Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers RCAF 3250 to 3299 Detailed List

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	Designer	Manufacturer	basic designation	variant or model	name
	company designation	company number
3250	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-117
	first date: 16 December 1941 - Taken on strength
	Category C damage on 31 March 1942 while with the Central Training School, possibly at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario.
	last date: 4 December 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets for disposal.
3251	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB / IIA
		07-118
	first date: 5 January 1942 - Taken on strength
	Served with No. 14 Service Flying Training School at RCAF Station Aylmer, Ontario. Also with No. 8 SFTS at Moncton, NB. Converted to Mk. IIA armament trainer post war. To No. 438 Squadron (Auxiliary) at St. Hubert, PQ on June 1948. To RCN on 7 September 1954, with 2702:30 airframe time.
	last date: 7 September 1954 - Transferred to RCN
3252	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-119
	first date: 17 January 1942 - Taken on strength
	With No. 1 Service Flying Training School at Camp Borden, Ontario.
	last date: 3 December 1943 - Struck off, after being lost in a fire.
3253	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-120
	first date: 18 December 1941 - Taken on strength
	Category C damage on 9 April 1942 while with the Central Training School. Fitted with radio compass post war. Served with No. 442 Squadron (Aux) at Vancouver, BC, and at RCAF Stations Centralia, Ontario and MacDonald, Manitoba.
	last date: 18 October 1960 - Struck off
3254	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-121
	first date: 5 January 1942 - Taken on strength
	Served with No. 8 Service Flying Training School at Moncton, NB. Also with the Air Force Headquarters Practice Flight at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, datesnot known. Fitted with ATR-11 radio post war. Used by No. 442 Squadron (Auxiliary) at RCAF Station Sea Island, (Vancouver) BC.
	last date: 18 October 1960 - Struck off
3255	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-122
	first date: 30 December 1941 - Taken on strength
	Category C damage on 9 January 1942 while with No. 8 Service Flying Training School at Moncton, NB. Also with No. 2 SFTS at Uplands, Ontario. Used post war at RCAF Station Centralia, Ontario. Classified as instructional airframe on 14 August 1959.
	last date: 12 September 1963 - Struck off
3256	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-123
	first date: 5 January 1942 - Taken on strength
	Served with No. 8 Service Flying Training School at Moncton, NB. Used post war at RCAF Stations Centralia and Moose Jaw.
	last date: 23 January 1958 - Free issue, under Mutual Aid, to France.
3257	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-124
	first date: 5 January 1942 - Taken on strength
	Served with No. 8 Service Flying Training School at Moncton, NB.
	last date: 15 September 1944 - Struck off, reduced to spares.
3258	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-125
	first date: 5 January 1942 - Taken on strength
	Served with No. 9 Service Flying Training School. Category A damage on 2 June 1943 while with No. 130 (F) Squadron, Eastern Air Command.
	last date: 29 July 1943 - Struck off
3259	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-126
	first date: 5 January 1942 - Taken on strength
	Category B damage on 8 August 1944 while with No. 34 Service Flying Training School. also with No. 9 SFTS and No. 32 SFTS. Used post war by No. 402 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Stevenson Field, Manitoba (today this is Winnipeg International Airport). Also used post war at RCAF Station Centralia, Ontario.
	last date: 8 July 1953 - Struck off
3260	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-127
	first date: 5 January 1942 - Taken on strength
	Used by No. 9 Service Flying Training School. Served post war at London, Ontario and RCAF Station MacDonald, Manitoba.
	last date: 7 November 1957 - Free issue, under Mutual Aid, to Turkey.
3261	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-128
	first date: 5 January 1942 - Taken on strength
	Served with No. 9 Service Flying Training School. Also with No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit, dates not known. Fitted with radio compass post war. Used post war at RCAF Station Penhold, Alberta, and by the Flying Instructors School at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario.
	last date: 14 December 1960 - Struck off
3262	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-129
	first date: 2 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Served with No. 9 and No. 32 Service Flying Training Schools. Also with No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit, dates not known.
	last date: 1 October 1946 - Struck off, to WarAssets for sale.
3263	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-130
	first date: 10 January 1942 - Taken on strength
	Served with No. 8 SFTS at Moncton, NB, and No. 2 Service Flying Training School at Uplands, Ontario.
	last date: 18 October 1960 - Struck off
3264	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-131
	first date: 5 January 1942 - Taken on strength
	Used by No. 9 Service Flying Training School. Also with No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit, dates not known. Converted post war to Mk. IIA armament trainer. Used at RCAF Stations Gimli, Manitoba and Centralia, Ontario. To RCN on 9 February 1953.
	last date: 21 October 1957 - Free issue, under Mutual aid, to France.
3265	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-132
	first date: 27 January 1942 - Taken on strength
	Served with No. 9 and No. 41 Service Flying Training Schools.
	last date: 8 November 1943 - Struck off, broken up for spares.
3266	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-133
	first date: 17 January 1942 - Taken on strength
	Used at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. Radio compass installed post war. Used by No. 438 Squadron (Auxiliary) at St. Hubert, PQ.
	last date: 11 March 1958 - Free issue under Mutual Aid to Turkey.
3267	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-134
	first date: 24 January 1942 - Taken on strength
	Used by No. 14 Service Flying Training School at RCAF Station Aylmer, Ontario. Category A damage on 23 August 1951 at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba.
	last date: 21 September 1951 - Struck off
3268	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-135
	first date: 2 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Category C damage on 16 February 1942 whhile with No. 9 Service Flying Training School. Also with No. 1 SFTS at Camp Borden, Ontario.
	last date: 20 September 1944 - Struck off, broken up for spares.
3269	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-136
	first date: 24 January 1942 - Taken on strength
	Category C damage on 13 July 1942, while with No. 14 Service Flying Training School at RCAF Station Aylmer, Ontario.
	last date: 24 August 1942 - Struck off
3270	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-137
	first date: 27 January 1942 - Taken on strength
	Served with No. 9 Service Flying Training School. Delivered to No. 400 Squadron (Auxiliary) on14 March 1956, at RCAF Station Downsview, Ontario. Also used post war at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario.
	last date: 18 October 1960 - Struck off
3271	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-138
	first date: 12 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Used by No. 13 Service Flying Training School at St. Hubert, PQ. Also with No. 2 SFTS at Uplands, Ontario. Fitted with ATR-5 radio. Reported post war with No. 423 Squadron, this may be typo.
	last date: 11 October 1960 - Free issue, under Mutual Aid, to Italy.
3272	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-139
	first date: 2 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Category C damage on 30 April 1942 while with No. 2 Service Flying Training School at Uplands, Ontario.
	last date: 1 October 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets for sale.
3273	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-140
	first date: 2 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Served at No. 8, No. 14,and No. 16 Service Flying Training Schools.
	last date: 27 June 1947 - Struck off, to War Assets for sale.
3274	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-141
	first date: 2 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Served at No. 13 Service Flying Training School at St. Hubert, PQ.
	last date: 4 December 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets for sale.
3275	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-144
	first date: 5 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Category C damage on 12 March 1942, while with the Central Flying School, at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. Used post war by No. 400 Squadron (Auxiliary) at RCAF Station Downsview, Ontario. To RCN on 15 November 1952, used at Dartmouth. To civil register as CF-MGI. Registered to Sky Harbour Air Services of Goderich, Ontario in 1965; I. H. Paterson of Don Mills, Ontario from 1966; Gary McCann of Stratford, Ontario from 1968 to 1975; and to Eston Flying Service in 1976. Registered to Rolf Yri by 1986. Sold to USA, struck-off Canadian registry in August 1986. Registered to Courtesy Aircraft Co. of Rockford, Illinois on 2 July 1986 to 1987 as N9750M. Returned to Canada, registered as C-FMGI to Brian D. Beard of Langley, BC, in October 1989. To Gordon Potter, some time in 1990s? Preserved, on display at the Canadian Museum Of Flight at Langley, BC from 1997, marked as RCAF 3275. Still there 2005.
	last date: 12 April 1960 - Struck off
3276	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
		07-145
	first date: 5 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Category C damage on 26 March 1942 while with No. 1 Service Flying Training School at Camp Borden, Ontario. Fitted with radio compass. Used at Central Flying School, dates not known. To RCN on 15 November 1952, used at Dartmouth, NS. To civil register as CF-OHG. Registered to Fred Grindl & Frank McInnes of Brantford, Ontario, 1965-1966. To Robert C. Smith & Assoc. Ltd. of Toronto, Ontario, 1968-1970. To US register, to Max R. Hoffmanof Fort Collins, Colorado, 1972, registered as N3276K.
	last date: 14 December 1960 - Struck off
3277	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 9 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Category B damage on 9 April 1942 while with No. 2 Service Flying Training School at Uplands, Ontario. Also used by the Test and Development Flight at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario. Used at Arnprior, and RCAF Station Centralia, dates unknown. Loaned to National Research Council, dates unknown.
	last date: 18 October 1960 - Struck off
3278	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB / IIA
	first date: 9 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Used at No. 13 Service Flying Training School at St. Hubert, PQ, and at No. 2 SFTS at Uplands. Converted to Mk. IIA post war. Served post war with No. 424 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Mount Hope, Ontario. Also served at London, Ontario.
	last date: 7 November 1957 - Free issue, under Mutual Aid, to Turkey.
3279	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 20 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Category B damage on 1 September 1942, while with No. 14 Service Flying Training School at RCAF Station Aylmer, Ontario. Became instructional airframe A 569 on 19 December 1947.
	last date: 8 May 1956 - Struck off
3280	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 9 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Category A damage on 15 April 1942 while with No. 2 Service Flying Training School at Uplands, Ontario.
	last date: 14 May 1942 - Struck off
3281	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB / IIA
	first date: 12 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Used at No. 8 Service Flying Training School and No. 16 SFTS. Converted to Mk. IIA post war. Category A damage on 19 July 1955 while with No. 400 Squadron (Auxiliary) at RCAF Station Downsview, Ontario. Also used post war at London, Ontario and RCAF Station Chatham, NB.
	last date: 21 August 1955 - Struck off
3282	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 12 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Used at RCAF Station St. Hubert, PQ. Became instructional airframe A 454 on 3 April 1946.
	last date: 5 November 1957 - Struck off
3283	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 12 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Served at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario. Reported with No. 14 Elementary Flying Training School at ? Also at No. 2 Service Flying Training School at Uplands, Ontario. Used post war at RCAF Station Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Category B damage on 28 August 1953 at RCAF Station Penhold, Alberta.
	last date: 18 October 1960 - Struck off
3284	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 20 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Category A damage on 3 August 1942 while with No. 2 Service Flying Training School at Uplands, Ontario. Crashed during instrument flight.
	last date: 6 November 1942 - Struck off
3285	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 12 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Category A damage on 8 June 1942 while with No. 130 (F) Squadron at Mont-Joli, PQ.
	last date: 17 August 1942 - Struck off
3286	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 20 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Served at No. 2 Service Flying Training School at Uplands, Ontario. Classified as instructional airframe A 476 on 13 April 1946. With No. 403 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Calgary in 1950s.
	last date: 15 April 1955 - Struck off
3287	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 20 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Category C damage on 17 January 1944 while with No. 13 Service Flying Training School at St. Hubert, PQ. Used by No. 418 Squadron (Auxiliary), post war, at Edmonton, Alberta; and by No. 400 Squadron (Auxiliary) at RCAF Station Downsview, Ontario. To civil register as CF-MXS. Off register by 1976.
	last date: 1 November 1960 - Struck off
3288	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 20 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	With No. 132 (F) Squadron. Served with No. 401 (Auxiliary) Squadron at St. Hubert, PQ post war. Carried registration VC-ABG, code "AB*G", and blue cowling and rudder while with this unit. Operated by No. 400 Squadron (Auxiliary) at RCAF Station Downsview, Ontario from 14 March 1956.
	last date: 18 October 1960 - Struck off
3289	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 20 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	To No. 118 (F) Squadron, Western Air Command, on 24 June 1942.
	last date: 15 January 1947 - Struck off, to War Assets for sale.
3290	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 20 February 1942 - Taken on strength
	Assigned to No. 3 Training Command during war. On loan to RCN from 16 August 1947. Carried red and blue roundels while serving with No. 1 Training Air Group, RCN at Dartmouth in 1948. Also used post war at RCAF Station Moose Jaw, dates unknown.
	last date: 18 October 1960 - Struck off
3291	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 9 March 1942 - Taken on strength
	Assigned to No. 3 Training Command during war. To No. 132 (F) Squadron at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario on 21 April 1942.
	last date: 1 October 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets for sale.
3292	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 9 March 1942 - Taken on strength
	Assigned to No. 3 Training Command during the war. Category A damage on 20 July 1942, while with No. 132 (F) Squadron at RCAF Station Sea Island, BC.
	last date: 28 August 1942 - Struck off
3293	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 9 March 1942 - Taken on strength
	Assigned to No. 3 Training Command during the war. Served with No. 2 Service Flying Training School at Uplands, Ontario. Category A damage while there, on 29 September 1943.
	last date: 24 February 1944 - Struck off
3294	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 9 March 1942 - Taken on strength
	Assigned to No. 3 Training Command during the war. Category C damage on 14 May 1942, while with No. 130 (F) Squadron at Mont-Joli, PQ.
	last date: 19 March 1943 - Struck off
3295	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 9 March 1942 - Taken on strength
	With No. 13 Service Flying Training School at St. Hubert, PQ.
	last date: 27 June 1947 - Struck off, to War Assets for sale.
3296	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 9 March 1942 - Taken on strength
	Used by No. 12 (Comm) Squadron at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario. Category A damage on 14 January 1944, while with No. 3 Training Command.
	last date: 20 April 1944 - Struck off, broken up for spares.
3297	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB / IIA
		07-166
	first date: 9 March 1942 - Taken on strength
	Served at No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit, dates not known. Converted to Mk. IIA post war, served with No. 401 Squadron (Auxiliary) at St. Hubert, PQ. Category B damage on 24 October 1953 at RCAF Station St. Hubert. To RCN on 29 June 1955. To civil register when sold, as CF-MSZ, to Vance E. Molsberry of Edmonton, Alberta, 1965-1966. To Gail J. Schmidt of Edmonton, Alberta, 1968-1972.
	last date: 18 October 1960 - Struck off
3298	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 9 March 1942 - Taken on strength
	Served at No. 9 Bombing & Gunnery School at Mt.-Joli, PQ. Used post war at RCAF Stations Centralia, Penhold and Trenton.
	last date: 18 October 1960 - Struck off
3299	North American	Noorduyn	Harvard	Mk.IIB
	first date: 9 March 1942 - Taken on strength
	Assigned to No. 3 and No. 1 Training Commands.
	last date: 13 January 1952 - Struck off, broken up for spares.

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