Designer

Manufacturer

basic designation

variant or model

name

company designation

company number

41-25453

Stearman

PT-27

Kaydet

A-75N1

first date: 26 March 1942 - Taken on strength by No. 3 Training Command

First assigned to No. 1 Training command for use by a Composite Training Squadron.  Back to No. 3 Training Command for use by  the Test & Development Establishment at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario on 29 May 1942.  Used to develop pilot's notes.

last date: 9 June 1942 - struck off, returned to the US Army Air Coprs

42-45921

Curtiss

Curtiss-Wright, Buffalo

P-40

P-40K-1-CU

Warhawk

first date: 26 November 1942 - Received from USAAF

Purchased from USAAF in Alaska, to make up attrition in RCAF squadrons operating against Japanese.  Operated by No. 111 (F) Squadron against Japanese from various bases in Alaska, late 1942 / early 1943.  Operated by No. 14 (F) Squadron from Adak Island and Amchitka, Alaska, March to April 1943, against Japanese at Kiska.  Condemned at Elmendorf, Alaska on 25 September 1943.

last date: 23 June 1943 - Returned to USAAF

42-45944

Curtiss

Curtiss-Wright, Buffalo

P-40

P-40K-1-CU

Warhawk

first date: 26 November 1942 - Received from USAAF

Purchased from USAAF in Alaska, to make up attrition in RCAF squadrons operating against Japanese.  Operated by No. 111 (F) Squadron against Japanese from various bases in Alaska, late 1942 / early 1943.  Operated by No. 14 (F) Squadron fom Adak Island and Amchitka, Alaska, March to April 1943, against Japanese at Kiska.  Condemned at Elmendorf, Alaska on 25 September 1943.

last date: 23 June 1943 - Returned to USAAF.

42-45945

Curtiss

Curtiss-Wright, Buffalo

P-40

P-40K-1-CU

Warhawk

first date: 26 November 1942 - Received from USAAF

Purchased from USAAF in Alaska, to make up attrition in RCAF squadrons operating against Japanese.  Operated by No. 111 (F) Squadron against Japanese from various bases in Alaska, late 1942 / early 1943.  Operated by No. 14 (F) Squadron fom Adak Island and Amchitka, Alaska, March to April 1943, against Japanese at Kiska.  Condemned at Adak, Alaska on 20 May 1945.

last date: 23 June 1943 - Returned to USAAF.

42-45951

Curtiss

Curtiss-Wright, Buffalo

P-40

P-40K-1-CU

Warhawk

first date: 26 November 1942 - Received from USAAF

Purchased from USAAF in Alaska, to make up attrition in RCAF squadrons operating against Japanese.  Operated by No. 111 (F) Squadron against Japanese from various bases in Alaska, late 1942 / early 1943.  Operated by No. 14 (F) Squadron fom Adak Island and Amchitka, Alaska, March to April 1943, against Japanese at Kiska.  Condemned at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska on 25 September 1943.

last date: 23 June 1943 - Returned to USAAF.

42-45952

Curtiss

Curtiss-Wright, Buffalo

P-40

P-40K-1-CU

Warhawk

first date: 26 November 1942 - Received from USAAF

Purchased from USAAF in Alaska, to make up attrition in RCAF squadrons operating against Japanese.  Category C damage on 12 October 1942 at Anchorage, Alaska.  Operated by No. 14 (F) Squadron fom Adak Island and Amchitka, Alaska, March to April 1943, against Japanese at Kiska.  Crashed at Anchorage, Alaska on 3 August 1943.

last date: 23 June 1943 - Returned to USAAF

42-45954

Curtiss

Curtiss-Wright, Buffalo

P-40

P-40K-1-CU

Warhawk

first date: 26 November 1942 - Received from USAAF

Purchased from USAAF in Alaska, to make up attrition in RCAF squadrons operating against Japanese.  Category A crash on 20 February 1943, at Fort Greely, Alaska (near Fairbanks).  Condemned for salvage at Fort Greely on 20 May 1945.

last date: 12 August 1943 - Returned to USAAF

42-45977

Curtiss

Curtiss-Wright, Buffalo

P-40

P-40K-1-CU

Warhawk

first date: 26 November 1942 - Received from USAAF

Purchased from USAAF in Alaska, to make up attrition in RCAF squadrons operating against Japanese.  Accident reported, 12 October 1942, no details.  Operated by No. 111 (F) Squadron against Japanese from various bases in Alaska, late 1942 / early 1943.  Operated by No. 14 (F) Squadron fom Adak Island and Amchitka, Alaska, March to April 1943, against Japanese at Kiska.  Flown by S/L Walker on 3 sorties against Japanese.  Condemned for salvage at Elemdorf AFB, Alaska on 22 March 1945.

last date: 23 June 1943 - Returned to USAAF

42-46003

Curtiss

Curtiss-Wright, Buffalo

P-40

P-40K-1-CU

Warhawk

first date: 26 November 1942 - Received from USAAF

Purchased from USAAF in Alaska, to make up attrition in RCAF squadrons operating against Japanese.  Operated by No. 111 (F) Squadron against Japanese from various bases in Alaska, late 1942 / early 1943.  Operated by No. 14 (F) Squadron fom Adak Island and Amchitka, Alaska, March to April 1943, against Japanese at Kiska.  Scrapped May 1945.

last date: 23 June 1943 - Returned to USAAF

42-46004

Curtiss

Curtiss-Wright, Buffalo

P-40

P-40K-1-CU

Warhawk

first date: 26 November 1942 - Received from USAAF

Purchased from USAAF in Alaska, to make up attrition in RCAF squadrons operating against Japanese.  Operated by No. 111 (F) Squadron against Japanese from various bases in Alaska, late 1942 / early 1943.  Operated by No. 14 (F) Squadron fom Adak Island and Amchitka, Alaska, March to April 1943, against Japanese at Kiska.  Scrapped in May 1945.

last date: 23 June 1943 - Returned to USAAF

42-53113

Schweizer

G-3

TG-3A-SW

SGS 2-12

first date: 4 December 1946 - Taken on strength by RCAF

Appears to be a paper transfer of an aircraft stored in Canada at the end of the war.  Nor record of any use by any Canadian units.

last date: 4 December 1946 - Free issue to the Royal Navy (or maybe the RCN?)

42-53119

Schweizer

G-3

TG-3A-SW

SGS 2-12

first date: 4 December 1946 - Taken on strength by the RCAF

Transferred to RCN shortly after coming on RCAF books.  Used for glider training at Dartmouth, NS, often towed aloft by an Army truck.  Tow cable broke in summer of 1949, wrapped around glider, leading to a crash.  Struck off without being repaired.

last date: 27 July 1949 - Struck off, later sold

45-14120

Waco

Northwestern

G-4

CG-4A-NW

Used in Exercise Musk Ox in early 1946, by No. 1 Air Support Unit, RCAF.  Still carried US Troop Carrier Command crest on front fuselage.  Probably on loan from US.  One of several US serialled gliders used by this unit, but only one I have been able to clearly identify.