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Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers RCAF 18151 to 18200 Detailed List |
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Designer |
Manufacturer |
basic designation |
variant or model |
name |
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company designation |
company number |
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18151 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 413 and No. 416 Squadrons, and
at No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training Unit, dates unknown. Canopy partially separated in flight over
North Bay, on 15 March 1954. Aircraft
recovered without further damage.
Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown. |
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first date: 12 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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18152 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 423 and No. 432 Squadrons,
dates unknown. With No. 3 F(AW)
Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ in the early
1960s. Converted to Mk. 3D, date
unknown. Taken on charge by Canadian
Armed Forces on 1 February 1968, but retained RCAF serial number. Preserved, on display at Defense Research
Establishment Suffield (DRES), Alberta in 1995. At the Nanton Lancaster Museum in Nanton, Alberta by 2005. |
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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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18153 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 413 and No. 432 Squadrons, and
at 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: 23 April 1964 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18154 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B |
Canuck |
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Operated by No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training
Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario.
Crashed near Shawville, PQ on 31 December 1954, one of 2 crashes from
the OTU that day. Pilot, lone
occupant, successfully ejected. |
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first date: 25 May 1953 |
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last date: 12 January 1955 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off after crash, see comments. |
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18155 |
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. Delivered from
factory direct to this unit in October 1953(?). With No. 440 Squadron at RCAF Station
Bagotville, PQ by 27 November 1953, when it made practice intercepts against
an RCAF Comet. At No. 3 Operational
Training Unit, RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta by 1956, coded
"JF*155". 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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18156 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 413 and No. 432 Squadrons, and
at No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training Unit, dates unknown. Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown. Reported Category A at RCAF Station cold
Lake, Alberta on 12 August 1960. |
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first date: 25 May 1953 |
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last date: 31 May 1965 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18157 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B |
Canuck |
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With No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training Unit at
RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario at time of crash. Crashed on night landing, 21 April 1954 at
North Bay. Official cause was
originally "pilot disorientation".
Later determined to be a flap fitting failure, resulting in flaps
blowing up in flight, based on similar subsequent incidents, and further
examination of saved wreckage. |
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first date: 25 May 1953 |
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last date: 10 May 1954 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off after crash, see comments. |
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18158 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 409 Squadron, RCAF Station
Comox, BC and at 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: 18 March 1965 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18159 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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With No. 423 Squadron, RCAF Station St. Hubert,
PQ summer of 1954, coded "NQ*159".
Later to No. 3 Operational Training Unit as a dual control
trainer. With this unit at Cold Lake
at time of crash. Converted to Mk. 3D,
date unknown. |
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first date: 3 June 1953 |
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last date: 16 December 1957 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, after Category A crash at Cold
Lake, Alberta on 12 November 1957. |
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18160 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B |
Canuck |
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With No. 423 Squadron, RCAF Station St. Hubert,
PQ at time of crash. |
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first date: 3 June 1953 |
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last date: 25 August 1953 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, after Category A crash at
Longueuil, PQ on 11 August 1953. |
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18161 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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With No. 423 Squadron, RCAF Station St. Hubert,
PQ, coded "NQ*161". At No. 3
Operational Training Unit, RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta by 1956. Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown. |
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first date: 3 June 1953 |
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last date: 13 November 1963 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, scrapped. |
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18162 |
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. Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown. Served with No. 3 F(AW) Operational
Training Unit, dates unknown. |
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first date: 3 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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18163 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 414 Squadron, and with No. 3
F(AW) Operational Training Unit, dates unknown. Favorite aircraft of No. 3 OTU solo
aerbatics pilot F/O Tony Gunter-Smith, who flew this aircraft in an air show
at North Bay on 20 August 1953.
Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown. |
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first date: 13 July 1953 |
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last date: 13 November 1963 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, scrapped. |
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18164 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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Took part in Operation Prairie Pacific, air
show tour of western Canada in summer of 1954, while with No. 423
Squadron. Converted to Mk. 3D at
MacDonald Brothers / Bristol Aircraft in Winnipeg. At No. 3 Operational Training Unit, RCAF
Station Cold Lake, Alberta by 1957. |
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first date: 13 July 1953 |
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last date: 13 November 1963 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, scrapped |
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18165 |
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. |
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first date: 1 September
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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18166 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 425 Squadron, and with No. 3
F(AW) Operational Training Unit, dates unknown. |
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first date: 12 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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18167 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B |
Canuck |
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With No. 423 Squadron, RCAF Station St. Hubert,
PQ, coded "NQ*167". Later
with No. 413 Squadron at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ in 1958, probably after
conversion to dual controls. Served
with No. 432 Squadron and with No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training Unit, dates
unknown. |
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first date: 18 June 1953 |
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last date: 18 March 1965 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, scrapped. |
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18168 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B |
Canuck |
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At No. 3 Operational Training Unit, RCAF
Station Cold Lake, Alberta by 1957. |
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first date: 22 June 1953 |
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last date: 13 November 1963 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, scrapped. |
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18169 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B |
Canuck |
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At No. 3 Operational Training Unit, RCAF
Station Cold Lake, Alberta by 1957.
Still there at time of crash. |
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first date: 23 June 1953 |
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last date: 11 May 1959 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, after Category A crash on 26 April
1959. |
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18170 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B |
Canuck |
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With No. 423 Squadron, RCAF Station St. Hubert,
PQ, coded "NQ*170". Took
part in Operation Prairie Pacific, air show tour of western Canada in summer
of 1954. Served with No. 432 Squadron
and with No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training Unit, dates unknown. |
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first date: 23 June 1953 |
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last date: 31 March 1963 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, scrapped. |
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18171 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B |
Canuck |
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With No. 413 Squadron at RCAF Station
Bagotville, PQ in 1958. |
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first date: 23 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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18172 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 423 Squadron and with No. 3
F(AW) Operational Training Unit, dates 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, scrapped. |
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18173 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B |
Canuck |
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With No. 440 Squadron at RCAF Station
Bagotville, PQ. Operated by Central
Experimental and Proving Establishment, date unknown, when nose gear
collapsed after taxiing into a ditch.
Used by No. 3 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville,
PQ. Later used as instrument trainer
at the Electornic Warfare Unit at RCAF Station St. Hubert, PQ. One of the last 2 Mk. 3s in RCAF service,
in 1966. 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, scrapped. |
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18174 |
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. Operated by No. 3 AW(F) Operational
Training Unit at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta, in 1956. Coded "JF*174". |
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first date: 6 July 1953 |
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last date: 18 March 1965 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18175 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B |
Canuck |
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Allegedly taken supersonic, in a vertical dive,
by F/O Pocklington on 1 October 1953.
Operated by No. 3 Operational Training Unit, RCAF Station North Bay at
the time. Fuselage found to be twisted
after this flight. Coded
"JF*175". 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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18176 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B |
Canuck |
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Operated by No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training
Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario, in 1954. Coded "JF*176". At No. 3 Operational Training Unit, RCAF
Station Cold Lake, Alberta by 1957.
Arrived at Hamilton, Ontario by rail car for scrapping on 27 October
1963. |
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first date: 6 July 1953 |
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last date: 13 November 1963 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18177 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B |
Canuck |
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With No. 423 Squadron, RCAF Station St. Hubert,
PQ, coded "NQ*177". Took
part in Operation Prairie Pacific, air show tour of western Canada in summer
of 1954. Later with No. 3 Operational
Training Unit at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta, late 1950s. |
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first date: 6 July 1953 |
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last date: 5 November 1956 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, after Category A crash at Cold Lake
on 10 October 1956. |
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18178 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 409 Squadron at RCAF Station
Comox, BC in 1958, coded "LP*178".
Later with No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training Unit. |
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first date: 25 August 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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18179 |
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. Served with No. 3 F(AW) Operational
Training Unit, dates unknown. |
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first date: 13 July 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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18180 |
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. Later with No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training
Unit at RCAF Station Cold Lake, Alberta. |
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first date: 13 July 1953 |
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last date: 6 February 1956 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, after Category A crash at Cold Lake
on 19 January 1956 |
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18181 |
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 with No. 445 Squadron when it moved
from North Bay to RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario in fall of 1953. |
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first date: 7 August 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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18182 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
3B / 3D |
Canuck |
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Converted to Mk. 3D, date unknown. |
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first date: 21 August 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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18183 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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First production Mk. 4. First flight at Malton on 4 October
1953. Loaned to Avro Canada for
development work. Later used as
instructional airframe 650B at Camp Borden, Ontario. |
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first date: 30 November
1953 |
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last date: 9 November 1961 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18184 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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Loaned to Avro Canada for development
work. Used by Avro Canada for rocket
firing trials in December 1954. Used
for underwing target pods trials.
Later used as instructional airframe 651B at Camp Borden, Ontario. |
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first date: 3 December
1953 |
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last date: 9 November 1961 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18185 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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Flown by Don Rogers of Avro Canada on 30 June
1953, to photograph solar eclipse.
Also used for canopy jettisoning trials, photographed from the
Jetliner. |
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first date: 22 February
1954 |
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last date: 28 July 1960 |
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Taken on charge, after being used by Avro
Canada for development work |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18186 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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Probably used by Avro Canada for development
work. |
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first date: 12 February
1954 |
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last date: 28 July 1960 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18187 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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Probably used by Avro Canada for development
work. Later became instructional
airframe 652B and A652 at Camp Borden, Ontario. |
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first date: 3 February
1954 |
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last date: 12 June 1962 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18188 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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Used by Avro Canada for rocket firing
trials. Later became instructional
airframe at Clinton, Ontario (at radar tech school?). |
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first date: 3 February
1954 |
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last date: 16 January 1958 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18189 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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Became instructional airframe 643B and A643 at
Camp Borden, Ontario. Taken on charge
by Canadian Armed Forces on 1 February 1968, but retained RCAF serial number. |
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first date: 1954? |
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last date: 15 March 1984 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18190 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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Delivered to Camp Borden, Ontario by Don Rogers
of Avro Canada, on 11 May 1955. Used
as training aid A647, later 647B. |
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first date: 17 February
1954 |
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last date: 12 Ocotber 1962 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18191 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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To Central Experimental and Proving
Establishment, for Velvet Glove guided missile project. |
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first date: 17 February
1954 |
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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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18192 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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Became Instructional Airframe A644, later 644B,
at Camp Borden, Ontario. |
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first date: 17 February
1954 |
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last date: 12 June 1962 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18193 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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Became Instructional Airframe A645, later 645B,
at Camp Borden, Ontario. Taken on
charge by Canadian Armed Forces on 1 February 1968, but retained RCAF serial
number. |
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first date: 17 February
1954 |
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last date: 15 March 1984 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18194 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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Became Instructional Airframe A646, later 646B,
at Camp Borden, Ontario. |
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first date: 17 February
1954 |
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last date: 14 February 1964 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18195 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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Served at No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training
Unit. |
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first date: 1 March 1954 |
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last date: 8 July 1957 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18196 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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Became Instructional Airframe A648, used at
Camp Borden, Ontario. |
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first date: 26 February
1954 |
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last date: 12 October 1962 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18197 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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With No.
419 Squadron at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario in early 1955. Featured in the 1955 RCAF recruiting
calendar. Became Instructional
Airframe A653, used at Camp Borden, Ontario. |
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first date: 26 February
1954 |
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last date: 12 June 1962 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18198 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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Delivered to No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training
Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario in July 1954, one of the first 2 Mk.
4s delivered to the RCAF. Served with
no. 419 AW(F) Squadron, dates unknown.
Became Instructional Airframe A649, used at Camp Borden, Ontario. |
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first date: 26 February
1954 |
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last date: 9 November 1961 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18199 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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Delivered to No. 3 F(AW) Operational Training
Unit at RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario in July 1954, one of the first 2 Mk.
4s delivered to this unit. Taken on
charge by Canadian Armed Forces on 1 February 1968, but retained RCAF serial
number. Became Instructional Airframe
A641, later 641B. |
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first date: 1954? |
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last date: 15 March 1984 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18200 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4A |
Canuck |
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Delivered to No. 419 Squadron at RCAF Station
North Bay, Ontario on 15 June 1954, one of this unit's first three Mk. 4s
delivered that day. Became
Instructional Airframe A633, later 633B, used at Camp Borden, Ontario. |
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first date: 26 February
1954 |
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last date: 3 November 1961 |
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Taken on charge |
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