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Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers RCAF 18501 to 18550 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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18501 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4B / 5 |
Canuck |
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Converted to Mk. 5, date unknown (before
delivery?). With No. 425
Squadron. With Electronic Warfare Unit
at RCAF Station St. Hubert, PQ in the 1960s.
Became instructional airframe A689.
Taken on charge by Canadian Armed Forces on 1 February 1968, but
retained RCAF serial number. |
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first date: 28 June 1955 |
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last date: 11 August 1972 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18502 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4B / 5 |
Canuck |
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Converted to Mk. 5, date unknown (before
delivery?). With No. 425 AW(F)
Squadron at RCAF Station St. Hubert, PQ.
With Electronic Warfare Unit at RCAF Station St. Hubert, PQ in the
1960s. Also with No. 410 Squadron,
dates unknown. |
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first date: 28 June 1955 |
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last date: 17 April 1966 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18503 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4B / 5 |
Canuck |
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Converted to Mk. 5, date unknown (before
delivery?). Served with No. 428 AW(F)
Squadron, RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario, in the 1950s. With No. 410 and 433 Squadrons, dates
unknown. With Electronic Warfare Unit
at RCAF Station St. Hubert, PQ in the 1960s. |
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first date: 28 June 1955 |
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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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18504 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4B / 5 / 5C |
Canuck |
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Converted to Mk. 5, date unknown (before
delivery?). Served with No. 433
Squadron, RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario.
With this unit on 13 July 1956, when port engine exploded in flight. Pilot landed at North Bay in heavy weather,
required three single-engine approaches before touching down. F/O Ross received Air Force Cross for this. Converted to Mk. 5C ECM trainer at Malton,
Ontario by de Havilland Canada in 1964.
With Electronic Warfare Unit and No. 414 (EW) Squadron at RCAF Station
St. Hubert, PQ in the 1960s. To CAF. |
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first date: 28 June 1955 |
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last date: 1 November 1970 |
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Taken on strength |
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Became CAF 100504. |
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18505 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4B / 5 |
Canuck |
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Converted to Mk. 5, date unknown (before
delivery?). Served with No. 432 and
433 Squadrons. |
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first date: 28 June 1955 |
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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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18506 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4B / 5 |
Canuck |
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Converted to Mk. 5, date unknown (before
delivery?). Served with no. 433
Squadron, dates unknown. With
Electronic Warfare Unit at RCAF Station St. Hubert, PQ in the 1960s. Taken on strength by Canadian Armed Forces
on 1 February 1968, but retained RCAF serial number. Reported preserved at Hamilton (CWHMS?). |
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first date: 28 June 1955 |
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last date: 22 February 1966 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off (or to instructional airframe?) |
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18507 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4B / 5 |
Canuck |
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Converted to Mk. 5, date unknown (before
delivery?). Served with No. 414 and
No. 433 Squadrons. |
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first date: 28 June 1955 |
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last date: 17 May 1966 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18508 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4B / 5 |
Canuck |
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Converted to Mk. 5, date unknown (before
delivery?). Served with No. 433 Squadron,
dates unkown. To Pt. Mugu, California
in 1958 with Central Experimental and Proving Establishment, flew chase for
initial Sparrow trials with Mk. 5Ms.
Permanently assigned to Weapons Practice Unit, RCAF Station Cold Lake,
Alberta, 1959 - 1960. Red bands marked
on nose, wing tips and horizontal tail plane. |
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first date: 28 June 1955 |
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last date: 31 May 1965 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18509 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4B / 5 |
Canuck |
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Converted to Mk. 5, date unknown (before
delivery?). Served with No. 433
Squadron, RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario.
Took part in flying display for Canadian National Exhibition at
Toronto, September 1956, basing out of RCAF Station Trenton. Also with No. 432 Squadron, dates
unknown. Taken on charge by Canadian
Armed Forces on 1 February 1968, but retained RCAF serial number. Became instructional airframe A693. |
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first date: 28 June 1955 |
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last date: 31 March 1970 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18510 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4B / 5 |
Canuck |
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Converted to Mk. 5, date unknown (before
delivery?). With No. 433 Squadron. |
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first date: 28 June 1955 |
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last date: 17 May 1966 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18511 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4B / 5 |
Canuck |
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Converted to Mk. 5, date unknown (before
delivery?). Served with No. 419 and
No. 433 Squadrons. Arrived at
Hamilton, Ontario by rail car for scrapping on 27 October 1963. |
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first date: 28 June 1955 |
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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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18512 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4B / 5 |
Canuck |
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Converted to Mk. 5, date unknown (before
delivery?). Served with No. 409 and
425 Squadrons. Flamed out on approach
to Uplands on 31 May 1961, due to fuel starvation. Gear collapsed on runway, Category A
damage. With No. 413 Squadron at this
time. This date doesn't match struck
off date? |
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first date: 28 June 1955 |
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last date: 7 January 1961? |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18513 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk.
4B / 5C /5D |
Canuck |
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Converted to Mk. 5, date unknown (before
delivery?). Operated by Avro Canada pilots
as chase plane during CF-105 trials in 1958 and 1959. Converted to Mk. 5C ECM trainer at Malton,
Ontario by de Havilland Canada in 1964.
Later converted to Mk. 5D. With
Electronic Warfare Unit at RCAF Station St. Hubert, PQ at time of crash. |
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first date: 9 December
1955 |
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last date: 8 September 1965 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, after Category A crash at Harmon
AFB, Newfoundland on 21 July 1965. |
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18514 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Crashed on 20 October 1955, while Avro pilot
Glen Lynes was performing low level aerobatics over Malton. This was Avro's third fatal crash on
company trials. |
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first date: 23 October
1956 |
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last date: 23 October 1956 |
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Taken on charge, after crash, for inventory
reasons. |
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Struck off. |
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18515 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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First Mk. 5 accepted by RCAF, in December
1956. With No. 414 AW(F) Squadron at
RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario.
Served with No. 428 AW(F) Squadron, RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario, in
the 1950s, coded "HG*515".
Also with No. 433 Squadron, and Central Experimental and Proving
Establishment, dates unknown. |
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first date: 8 March 1956 |
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last date: 17 May 1966 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18516 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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First Mk. 5 evaluated by RCAF, starting 1 April
1956. Used by Central Experiemental
and Proving Establishment. Taken on
strength by Canadian Armed Forces on 1 February 1968, but retained RCAF
serial number. |
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first date: 1956 |
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last date: 25 May 1967 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off (or became instructional airframe?) |
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18517 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 440 Squadron, RCAF Station
Bagotville, PQ in 1956. One of the
first Mk. 5s with this unit. To RCAF
Station Cold Lake for weapons firing in August and September 1956. Served with Weapons Practice Unit, RCAF Station
Cold Lake, Alberta in 1957, coded "HY*517". With Electronic Warfare Unit at RCAF
Station St. Hubert, PQ in the 1960s. |
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first date: 19 March 1956 |
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last date: 17 April 1966 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18518 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 428 AW(F) Squadron, RCAF
Station Uplands, Ontario, in the 1950s.
With No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville,
PQ in the early 1960s. Visited RCAF
Station Trenton, Ontario on 30 August 1962.
Taken on charge by Canadian Armed Forces on 1 February 1968, but
retained RCAF serial number. Became
instructional airframe A684. |
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first date: 1956 |
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last date: 11 August 1972 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18519 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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With No. 428 Squadron at RCAF Station Uplands,
Ontario in 1956. Later with No. 413
AW(F) Squadron at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ. |
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first date: 8 March 1956 |
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last date: 25 February 1963 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18520 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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With No. 425 AW(F) Squadron at RCAF Station St.
Hubert, PQ. |
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first date: 8 March 1956 |
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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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18521 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 428 AW(F) Squadron, RCAF
Station Uplands, Ontario, in the 1950s.
Also with No. 433 Squadron, dates unknown. |
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first date: 8 March 1956 |
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last date: 31 May 1965 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18522 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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With No. 428 Squadron at RCAF Station Uplands,
Ontario in 1956, coded "HG*522".
Arrived at Hamilton, Ontario by rail car for scrapping on 27 October
1963. |
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first date: 8 March 1956 |
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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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18523 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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With No. 425 Squadron, RCAF. |
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first date: 14 June 1956 |
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last date: 31 May 1965 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18524 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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With No. 428 Squadron at RCAF Station Uplands
in 1956, coded "HG*524".
Also with No. 428 Squadron, dates unknown. |
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first date: 8 March 1956 |
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last date: 31 May 1965 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18525 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Operated by No. 416 Squadron, dates
unknown. With No. 428 Squadron at RCAF
Station Uplands in 1956 and 1959, coded "HG*525". Being operated by a 410 Sdn. crew on 1
September 1959, when port main gear collapsed on touchdown at Uplands. No injuries, but major damage to aircraft. Reported as written off after this
accident, also reported with Electronic Warfare Unit at RCAF Station St.
Hubert, PQ in the 1960s. |
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first date: 8 March 1956 |
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last date: 17 April 1966 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18526 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 428 AW(F) Squadron, RCAF
Station Uplands, Ontario, in the 1950s, coded "HG*526". Also with No. 410 Squadron, dates
unknown. Arrived at Hamilton, Ontario
by rail car for scrapping on 27 October 1963. |
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first date: 8 March 1956 |
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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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18527 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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With No. 425 Squadron At RCAF Station St.
Hubert, PQ in 1957. Also with No. 409
and 410 Squadrons, dates unknown. |
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first date: 14 June 1956 |
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last date: 31 May 1965 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18528 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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With No. 410, 414 and 425 Squadrons. |
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first date: 8 March 1956 |
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last date: 31 May 1965 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18529 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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With No. 410, 416 and 425 Squadrons. |
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first date: 8 March 1956 |
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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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18530 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 416 and 428 Squadrons. Arrived at Hamilton, Ontario by rail car
for scrapping on 27 October 1963. |
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first date: 8 March 1956 |
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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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18531 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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With No. 428 Squadron at RCAF Station Uplands,
Ontario in 1956. Also with No. 433
Squadron, dates unknown. |
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first date: 8 March 1956 |
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last date: 30 September 1965 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18532 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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With No. 425 AW(F) Squadron at RCAF Station St.
Hubert, PQ. Also with No. 409 and 410
Squadrons. Arrived at Hamilton, Ontario
by rail car for scrapping on 27 October 1963. |
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first date: 8 March 1956 |
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last date: 31 May 1965 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18533 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 428 AW(F) Squadron, RCAF
Station Uplands, Ontario, in the 1950s.
With No. 425 Squadron at RCAF Station St. Hubert, PQ, dates
unknown. With No. 410 AW(F) Squadron
at RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario, c. 1956 / 1961. |
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first date: 8 March 1956 |
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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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18534 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Used by No. 425 Squadron. Later to No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training
Unit. Became instructional airframe
A690. Taken on charge by Canadian
Armed Forces on 1 February 1968, but retained RCAF serial number. Flown to Belgium after being struck off,
probably last trans-Atlantic flight by a Canuck. On display today in Brussels museum, in
Belgian AF markings. |
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first date: 1956 |
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last date: 14 May 1971 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, to Belgium for display. |
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18535 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 428 AW(F) Squadron, RCAF
Station Uplands, Ontario, in the 1950s.
Also with No. 413 and 432 Squadrons, dates unknown. |
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first date: 14 June 1956 |
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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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18536 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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With No. 425 Squadron, dates unknown. With No. 433 Squadron at RCAF Station North
Bay, Ontario in 1960. Represented unit
in rocket meet that year. Became
instructional airframe A691. Taken on
strength by Canadian Armed Forces on 1 February 1968, but retained RCAF
serial number. |
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first date: 1956 |
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last date: 31 May 1971 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18537 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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With No. 409, 413, 416 and 432 Squadrons. |
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first date: 13 June 1956 |
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last date: 17 May 1966 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18538 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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With No. 428 Squadron at RCAF Station Uplands,
Ontario in 1956. With No. 413 Squadron
from RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ when it was detached to Sept-Isles, PQ on 13
and 14 October 1961 for Exercise Sky Shield.
Also with No. 425 Squadron, dates unknown. Arrived at Hamilton, Ontario by rail car
for scrapping on 27 October 1963. |
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first date: 8 March 1956 |
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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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18539 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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With No. 432 Squadron at RCAF Station
Bagotville, PQ in 1957, coded "DL*539". With No. 413 Squadron from RCAF Station
Bagotville, PQ when it was detached to Sept-Isles, PQ on 13 and 14 October
1961 for Exercise Sky Shield. Also
with No. 416 Squadron, dates unknown.
Arrived at Hamilton, Ontario by rail car for scrapping on 27 October 1963. |
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first date: 14 June 1956 |
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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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18540 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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With No. 414 and 432 Squadrons. |
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first date: 14 June 1956 |
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last date: 31 May 1965 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18541 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 410, 425 and 433
Squadrons. Taken on strength by
Canadian Armed Forces on 1 February 1968, but retained RCAF serial number. |
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first date: 1956 |
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last date: 31 May 1974 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off |
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18542 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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With No. 428 AW(F) Squadron at RCAF Station
Uplands, Ontario. Also with No. 432
Squadron. Taken on strength by
Canadian Armed Forces on 1 February 1968, but retained RCAF serial number. |
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first date: 1956 |
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last date: 25 May 1967 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18543 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 428 AW(F) Squadron, RCAF
Station Uplands, Ontario, in the 1950s.
Also with No. 410, 413 and 432 Squadrons, dates unknown. |
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first date: 14 June 1956 |
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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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18544 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Loaned to Avro Canada for development tests. |
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first date: 17 October
1956 |
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last date: 1 May 1963 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18545 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 414 and 432 Squadrons. Arrived at Hamilton, Ontario by rail car
for scrapping on 27 October 1963. |
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first date: 14 June 1956 |
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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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18546 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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With No. 433 Squadron at RCAF Station North
Bay, Ontario in 1960. Represented
squadron at 4th annual Air Defence Command rocket meet, May of that
year. Also with No. 414 Squadron,
dates unknown. |
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first date: 20 August 1956 |
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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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18547 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 428 AW(F) Squadron, RCAF
Station Uplands, Ontario, in the 1950s.
Also with No. 413 and 432 Squadrons, dates unknown. |
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first date: 20 August 1956 |
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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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18548 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 428 AW(F) Squadron, RCAF
Station Uplands, Ontario, in the 1950/60s, coded "RCAF*548". Also with no. 410 and No. 432 Squadrons,
dates unknown. |
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first date: 14 June 1956 |
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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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18549 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 432 Squadron. |
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first date: 14 June 1956 |
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last date: 17 May 1966 |
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Taken on charge |
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Struck off, later scrapped. |
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18550 |
Avro Canada |
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CF-100 |
Mk. 5 |
Canuck |
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Served with No. 413 and No. 416 Squadrons. Arrived at Hamilton, Ontario by rail car
for scrapping on 27 October 1963. |
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first date: 14 June 1956 |
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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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