G-CYUA to G-CYWZ

Canadian Military Aircraft
Serial Numbers
The Air Board Years
Detailed list G-CYUA to G-CYWZ

Photograph courtesy of the Canadian Aviation Museum, Ottawa

	Designer	Manufacturer	basic designation	variant or model	name
	company designation	company number
G-CYUR	de Havilland	de Havilland Canada	Puss Moth
	D.H.80A	DHC214
	Used as instrument trainer. Popular name was "Moth Three". Served at Ottawa.
	first date: 12 May 1931			last date: 12 August 1936
	Taken on strength			Struck off
G-CYUS	de Havilland	de Havilland Canada	Puss Moth
	D.H.80A	DHC215
	Used as instrument trainer. Popular name was "Moth Three". Later became RCAF Instructional Airframe A 6.
	first date: 14 May 1931			last date: 3 February 1937
	Taken on strength			Scrapped, at Trenton.
G-CYUT	de Havilland	de Havilland Canada	Puss Moth
	D.H.80A	DHC218
	Used as instrument trainer. Popular name was "Moth Three".
	first date: 3 May 1931			last date: 29 June 1932
	Taken on strength			Struck off after wing failed in flight, near Ottawa, on 21 March 1932.
G-CYUU	de Havilland	de Havilland Canada	Puss Moth
	D.H.80A	DHC217
	Used as instrument trainer and for liasion. Popular name was "Moth Three". Used at Winnipeg.
	first date: 1 May 1931			last date: 12 August 1936
	Taken on strength			Scrapped
G-CYUV	Fairchild	Fairchild, Longueuil	71B
		6
	first date: 6 June 1931			last date: 21 September 1934
	Taken on strength			Struck off,after Category A crash at Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba on 31 July 1932.
G-CYUW	Fairchild	Fairchild, Longueuil	71B
		5
	Used for photographic surveys from Fitzgerald Lake, Alberta, in 1930. Also seen at Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba. Later became RCAF 629.
	first date: 17 May 1931			last date: 3 June 1940
	Taken on strength			Struckoff, as RCAF 629.
G-CYUX	Bellanca	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	Pacemaker	Pacemaker 31
	CH-300 Pacemaker 31	CV 171
	Became RCAF 601.
	first date: 29 June 1931			last date:
	Taken on strength
G-CYUY	Bellanca	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	Pacemaker	Pacemaker 31
	CH-300 Pacemaker 31	CV 172
	Used for autopilot trials in mid 1930s, using RCAF installed autopilot. Simple wing leveller, intended to improve quality of aerial photographs. Became RCAF 602. Later became Instructional Airframe A 25.
	first date: 29 June 1931			last date: 9 June 1940
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 602
G-CYUZ	Bellanca	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	Pacemaker	Pacemaker 31
	CH-300 Pacemaker 31	CV 173
	Operated on floats. Became RCAF 603.
	first date: 29 June 1931			last date: 9 June 1940
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 603.
G-CYVA	Bellanca	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	Pacemaker	Pacemaker 31
	CH-300 Pacemaker 31	CV 174
	First Canadian made Pacemaker. Used welded fuselage from US Bellanca factory. Probably first flew 16 or 17 May 1931.Taken on strength 18 May 1931. Became RCAF 604. Later to civil register as CF-BFC.
	first date: 15 May 1931			last date: 5 July 1937
	Launched in Canadian Vickers basin, Montreal, PQ, during ceromony.			Struck off as RCAF 604, and sold.
G-CYVB	Bellanca	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	Pacemaker
	CH-300 Pacemaker 31	CV 175
	Became RCAF 605. Later to civil register as CF-BFD.
	first date: 22 May 1931			last date: 8 July 1937
	Taken on strength			Struck off as RCAF 607, and sold
G-CYVC	Bellanca	Canadian Vickers, Montreal	Pacemaker	Pacemaker 31
	CH-300 Pacemaker 31	CV 176
	Used by No. 6 Photo Detachment, Rockcliffe, Ontario. Later became RCAF 606.
	first date: 1 June 1931			last date: 18 June 1940
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 606.
G-CYVD	de Havilland		Hawk Moth
	D.H.75A	343
	Used at Camp Borden, Ontario. Other registrations assigned included G-AAFW (before shipping to Canada) and CF-CCA (for company tests in Canada).
	first date: 4 December 1929			last date: 8 October 1935
	Taken on strength			Struck off
G-CYVE	Fairchild	Fairchild, Longueuil	71B
		4/767
	Fuselage was made in USA. Company number reported as 767/4 by Griffin (767 is Fairchild US fuselage, 4 is Fairchild Aircraft Canada number for complete aircraft). Later became RCAF 630.
	first date: 2 October 1930			last date: 14 October 1940
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 630
G-CYVF	Bellanca		Pacemaker	Pacemaker 30
	CH-300 Pacemaker 30	188
	Made in USA. Later became RCAF no. 607. To civil register as CF-BFB.
	first date: 20 May 1930			last date: 22 May 1937
	Brought on strength			Struck off as RCAF 607, later sold.
G-CYVG	Bellanca		Pacemaker	Pacemaker 30
	CH-300 Pacemaker 30	189
	Made in USA. Later became RCAF no. 608. To civil register as CF-BFA.
	first date: 5 June 1930			last date: 28 May 1937
	Taken on strength			Struck off as RCAF 608, later sold.
G-CYVH	Bellanca		Pacemaker	Pacemaker 30
	CH-300 Pacemaker 30	190
	Made in USA. Category C damage at Winnipeg, Manitobas on 26 June 1931. Later became RCAF no. 609.
	first date: 8 July 1930			last date: 8 February 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 609.
G-CYVI	Bellanca		Pacemaker	Pacemaker 30
	CH-300 Pacemaker 30	191
	Made in USA. Used at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Later became RCAF no. 610.
	first date: 6 August 1930			last date: 8 February 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 610.
G-CYVJ	Bellanca		Pacemaker	Pacemaker 30
	CH-300 Pacemaker 30	192
	Made in USA. Used by No. 7 Photo Detachment. Later became RCAF no. 611.
	first date: 1 August 1930			last date: 1 June 1935
	Taken on strength			Renumbered as 611 (which see).
G-CYVK	Bellanca		Pacemaker	Pacemaker 30
	CH-300 Pacemaker 30	193
	Made in USA. Later became RCAF no. 612.
	first date: 26 July 1930			last date: c.1935
	Taken on strength			Renumbered
G-CYVL	de Havilland		Hawk Moth
	D.H.75A	707
	Assembled by DHC. Taken on strength by RCAF on 19 December 1930. Category A crash at Longueil, PQ on 27 June 1931.
	first date: October 1930			last date: 20 November 1931
	Delivered to Canada.			Struck off after crash, see comments.
G-CYVM	de Havilland		Hawk Moth
	D.H.75A	708
	Assembled by DHC. Used at Camp Borden, Ontario.
	first date: October 1930			last date: 5 October 1934
	Delivered to Canada			Struck off
G-CYVN	Fairchild	Fairchild, Longueuil	71B
		3/766
	Fuselage made in USA (company number 766). Used at Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba. Later became RCAF 631.
	first date: 12 July 1930			last date: 2 July 1941
	Taken on strength			Struckoff, as RCAF 631
G-CYVO	Fairchild	Fairchild, Longueuil	71B
		2/765
	Fuselage made in USA, company number 765. Category C crash at Kingston, Ontario on 13 October 1932. Later became RCAF 632.
	first date: 8 July 1930			last date: 9 August 1941
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 632.
G-CYVP	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	V
		CV 146
	Civil registration CF-AIR used for company tests. Delivered as amphibian. Used for ski trials. Badly damaged when ski fitting failed during takeoff at St. Hubert, PQ on 6 March 1930. Probably only Vedette fitted with skiis. Nose section now with National Aeronautical Collection.
	first date: 4 February 1930			last date: 29 December 1930
	Taken on strength			Struck off, later sold
G-CYVQ	Canadian Vickers		Vancouver	II
		CV 164
	Provided air mail service from incoming liners at Belle Isle, Labrador to Havre St. Pierre, PQ during Imperial Economic Conference, summer of 1932. Also used at Ladder Lake, dates not known.
	first date: 16 July 1930			last date: 25 November 1940
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 902
G-CYVR	Canadian Vickers		Vancouver	II
		CV 165
	Provided air mail service from incoming liners at Belle Isle, Labrador to Havre St. Pierre, PQ during Imperial Economic Conference, summer of 1932. Also used at Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba, dates unknown. Later became RCAF 903.
	first date: 24 July 1930			last date: 25 November 1940
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 903.
G-CYVS	Canadian Vickers		Vancouver	II
		CV 166
	Used on west coast. Became RCAF 904 (which see).
	first date: 28 August 1930			last date:
	Taken on strength
G-CYVT	Canadian Vickers		Vancouver	II
		CV 167
	Used at Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba. Became RCAF 905.
	first date: 15 August 1930			last date: 5 May 1936
	Acceptance test flight.			Struckoff, as RCAF 905.
G-CYVU	Canadian Vickers		Vancouver	II
		CV 168
	Became RCAF 906.
	first date: 2 September 1930			last date:
	Acceptance test flight.
G-CYVV	Fairchild		71B
G-CYVX	Fairchild	Fairchild, Longueuil	71B
		1/764
	Fuselage made in USA, company number 764. Later became RCAF 633. Based at RCAF Rockcliffe, Ont. Accompanied Vedette G-CYWS on long survey expidition over Canadian Artic, June to August 1930.
	first date: 9 July 1930			last date: 13 March 1941
	Taken on strength			Struckoff, as RCAF 633.
G-CYVY	Fairchild		71B
		763
	Entirely made in USA. Later became RCAF 634. To civil register as CF-BVH.
	first date: 30 May 1930			last date: 2 October 1941
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 634.
G-CYVZ	Fairchild		71B
		762
	Used for photo surveys around Oskelaneo, PQ in 1931. Also used at Gaspe, PQ, dates not known. Later became RCAF 635.
	first date: 30 May 1930			last date: 9 March 1935
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 635.
G-CYWA	Fairchild		71B
		761
	Later became RCAF 636. Wrecked in a gale, 17 September 1939.
	first date: 20 May 1930			last date: 5 December 1939
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 636.
G-CYWB	Fairchild		71
		645
	Later became RCAF 637.
	first date: 5 April1930			last date: 16 October 1941
	Taken on charge.			Struck off, sold.
G-CYWC	Fairchild		71
		688
	Became RCAF 638.
	first date: 31 March 1930			last date: 16 October 1941
	Taken on charge			Struck off, as RCAF 638.
G-CYWD	Fairchild		71
		670
	Used by No. 5 (FB) Squadron at Dartmouth, NS (with RCAF serial number?). Became RCAF 639.
	first date: 28 March 1930			last date: 10 June 1938
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 639.
G-CYWE	Fairchild		71
		674
	Used by No. 5 (FB) Squadron at Dartmouth, NS, and by No.8 Squadron at Rockcliffe, Ontario, and / or Winnipeg, Manitoba (with RCAF serial number ?). Became RCAF 640.
	first date: 14 March 1930			last date: 8 October 1941
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 640.
G-CYWF	Fairchild		71
		687
	Category C damage at English Bay (BC?) on 14 July 1939. Later became RCAF 641.
	first date: 25 March 1930			last date: 13 March 1941
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 641.
G-CYWG	Fairchild		71
		689
	Later became RCAF 642.
	first date: 5 April 1930			last date: 13 April 1942
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 642, sold to Gray Rocks Air Service.
G-CYWH	Fairchild		71
		690
	Used at Halcrow Lake. Later became RCAF 643.
	first date: 12 April 1930			last date: 8 October 1941
	Taken on strength			Struck off
G-CYWI	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	VA or VI
		CV 163
	Taken on strength 13 May 1930. Based at Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba. Became RCAF 817. Also reported to be a Mk. VI, with enclosed cockpit. Enclosure probably removed shortly after delivery to RCAF.
	first date: 8 or 13 May 1930			last date: 11 January 1941
	First flight			Struck off, as RCAF 817.
G-CYWJ	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	VA
		CV 162
	Based at Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba. Became RCAF 808.
	first date: 5 May 1930			last date: 15 January 1940
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 808.
G-CYWK	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	VA
		CV 161
	first date: 1 May 1930			last date: 8 August 1933
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash at Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba on 18 May 1933.
G-CYWL	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	VA
		CV 160
	Operated from RCAF Rockcliffe, Ontario, possibly only for acceptance testing. Also based at Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba. Became RCAF 809.
	first date: 8 May 1930			last date: 29 January 1941
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 809.
G-CYWM	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	VA
		CV 159
	Based at Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba. Became RCAF 810.
	first date: 8 May 1930			last date: 15 January 1940
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 810.
G-CYWN	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	VA
		CV 158
	Based at Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba. Became RCAF 811.
	first date: 8 May 1930			last date: 17 November 1937
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 811.
G-CYWO	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	VA
		CV 157
	Based at Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba. Became RCAF 812.
	first date: 8 May 1930			last date: 11 January 1941
	Taken on strength			Struckoff, as RCAF 812.
G-CYWP	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	VA
		CV 156
	Used at Vancouver, BC. Became RCAF 813.
	first date: 8 May 1930			last date: 3 April 1940
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 813.
G-CYWQ	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	VA
		CV 155
	Became RCAF 184. Hull fragments salvaged 1977 and now with National Aeronuatical Collection.
	first date: 8 May 1930			last date: 17 November 1937
	Taken on strength			Struck off as RCAF 184, after crashing in a lake near Brighton, Ontario on 23 September 1937.
G-CYWR	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	V
		CV 151
	Civil registration CF-AIV used for initial company tests. Crashed a few days after first flight. Landed in suburb of Montreal. F/O P. G. Stanley and F/O J. McLaughlan killed.
	first date: 25 October 1930			last date: 4 November 1929
	Taken on strength			Crashed on test flight, struck off same day. See comments.
G-CYWS	Canadian Vickers		Vedette	V
		CV 150
	Civil registration CF-AIU used for initial company tests. Flew lengthy survey mission over Canadian Arctic June to August 1930, with Fairchild G-CYVX. Operated from Great Bear Lake for part of this period. Later used at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Converted to amphibian, date unknown.
	first date: 6 November 1929			last date: 18 October 1935
	Taken on strength			Struck off, never received RCAF serial.
G-CYWT	Bellanca		Pacemaker
	CH-300	139
	Taken on strength 16 October 1929.
	first date: October 1929			last date: 29 July 1930
	Imported from USA			Struck off, after Category A crash on 1 March 1930.
G-CYWU	Fairchild		FC-2L
		19
	First FC-2L, converted to Lynx engine at US factory before delivery to RCAF. Initially flew with 3 bladed propellor.
	first date: 1 October 1929			last date: 6 January 1931
	First referenced in files			Struck off
G-CYWV	de Havilland		DH.60		Moth
	DH.60 GM	1322
	Assembled by DHC. Recorded as a DH.60 M in the UK (modified in Canada?). Used at Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba. To civil register when sold, as CF-APA. Later to US register as N1510V.
	first date: 10 September 1929			last date: 20 June 1931
	Taken on strength			Struck off, and sold
G-CYWW	de Havilland		DH.60		Moth
	DH.60 GM	1321
	Used at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Assembled by DHC. To civil register as CF-APB. Broken up for spares, 6 July 1943.
	first date: 15 October 1929			last date: 13 June 1930
	Taken on strength			Struck off, and sold.
G-CYWX	Fairchild		71
		664
	first date: 24 June 1929			last date: 11 December 1929
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash on 5 July 1929.
G-CYWY	de Havilland		DH.60		Moth
	DH.60 GM	1309
	Assembled by DHC. Recorded as a DH.60 M in the UK (modified in Canada?). Later renumbered 212. To civil register as CF-CCX. Repurchased by RCAF early in the war, for use as Instructional Airframe A 128.
	first date: 30 July 1929			last date: 16 December 1937
	Taken on strength			Struck off, as RCAF 212, and sold.
G-CYWZ	Ford / Stout		Model 4	Model 4-AT	Trimotor
		6.AT.1
	Originally purchased for crop dusting experiments. First tests spraying hemlock forests near Westree, Ontario in June of 1929. Similar tests in Quebec later that year. Later based at Rockcliffe, Ontario, and used as VIP transport, and support transport for 1931 Air Pagent. Carried VIPs from Ottawa to St. Hubert to view and ride on R100 during its visit to Canada in 1931. Appeared at air show at RCAF Station Trenton in June 1934. Trials with Lear radio compass, September 1935. Sold to United Air Transport as CF-BEP.
	first date: 16 June 1929			last date: 25 February 1937
	Taken on strength			Sold to civil register. Later destroyed in ground collision with RCAF Hurricane.

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