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    Canadian Warbird & War Prize Survivors: Updated Edition
    Canadian Warbird & War Prize Survivors: Updated Edition
    Canadian Warbird & War Prize Survivors: Updated Edition
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    Canadian Warbird & War Prize Survivors: Updated Edition

    By Harold A. Skaarup

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    The purpose of this handbook is to provide aviation enthusiasts with a handbook on where to find the surviving retired military aircraft preserved in Canada. The majority of the Canadian Warbird and War Prize Survivors are on display within a significant number of aviation museums. Many others are displayed as "gate guards" on or near a number of Canadian and Allied Armed Forces Bases and installations. There are also a few in the hands of private owners and collectors that have been restored to flying status. These include a number of foreign warbird survivors that were brought back to Canada as War Prizes.

    The museum staffs and volunteer organizations such as the Canadian Aviation Preservation Association (CAPA) have done tremendous work in preserving military and civilian aircraft that have been a major part of Canada's aviation heritage. A few of these aircraft are illustrated in this book, along with a short description of the aircraft flown by Canadian servicemen and women. The aircraft are listed alphabetically, along with a city or museum location, the manufacturer, aircraft serial number and call sign where known.


    Canadian Warbird and War Prize Survivors is part of a series on aircraft used by the Canadian Forces throughout its history.
    LanguageEnglish
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    Release dateOct 24, 2000
    ISBN9781462047949
    Canadian Warbird & War Prize Survivors: Updated Edition
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    Harold A. Skaarup

    Major Hal Skaarup has served with the Canadian Forces for more than 40 years, starting with the 56th Field Squadron, RCE and completing his service as the G2 (Intelligence Officer) at CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick in August 2011. He was a member of the Canadian Airborne Regiment, served three tours with the Skyhawks Parachute Demonstration Team, and worked in the Airborne Trials and Evaluation section. He served as an Intelligence Officer overseas in Germany and Colorado, and has been on operational deployments to Cyprus, Bosnia, and Afghanistan. He has been an instructor at the Tactics School at the Combat Training Centre in Gagetown and at the Intelligence Training Schools in Borden and Kingston. He earned a Master's degree in War Studies through the Royal Military College, and has authored a number of books on military history.

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      Canadian Warbird & War Prize Survivors - Harold A. Skaarup

      Copyright © 2000 by Harold A. Skaarup

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      The names of Canadian Warbird Survivors and the locations listed for them here are constantly changing. Although every effort is made to ensure accuracy up to the time of publication, there are always amendments to be made. Updates to any of the information found in this handbook would be greatly appreciated, and every effort will be made to include them in future editions.

      ISBN-13: 978-0-595-12216-5

      ISBN-10: 0-595-12216-7

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      Contents

      DEDICATION

      MILITARY AlRCRAFT FLOWN BY CANADIANS

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

      FOREWORD

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      A SHORT HlSTORY OF CANADIAN FORCES AlRCRAFT AND AlRCREW

      1 CANADIAN AlR DlVISION, CANADIAN NORAD REGION HEADQUARTERS, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA

      AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY IN SERVICE WITH THE CANADIAN FORCES

      CANADIAN WARBIRD & WAR PRIZE SURVIVORS

      AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY MEMBERS OF THE CANADIAN FORCES

      OTHER MILITARY AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATED WITH CANADA

      ANNEX A

      CANADIAN WARBIRD SURVIVORS OUTSIDE OF

      CANADA

      ANNEX B

      RCAF & RCN U-BOAT KILLS

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      POSTSCRIPT

      THE LADY FAYE

      BIBLIOGRAPHY

      Endnotes:

      DEDICATION

      This book is dedicated to my father, retired RCAF and CF Warrant Officer Aage C. Skaarup. In 1994, at the age of 70, he built his own Ultralite aircraft and then learned to fly. He is still flying when he isn’t repairing or painting a mural on his barn, which he uses as a hangar on his farm at Charleston near Lakeville, New Brunswick.

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      Aage C. Skaarup flies his Quad City Model Challenger II/A Ultralight, Mark C-FRZU, and Serial No. No. CH21093-1040, over his farm near Lakeville, New Brunswick.

      MILITARY AlRCRAFT FLOWN BY CANADIANS

      There are a number of us who have a continuing interest in old Warbirds that Canadians have flown. Canada has done a very great job in preserving some of them, although many are still being sought. Unfortunately, in a number of cases no examples exist anymore. As an aviation historian, artist, photographer and enthusiast, I have attempted to keep track of where the remaining Canadian Warbird and War Prize Survivors are presently located. The purpose of this book is to provide a short checklist for each preserved military aircraft with a Canadian connection, along with a location, a brief description and where known, the aircraft serial number and/ or call sign at this time. The book is illustrated with a few examples of the author’s aviation artwork and photographs from the author’s collection, as well as selected photographs from the Canadian Forces Archives. The handbook also serves as a Companion volume to the Canadian Warbirds series of aviation books, which are currently available online through iUni-verse.com and with leading bookstores.

      There are far too many aircraft with former military service that are missing from the list of those that are preserved. Canadian aviation enthusiasts are actively participating in the hunt to recover and restore many of those which are missing from the list of aircraft that represent our Warplane heritage. In a number of cases, these special relics of our history are being recovered from their crash sites in the bush or in the inland and offshore waters. A Handley Page Halifax was recently unveiled in Trenton, after many years of restoration work following its recovery from a fiord in Norway. It is planned to raise another which went down in August 1945 from the deep waters 130 miles west of the Hebrides Islands, for restoration by Nanton’s Bomber Command Museum staffs. Former RCAF Warbirds are also being traded for, or brought back to Canada by owners who have been flying them in other countries. In a few wonderful cases, some of our most historic Warbirds are actually being re-manufactured from scratch (the Vickers Vedette in the Western Canadian Aviation Museum, and the Sopwith Triplane with the Calgary Aerospace Museum, are prime examples).

      Unfortunately, there are still an incredible number of Warbirds from Canada’s aviation heritage for which no single example exists in Canada, and a good number for which no example exists anywhere in the world, such as the Siskin and the Wapiti.

      Aircraft deemed important to Canada’s military aviation history are listed here alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type. The list also includes a number of former military aircraft that have been significant to Canada in such roles as aerial survey, firefighting and search & rescue work, as well as some of the known locations for these aircraft in the aviation museums and private collections in Canada and other nations.

      It is my sincere hope that the list of Canadian Warbird Survivors will continue to grow as more of them are recovered and restored. Grant that you find the handbook useful. Blue skies, Hal Skaarup

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

      1.   Avro 652A Anson Mk. I

      2.   Avro 683 Lancaster Mk. X, CFB Greenwood

      3.   Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 5

      4.   Avro CF-105 Arrow

      5.   Boeing Vertol CH-113 Voyager

      6.   BOMARC Surface to Air Missile

      7.   Bristol Type 142M Bolingbroke Mk. IV

      8.   Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter TF Mk. XC

      9.   Canadair North Star CL-2 Mk. I

      10.   Canadair F-86/CL-13 Sabre Mk. 6, 2 Wing, France

      11.   Canadair CP-107 Argus

      12.   Canadair CT-133 Silver Star

      13.   Canadair CL-114 Tutor

      14.   Canadair CC-106 Yukon

      15.   Canadair CL-44 Dynavert

      16.   Canadair CF-104 Starfighter

      17.   Canadair CF-5D/CF-116 Freedom Fighter

      18.   Cessna L-19 Bird Dog

      19.   Consolidated Model 28-5A PBY Canso A

      20.   Consolidated Model 32 B-24 Liberator GR Mk. VIII

      21.   Curtiss Hawk-87A-2 P-40 Kittyhawk Mk. I

      22.   De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito Mk. IV

      23.   De Havilland DH 100 Vampires

      24.   Fairey Swordfish Mk. III

      25.   Fairey Battle Mk. I

      26.   Fairey Firefly Mk. I

      27.   Fleet 60 Fort

      28.   Grumman Avenger AS 3

      29.   Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

      30.   Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax

      31.   Hawker Hind

      32.   Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC

      33.   Hawker Sea Fury FB Mk. 11

      34.   Lockheed L-18-56 Lodestar

      35.   Lockheed CP-122/P2V-7 Neptune

      36.   McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee

      37.   McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo

      38.   North American NA66 Harvard Mk. 4, NRC

      39.   North American NA91/P-51D Mustang Mk. IV

      40.   Northrop Delta Mk. II

      41.   Sikorsky S-58/H34A Choctaw Helicopter

      42.   Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk. IX, CAM

      43.   Supermarine Stranraer

      44.   Vought Corsair Mk. IV

      45.   Westland Lysander Mk. II

      46.   Fieseler Fi-103 (V1) Flying Bomb, piloted version

      47.   Heinkel He 162

      48.   Messerschmitt Bf 109

      49.   Messerschmitt Me 163

      50.   SPAD Mk. S.VII

      FOREWORD

      Canada is rich in aviation history, both military and civilian. The vast expanses of our geography and our fundamental dependence on air travel have contributed to us developing as an air-faring nation. The proud military heritage of Canadians since World War I is reflected in the courage, dedication and professionalism of the men and women who served with the RAF, the RCAF and now the Canadian Forces.

      We continue to serve with pride, in whatever capacity, in the operations, maintenance and support of Canada’s air force. We are proud to serve, in joint and combined, operations with our Allies in NATO, NORAD and the United Nations to defend democracy and preserve peace and stability around the world. The contribution of Canada in the air has always been respected and welcomed.

      The preservation of the aircraft that represent this heritage is a labour of love for many. For those who are enthusiasts of military aviation history, those with a passing interest, or those who simply want to learn more, you will find a wealth of information in these pages to guide you along the way.

      LGen George EC Macdonald

      DCINC NORAD

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      There are a great number of people I would like to thank for helping me to put this updated edition of Canadian Warbird Survivors together. The numerous Canadian museum staffs must be the first in line for thanks, particularly those who took the time to respond with corrections, changes and amendments to the first two editions of Canadian Warbird Survivors. They are:

      Rob Macllreith of the ACAM; Judy Hardimann of the BBMM; Donald Evans of the CAHS; Renald Fortier of the CAM; Mary Guthrie, Director of the CH2A and Tim Gillies; Allan A. Rubin of the CALSM; Ed Solonyka; the Web Team from the TAM; Brett Binnie from the CAPA; the web staff at the Air Force Heritage Website; Don Pearsons, DGLH&H; Captain Beth Wakulczyk, 1 CAD Air Force History Dept; Brian Williams, Manager of the NAAM; Fiona Smith Hale of the CAM; Harry Hayward of the CATPM; Jim Hoover of the CWHM; Gloria Scotland of the CBHC; Aaron Stapley, TAM; Stephen Hayter, CATPM; Norm Holden, NMA; Debbie Towell, BEN&MM; Bob Evans, Volunteer Curator at the NLSAM; Shirley Williams, Curator, BCHS; Jerry Vernon, CMF; Jennifer Herrick, Collections Manager, ASMA; Sandy Tinsley, CMF; Bob Richter, CAFM; Harold Carlaw, MMM; Trevor Meldrum of the CWHM; Andreas Lichtblau, Red Lake; Museum Staff of the CMHM; Nick Blacow, Dundas; Robert S. LePine of the SAM; George W. Elliott, Executive Director, WCAM; Don Evans of the CAHS; Shannon Cunningham from the WDM in Moosejaw; Bryan Nelson and Andre Ravary of the GMAM; Major Mathias Joost; Lynne Bermel and Stephen Keough for the Air Force Web Site; David Newland, Eric Bradley of FPL; Dan Bodie of R-AM; and a number of unknown volunteers who provided information, encouragement and support for this project. To all of you, my deepest appreciation and thanks. Blue skies, Hal Skaarup.

      INTRODUCTION

      On Friday 17 June 1988, four skydivers, Peter Landry, Bruce Montgomery, Don Cook and the author, supported by an experienced Drop Zone Controller (Scott Fuller) jumped into the opening of the Canada Aviation Museum formerly named the National Aviation Museum now located at Rockcliffe, in the city of Ottawa, Ontario. Pete was the first to land and therefore won the honour of handing Governor General Jeanne Sauvé the ribbon-cutting scissors needed to open the $17.1 million Museum. She asked him if he could, tell me young man, who was really carrying the scissors? To this Peter replied, Ma’am that is a trade secret. The four of us had parachuted into the opening ceremonies after a skydive from a Cessna-182 from 10,000’. Later, as guests of the Museum, we were permitted to tour the brand new delta-shaped main Museum building, which had been designed to look like the interior of an aircraft hangar.

      The Canada Aviation Museum facility presently houses more that 110 aircraft in what can safely be regarded as one of the top historical aircraft collections in the world. Governor General Sauvé indicated in her speech, the Museum displays humanities accomplishments, powers of invention and the diligence so essential in aeronautical engineering.

      It was my privilege to have been there at the CAM and to have been one of a number of participants in the opening ceremonies, but it was not my first visit to the Museum. I have been around and studied about aircraft most of my life, with my first flight being in a Canadair Yukon coming back to Canada from Europe as a dependent member of my RCAF father’s family in 1963. We had been based at No. 3 (F) Wing, in Zweibrücken, Germany with Canada’s NATO forces. My first visit to the CAM came about shortly after I had been flown to Ottawa from Halifax, Nova Scotia on one of the original Canadian Forces white-knuckle air Boeing 707s as a militiaman posted to CFB Rockcliffe in the summer of 1972. It is one thing to see historical aircraft in pictures, but being a true aviation enthusiast as I was at that time, it was a truly memorable experience to see and touch a number of them for real. I will never forget the first moment that I put out my hands and touched the fuselage, wings and giant four-bladed propeller of the CAM’s Rolls-Royce powered North American Mustang Mk. IV (a P-51D for those of you from non-Commonwealth nations). At that time, this historic fighter plane stood on display on the floor of one of the old RCAF hangars, alongside the runway at Rockcliffe.

      The old hangars at Rockcliffe have long since been demolished, and were handsomely replaced by the modern CAM structure. I would later have the opportunity to visit the museum often over the years, particularly during stopovers in Ottawa while serving as a member of the Canadian Forces Parachute Team, the Skyhawks. We often flew in on our main jump ship, an old DC-3 Dakota operated by 402 Air Reserve Squadron from Winnipeg. We also jumped from Twin Otter transports, as well as Twin Huey and Chinook helicopters flying out of Edmonton, Single Otters flown by the Air Reserve units operating out of Toronto and Montreal and from a number of other aircraft along the way. Each team member had the wonderful opportunity to represent our nation and the CF by participating in airshows and putting on parachute demonstration jumps in numerous cities and towns scattered across Canada and in some parts of the United States. During these airshows, I never missed an opportunity to ask for permission to climb into the cockpit of the old WWII Warbirds, such as the Mustang and Firefly (and there are still many Mustangs around).

      Based on my flight experiences to date, I have come to conclude that you should never land in an airplane if you do not want to die in one. My basic observation has been that I have two parachutes and you have only one airplane with a very large number of parts that sometimes wear out when it is the least convenient (at least from my experience as a passenger) for them to do so. In spite of this observation, I have never lost my fascination for the older Warbirds. Because of this, I have researched the locations where they can be found and attempted to track down as many of them as possible in Canada so that I could have a look at them. Whenever and wherever I have found them, I have photographed them, and later paintedpictures of a number of them in recent years. One thing that I found difficult to get hold of during these searches, however, was a simple handbook that was easy to use and up to date, telling a person where you could find these Warbirds and gate guards. At the very least, I thought that there should be way to contact the Museums that had the survivors on display, so that a person could go and view them firsthand. This handbook is my attempt to help fill that need. Since the first edition came up, the response has been positive enough for me to build this update and add in the new museums and aircraft that were missing in the first report. Fresh information on newly recovered Warbirds for Canada is always welcome. I therefore look forward to hearing from other aviation enthusiasts like yourself, and if there are any bits and pieces of data you would like to see included in the next update, please let me know. I sincerely hope you find this handbook useful, and look forward to seeing more of our vanished Warbirds reappearing as they are re-discovered, restored and put on display.

      A SHORT HlSTORY OF CANADIAN FORCES AlRCRAFT AND AlRCREW

      During WWI roughly 11,160 Canadians served with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), and eventually the Royal Air Force (RAF) which combined the RFC and the RNAS into one service. Of those who served, 1,388 were fatal casualties, while a further 1,130 were wounded or injured. In all, at least 495 British decorations for gallantry, 170 Mentions-in-Dispatches (MiD) and many Allied national Awards were presented to these airmen. 2 Lt Alan A. McLeod, for example, won the Victoria Cross for an action fought by him and his observer, Lt. A.W. Hammond, MC, on 27 March 1918. (His VC is on display at Air Command Headquarters in Winnipeg, Manitoba).

      Traditionally, an air ace was defined as a combat pilot with five or more air-to-air kills. Of the top 20 Commonwealth air combat aces, eight on the list are Canadians. The most famous of these pilots was Victoria Cross winner Major William Avery Billy Bishop from Owen Sound, Ontario, who had 72 confirmed victories. He was followed by Major Raymond Collishaw with 62 (and possibly many more) kills, Captain Donald MacLaren with 54 kills, Victoria Cross winner Major William Barker with 52 kills, Captain F.R McCall with 37 kills, Captain W.G. Claxton with 36 kills, Captain J.S.T. Fall also with 36 kills, and Captain A.C. Atkey with a score of 35 kills. In all, these eight airmen accounted for at least 384 enemy aircraft downed in combat.

      The short-lived Canadian Air Force was formed in the UK at the end of the Great War. It was eventually followed by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), which was formed on 01 April 1924. The RCAF took delivery of its first fighter aircraft, 12 Armstrong Whitworth Siskin s (produced in Britain), between 1926 and 1929. Most of the airforce’s warbirds up to the eve of WWII were biplanes with modern aircraft such as the Hurricane coming just of the eve of the conflict. When the conflict came, it is a little known fact that more than 50% of Canada’s combat aircrew served as replacements for RAF aircrew than served in the RCAF during WWII. For this reason, there are a large number of RAF combat aircraft such as the Hawker Typhoon, which are included in this list, even though the RCAF never actually had any of them on its official strength. More Canadians Flew on Handley Page Halifax bombers than any other combat aircraft overseas, and yet there were never more than five taken on RCAF strength in Canada.

      F/L. D.E. Hornell won the RCAF’s first Victoria Cross (posthumously) following an attack on a U-boat with his Canso in 1944. (His VC is on display at Air Command Headquarters in Winnipeg, Manitoba). P/O A.C. Mynarski, a mid-upper turret air-gunner on a Lancaster, was also posthumously awarded one of the two Victoria Crosses earned by members of the RCAF during WWII. (His VC is also on display at Air Command Headquarters in Winnipeg, Manitoba). Few school children today could tell you what aircraft they were flying in when they won these awards. This is our history, and perhaps this is one way to help us to remember them.

      This list includes a number of Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (RN FAA) aircraft also flown by Canadians in their service. The leading example is Lt. R.Hampton Gray who won the Victoria Cross while serving in the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR). On 09 August 1945, he led a formation of No.1841 Squadron Corsairs flying from the RN aircraft carrier HMS Formidable in a strike against Japanese shipping. He attacked and sank a Japanese destroyer, but was killed in the action. He was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously, the only member of the RCN to win the VC during WWII.

      This list therefore includes most of the RAF and RN aircraft types that flew in combat during the Second World War. Even post-war, however there are RAF aircraft mentioned. The RAF shipped two Gloster Meteor Mk. IIIs and two Meteor Mk. IVs to Canada where RCAF pilots flew them in 1945. It was the first jet-aircraft to be flown in Canada. Four other were also tested. While based overseas at Odiham, UK, pilots of the RCAF’s No. 421 Sqn flew T Mk. IIIs.

      During the Second World War (1939-1945), more than 350,000 Canadians wore RCAF or RAF uniforms. At the peak of the war there were 88 operational RCAF Squadrons in action at home and abroad. Many thousands of Canadians served in various RAF units worldwide on every conceivable type of combat operation. At the height of the conflict the RCAF had 14 day, four night, and three reconnaissance fighter squadrons on active duty. In their first sustained action, the Battle of Britain in 1940, Canadian fighters accounted for 31 kills and 43 probables. On one record day over Europe, 28 June 1944, RCAF pilots shot down 26 aircraft and damaged a dozen more. In RAF Bomber Command, by 1942 the RCAF was able to field an entire bomber group (No. 6 Group) in UK, eventually to consist of 15 bomber squadrons. 9,980 Canadians in Bomber Command were killed.

      By 1944 three Canadian squadrons were flying for RAF Transport Command, two of them in Southeast Asia. At one time or another, seven Canadian squadrons fought along with RAF Coastal Command, while others flew on operations in the Battle of the Atlantic.

      Flight Leader George F. Buzz Beurling had 31 1/2 confirmed kills, Squadron Leader Wally McLeod had 21, and these are only the most well known of at least 28 Canadians who knocked down more than 10 enemy aircraft during WWII. The casualties for RCAF air and ground crews were also correspondingly high. Of 232,632 men and 17,032 women who served in the RCAF during the war, nearly 18,000 lost their lives.

      During the Korean War (1950-53), 22 RCAF fighter pilots served on exchange duties with the United States Air Force (USAF), flying F-86 Sabres. They accounted for the downing of nine MiG-15 jet fighters. Flight Leader Ernie Glover destroyed three and damaged three in 1953, winning a Commonwealth Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), as well as an American DFC. In support of the operations in Korea, the RCAF also flew North Star transports across the Pacific.

      At least 107 Canadians died flying Sabres, many were also lost on the CF-100 and the CF-101. Of the 239 CF-104s acquired by the RCAF, morethan 100 crashed and 37 pilots were killed. The first of 138 Hornets were received in 1982 and a number saw action in the Persian Gulf and over Kosovo in recent years. Due to attrition, the Hornets have already dwindled down to 122. They too will one day have to be replaced. Hopefully a good number will become Canadian Warbird survivors.¹

      1 CANADIAN AlR DlVISION, CANADIAN NORAD REGION HEADQUARTERS, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA

      The formations and elements of 1 Canadian Air Division (1CAD) include 13 Wings/Bases; 4 Forward Operating Locations (FOL); 11 Long Range Radars (LRR); 35 Short Range Radars (SRR); 4 Coastal radar Sites and two Mobile Radars.

      1 CAD is comprised of 1 Wing at CFB Kingston, Ontario (with most of the former 10 TAG helicopters in 400 Tac Hel Sqn, 403 Hel OTS Sqn, 408 Tac Hel Sqn, 427 Tac Hel Sqn, 430 Tac Hel Sqn, and 438 Tac Hel Sqn); 3 Wing at CFB Bagotville, Quebéc (with 425 Tac F Sqn, 433 Tac F Sqn, and 439 (CS) Sqn, 3 AMS, and 12 Rdr Sqn); 4 Wing at CFB Cold Lake (with 410 Tac F (OT) Sqn, 416 Tac F Sqn, 417 (CS) Sqn, 440 (T) Sqn, 441 Tac F Sqn, 42 Rdr Sqn, 10 FTTS, 4 SES, 4 AES, 4 ACCS Sqn, 4 ASF Sqn, 4 TIS Sqn, and 1 AMS), 5 Wing at CFB Goose Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland (with 444 (CS) Sqn); 8 Wing at CFB Trenton, Ontario (with 412 (T) Sqn, 424 (T&R) Sqn, 426 (T) Sqn, 429 (T) Sqn, 436 (T) Sqn, and 437 (T) Sqn, 8 ACCS, 2 Air Mov Sqn, 8 AMS, 8 ACSS Sqn, 8 AE Sqn, 8 ASF Sqn, 8 TIS Sqn, and CFASC), 9 Wing at CFB Gander, Newfoundland (with 103 SAR Sqn); 12 Wing at CFB Shearwater, Nova Scotia (with 406 HT Sqn, 423 MH Sqn, and 443 MH Sqn, HOTEF, and 12 AMS); 14 Wing at CFB Greenwood, Nova Scotia (with 404 (MP&T) Sqn, 405 (MP) Sqn, 413 (T&R)Sqn, 415 (MP) Sqn, and 434 (CS) Sqn, MP & EU, 14 SES, 14 AMS, 14 ACCS Sqn, 14 AE Sqn, 14 ASF Sqn, and 14 TIS Sqn); 15 Wing at CFB Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (2 CFFTS, 431 (AD) Sqn, FIS, and 15 AMS); 16 Wing at Borden, Ontario (CFSATE, CFSACO and ACPDTC); 17 Wing at CFB Winnipeg, Manitoba (with 402 Sqn and 435 (T &R) Sqn, CFANS, CFSAS, CFS Flin Flon, CFS Met, 3 CFFTS, 1 Air Mov Sqn, and CFSAT); 19 Wing at CFB Comox, British Columbia (with 407 (MP) Sqn, 414 (CS) Sqn and 442 (T&R) Sqn, ABATS, 19 AMS and CFSSAR), and 22 Wing at CFB North Bay, Ontario (with 21 AC & W Sqn, and 51 ACW OT Sqn. There is also a Canadian Contingent (NATO AWACs) in Geilenkirchen, Germany, and with NORAD HQ in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

      AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY IN SERVICE WITH THE CANADIAN FORCES

      Airbus CC-150 Polaris long range transports

      Augusta Westland CH-149 Cormorant search and rescue helicopters BAe CT-155 Hawk jet trainers (leased) Bell CH-146 Griffon tactical transport helicopters Canadair CT-114 Tutor jet trainers

      Canadair CC-144 Challenger jet transports (4 VIP/2 utility) De Havilland CC-138 Twin Otter short range transports De Havilland CC-115 Buffalo short range transports De Havilland CT-142 Dash 8 navigation trainers Lockheed C-130 Hercules combat transports Lockheed CP-140 Aurora long range patrol aircraft Lockheed CP-140A Arcturus long range patrol aircraft McDonnell-Douglas CF-18 Hornet tactical fighter bombers Raytheon Pilatus CT-156 Harvard II trainers (leased) SAGEM CU-161 Sperwer Drone/Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King maritime helicopters Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone helicopters (2008)

      CANADIAN WARBIRD & WAR PRIZE SURVIVORS

      Canadian Warbird and War Prize Survivors can be found on display in a great number of locations both in and out of the country. The major Canadian aviation and military museums as well as gate guardians and a number of aircraft operated by private owners are listed here by Province, Territory and city.

      British Columbia

      Abbotsford International Airport, Abbotsford, British Columbia.

      McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo (Serial No. 101035), (USAF 57-00363), 873B. 429 Sqn.

      Armstrong, British Columbia.

      North American NA-66 Harvard Mk. 4 (C-FVTT), CCF4-231. Patricia Schrauwen, 3797 Heighton Road, Armstrong, BC, V0E1B8.

      Boundary Bay, British Columbia.

      North American NA-66 Harvard Mk. 4 (C-FSPC), CCF4-145. John Mrazek, 798 Wellington Drive, North Vancouver, BC, V7K1K7.

      North American T-28B Trojan (Serial No. 140012), (C-FPTR). Planes to Remember Ltd., 16123-13 Ave, White Rock, BC, V4A6W2.

      British Columbia Aviation Museum (BCAM), 1910 Norseman Road, Sidney, British Columbia, V8L 5V5. The museum is on Vancouver Island, next to Victoria International Airport. Tel: 250-655-3300. FAX: 250-6551611. Ian Waterlow, BCAM Display and Archive. E-mail: bcam@bcam. net. Web: www.bcam.net.

      Avro 652A Anson Mk. I (Serial No. 6518), RAF K8786. The Mk. 1 has a metal nose section. This aircraft is being restored. There are additional Anson hulks on site.

      Avro 652A Anson Mk. II (Serial No. FP846).

      Bell P-39Q Airacobra (Serial No. 44-2485). Crashed 06 Dec 1943, wreckage recovered in 1990.

      Bell 47G/HTL-6 Sioux (Serial No. 71), (CF-FZX). Restored from spares and pieces from other Bell 47s.

      Bristol 149 Bolingbroke Mk. IV (Serial No. 9104). Restored using parts from two other Bolingbrokes (Serial Nos. 9093 and 10163).

      Canadair CT-133AN Silver Star Mk. 3 (Serial No. 21627).

      Cessna T-50 Crane (Serial No. 8656), (C-GJBB).

      Chanute Glider 1897 (replica, built by Russ Carrington, Victoria).

      Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk Mk. I (Serial No. AK803), (C-GHTM), owned by David Maude, constructed with parts from AK803 and AK933.

      De Havilland Tiger Moth DH.82C (Serial No. RCAF 1211, RAF FE211), (C.1414, ex-CF-CTO, CF-CTL, C-GDWI).

      De Havilland Canada DHC-1-22 Chipmunk (Serial No. RAF WG323, C1/395).

      Douglas A-26C Invader (Serial No. 43-22357), (C-FBMS), (18506), ex-N93148. Former Conair fire bomber, #22.

      Eastman E2 Sea Rover (Serial No. 17), (CF-ASY). Rebuilt in 1995 from the remains of CF-ASY (NC472M) and CF-ASW, (Serial No. 16). Partial third fuselage CF-AST, (Serial No. 8).

      Fleet Model 2 Fawn floatplane (06) 1930(CF-AOD).

      Gibson Twin Plane (replica of the first aircraft flown in BC in 1910).

      Grumman CS2F-1/CP-121 Tracker (Serial No. 12121).

      Lincoln Sport (CF-AWA) 1934 (replica).

      Luscombe Model 8A Silvaire, no visible registration markings.

      Nanchang CJ-6 (Chinese built Yak-18), (CF-TQW), (1732037), on loan from Joe Howse.

      Nieuport 11, (7/8 scale replica).

      Nieuport 17 (7/8 scale replica), (Serial No. N 1986/90), (243), Baby Doll. (C-IRFC).

      Noorduyn UC-64C Norseman Mk. IV. Composite aircraft restored from UC-64A (Serial No. 538), (USAF 44-70273), CF-JDG, N538DW, and (Serial No. 131), (USAF 43-5139), CF-DRE, and parts from RCAF (Serial No. 3539/90) salvaged from a wartime crash site on Porcher Island.

      North American T-28A Trojan (Serial No. 174-228), (C-GMWN), ex-N54612, USAF 51-3690, converted to Fennec No. 42 for l’Armee de l’Air). This aircraft flew for the Moroccan Air Force as 51-3690 and F.A. Nicaragua/Sandinista. It carries FAN Markings.

      Pac Aero Tradewind (modified Beechcraft 18). Former RCAF Beechcraft D-18S/C-45H Expeditor Mk. 3NM (Serial No. 2303), CA176. Converted by BC Government with tricycle landing gear, single tail and PT-6 turboprop engines. Ex BC Government and ex-Keewatin Air, Winnipeg.

      Pietenpol Air Camper 1933 (Serial no BM1, C-GSNS) Homebuilt.

      Republic RC-3 Seabee Serial No. 710), (CF-JLC).

      Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a Farnborough (7/8 scale replica), (Serial No. 080279).

      Rutan Quickie Q2 (C-GTDV).

      Sikorsky S-55/H-19/HO4S-3 Horse Helicopter.

      Skyseeker Prima 2F/Prima 24 Ultralite (Serial No. 252633), (C-IFAI).

      Supermarine Spitfire (3/4 scale replica), (Serial No. 2I-V). 443 Sqn.

      British Columbia Institute of Technology Aviation, Vancouver Airport, British Columbia.

      Grumman CS2F-1/CP-121 Tracker (Serial No. 12148), DHC-44, RCN (1548). On loan to the BCIT Aerospace and Technology Campus, Richmond, BC from CFB Comox.

      Grumman CS2F-1/CP-121 Tracker (Serial No. 12126).

      Falcon (C-GWPG).

      Lockheed L-1329/C-140 Jetstar (Serial No. N3929J).

      North American NA-66 Harvard.

      Vickers Viscount 757 (CF-THG).

      Bell 206B Jet Ranger.

      Piper Navajo (C-GNLM).

      Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum (BEN&MM), CFB Esquimalt, PO Box 17000, Stn Forces, Victoria, British Columbia, V9A 7N2. Tel: 604-363-4312 or 5655. Debbie Towell, Curator. E-mail: nadenmuseum@pacificcoast.net.

      Canadian Museum of Flight (CMF), Hangar # 3, 5333-216th Street, Langley Airport, Langley, British Columbia, V2Y 2N3. Tel: 604-5320035, Fax: 604-532-0056.

      E-mail: museum@direct.ca. Web: www.canadianflight.org.

      Aeronca 11A Chief (CF-HGN).

      Auster AOP Mk. VI (Serial No. 16685).

      Avro 652A Anson Mk. II (parts), (Serial No. 7139), (CF1349).

      Avro 652A Anson Mk. V (Serial No. 12082), (RCN 801), MDF 178, (CF-IVK).

      Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 3D (Serial No. 18138), (38), wings and fuselage from Mk. 5C, Serial No. 18766 and 18791). 445 Sqn.

      Beechcraft D-18S/C-45H Expeditor (Serial No. 2307), (CA180), (A-782), (CF-CKT), (CF-CKT).

      Bell 47J2 Jet Ranger (CF-IVE).

      Bellanca Skyrocket 31-55A (CF-DOH).

      Benson B7 Gyroglider.

      Benson B8 Gyroglider.

      Benson B8M Gyrocopter (Serial No. DF-1), (CX-OXO).

      Blackburn Shark Mk. III seaplane wreckage (Serial No. 518).

      Boeing A75N1 Stearman (Serial No. FJ822).

      Bowers Fly-Baby (CHFB-1-72), (CF-DSH).

      Brantley 305 Helicopter (Serial No. 1022), (CF-UFS).

      Bristol 149 Bolingbroke Mk. IVT (Serial No. 9896).

      Canadair CT-133AN Silver Star Mk. 3 (Serial No. 21487), (ML-487).

      Champion 402 Lancer (CF-MQC).

      Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk (parts), (Serial No. 864).

      Cyclo Crane (Serial No. N240AL).

      Dagling Primary 1 Glider (Serial No. 1), (CF-ZAX).

      De Havilland DH.60GM Gypsy Moth (Serial No. 1322), (C-CYWV), (CF-APA).

      De Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth (Serial No. C1178), (5875), (C-GMFT).

      De Havilland DH.100 Vampire Mk. III (Serial No. 17058), EEP42376, N6860D. Painted to represent RCAF (Serial No. 17012) of 442 (Aux) Sqn. (Original 17012 also exists in a Mexican Air Force Museum).

      Douglas DC-3-277B Spirit of the Skeena (pre-war airliner version), (Serial No. 2198), American Airlines Flagship Texas, NC21793, USAF C-49H, (Serial No. 42-57506), (CF-HCF), Queen Charlotte Airlines, (CF-PWH), Pacific Western Airlines, (Fleet No. 301).

      Fairchild FC-2W-2 (71C), (Serial No. 523), (CF-BXF), NC8036.

      Fairchild 82A (Parts), (CF-MAI).

      Fairchild F11-2 Husky (CF-EIM).

      Fairchild F11-2 Husky (CF-SAQ).

      Fairey Battle Mk. 1 (parts).

      Fairchild M62A-3/PT-26A Cornell (Serial No. 10640), (CF-FLY), FC-141.

      Fairchild M62A-3/PT-26A Cornell (Serial No. 10668), (CF-FJR), FC-169. Possibly used for spare parts for 10640.

      Fleet 16B Finch Mk. II (Serial No. 542), (4725), (C-GBJS).

      Found 100 Centennial BA-2C (CF-WFN).

      Frankfort TG-1A Cinema B.

      Grunau Baby IIB (Serial No. 004497), (Werke No. 1535), (CF-ZAR), (CF-ZCP). This aircraft may have had a Luftwaffe Serial No.

      Handley Page/Victory H.P.52 Hampden (Serial No. RAF P5436).

      Hawker Sea Hurricane IIB (Serial No. BW862), (R30028).

      Hawker Hurricane (parts), (Serial No. 5666).

      Howard DGA15P (CF-JSO).

      Lockheed L18-08/C-57 Lodestar (Serial No. 2064), (CF-TCY), built as a civil airliner for TCA.

      Canadair CF-104D Starfighter. (Serial No. 12645), (104645), CAF Instructional (Serial No. 878C), CAF ABDR (Serial No. 212AC).

      Loving’s Love.

      Mariah 170 Hang Glider.

      McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo (Serial No. 1010520), (USAF 5700400).

      Mignet HM-290 Pou du Ciel (Flying Flea), (Serial No. F-58), (JDS-1), (CF-RFH).

      Mooney M-18C Mite (Serial No. 272), (C-GHIY), N4095.

      Muller Arrow Hang Glider.

      Nelson Dragonfly/Bowlus Bumble Bee BB-1 (Serial No. 506), N34922, (CF-IDB), (CF-VFA).

      Noorduyn UC-64 Norseman Mk. IVW (Serial No. 2459), (32), (CF-PAA), Province of Alberta.

      Noorduyn UC-64 Norseman Mk. V (CF-BSC).

      North American NA-66 Harvard Mk. IIB (Serial No. 07-144), (3275), N9750M, (CF-GME).

      Pereira Osprey I.

      Piasecki-Vertol 44B Helicopter (Serial No. 438), (N74058), (CF-NVC).

      Piper J4 Cub Coupe (CF-BOL).

      Republic RC-3 Seabee (CF-DYJ).

      Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a, (7/8 replica), (Serial No. 002), (CF-QGL).

      Rutan Quickie 1 (Serial No. 1018), (C-GTDJ).

      Saunders ST-27 (CF-FZR-X).

      Scheibe Bergfalke II Glider (CF-EJB).

      Schweitzer SGS212 TG-3A (CF-TKG).

      Sikorsky S-51/HO3S-1 Dragonfly (Serial No.51-204), (USN BuNo.124345), N2842D, (CF-FDF).

      Sikorsky S-55/H-19/HO4S-3 Horse Helicopter.

      (Serial No. 9620), (USAF 53-4414), (55-750).

      Sopwith Camel F.1 (replica), (Serial No. 6289).

      Spezio Sport (C-GKEL).

      Stampe SV-4C biplane (F-BDMC).

      Stinson 10 Voyager (CF-BPJ).

      Stinson L1 Vigilant (Serial No. 40-283).

      Struchen Ultralite Helicopter.

      Supermarine 304 Stranraer (Serial No. 915), (CV-205), (CF-BYJ) Nootka Queen, Queen Charlotte Airlines.

      Taylor Monoplane.

      Thorp T-18 Tiger.

      WACO AQC-6 (Serial No. 4646), (CF-CCW), built as ZQC-6, converted in 1947.

      WACO INF (Serial No. 3324), NC605Y, (CF-CJR), built as KNF, converted in 1935.

      Westland/National Steel Car Corp Lysander Mk. IIIA, (Serial No. 1194), (2349), (C-GBXL). 1941. Silver.

      Comox Air Force Museum (CAFM), 19 Wing, CFB Comox, Lazo, British Columbia, V0R 2K0. Tel: 250-339-8162. E-mail: camuseum@ mars.ark.com.

      Web: http://mars.ark.com/~camuseum. www.y2kspitfire.com.

      Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 5DB (Serial No. 100790), (18790). Silver. 409 Sqn.

      Canadair CF-104 Starfighter (Serial No. 104731). Camouflage.

      Canadair CL-28/CP-107 Argus Mk. 1 (Serial No. 10712). 407 Sqn.

      De Havilland DH.100 Vampire (Serial No. 17031), N41J. 442 Sqn.

      Douglas CC-129 Dakota (Serial No. 12944), FZ671. D-Day camouflage.

      Grumman CS2F-1/CP-121 Tracker (Serial No. 12188). McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo (Serial No. 101057), (USAF 57-00429). Hawk One, mounted.

      McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo (Serial No. 101030), (USAF 57-00354), formerly on display on the grounds of RRMC, Victoria.

      Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed J (Czech), (Serial No. 4038). Piasecki H-21B-PH/H-13 Workhorse (Serial No. 96441), (ex USAF 53-4366), N6792, Model 142. 442 Sqn.

      Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IX (Serial No. TE294), rebuilt (12-cylinder Merlin 63 engine).²

      Boeing Vertol 107-11, CH-113A Labrador Helicopter (Serial No. 113307).

      Delta, British Columbia.

      North American NA-66 Harvard Mk. 4 (CF-UFZ), CCF4-112. Anthony Swain, 8-2370 Cornwall, Vancouver, BC, V6K1B7.

      North American T-28A Trojan, (Serial No. 51-7812), (C-GBKT). 1951. Delta Warbird Aviation Ltd., 11802 Woodlynn Court, Delta, BC, V4E3G6.

      Fort Langley Airport, British Columbia.

      Boeing E75N1 Stearman (Serial No. 75-8352), (CF-GWI). Roy Briscoe, 9103 Glover Road, Fort Langley, BC, V0X1J0.

      De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth , (CF-CIE), Skyway Air Services, Agricultural Museum.

      Fort

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