RCAF 451 to 500

Canadian Military Aircraft
Serial Numbers
RCAF 451 to 500
Detailed List

Photograph courtesy of Canadian Aviaiton Museum, Ottawa

	Designer	Manufacturer	basic designation	variant or model	name
	company designation	company number
451	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Assigned to Eastern Air Command in 1941. To civil register post war as CF-DGI-X. Used for crop spraying by Westland Spraying Service, Alberta. Converted by NW Industries, Edmonton, Alta.
	first date: 12 November 1940			last date: 5 December 1945
	Taken on strength			Struck off
452	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Assigned to Western Air Command in 1941. Operated by No. 122 (K) Squadron on west coast, 1942.
	first date: 3 December 1940			last date: 13 December 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
453	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Castegory B damage at Slocan, BC on 4 May 1941.
	first date: 28 November 1940			last date: 4 September 1941
	Taken on strength			Struck off
454	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Assigned to "No. 1 D&C" (?) in 1941. Served with No. 123 (Army Co-operation) Squadron at RCAF Stations Rockcliffe, Ontario and Derbert, NS.
	first date: 28 November 1940			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
455	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Recorded as "Fully Radio Equipped".
	first date: 28 November 1940			last date: 24 September 1957?
	Taken on strength			Struck off
456	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Converted to target tug on 23 August 1941.
	first date: 13 January 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
457	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Recorded as "Fully Radio Equipped".
	first date: 13 January 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
458	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Category B damage at Calgary, Alberta, date unknown.
	first date: 13 January 1941			last date: 14 September 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off
459	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Used to test skiis from RCAF Rockcliffe, and later Porquis Junction, Ont., in 1942. Later assigned to Eastern Air Command.
	first date: 13 January 1941			last date: 28 April 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off
460	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Used as prototype target tug, c.1941. Modified at No. 6 Bombing and Gunnery School at Jarvis, Ont. to use Grumman 4A electric winch. Returned to factory to make production drawings. Also served at Gander, Newfoundland, dates unknown.
	first date: 13 January 1941			last date: 11 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
461	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	At RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC in 1942, coded "GV*C", probably with No. 3 (CAC) Detachment.
	first date: 15 January 1941			last date: 8 May 1942
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash at Piers Island, BC on 14 April 1942.
462	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Category B damage on 14 May 1941, at Sydney, NS.
	first date: 15 January 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
463	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Assigned to Eastern Air Command, 1941.
	first date: 6 March 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
464	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Category B damage at Dartmouth, NS on 3 February 1943.
	first date: 6 March 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
465	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Converted to skiis on 16 October 1942.
	first date: 6 March 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
466	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	first date: 13 March 1941			last date: 9 October 1942
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash at Dartmouth, NS on 16 July 1942.
467	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Assigned to Eastern Air Command in 1942.
	first date: 12 May 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
468	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Converted to target tug on 19 March 1942.
	first date: 13 March 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
469	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Assigned to Eastern Air Command in 1942.
	first date: 13 March 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
470	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Converted to target tug on 16 March 1942.
	first date: 13 March 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
471	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Converted to target tug on 19 March 1942.
	first date: 20 March 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
472	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Assigned to Eastern Air Command in 1942.
	first date: 6 March 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
473	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Converted to target tug on 7 June 1941
	first date: 26 March 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
474	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	first date: 31 March 1941			last date: 20 October 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash in Newfoundland on 5 February 1943.
475	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Served with No. 123 (Army Co-operation) Squadron in 1942.
	first date: 25 April 1941			last date: 5 August 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off
476	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Category B damage on 3 October 1942, at Halifax, NS.
	first date: 31 March 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
477	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Served with No. 123 (Army Co-operation) Squadron at RCAF Stations Rockcliffe, Ontario and Derbert, NS.
	first date: 29 January 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
478	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Assigned to Eastern Air Command in 1942.
	first date: 9 April 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
479	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Assigned to Eastern Air Command in 1942.
	first date: 9 April 1941			last date: 6 July 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off
480	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Served with No. 123 (Army Co-operation) Squadron in 1942.
	first date: 25 April 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
481	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Served with No. 123 (Army Co-operation) Squadron in 1942.
	first date: 21 April 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
482	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Assigned to Eastern Air Command in 1942.
	first date: 21 April 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
483	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Used by No. 122 (K) Squadron, RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC, as a target tug, 1942 to 1944.
	first date: 21 April 1941			last date: 13 December 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
484	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Used by No. 122 (K) Squadron, RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC, 1942.
	first date: 21 April 1941			last date: 13 December 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
485	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Used by No. 122 (K) Squadron, RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC, as a target tug, 1942 to 1944.
	first date: 25 April 1941			last date: 13 December 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
486	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Assigned to Eastern Air Command in 1942.
	first date: 25 April 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
487	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	first date: 9 April 1941			last date: 27 August 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off after Category A crash at Redhead, NB on 26 July 1943.
488	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Served with No. 123 (Army Co-operation) Squadron at RCAF Stations Rockcliffe, Ontario and Derbert, NS. Category B damage at Ludger, PQ on 4 April 1942, while with this unit. Flew squadron's last operational mission, harbour entrance patrol at Halifax, 19 January 1943.
	first date: 12 May 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
489	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	Served with No. 123 (Army Co-operation) Squadron in 1942.
	first date: 29 April 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
490	Westland	National Steel Car, Malton	Lysander	II
	With No. 2 (AC) Squadron in 1942.
	first date: 9 April 1941			last date: 4 September 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
491	Noorduyn		Norseman	Mk. IV
		91
	Category A accident at Torbay, Newfoundland, 26 October 1944, apparently repaired. To civil register post war as CF-FDP.
	first date: 9 September 1942			last date: 4 July 1946
	taken on strength			struck off, sold
492	Noorduyn		Norseman	Mk. IVW
		92
	first date: 9 September 1942			last date: 23 April 1953
	taken on strength			struck off, passed to R. Norwegian AF as "R-AK"
493	Noorduyn		Norseman	Mk. IVW
		93
	Used by No. 4 Wireless School. Category B accident while there, on 18 January 1944.
	first date: 9 September 1942			last date: 5 September 1946
	taken on strength			struck off
494	Noorduyn		Norseman	Mk. IV
		94
	Used by No. 1 Operational Training Unit, RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec in 1943. To civil register post war, as CF-EIH.
	first date: 9 September 1942			last date: 1 August 1946
	taken on strength			struck off, later sold
495	Noorduyn		Norseman	Mk. IVW
		95
	Used by No. 4 Wireless School, 1944. To civil register as CF-FEW.
	first date: 12 September 1942			last date: 30 March 1950
	taken on strength			struck off, later sold
496	Noorduyn		Norseman	Mk. IV
		96
	Passed directly to USAAF as UC-64 serial number 43-5105, on 15 January 1943.
	first date: 15 January 1943			last date: 29 March 1943
	taken on strength			struck off
497	Noorduyn		Norseman	Mk. IV
		97
	Passed directly to USAAF as UC-64 serial number 43-5106, on 15 January 1943.
	first date: 15 January 1943			last date: 29 March 1943
	taken on strength			struck off
498	Noorduyn		Norseman	Mk. IV
		98
	Passed directly to USAAF as UC-64 serial number 43-5107, on 15 January 1943.
	first date: 15 January 1943			last date: 29 March 1943
	taken on strength			struck off
499	Noorduyn		Norseman	Mk. IV
		99
	Passed directly to USAAF as UC-64 serial number 43-5108, on 15 January 1943.
	first date: 15 January 1943			last date: 29 March 1943
	taken on strength			struck off

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Created 11 January 2005. Updated 5 August 2005.