RCAF Cranes 8000 to 8049

RAF Type A roundel

Canadian Military Aircraft
Serial Numbers
RCAF 8000 to 8049
Detailed List

RAF Type B roundel

	Designer	Manufacturer	basic designation	variant or model	name
	company designation	company number
8000	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1493
	first date: 29 September 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 1 Training Command at Trenton
	To No. 4 Training Command on 24 August 1942, for use by No. 15 Service Flying Training School at Claresholm, Alberta. Delivered there on 7 October 1942. To No. 2 Training Command on 26 October 1942. Pending disposal from 18 May 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still pending disposal. Stored at No. 201 Holding Unit at Estevan, Saskatchewan, where it was noted with 2038:05 total time, never overhauled.
	last date: 23 March 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8001	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1494
	first date: 29 September 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 1 Training Command at Trenton
	To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 20 December 1943 to 7 March 1944. To storage with No. 4 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 20 July 1944. to No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 10 April 1945. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at No. 2 Satellite Equipment Holding Unit at Bowden, Alberta, where it was noted with 2572:20 total time, 630:50 since overhaul. To US civil register as N69532. Last known owner was H. Fletcher of Bothell, Washington, this registration revoked in 1977.
	last date: 26 August 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8002	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1495
	first date: 29 September 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 1 Training Command at Trenton
	Used by the Central Flying School, RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. Category C7 damage at Trenton aerodrome at 09:45 on 10 February 1942. Assigned to No. 2 Training Command on 24 August 1942, delivered on 12 October 1942. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 20 April to 26 June 1943. To No. 2 Training Command when completed. To storage on 24 August 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still in storage. Pending disposal from 27 June 1945. Stored by No. 2 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit, where it was noted with 1459:55 total time, 1249:45 since overhaul. Transferred from War Assets Corporation to Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
	last date: 16 April 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8003	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1496
	first date: 3 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 1 Training Command at Trenton
	Used by the Central Flying School, RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. Category C5 damage at Trenton aerodrome at 16:00 on 9 February 1942. Assigned to No. 2 Training Command on 24 August 1942, delivered on 12 October 1942. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 15 June to 26 August 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 5 October 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 17 April 1945. Noted with 1725:35 total time, 415:10 since overhaul, while in storage. Sold to Siple Aircraft Ltd. of Montreal. To US civil register as N61706.
	last date: 9 November 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8004	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1497
	first date: 3 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 1 Training Command at Trenton
	Used by the Central Flying School, RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. Category C1 damage at Trenton aerodrome at 11:20 on 28 November 1941. Assigned to No. 2 Training Command on 24 August 1942, delivered on 12 October 1942. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 29 March to 7 June 1943. to No. 2 Training Command when completed. To storage in early 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still in storage. Pending disposal from 27 June 1945. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at No. 2 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit, where it was noted with 2669:35 total time, 1412:40 since overhaul. Sold to A.J. Leeward of Montreal. To US civil register as N59508.
	last date: 15 July 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8005	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1498
	first date: 3 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 1 Training Command at Trenton
	To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 15 October 1943 to 3 March 1944. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still in storage. Pending disposal from 27 June 1945. Stored at No. 2 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit, where it was noted with 1998:35 total time, 8:35 since overhaul. Transferred from War Assets Corporation to Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registered as CF-COD. This registration re-used by 1972.
	last date: December 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8006	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1499
	first date: 3 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 1 Training Command at Trenton
	Used by the Central Flying School, RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. Category C2 damage at Trenton aerodrome at 18:30 on 29 December 1941. Category C3 damage at Trenton aerodrome at 16:05 on 15 January 1942. To storage on 22 August 1942. Issued to No. 2 Training Command on 19 October 1942, delivered on 23 November 1942. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 19 November 1943 to 4 January 1944. To storage with No. 4 Training Command when completed. Issued from storage on 2 February 1944, for use by No. 3 Service flying Training School at Calgary, Alberta. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 10 April 1945. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at No. 2 Satellite Equipment Holding Unit at Bowden, Alberta, where it was noted with 2853:10 total time, 1120:35 since overhaul. To US civil register as N69535. This registration cancelled in June 1976, when the aircraft was reported sold.
	last date: 26 August 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8007	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1500
	first date: 3 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 6 January to 21 April 1943. To No. 2 Training Command when completed. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 11 April 1945. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at No. 304 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite at Dauphin, Manitoba, where it was noted with 3272:30 total time, 1527:10 since overhaul. Sold to A.J. Leeward of Montreal. To US civil register as N69122.
	last date: 22 June 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8008	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1501
	first date: 3 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	With No. 10 Service flying Training School at Dauphin, Manitoba when it was in a Category A crash at 09:25 on 24 July 1942. Dove into ground while flying at low altitude in bad weather, badly damaged by post crash fire. Instructor P/O J.S. Bladon and student killed. Scrapped by No. 10 SFTS.
	last date: 31 August 1942 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce
8009	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1502
	first date: 7 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	With No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Category C20 damage at 10:50 on 7 January 1942. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 30 December 1942 to 3 April 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed. To Prairie Airways again on 3 December 1943. To storage with No. 4 Training Command on 2 February 1944. Issued from storage on 15 June 1944, for use by No. 3 Service Flying Training School at Calgary, Alberta. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 6 August 1945. Stored at No. 10 Repair Depot, where it was noted with 2445:00 total time, 455:55 since overhaul. Request to scrap approved 30 January 1946.
	last date: 7 May 1946 - Struck off, scrapped by No. 10 Repair Depot
8010	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1503
	first date: 7 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 15 December 1942 to 1 March 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 30 March 1943. Pending disposal from 28 November 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still pending disposal. Stored at No. 407 Equipment Holding Unit, where it was noted with 3480:05 total time, 2083:20 since overhaul. To US civil register as N79263.
	last date: 21 February 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8011	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1504
	first date: 7 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 25 March to 6 May 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed. Issued from storage on 7 June 1943, delivered on 10 June 1943. To storage on 19 October 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still in storage. Pending disposal from 27 June 1945. Stored by No. 2 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit, where it was noted with 3253:15 total time, 1653:15 since overhaul. Sold to Siple Aircraft Ltd. To US civil register as N61708.
	last date: 9 November 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8012	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1505
	first date: 7 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 30 March to 22 May 1943. To No. 2 Training Command when completed. To storage, 17 July to 8 September 1943. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 11 April 1945. Stored at No. 304 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite, where it was noted with 3272:30 total time, 1521:10 since overhaul. Registration application by Aircraft Industries of Canada Ltd. of St. Johns, PQ on 28 November 1945. Registration CF-BPM allocated, but not taken up. Later registered as CF-EDV.
	last date: 23 March 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8013	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1506
	first date: 7 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	With No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Category A crash on 7 October 1942, mid-air with Crane 7711. Scrapped by No. 11 SFTS.
	last date: 24 October 1942 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce
8014	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1507
	first date: 7 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	With No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Category C2 damage at Yorkton aerodrome at 21:00 on 10 November 1941. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 23 December 1942 to 9 March 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 27 May 1943. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 13 April 1945. Stored at No. 4 Service Flying Training School at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where it was noted with 3033:10 total time, 1793:50 since overhaul. By 27 November 1945 stored at the Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite at Saskatoon. Sold to Siple Aircraft Ltd. To US civil register as N66090.
	last date: 2 January 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8015	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1508
	first date: 7 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First used by No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 23 April to 30 June 1943. To No. 2 Training Command when completed. To storage, 17 July to 3 August 1943. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Totally destroyed in Category A crash, date not known. To No. 8 Repair Depot for write off on 27 April 1945, scrapped by them.
	last date: 4 May 1945 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce
8016	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1509
	first date: 7 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First used by No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Category C5 damage at 11:00 on 10 December 1941, while with this School. With No. 4 Service Flying Training School at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan when it was in a Category A crash at 19:00 on 5 June 1942, 7 miles east of Hague, Saskatchewan (about 25 miles north-east of Saskatoon). Aircraft struck a ferry cable stretched across the South Saskatchewan River, today on Highway 785. Crashed in river, pilot not found when wreckage was recovered from 8 feet of water in the river. Lone occupant, LAC A.S. Light of nearby Battleford, Saskatchewan, is listed on the Ottawa Memorial (implying no grave known). Scrapped by No. 4 SFTS.
	last date: 31 July 1942 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce
8017	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1510
	first date: 9 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 11 June to 26 August 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 25 May 1944. Back to storage on 24 August 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still in storage. Pending disposal from 27 June 1945. Stored by No. 2 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit, where it was noted with 2334:10 total time, 393:15 since overhaul. Transferred from War Assets Corporation to Royal Canadian Flying Club Association. Registered as CF-BTJ to Thunder Bay Flying Club at Fort William, Ontario on 15 June 1946. To Thunder Bay Airlines on 21 October 1946. To Central Northern Airways of Winnipeg on 29 December 1947. To E.S. Richards of Sioux Lookout, Ontario on 3 February 1948. To T.F. Carr of Port Arthur, Ontario on 16 March 1949. Reported withdrawn from use on 24 April 1950.
	last date: 1 December 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8018	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1511
	first date: 9 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First used by No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Category C10 damage at Yorkton aerodrome at 11:50 on 9 January 1942. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 6 August to 20 September 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed. To No. 4 Training Command on 11 December 1943. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 6 August 1945. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot, where it was noted with 3771:15 total time, 1698:55 since overhaul. Sold to A.J. Leeward. To US civil register as N63978.
	last date: 2 February 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8019	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1512
	first date: 9 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 16 April to 22 June 1943. To No. 2 Training Command when completed. To storage, 17 July to 20 August 1943. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 13 April 1945. By 27 November 1945 stored by Material Command at the Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite at Saskatoon. Sold to Siple Aircraft. To US civil register as N79210.
	last date: 2 January 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8020	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1513
	first date: 9 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First used by No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Category C20 damage at Yorkton aerodrome at 01:15 on 6 December 1941. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 19 March to 10 June 1943. To No. 2 Training Command when completed. To storage on 24 August 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still in storage. Pending disposal from 27 June 1945. Stored by no. 2 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit, where it was noted with 2815:40 total time, 1300:00 since overhaul. Sold to CBCA(?). To civil register as CF-EFX. This registration re-used by 1973.
	last date: 22 November 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8021	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1514
	first date: 9 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 21 December 1942 to 6 March 1943. To storage with No. 1 Training Command when completed. Issued from storage on 25 March 1943, for use by the Test and Development Establishment at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 January 1945. Pending disposal from 26 April 1945. Stored at No. 6 Repair Depot at Trenton, where it was noted with 2462:20 total time, 1242:45 since overhaul. Sold to Siple Aircraft Ltd. To US civil register as N60541.
	last date: 31 October 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8022	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1515
	first date: 9 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 7 May to 19 July 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 23 September 1943. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 2 February 1945. Stored at No. 407 Equipment Holding Unit at Swift Current, Saskatchewan, where it was noted with 3086:25 total time, 1500:40 since overhaul. Later stored at No. 3 Satellite Equipment Holding Unit at Swift Current. To US civil register as N79283.
	last date: 1 October 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8023	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1516
	first date: 11 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 7 May to 23 July 1943. to storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 26 May 1944. To No. 2 Air command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 13 April 1945. Stored at No. 4 Service Flying Training School at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where it was noted with 2432:45 total time, 920:15 since overhaul. By 27 November 1945 stored at the Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite at Saskatoon. To Canadian civil register as CF-DRH. Later to US civil register as N49484. Seen at Rushmore Field, Rapid City, South Dakota in 1949.
	last date: 23 March 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8024	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1517
	first date: 11 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 27 August to 26 November 1942. To No. 2 Training Command when completed. Pending disposal from 17 October 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still pending disposal. Stored at Neepawa, Manitoba, where it was noted with 3374:45 total time, 2096:30 since overhaul. To US civil register as N61702.
	last date: 10 March 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8025	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1518
	first date: 11 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 23 April to 2 July 1943. To No. 2 Training Command when completed. To storage from 4 August to 2 September 1943. To No. 2 Air command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 17 April 1945. Stored at No. 12 Service Flying Training School at Brandon, Manitoba, where it was noted with 3221:20 total time, 1586:05 since overhaul. To civil register as CF-DRM. This registration re-used by 1968.
	last date: 31 October 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8026	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1519
	first date: 11 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 21 July to 9 November 1943. To storage with No. 4 Training Command when completed. Issued from storage on 1 December 1943, for use by No. 3 Service Flying Training School at Calgary, Alberta. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 10 April 1945. Stored by No. 10 Repair Depot at No. 2 Satellite Equipment Holding Unit at Bowden, Alberta, where it was noted with 3277:00 total time, 1313:55 since overhaul. To US civil register as N69521.
	last date: 26 August 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8027	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1520
	first date: 11 October 1944 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	To Prairie Airways, 26 June to 6 August 1942. To No. 4 Training Command when completed. At No. 2 Flying Instructors School at Pearce, Alberta in early 1944. Pending disposal from 12 June 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still pending disposal. Stored at no. 10 Repair Depot at Calgary, Alberta, where it was noted with 2036:00 total time, never overhauled.
	last date: 19 February 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8028	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1521
	first date: 11 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 29 March to 25 May 1943. To No. 2 Training Command when completed. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 17 April 1945. Stored at No. 12 Service flying Training School at Brandon, Manitoba, where it was noted with 3536:25 total time, 1967:55 since overhaul. Sold to Siple Aircraft Ltd. of Montreal. To US civil register as N61707.
	last date: 9 November 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8029	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1522
	first date: 11 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 21 May to 4 August 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 12 January 1944. To storage 24 August 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still in storage. Pending disposal from 27 June 1945. Stored by No. 2 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit, where it was noted with 2625:30 total time, 697:05 since overhaul. Sold to Siple Aircraft of Montreal. To US civil register as N79209.
	last date: 9 November 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8030	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1523
	first date: 14 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 21 May to 4 August 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 24 April 1944. To storage again on 24 August 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still in storage. Pending disposal from 27 June 1945. Stored by No. 2 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit, where it was noted with 2107:10 total time, 343:30 since overhaul. Sold to Siple Aircraft Limited of Montreal. To US civil register as N79223.
	last date: 9 November 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8031	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1524
	first date: 14 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 30 April to 6 July 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed. To No. 1 Training Command on 9 August 1943, for use by No. 1 Flying Instructors School at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. With this School when it crashed near Trenton on 25 July 1944. To No. 6 Repair Depot on 29 July 1944 for write off.
	last date: 30 August 1944 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce
8032	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1525
	first date: 14 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 7 May to 22 July 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 2 September 1943. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 17 April 1945. Stored at No. 12 Service Flying Training School at Brandon, Manitoba. Reported with 3263:40 logged time while in storage. Final fate unclear, may have been destroyed while in storage.
	last date: ? - ?
8033	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1526
	first date: 17 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 11 August to 22 September 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 1 March 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 16 January 1945. Stored at No. 3 Satellite Equipment Holding Unit. Later stored at No. 407 Equipment Holding Unit, where it was noted with 2781:10 total time, 798:45 since overhaul. To US civil register as N79255.
	last date: 1 October 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8034	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1527
	first date: 14 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 15 June to 28 August 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 22 May 1944. To storage on 24 August 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still in storage. Pending disposal from 27 June 1945. Stored at No. 2 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit, where it was noted with 1227:00 total time, 298:15 since overhaul. Sold to Siple Aircraft of Montreal. To Mexican civil register as XA-FAA. Later to US register as N61727.
	last date: 9 November 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8035	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1528
	first date: 14 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Category C15 damage at relief field at 11:55 on 26 January 1942. Category C1 damage at Yorkton aerodrome at 22:30 on 21 April 1942. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 20 March to 1 May 1943. to storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 2 May 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 27 March 1945. Stored at No. 10 Service Flying Training School at Dauphin, Manitoba, where it was noted with 2459:45 total time, 698:55 since overhaul. To US civil register as N1237V.
	last date: 31 October 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8036	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1529
	first date: 14 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Category A crash at Yorkton on 5 September 1942. Scrapped by No. 11 SFTS.
	last date: 28 September 1942 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce
8037	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1530
	first date: 14 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 15 June to 30 August 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed. Issued from storage in 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. To storage from 27 January to 13 February 1945. Pending disposal from 13 April 1945. Stored at No. 4 Service flying Training School at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, where it was noted with 2302:40 total time, 379:30 since overhaul. Sold to Siple Aircraft Limited of Montreal. To US civil register as N60263.
	last date: 31 October 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8038	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1531
	first date: 17 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 10 Service Flying Training School at Dauphin, Manitoba. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 4 December 1942 to 28 January 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 26 November 1943. To storage again on 24 August 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still in storage. Pending disposal from 27 June 1945. Stored at No. 2 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit, where it was noted with 2165:55 total time, 888:50 since overhaul. Sold to Siple Aircraft Limited of Montreal. To US civil register as N60545.
	last date: 9 November 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8039	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1532
	first date: 17 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 10 Service Flying Training School at Dauphin, Manitoba. Category C 3/4 damage at Dauphin aerodrome at 09:00 on 25 November 1941. Crashed 3 miles north of Gilbert Plains, Manitoba (about 20 miles west of Dauphin) at 19:00 on 18 May 1942. Stalled at 50 fight while instructor was demonstrating forced landing procedure, and struck ground before control was regained. Originally classified as Category A, but sent to Prairie Airways for crash repairs, 1 June to 26 August 1942. To No. 2 Training Command when completed. Pending disposal from 1 August 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still pending disposal. Stored by No. 204 Equipment Holding Unit at Estevan, Saskatchewan, where it was noted with 2541:15 total timer, 2014:00 since overhaul.
	last date: 20 February 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8040	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1533
	first date: 14 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 10 Service Flying Training School at Dauphin, Manitoba. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 15 December 1942 to 4 March 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 30 March 1943. To storage on 28 November 1944.To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still in storage. Pending disposal from 27 June 1945. Stored by No. 2 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit, where it was noted with 3190:45 total time, 1909:10 since overhaul. Transferred from War Assets Corporation to Royal Canadian Flying Club Association.
	last date: 27 November 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8041	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1534
	first date: 17 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 10 Service Flying Training School at Dauphin, Manitoba. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 25 August to 23 November 1942. To No. 2 Training Command when completed. Pending disposal from 28 September 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still pending disposal. Stored at No. 204 Equipment Holding Unit at Estevan, Saskatchewan, where it was noted with 2976:00 total time, 2099:40 since overhaul.
	last date: 20 February 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8042	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1535
	first date: 17 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 10 Service Flying Training School at Dauphin, Manitoba. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 14 July to 8 September 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 1 October 1943. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 27 March 1945. Stored at No. 10 SFTS, where it was noted with 3364:55 total time, 1383:25 since overhaul. To Argentine civil register as LV-ZEF.
	last date: 23 March 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8043	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1536
	first date: 17 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 10 Service Flying Training School at Dauphin, Manitoba. Category C1 damage at the Dauphin aerodrome at 12:30 on 24 November 1941. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 1 September to 13 October 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 20 October 1941. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 27 March 1945. Stored at No. 10 SFTS, where it was noted with 3189:50 total time, 1225:55 since overhaul. To US civil register as N58063.
	last date: 4 December 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8044	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1537
	first date: 17 October 1943 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 10 Service Flying Training School at Dauphin, Manitoba. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 26 May to 7 August 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 25 January 1944. Back to storage later in 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944, still in storage. Pending disposal from 27 June 1945. Stored by No. 2 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit, where it was noted with 2512:50 total time, 742:00 since overhaul. Sold to Siple Aircraft Limited of Montreal. To US civil register as N63365.
	last date: 9 November 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8045	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1538
	first date: 18 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 10 Service Flying Training School at Dauphin, Manitoba. Category C6 damage at the Dauphin aerodrome at 03:30 on 25 June 1942. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 6 April to 16 June 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed. To No. 1 Training Command on 9 August 1943, for use by No.1 Flying Instructors School at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 January 1945. Pending disposal from 26 April 1945. Stored by No. 6 Repair Depot, where it was noted with 2856:45 total time, 1040:10 since overhaul. Sold to W.S. Boston of Buffalo, New York. To US civil register as N60447.
	last date: 12 June 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8046	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1539
	first date: 22 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Category A crash at Yorkton at 10:15 on 22 April 1942. Scrapped by No. 11 SFTS. Salvageable components sent to No. 8 Repair Depot, instruments shipped to No. 7 (Equipment) Depot.
	last date: 2 May 1942 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce
8047	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1540
	first date: 18 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 10 Service Flying Training School at Dauphin, Manitoba. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 12 January to 8 March 1944. To storage with No. 4 Training Command when completed, issued from storage on 20 July 1944. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. To No. 10 Repair Depot on 3 March 1945 for write off. Retained in whole state after being written off.
	last date: 10 April 1945 - Written off
8048	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1541
	first date: 20 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 23 April to 3 July 1943. To No. 2 Training Command when completed. To storage from 4 August to 1 September 1943. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 7 April 1945. Stored by No. 3 Satellite Equipment Holding Unit at Swift Current, Saskatchewan, where it was noted with 3244:45 total time, 1496:10 since overhaul. To civil register as CF-DCL.
	last date: 22 November 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal
8049	Cessna		Crane	Mk. I
		1542
	first date: 18 October 1941 - Taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command
	First assigned to No. 11 Service Flying Training School at Yorkton, Saskatchewan. To Prairie Airways for overhaul, 28 August to 8 October 1943. To storage with No. 2 Training Command when completed. To No. 4 Training Command on 11 November 1943. To No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. Pending disposal from 10 April 1945. Stored at No. 2 Satellite Equipment Holding Unit at Bowden, Alberta, where it was noted with 3478:50 total time, 1500:55 since overhaul. Sold to A.J. Leeward. To US civil register as N60563.
	last date: 31 October 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal

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