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Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers RCAF 401 to 450 Detailed List |
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Manufacturer |
basic designation |
variant or model |
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company designation |
company number |
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401 |
Armstrong Whitworth |
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Atlas |
Mk. I |
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AW 260 |
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Renumbered from 16. Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, RCAF
Stations Trenton and Rockcliffe, 1935 to 1939. Exerecises at Petawawa, Ontario, August
1939. Later with Eastern Air
Command. Became instructional airframe
A58. |
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first date: c.1929 |
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last date: 27 January 1941 |
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Remarked from RCAF 16 |
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Struck off |
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402 |
Armstrong Whitworth |
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Atlas |
Mk. I |
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AW 297 |
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Renumbered from 17. Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, RCAF
Stations Trenton and Rockcliffe, 1935 to 1939. Category C damage at Quinte, Ontario (near
Trenton) on 20 June 1935. Operated by
No. 118 (B) Squadron, from RCAF Station Saint John, NB, from 1940. Later became instructional airframe A59. |
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first date: c.1929 |
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last date: 19 May 1942 |
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Renumbered |
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Struck off |
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403 |
Armstrong Whitworth |
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Atlas |
Mk. I |
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AW 279 |
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Renumbered from 18. Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, RCAF
Stations Trenton and Rockcliffe, 1935 to 1938. |
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first date: c.1929 |
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last date: 24 February 1939 |
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Renumbered |
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Struck off, after Category A accident at
Cardinal, Ontario on 13 December 1938 |
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404 |
Armstrong Whitworth |
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Atlas |
Mk. I |
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AW 280 |
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Renumbered from 19. Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, RCAF
Stations Trenton and Rockcliffe, 1935 to 1939. Category B damage at Petawawa, Ontario on
29 July 1938, during summer exercises.
With No. 118 (Coast Artillery Cooperation) Squadron at Saint John, NB
in late 1939. Flew this squadron's
first war mission from Saint John on 11 November 1939. Search for reported submarine, returned to
base after 15 minutes due to engine trouble and bad weather. Later became instructional airframe A60. |
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first date: c.1929 |
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last date: 12 August 1941 |
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renumbered |
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Struck off |
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405 |
Armstrong-Whitworth |
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Atlas |
Mk. I
Dual |
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AW 427 |
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Renumbered from 112, c.1930. Fitted with dual controls. Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, RCAF
Stations Trenton and Rockcliffe, 1935 to 1939. Operated by No. 111 (AC) Squadron, from
RCAF Station Sea Island, BC, 1939 to 1940. |
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first date: 8 October 1929 |
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last date: 1 July 1940 |
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taken on strength, as 112 |
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Struck off |
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406 |
Armstrong Whitworth |
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Atlas |
Mk. I
AC |
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AW 269 |
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Ex RAF J9564.
Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, RCAF Stations Trenton and Rockcliffe,
1935 to 1939. Category A crash at
London, Ontario on 28 June 1938. |
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first date: 28 November
1934 |
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last date: 27 October 1939 |
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taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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407 |
Armstrong Whitworth |
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Atlas |
Mk. I
AC |
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AW 407 |
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Ex RAF J9951.
Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, RCAF Stations Trenton and Rockcliffe,
1935 to 1939. Operated by No. 118
(B) Squadron, from RCAF Station Saint John, NB, 1939 to 1940. |
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first date: 28 November
1934 |
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last date: 22 May 1940 |
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taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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408 |
Armstrong Whitworth |
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Atlas |
Mk. I
AC |
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AW 658 |
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Ex RAF K1529.
Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, RCAF Stations Trenton and Rockcliffe,
1935 to 1939. With No. 118 Squadron in
1939. |
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first date: 28 November
1934 |
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last date: 9 December 1939 |
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taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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409 |
Armstrong Whitworth |
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Atlas |
Mk. I
AC |
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AW 660 |
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Ex RAF K1531.
Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, RCAF Stations Trenton and Rockcliffe,
1935 to 1939. Category B damage at
Ottawa on 14 November 1938. |
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first date: 28 November
1934 |
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last date: 13 September 1939 |
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taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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410 |
Armstrong Whitworth |
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Atlas |
Mk. I
AC |
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AW 669 |
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Ex RAF K1540.
Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, RCAF Stations Trenton and Rockcliffe,
1935 to 1939. Operated by No. 118 (B) Squadron, from RCAF
Station Saint John, NB, 1939 to 1940.
Later became Instructional Airframe A 61. |
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first date: 28 November
1934 |
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last date: 31 March 1941 |
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taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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411 |
Armstrong Whitworth |
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Atlas |
Mk. I
AC |
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AW 674 |
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Ex RAF K1545.
Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, RCAF Stations Trenton and Rockcliffe,
1935 to 1939. |
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first date: 28 November
1934 |
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last date: |
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taken on strength |
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412 |
Armstrong Whitworth |
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Atlas |
Mk. I
AC |
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AW 679 |
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Ex RAF K1550.
Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, RCAF Stations Trenton and Rockcliffe,
1935 to 1939. |
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first date: 28 November
1934 |
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last date: 4 December 1939 |
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taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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413 |
Armstrong Whitworth |
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Atlas |
Mk. I
AC |
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AW 685 |
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Ex RAF K1556.
Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, RCAF Stations Trenton and Rockcliffe,
1935 to 1939. |
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first date: 28 November
1934 |
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last date: 29 September 1939 |
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taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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414 |
Armstrong Whitworth |
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Atlas |
Mk. I
AC |
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AW 690 |
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Category A crash at Weston, Ontario on 8
November 1936. |
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first date: 28 November
1934 |
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last date: 23 July 1937 |
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taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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415 |
Armstrong Whitworth |
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Atlas |
Mk. I
AC |
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AW 695 |
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Ex RAF K1566.
Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, RCAF Stations Trenton and Rockcliffe,
1935 to 1939. Operated by No. 118
(B) Squadron, from RCAF Station Saint John, NB, 1939. |
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first date: 28 November
1934 |
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last date: 16 November 1939 |
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taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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416 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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First Canadian built Lysander. Accepted by RCAF 1 September 1939. Delivered in overall aluminum finish. With No. 110 (AC) Squadron, RCAF Station
Rockcliffe, Ontario, in silver finish, January 1940. Operated by No. 111 (AC) Squadron, RCAF
Station Patricia Bay, BC, 1940/1941, coded "TM*A", in full
camouflage. Also with No. 112 (AC)
Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, in 1940. Used by No. 122 (K) Squadron, RCAF Station
Patricia Bay, BC, as a target tug, 1942 to 1943. |
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first date: 16 August 1939 |
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last date: 23 December 1943 |
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First flight at Malton, Ont., by Leigh Capreol |
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Struck off |
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417 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Delivered in overall aluminum finish. Category A crash on 22 September 1941, when
it flew into rising ground near Suffield, Alberta, 2 fatalities. |
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first date: 8 September
1939 |
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last date: 23 February 1942 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off after crash, see comments. |
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418 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Delivered in overall aluminum finish. Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, in Nova
Scotia and at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, 1939.
With No. 110 (AC) Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, in
silver finish, January 1940. Converted
to target tug on 11 June 1941. Used by
No. 121 (K) Squadron as a target tug, RCAF Station Dartmouth, 1942 to 1944. |
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first date: 6 October 1939 |
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last date: 4 September 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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419 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Delivered in overall aluminum finish. Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, in Nova
Scotia and at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, 1939.
With No. 110 (AC) Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, in
silver finish, January 1940. |
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first date: 28 September
1939 |
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last date: 22 April 1940 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off, after category A crash at
Alexandria Bay on 10 March 1940. |
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420 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Delivered in overall aluminum finish. Operated by No. 112 (AC) Squadron, RCAF
Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, in 1940.
Did not accompany squadron to England in June 1940. Operated by No. 118 (B) Squadron, from RCAF
Station Saint John, NB, 1940. |
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first date: 2 October 1939 |
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last date: 4 September 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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421 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Delivered in overall aluminum finish. Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, in Nova
Scotia and at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, 1939.
Operated by No. 112 (AC) Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario,
in 1940. Did not accompany squadron to
England in June 1940. Later served
with No. 123 (Army Co-operation) Squadron at RCAF Stations Rockcliffe,
Ontario and Derbert, NS. |
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first date: 16 October
1939 |
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last date: 4 September 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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422 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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First Lysander delivered in camouflage. Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, in Nova
Scotia and at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, 1939.
Operated by No. 118 (AC) Squadron, from RCAF Station Saint John, NB,
1939 to 1940. |
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first date: 18 November
1939 |
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last date: 4 September 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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423 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Operated by No. 118 (B) Squadron, from RCAF
Station Saint John, NB, 1939 to 1940.
Flew anti-submarine patrols over Bay of Fundy, last one on 27 April
1940. |
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first date: 18 November
1939 |
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last date: 10 December 1941 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off, after Category A crash at St. John,
NB on 11 November 1941. |
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424 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Operated by No. 111 (AC) Squadron, RCAF Station
Patricia Bay, BC, 1940. Converted to
target tug on 1 July 1941. |
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first date: 21 November
1939 |
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last date: 17 April 1944 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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425 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Served with No. 2 (AC) Squadron, in Nova Scotia
and at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, 1939.
Operated by No. 111 (AC) Squadron, RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC,
1940, coded "TM*B". |
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first date: 21 November
1939 |
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last date: 21 October 1943 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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426 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Operated by No. 2 (AC) Squadron and/or No. 110
(AC) Squadron RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, December 1939 to February
1940. Did not accompany squadron to
England in February 1940. Operated by
No. 111 (AC) Squadron, RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC, 1940. Later with No. 123 (AC) Squadron, RCAF
Rockcliffe. Damaged during forced landing due to bad weather at Magentic, PQ,
during squadron move from Rockcliffe to Derbert, NS in February/March 1942. |
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first date: 6 December
1939 |
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last date: 4 September 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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427 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Converted to target tug on 1 July 1941. Operated by No. 122 (K) Squadron on west
coast, 1942. |
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first date: 6 December
1939 |
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last date: 13 December 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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428 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Operated by No. 110 (AC) Squadron RCAF Station
Rockcliffe, Ontario, December 1939 to February 1940. Did not accompany squadron to England in
February 1940. Operated by No. 111
(AC) Squadron, RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC, 1940. Flew this squadron's first war mission,
search for reported submarine near Otter Point, 29 June 1940. Also flew squadron's last mission before
reforming on fighters, Army cooperation exercise from Patricia Bay, 31
January 1941. Category B damage at
Patricia Bay on 13 May 1941. |
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first date: 28 December
1939 |
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last date: 13 December 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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429 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Operated by No. 110 (AC) Squadron RCAF Station
Rockcliffe, Ontario, December 1939 to February 1940. Did not go with squadron to England in
February 1940. With no. 112 (AC)
Squadron later in 1940. |
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first date: 30 December
1939 |
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last date: 4 September 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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430 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Operated by No. 118 (B) Squadron, from RCAF
Station Saint John, NB, 1939 to 1940. |
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first date: 28 December
1939 |
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last date: 4 September 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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431 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Operated by No. 118 (B) Squadron, from RCAF
Station Saint John, NB, 1939 to 1940.
May have been serving with CAC Detachment at time of flight. |
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first date: 10 January
1940 |
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last date: 6 October 1942 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off, after Category A crash at
Dartmouth, NS on 24 July 1942. |
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432 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Operated by No. 110 (AC) Squadron RCAF Station
Rockcliffe, Ontario, December 1939 to February 1940. Did not accompany squadron to England in
February 1940 Operated by No. 118 (B)
Squadron, from RCAF Station Saint John, NB, in 1940. Operated by School of Army Co-operation,
RCAF Rockcliffe, Ont., at time of crash. |
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first date: 2 February
1940 |
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last date: 3 May 1941 1941 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off after crash near Cardinal, Ontario on 5 April 1941. 2
fatalities. |
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433 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Operated by No. 110 (AC) Squadron RCAF Station
Rockcliffe, Ontario, December 1939 to February 1940. Did not accompany squadron to England in
February 1940. Later used at suffield,
Alberta. To civil register post war as
CF-DRL. Used for crop spraying by Westland Spraying Service, Alberta.
Converted by NW Industries, Edmonton, Alta. |
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first date: 2 February
1940 |
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last date: 9 April 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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434 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Shipped from National Steel Car directly to No. 112 (AC) Squadron in UK, 27 May
1940. Passed to RAF as DG442. Became instructional airframe later in the
war. |
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first date: 25 January
1940 |
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last date: 25 May 1940 |
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Taken on strength |
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Passed to RAF, in the UK. |
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435 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Category B damage at Dartmouth, NS on 30
October 1943. |
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first date: 11 March 1940 |
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last date: 18 March 1944 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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436 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Shipped from National Steel Car directly to No. 112 (AC) Squadron in UK, 27 May
1940. Passed to RAF as DG443. Became instructional airframe later in the
war. |
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first date: 15 May 1940 |
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last date: May 1940 |
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Taken on strength |
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Passed to RAF, in the UK. |
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437 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Shipped from National Steel Car directly to No. 112 (AC) Squadron in UK, 27 May
1940. Passed to RAF as DG444. |
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first date: 15 May 1940 |
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last date: May 1940 |
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Taken on strength |
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Passed to RAF, in the UK. |
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438 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Shipped from National Steel Car directly to No. 112 (AC) Squadron in UK, 27 May
1940. Passed to RAF as DG445. Became instructional airframe later in the
war. |
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first date: 15 May 1940 |
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last date: May 1940 |
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Taken on strength |
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Passed to RAF, in the UK. |
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439 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Shipped from National Steel Car directly to No. 112 (AC) Squadron in UK, 27 May
1940. Passed to RAF as DG446. |
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first date: 15 May 1940 |
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last date: May 1940 |
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Taken on strength |
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Passed to RAF, in the UK. |
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440 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Shipped from National Steel Car directly to No. 112 (AC) Squadron in UK, 27 May
1940. Served with this squadron from
High Post, UK. Passed to RAF as
DG447. Later served in India with RAF. |
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first date: 16 May 1940 |
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last date: May 1940 |
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Taken on strength |
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Passed to RAF, in the UK. |
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441 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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In use at Suffield, Alberta in 1941. |
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first date: 16 May 1940 |
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last date: 4 September 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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442 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Delivered to Rockcliffe, Ontario. |
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first date: 5 June 1940 |
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last date: 4 September 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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443 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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first date: 5 June 1940 |
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last date: 25 November 1940 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off, after Category A crash on 11 June
1940 at Hawkes (Ontario?). |
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444 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Assigned to Eastern Air Command in 1940. |
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first date: 9 November
1940 |
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last date: 4 September 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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445 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Used by No. 122 (K) Squadron, RCAF Station
Patricia Bay, BC, as a target tug, 1942 to 1944. Coded "AG*K". |
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first date: 9 November
1940 |
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last date: 13 December 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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446 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Converted to a target tug on 17 April
1942. Used by No. 122 (K) Squadron,
RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC, as a target tug, 1942 to 1944. Coded "S" in 1943. |
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first date: 9 November
1940 |
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last date: 13 December 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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447 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Converted to a target tug on 5 August
1941. Used as target tug in
Newfoundland, unit unknown. |
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first date: 9 November
1940 |
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last date: 4 September 1946. |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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448 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Served with No. 123 (Army Co-operation)
Squadron in 1941. |
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first date: 9 November
1940 |
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last date: 4 September 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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449 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Assigned to Eastern Air Command in 1941. |
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first date: 12 November
1940 |
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last date: 4 September 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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450 |
Westland |
National Steel Car, Malton |
Lysander |
II |
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Converted to target tug on 5 August 1941. Used by No. 121 (K) Squadron as a target
tug, RCAF Station Dartmouth, 1942 to 1944. |
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first date: 12 November
1940 |
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last date: 15 March 1944 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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