF Station North
Bay, Ontario in summer of 1953, when it took part in Exercise
Checkpoint. With No. 440 Squadron at
RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ in summer of 1954. Later operated by No. 3 AW(F) Operational
Training Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario, in 1954, coded
"JF*126". Damaged when right
main landing gear broke on heavy night landing, 8 November 1954. Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown. Reported preserved, displayed in Calgary,
Alberta in late 1980s. |
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first date: 27 January
1953 |
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last date: 22 November 1963 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18127 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A / 3D |
Canuck |
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With No. 440 Squadron at RCAF Station
Bagotville, PQ. Also reported as Mk.
3B? Later to No. 3 F(AW) Operational
Training Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario. Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown. |
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first date: 9 February
1953 |
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last date: 28 September 1955 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, after Category A crash on 9
september 1955 at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta. |
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18128 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A / 3D |
Canuck |
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With No. 440 Squadron at RCAF Station
Bagotville, PQ. Later to No. 3 F(AW)
Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario. Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown. |
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first date: 9 February
1953 |
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last date: 13 November 1963 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18129 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A / 3T / 3D |
Canuck |
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First Canuck with full gun armament and fire
control system. Used for Avro Canada
trials in winter of 1952 / 1953. Later
with No. 440 Squadron at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ, coded
"KE*120". Later to No. 3
F(AW) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario. Converted to Mk. 3T, then to Mk. 3D, date
unknowns. |
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first date: 13 May 1953 |
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last date: 3 August 1960 |
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Taken on charge, after trials at Avro Canada |
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Struck off |
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18130 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A |
Canuck |
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With No. 440 Squadron at RCAF Station
Bagotville, PQ. Later to No. 3 F(AW)
Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario, coded
"JF*130". Frenquently used
by F/O Tony Gunter-Smith for solo aerobatic displays, while with the OTU. |
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first date: 19 February
1953 |
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last date: 6 August 1953 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, after Category A crash at North Bay
on 30 July 1953. |
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18131 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A / 3D |
Canuck |
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With No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training Unit at
RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario.
Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown.
Taken on charge by CAF on 1 February 1968, but retained RCAF serial
number. |
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first date: 1953 |
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last date: 9 September 1968 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18132 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A |
Canuck |
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First flight on 17 March 1953, by Don
Rogers. Crashed on take off at North
Bay on 21 July 1953, while with No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training Unit. This was first Canuck Category A crash with
an operational unit. |
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first date: 18 March 1953 |
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last date: 5 August 1953 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off after crash, see comments |
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18133 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A / 3D |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 445 AW(F) Squadron at RCAF
Station North Bay, Ontario, summer of 1953.
Also with No. 440 Squadron and No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training Unit,
dates unknown. Converted to Mk. 3D,
date unknown. |
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first date: 18 March 1953 |
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last date: 3 August 1960 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18134 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3A / 3D |
Canuck |
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With No. 445 Squadron at RCAF Station North
Bay, Ontario in summer of 1953, when it took part in Exercise
Checkpoint. With No. 440 Squadron at
RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ by March 1954.
Still there in July 1954, when it took part in the Ontario Centennial
Airshow at Windsor, Ontario, coded "KE*134". Also with No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training
Unit, date unknown. Converted to Mk.
3D, date unknown. |
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first date: 18 March 1953 |
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last date: 13 November 1963 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18135 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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With No. 440 Squadron and No. 3 F(AW)
Operational Training Unit, dates unknown.
Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown. |
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first date: 7 May 1953 |
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last date: 13 October 1954 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off after Category A crash at North Bay
on 27 September 1954. |
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18136 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 445 Squadron at RCAF Station
North Bay, Ontario, summer of 1953.
Coded "SA*136". Flew
non-stop from Vancouver BC to North Bay on 16 November 1953. Fuel was chilled to get maximum weight into
the aircraft. Using good tail winds,
flight time was 3:50. Also with No.
425 Squadron and No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training Unit, dates unknown. Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown. |
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first date: 7 May 1953 |
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last date: 28 July 1960 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18137 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 445 Squadron at RCAF Station
North Bay, Ontario. Carried film of
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II from Goose Bay to Ottawa on 2 June
1953. Coded "SA*137". Took part in Exercise Checkpoint, July
1953. With No. 440 Squadron at RCAF
Station Bagotville, PQ. Crashed on
landing at North Bay on 8 September 1954 when the starboard main gear
collapsed. Struck a B-25 and an
Expeditor, 2 fatalities. With No. 3
F(AW) operational Training Unit, as a Mk. 3D, at time of crash. |
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first date: 7 May 1953 |
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last date: 28 September 1954 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off after crash, see comments |
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18138 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 445 Squadron at RCAF Station
North Bay, Ontario, summer of 1953.
Coded "SA*138". With
No. 440 Squadron at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ in July 1954, when it took
part in the Ontario Centennial Airshow at Windsor, Ontario. Also with No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training
Unit, dates unknown. Converted to Mk.
3D, date unknown. Reported preserved,
and displayed in Richmond BC (Canadian Museum of Flight and Technology?) in
late 1980s. |
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first date: 7 May 1953 |
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last date: 28 May 1963 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18139 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 3
/ 3D |
Canuck |
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At No. 3 Operational Training Unit, RCAF
Station Cold Lake, Alberta by 1957.
Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown.
Taken on charge by Canadian Armed Forces on 1 February 1968, but
retained RCAF serial number. |
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first date: 1953 |
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last date: 9 September 1968 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18140 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 445 Squadron at RCAF Station
North Bay, Ontario, summer of 1953.
Coded "SA*140". With
this unit when it was declared operational on 1 April 1953, still with unit
in 1954. First Mk. 3D conversion. At No. 3 Operational Training Unit, RCAF
Station Cold Lake, Alberta at time of crash. |
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first date: 12 May 1953 |
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last date: 16 October 1957 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off after Category A damage on 1 October
1957 at Cold Lake. |
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18141 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 3 Operational Training Unit,
RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario. |
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first date: 8 April 1953 |
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last date: 19 November 1953 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, after Category A damage at North
Bay on 27 October 1953 |
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18142 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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With No. 440 Squadron at RCAF Station
Bagotville, PQ in 1954, coded "KE*142". Later to No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training
Unit. Converted to Mk. 3D, date
unknown. B Category damage on 12
January 1957. |
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first date: 8 April 1953 |
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last date: 1 February 1957 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18143 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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Used by Central Experimental and Proving
Establishment, coded "PX*143".
Operated from Namao, Alberta and Fort Churchill, Manitoba for cold
weather gun trials in winter of 1953 / 1954.
Later to No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training Unit. Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown. |
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first date: 26 June 1953 |
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last date: 13 November 1963 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18144 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 445 Squadron at RCAF Station
North Bay, Ontario, summer of 1953.
With this unit when it was declared operational on 1 April 1953, still
there in 1954. At No. 3 Operational
Training Unit, RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta by 1957. Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown. |
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first date: 24 April 1953 |
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last date: 23 April 1964 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18145 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 445 Squadron at RCAF Station
North Bay, Ontario, summer of 1953.
Coded "SA*145". Later
with No. 440 Squadron at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ, when canopy slid back
on take off on 8 September 1954.
Aircraft recovered without damage.
With No. 416 AW(F) Squadron at RCAF Station St. Hubert, PQ in 1957, as
a Mk. 3D. Also at No. 3 Operational
Training Unit, dates unknown.
Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown. |
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first date: 24 April 1953 |
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last date: 28 July 1960 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18146 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 445 Squadron at RCAF Station
North Bay, Ontario, summer of 1953.
Coded "SA*146". Also
at No. 423 Squadron and No. 3 Operational Training Unit, dates unknown. Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown. Reported in "Aircraft of the Canadian
Armed Forces" as crashed 10 November 1953, struck off 28 December 1953? |
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first date: 24 April 1953 |
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last date: 28 December 1960 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18147 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 445 Squadron at RCAF Station
North Bay, Ontario, summer of 1953.
With this unit when it was declared operational on 1 April 1953, still
there in 1954. Also at No. 3
Operational Training Unit, dates unknown.
Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown. |
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first date: 24 April 1953 |
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last date: 3 August 1960 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18148 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3T / 3D |
Canuck |
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With No. 423 Squadron, RCAF Station St. Hubert,
PQ, coded "NQ*148". Took
part in Operation Prairie Pacific, air show tour of western Canada in summer
of 1954. Still with this unit spring
of 1955. At No. 3 Operational Training
Unit, RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta by 1957. Converted to Mk. 3T, date unknown. Taken on charge by Canadian Armed Forces on
1 February 1968, but retained RCAF serial number. |
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first date: 1953 |
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last date: 9 September 1968 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18149 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3T / 3D |
Canuck |
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With No. 423 AW(F) Squadron, RCAF Station St.
Hubert, PQ, coded "NQ*149".
Took part in Operation Prairie Pacific, air show tour of western
Canada in summer of 1954. Used by No.
3 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ. At No. 3 Operational Training Unit, RCAF
Station Cold Lake, Alberta by 1957.
Later used as instrument trainer at the Electronic Warfare Unit at
RCAF Station St. Hubert, PQ. One of
the last 2 Mk. 3s in RCAF service, in 1966.
Crew ejected safely on 27 February 1967 near St. Hubert. This was probably the last flight by a Mk.
3. Converted to Mk. 3D, date
unknown. Struck off date also reported
as 15 March 1967? |
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first date: 1953 |
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last date: 9 September 1968 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off after crash, see comments |
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18150 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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With No. 440 AW(F) Squadron at RCAF Station
Bagotville, PQ, coded "KE*150".
Also at No. 409 Squadron at RCAF Station Comox, BC, and No. 3 F(AW)
Operational Training Unit, dates unknown.
Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown. |
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first date: 25 May 1953 |
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last date: 3 August 1960 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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