Air Board G-CYDA to G-CYFZ

Canadian Military Aircraft
Serial Numbers
The Air Board Years
Detailed list G-CYDA to G-CYFZ

Photograph courtesy of the Canadian Aviation Museum, Ottawa

	Designer	Manufacturer	basic designation	variant or model	name
	company designation	company number
G-CYDA	Avro		504	504K/N
	Ex RAF H2045. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift. Operated on floats. Also reported as a 504L (conversion?). Converted to 504N (date unknown).
	first date: 1 February 1921			last date: 22 October 1928
	Registration issued			Struck off, probably after being redesignated RCAF 13.
G-CYDB	de Havilland	Glendower	D.H.4
	Ex RAF F2673. Operated by No. 2 (Operations) Squadron at High River, Alta., 1924 (?).
	first date: 1 February 1921			last date: 4 December 1924
	Registration issued			struck off charge
G-CYDC	Curtiss	Canadian Aeroplanes Limited, Toronto	JN	JN-4	Canuck
	Ex RAF (Canada) C240. To Ministry of Militia at end of war, before being passed to Air Board. Used at Camp Borden, Ontario.
	first date: 5 May 1921			last date: 5 January 1923
	Registration issued.			Struck off.
G-CYDD	Curtiss	Canadian Aeroplanes Limited, Toronto	JN	JN-4	Canuck
	Ex RAF (Canada) C292. To Ministry of Militia at end of war, before being passed to Air Board. Used at Camp Borden, Ontario, where it was in a Category D accident in 1921.
	first date: 5 May 1921			last date: 5 January 1923
	Registration issued.			Struck off.
G-CYDE	Curtiss	Canadian Aeroplanes Limited, Toronto	JN	JN-4	Canuck
	Ex RAF (Canada) C610. To Ministry of Militia at end of war, before being passed to Air Board. Registration probably issued in mid 1921. Used at Camp Borden, Ontario, where it was in a Category A accident on 15 December 1920.
	first date: 7 September 1920			last date: 8 March 1922
	Passed to Air Board.			Struck off
G-CYDF	Curtiss	Canadian Aeroplanes Limited, Toronto	JN	JN-4	Canuck
	Ex RAF (Canada) C826. To Ministry of Militia at end of war, before being passed to Air Board. Used at Camp Borden, Ontario. Category C accident at Kingston, Ontario on 8 September 1921.
	first date: 5 May 1921			last date: 15 January 1923
	Registration issued.			Struck off
G-CYDG	Curtiss	Canadian Aeroplanes Limited, Toronto	JN	JN-4	Canuck
	Ex RAF (Canada) C438. To Ministry of Militia at end of war, before being passed to Air Board. Used at Camp Borden, Ontario.
	first date: 5 May 1921			last date: 15 January 1923
	Registration issued			Struck off.
G-CYDH	Felixstowe	Short Brothers	F.3

	Ex RAF N4009. Based at Victoria Lake, Manitoba. Seen at Sioux Lookout, Ontario in early 1920s.
	first date: 11 July 1921			last date: 11 January 1923
	Taken on strength			Struck off
G-CYDI	Felixstowe	Short Brothers	F.3
	Ex RAF N4010. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift. Used at Jericho Beach, Vancouver 1921.
	first date: 13 April 1921			last date: 12 September 1923
	Registration issued (reported as 30 May 1921 by Griffin)			Struck off.
G-CYDJ	Felixstowe	Short Brothers	F.3
	Ex RAF N4011. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift. Reported as ex N4012 on registration paper work, in error.
	first date: 13 April 1921			last date: 26 January 1923
	Registration issued. Also reported as 28 June 1921 by Griffin.			Struck off.
G-CYDK	de Havilland	Glendower	D.H.4
	Part of Imperial Gift of 1919. Ex RAF F2711.
	first date: 19 April 1921			last date: 23 April 1922
	Registration issued			struck off after crash near Waldemar (Ontario?).
G-CYDL	de Havilland	Glendower	D.H.4	D.H.4B
	Ex RAF F2712. Converted to Canadian D.H.4B photo survey configuration. Operated by No. 2 (Operations) Squadron at High River, Alta., 1925 to 1927.
	first date: 19 April 1921			last date: 30 November 1928
	registration issued			Surviving D.H.4s struck off strength
G-CYDM	de Havilland	Glendowe	D.H.4	D.H.4B
	Ex RAF F2706. Converted in Canada to D.H.4B (may have been unofficial designation). Rear seat faced forward, camera port in fuselage side. Forestry patrols from High River, Alberta in 1921.
	first date: 19 April 1921			last date: 30 November 1928
	Taken on strength.			Surviving D.H.4s struck off.
G-CYDN	de Havilland	Glendower	D.H.4	D.H.4B
	Ex RAF F2708. Converted to Canadian D.H.4B photo survey configuration. Operated by No. 2 (Operations) Squadron at High River, Alta., 1925.
	first date: 16 March 1921			last date: 2 February 1925
	registration issued			struck off strength
G-CYDO	de Havilland	Whitehead Aircraft Ltd., Richmond, Surrey	D.H.9	D.H.9a
	Ex RAF, serial number E999. Part of Imperial Gift. Category D accident at Arthur, Ontario on 17 May 1921.
	first date: 16 March 1921			last date: 23 September 1927
	registration issued			struck off strength
G-CYDP	Bristol		Fighter	F.2B
	Ex RAF F3518 (from Griffin). Used at Camp Borden, Ontario.
	first date: 19 April 1921			last date:
	Registration issued.
G-CYDQ	Felixstowe	Short Brothers	F.3
	Ex RAF N4014. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift.
	first date: 13 April 1921			last date: 13 April 1921
	Inspected for Certificate of Airworthiness			Struck off, C. of A. never issued.
G-CYDR	Curtiss		HS	HS-2L
		9332
	Ex USN A1991. Used at Ottawa, Ontario.
	first date: 28 May 1921			last date: 4 November 1921
	registration issued.			Struck off
G-CYDS	Curtiss		HS	HS-2L
		9327
	Ex USN A1986. Certificate of Airworthiness never issued.
	first date: 8 July 1921			last date: 8 August 1921
	Inspected for Certificate of Airworthiness			Struck off, after catching fire during flight test at Vancouver BC
G-CYDT	Curtiss		HS	HS-2L
		9331
	Ex USN A1990. Used on both coasts.
	first date: 23 July 1921			last date: 26 February 1924
	Registration issued.			Struck off
G-CYDU	Curtiss		HS	HS-2L
	Ex USN A1984. Operated by No. 1 (Operations) Squadron, Jericho Beach, BC 1925. Category B accident, in BC, on 23 July 1925.
	first date: 7 July 1921			last date: 10 September 1925
	Registration issued.			Written off
G-CYDV	Curtiss	Canadian Aeroplanes Limited, Toronto	JN	JN-4	Canuck
	Ex RAF (Canada) C228. To Ministry of Militia at end of war, before being passed to Air Board. Used at Camp Borden, Ontario.
	first date: 5 May 1921			last date: 15 January 1923
	Registration issued.			Struck off.
G-CYDW	Curtiss	Canadian Aeroplanes Limited, Toronto	JN	JN-4	Canuck
	Ex RAF (Canada) C264. To Ministry of Militia at end of war, before being passed to Air Board. Used at Camp Borden, Ontario.
	first date: 5 May 1921			last date: 15 January 1923
	Registration issued.			Struck off.
G-CYDX	Curtiss		HS	HS-2L
		459
	Ex USN A1993. Operated from Jericho Beach, 1921 and 1922. Used for pilot training at Jericho Beach, 1923. Still in use for fishery patrols on west coast and Fraser River in 1924.
	first date: 27 June 1921			last date: 26 January 1924
	Registration issued			Struck off
G-CYDY	Curtiss		HS	HS-2L
		4131
	Ex USN A1992. Operated on photo surveys from Roberval, Quebec, 1922. Forced landing near there, on 10 August 1922.
	first date: 19 July 1921			last date: 1 July 1928
	Registration issued			Last surviving HS-2Ls struck off.
G-CYDZ	Sopwith	Rushton Proctor	Snipe	Snipe 7F.1
	Ex RAF E7649. Received from RAF at Washington, DC, not part of Imperial Gift. Used at Camp Borden in 1921.
	first date: 11 February 1921			last date: 22 October 1923
	Registration issued			Written off in crash
G-CYEA	Curtiss		HS	HS-2L
		9360
	Ex USN A2019. Category A accident at Vancouver, BC on 11 September 1922.
	first date: 12 July 1921			last date: 9 April 1923
	Registration issued			Struck off
G-CYEB	Curtiss		HS	HS-2L
		950
	Ex USN A1994. Operated by No. 1 (Operations) Squadron, Jericho Beach, BC 1925.
	first date: 6 August 1921			last date: 10 September 1925
	Registration issued			Struck off
G-CYEC	de Havilland	Glendower	D.H.4	D.H.4B
	Ex RAF F2714. Converted to Canadian D.H.4B photo survey configuration. Operated by No. 2 (Operations) Squadron at High River, Alta., 1925 to 1927.
	first date: 2 August 1921			last date: 2 November 1928
	registration issued			struck off strength
G-CYED	Curtiss		HS	HS-2L
	Ex USN A1985. Used at Dartmouth, NS and Winnipeg, Manitoba.
	first date: 27 September 1921			last date: 1 July 1928
	Registration issued			Surviving HS-2Ls struck off
G-CYEE	Avro	Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast	504	504K
	Ex RAF E361. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift. Operated as seaplane (in UK only?).
	first date: 27 August 1921			last date: 11 July 1928
	registration issued			struck off
G-CYEF	Curtiss		HS	HS-2L
	Ex USN A1988. Used on forestry patrols.
	first date: 17 November 1921			last date: 10 August 1923
				Struck off, after crashing at Victoria Beach, Manitoba on 26 June 1923.
G-CYEG	Avro	Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast	504	504K
	Ex RAF H9729. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift. Ground instructional airframe from 1925.
	first date: 26 September 1921			last date: 8 May 1929
	Registration issued.			Struck off.
G-CYEH	Avro	Grahame-White Aviation Co. Ltd.	504	504K/504N
	Ex RAF H9727. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift. Used for air mail trials at High River, Alberta, date unknown. Operated as 504K at Camp Borden, Ont., in 1925. Converted to 504N (date unknown).
	first date: 27 October 1921			last date: 3 July 1930
	Registration issued			Struck off, after being redesignated RCAF 54.
G-CYEI	Avro	Grahame-White Aviation Co. Ltd.	504	504K/504N
	Ex RAF H9666. Part of Imperial Gift of 1919. Converted to 504N, 29 June 1927. This registration was used on replica built in 1967, now in National Aeronautical Collection.
	first date: 27 October 1921			last date: c.1928
	Registration issued.			Assigned new serial number, RCAF 4 (which see).
G-CYEJ	Curtiss	Gallaudet	HS	HS-2L
	Ex USN A2223. Category C accident at Perry Sound, Ontario in 1922.
	first date: 23 May 1922			last date: 31 August 1926
	Registration issued			Struck off
G-CYEK	Curtiss		HS	HS-2L
		9363
	Ex USN A2022.
	first date: 19 August 1922			last date: 21 September 1922
	Registration issued			Written off after Category B crash at Roberval, PQ.
G-CYEL	Curtiss		HS	HS-2L
		9328
	Ex USN A1987. Used by No. 4 (Operations) Squadron, Dartmouth, NS 1925.
	first date: 2 September 1922			last date: 12 August 1925
	Registration issued.			Written off in Category A crash at Dartmouth, NS.
G-CYEM	de Havilland	Glendower	D.H.4
	Ex RAF F2707. Part of Imperial Gift of 1919. Operating from High River, Alberta at time of crash.
	first date: 7 June 1922			last date: 1 August 1924
	registration issued			struck off strength, after Category A accident on 28 July 1924
G-CYEN	Felixstowe	Short Brothers	F.3
	Ex RAF N4015. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift. Used at Victoria Beach, Manitoba in 1922. Crashed there, 8 September 1922, not repaired.
	first date: 21 August 1922			last date: 29 September 1922
	registration issued			struck off after crash
G-CYEO	Felixstowe	Phoenix Dynamo	F.3
	Ex RAF N4181. Registration issued on 29 August 1922. Based at Victoria Beach, Manitoba. Category A accident there on 8 September 1922.
	first date: 13 April 1921			last date: 11 January 1923
	Received in Canada (reported by Erye)			Struck off.
G-CYEP	Curtiss		H	H-16
	Ex RAF N4905. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift. Used at Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1923.
	first date: 2 February 1922			last date: 2 January 1924
	Registration issued.			Struck off
G-CYEQ	Martinsyde		F.6
		E.4.500
	Purchased by Air Board, transferred to RCAF for testing at Camp Borden, Ontario. Registration issued on 9 October 1922.
	first date: 19 August 1922			last date: 4 November 1925
	Transferred to RCAF for tests			Returned to manufacturer, later became G-EAPI.
G-CYES	Vickers	Vickers, UK	Viking	IV
		28/CV7
	Airframe shipped unflown from UK. RCAF supplied engines installed by Canadian Vickers. Used by No. 3 (Operations) Squadron at Rockcliffe and Shirleys Bay, Ont., 1925.
	first date: 15 June 1923			last date: 2 August 1925
	First flight, in Canada.			Written off after crash. Date also reported as 2 July 1925
G-CYET	Vickers	Vickers, UK	Viking	IV
		27/CV8
	Airframe shipped unflown from UK. RCAF supplied engines installed by Canadian Vickers. Operated throughout Western Canada by No. 1 (Operations) Wing out of Winnipeg, Man. Surveyed northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, including operations from Rabbit River, Sask., summer of 1924.
	first date: 24 June 1923			last date: 11 July 1927
	First flight, in Canada.			Hull broke up in flight near Hilbre, Manitoba, 3 fatalities (2 RCAF and one civil servant surveyor).
G-CYEU	Vickers	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	Viking
		CV 1
	First aircraft manufactured by Canadian Vickers. Based at Victoria Beach, Manitoba. Tested to destruction at Winnipeg about 1927, following several hull failures on RCAF Vikings.
	first date: 25 July 1923			last date: 4 May 1931
	Launching ceremony and first flight at Vickers Basin, Montreal.			Struck off
G-CYEV	Vickers	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	Viking	IV
		CV 2
	Operated throughout Western Canada by No. 1 (Operations) Wing out of Winnipeg, Man. Also used at Cormorant Lake.
	first date: 15 September 1923			last date: 20 February 1931
	Taken on charge			Struck off
G-CYEW	Vickers	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	Viking	IV
		CV3
	Not struck off until 15 October 1926.
	first date: 31 August 1923			last date: 31 July 1926
	Taken on strength			Hull broke in 2 during takeoff at Victoria Beach, Man.
G-CYEX	Vickers	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	Viking	IV
		CV4
	Operated throughout Western Canada by No. 1 (Operations) Wing out of Winnipeg, Man. Seen at Victoria Beach, Manitoba, 28 May 1924. At Cormorant Lake Sub-Base in 1925.
	first date: 3 October 1923			last date: 15 November 1929
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash in Manitoba, on 25 August 1929.
G-CYEY	Vickers	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	Viking	IV
		CV5
	Operated throughout Western Canada by No. 1 (Operations) Wing out of Victoria Beach, Winnipeg, Man.
	first date: 17 October 1923			last date: 22 July 1926
	Taken on strength			Dug in a float on landing at Kashabowie Lake, Ont., hull broke in 2. Struck off 24 September 1926.
G-CYEZ	Vickers	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	Viking	IV
		CV6
	Operated throughout Western Canada by No. 1 (Operations) Wing out of Victoria Beach, Winnipeg, Man. Seen at Lac du Bonnet sub-base.
	first date: 9 November 1923			last date: 28 August 1930
	Acceptance test flight			Struck off
G-CYFE	Avro	Hewlett & B	504	504K
	Ex RAF H7462. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift. Used at Camp Borden.
	first date: 16 May 1924			last date:
	Registration issued.
G-CYFF	Avro	Grahame-White Aviation Co. Ltd.	504	504K
	Ex RAF H9558. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift. Used at Camp Borden.
	first date: 16 May 1924			last date: 3 February 1928
	Registration issued.			Redesignated RCAF 15.
G-CYFG	Avro	Grahame-White Aviation Co. Ltd.	504	504K/504N

	Ex RAF H9555. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift. Converted to 504N on 21 July 1927. To US civil register as N8736R. Acquired by National Museum, Ottawa, and restored to 504K configuration.
	first date: 16 May 1924			last date: 30 May 1930
	Registration issued.			Struckoff, after being redesignated RCAF 5.
G-CYFH	Avro	Grahame-White Aviation Co. Ltd.	504	504K/504N
	Ex RAF H9722. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift. Converted to 504N on 3 August 1927.
	first date: 16 May 1924			last date: 14 April 1930
	Registration issued.			Struck off, after being redesignated RCAF 6.
G-CYFI	Avro	Sunbeam Motors	504	504K
	Ex RAF H2047. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift.
	first date: 16 May 1924			last date: 13 November 1924
	Registration issued.			To Technnical Stores, Camp Borden. Final fate unknown.
G-CYFJ	Avro	Grahame-White Aviation Co. Ltd.	504	504K/504N
	Ex RAF H9553. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift. Converted to 504N (date unknown). Crashed at Camp Borden, Ontario on 13 January 1928.
	first date: 6 June 1924			last date: 3 February 1928
	Registration issued.			Struck off, after being redesignated RCAF 7.
G-CYFK	Avro	Grahame-White Aviation Co. Ltd.	504	504K
	Ex RAF H9743. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift.
	first date: 17 April 1923			last date: 7 October 1926
	Registration issued.			Struck off, after Category A crash at Richmond Hill, Ontario on 27 July 1926.
G-CYFL	Avro	Grahame-White Aviation Co. Ltd.	504	504K
	Ex RAF H9735. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift. Operated from Camp Borden in original RAF kahki colours. Crashed at Camp Borden 10 October 1924, repaired. Redesignated 47 when converted to 504N.
	first date: 17 April 1923			last date: 16 September 1930
	Registration issued			Struck off, after being redesignated RCAF 47.
G-CYFM	Avro	Grahame-White Aviation Co. Ltd.	504	504K
	Ex RAF H9631. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift. Crashed at Camp Borden on 2 July 1924.
	first date: 18 April 1923			last date: 31 March 1926
	Registration issued.			Struck off.
G-CYFN	Avro	Grahame-White Aviation Co. Ltd.	504	504K
	Ex RAF H9632. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift. Used at Camp Borden, Ontario.
	first date: 23 June 1924			last date: 8 January 1931
	Registration issued			Struck off, after being redesignated RCAF 48.
G-CYFO	Avro	Grahame-White Aviation Co. Ltd.	504	504K
	Ex RAF H9556. Part of 1919 Imperial Gift. Crashed at Camp Borden, 2 October 1924, may not have been repairable.
	first date: 18 April 1923			last date: 31 March 1926
	Registration issued.			Struck off.
G-CYFP	Sopwith	Boulton & Paul	Camel	Camel F.1
	Ex RAF F6481. Part of 1919 Emperial Gift. Used at Camp Borden, Ont., for training. Reported there on 7 October 1924, may have been operating there previously with only RAF serial marked.
	first date: 7 October 1924			last date: 18 October 1928
	Registration issued.			Struck off. Griffin gives date as 23 July 1927.
G-CYFQ	Sopwith	Boulton & Paul	Camel	Camel F.1
	Ex RAF F6473. Part of 1919 Emperial Gift. Used at Camp Borden, Ont., for training.
	first date: 7 October 1924			last date: 18 October 1928
	Taken on charge. Registration issued on 17 November 1924, at Camp Borden.			Struck off. Griffin reports date as 23 June 1927.
G-CYFR	Sopwith	Boulton & Paul	Camel	Camel F.1
	Part of 1919 Emperial Gift. Used at Camp Borden, Ont., for training.
	first date: 17 November 1924			last date: 23 June 1927
	Registration issued, at Camp Borden.			Struck off
G-CYFS	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	I
		CV 9
	First Vedette prototype. First flight 4 November 1924, without military or civil registration, by F/O W. N. Plenderlieth, RAF. Originally had RR Falcon engine. Wolsley Viper engine installed by 22 November 1924. First flight with Wright J-4 engine 9 May 1925. Used by No. 3 (Operations) Squadron at Rockcliffe and Shirleys Bay, Ont., 17 July 1925 to 1927.
	first date: 17 July 1925			last date: 25 November 1927
	delivered to RCAF			Struck off after crash at Torrance, Ont. In August 1927.
G-CYFT	Avro	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	552	552A	A.V.L.
		CV10
	Built as single seater. Delivered by rail to High Prairie, Alta., on 6 December 1924. Taken on strength on 19 December 1924. Operated by No. 2 (Operations) Squadron at High River, Alta., 1926 to 1927.
	first date: 2 December 1924			last date: 29 November 1927
	first flight, at Cartierville			Struck off
G-CYFU	Avro	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	552	552A	A.V.L.
		CV11
	Built as single seater. Delivered to RCAF untested on 15 March 1925. Operated by No. 2 (Operations) Squadron at High River, Alta., 1926 to February 1927. Transferred to Camp Borden as trainer.
	first date: 11 March 1925			last date: 29 September 1928
	Taken on strength			struck off, last airworthy 552A
G-CYFV	Avro	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	552	552A	A.V.L.
		CV12
	Built as single seater. Delivered to RCAF untested on 15 March 1925. Operated by No. 2 (Operations) Squadron at High River, Alta., 1926 to 1927.
	first date: 11 March 1925			last date: 15 August 1928
	Taken on strength			Struck off
G-CYFW	Avro	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	552	552A	A.V.L.
		CV13
	Built as single seater. Operated from High River, Alberta, probably by No. 2 Squadron.
	first date: 30 March 1925			last date: 22 February 1928
	Delivered to RCAF untested.			Struck off
G-CYFX	Avro	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	552	552A	A.V.L.
		CV14
	Built as single seater. Operated by No. 2 (Operations) Squadron at High River, Alta., 1926 to 1927.
	first date: 30 March 1925			last date: 28 May 1928
	Delivered to RCAF untested.			Struck off
G-CYFY	Avro	Avro, Manchester	504	504N
		R3/LY/10598
	Purchased new from Avro? Visited Toronto harbour on skis, January 1925. Redesignated 8.
	first date: 11 September 1924			last date: 22 October 1928
	Taken on strength			Struck off, probably after being redesignated RCAF 8.
G-CYFZ	Avro	Avro, Manchester	504	504N
		R3/LY/10617
	Purchased new from Avro? Operated at Camp Borden, Ont., in 1925 and 1928.
	first date: 14 October 1924			last date: 28 July 1930
	Taken on strength			Struck off, probably after being redesignated RCAF 9.

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