RAF Type A1 roundel Canadian Military Aircraft
Serial Numbers
RCAF 1350 to 1399
Detailed List
RAF Type B roundel

back to main page
back to RCAF 4 digit main page
to bottom of page

 

Designer

Manufacturer

basic designation

variant or model

name

 

company designation

company number

 

 

 

1350

North American

 

Harvard

Mk. I

 

 

NA-61

61-1654

 

 

 

 

first date: 1 December 1939 - Taken on strength

 

Category B damage on 17 October 1941, while serving at the Central Flying School, RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario.  Classified as Instructional Airframe A 152 on 7 January 1942

 

last date: 30 June 1944 - Struck off

1351

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 27 February 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG323.  Delivered to stored reserve, first issued to a unit on 30 April 1942.  Served with No. 128 (F) Squadron at RCAF Stations Sydney, NS and/or Torbay, Newfoundland, 1942/43.  Category B crash at Sydney Aerodrome at 20:15 on 24 July 1942.  Belly landing after pilot failed to lower undercarriage.  To Canada Car & Foundry for conversion to Mk. XIIA 2 to 30 September 1943.  To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ when completed.  To stored reserve 26 October 1944.  Available for disposal from 21 April 1945.  Had 678:45 airframe time on that date.

 

last date: 12 July 1946 - Struck off, to War assets Corporation for sale

1352

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk IX / XIIA

 

 

first date: 26 January 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG319.  Delivered to stored reserve, first issued on 30 April 1942.  Served with No. 125 (F) Squadron on the East Coast, 1942/1943.  To Canada Car & Foundry for conversion to Mk. XIIA 21 June to 22 July 1943.  To Canadian Training Establishment when complete.  To stored reserve on 26 October 1944.  Available for disposal from 21 April 1945.  Had 614:45 airframe time on that date.

 

last date: 6 November 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale.

1353

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 26 January 1942 - Taken on charge

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG317.  Delivered to stored reserve.  To No. 125 (F) Squadron, probably on 30 April 1942.  Category C damage at 19:30 on 18 June 1942, on No. 3 runway at RCAF Station Torbay, Newfoundland.  To Canada Car & Foundry for conversion to Mk. XIIA 26 July to 9 September 1943.  To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ when completed.  Category A crash there, date unknown.  Scrapped on site.

 

last date: 25 April 1945 - Struck off

1354

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I

 

 

first date: 26 January 1942 - Taken on strength, reported as "equipped for operational use" on that day

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG315.  Delivered to stored reserve, first issued on 30 April 1942.  Category A crash on the north side of East Bay, Bras'dor Lake, NS at 19:30 on 16 July 1942.  Pilot had descended through clouds to ascertain position, during climb back to cruise altitude "sharp report was heard followed by white smoke, flame and black smoke", probably engine failure.  Pilot Sgt. D.S. Washburn bailed out.  To No. 4 Repair Depot at Scoudouc, NB for scrapping on 28 July 1942.

 

last date: 6 October 1942 - Struck off, after Category A crash, reduced to spares and produce

1355

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 26 January 1942 - Taken on strength, equipped for operational use

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG318.  Delivered to stored reserve, first issued on 30 April 1942.  Served with No. 128 (F) Squadron at RCAF Stations Sydney, NS and/or Torbay, Newfoundland, 1942/43.  To Canada Car & Foundry for conversion to Mk. XIIA 21 June to 10 August 1943.  To No. 1 Operational Training Unit, RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec when complete.  To stored reserve with No. 1 Training Command on 7 December 1944.  Available for disposal from 13 April 1946, when it was stored at No. 5 REMU.

 

last date: 3 July 1947 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale.

1356

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I

 

 

first date: 28 January 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG313.  Delivered to stored reserve, first issued on 30 April 1942.  Category B crash on 17 November 1942.  To No. 4 Repair Depot at Scoudouc, NB on 28 November 1942.  Classified as Instructional Airframe A 275 on 5 February 1943.  Used at No. 1 Operational Training Unit, RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec.  Transferred to No. 333 Air Cadet Squadron, Fredericton, NB, free issue, for use as instructional aid, on 8 December 1944.  Returned to Eastern Air Command 22 July 1946.

 

last date: 29 June 1948 - Struck off

1357

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 28 January 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, Griffin reports it as ex RAF Mk. I AG316, but RAF records have a different history for this aircraft (see below).  To stored reserve.  Category C damage at 17:20 on 29 April 1942, 4 miles south of Grace Harbour, Newfoundland.  Category C damage again at 16:30 on 8 August 1942 at Torbay, while serving with No. 125 (F) Squadron at Torbay, Newfoundland.  To Canada Car & Foundry for conversion to Mk. XIIA, 26 July to 28 August 1943.  Probably to No. 1 Operational Training Unit, RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec when complete.  To No. 9 Repair Depot on 3 May 1944 for scraping, following a Category A crash.  However, RAF records record AG316, ex RCAF 1357, as in the UK by 22 July 1942, at No. 20 MU at Aston Down.  Became instructional airframe 3580M on 15 February 1943, used by No. 5 School of Technical Training at Locking, UK from 2 March 1943.

 

last date: 13 July 1944 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce

1358

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 28 January 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG314.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued no 30 April 1942.  Category B damage on 13 May 1942, while serving with No. 125 (F) Squadron, at Sydney, NS.  Gear up dead stick landing on aerodrome, after running out of gas.  To No. 4 Repair Depot at Scoudouc, NB next day for repairs, completed by 16 February 1943.  To Canada Car & Foundry for conversion to Mk. XIIA, 21 June to 12 July 1943.  To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ when completed.  To No. 9 Repair Depot on 3 November 1943, for scrapping, following Category A crash at St. Honere, PQ.

 

last date: 24 February 1944 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce

1359

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I

 

 

first date: 28 January 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG325.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  Serving with No. 125 (F) Squadron in Newfoundland when it crashed on 16 October 1942, 2 miles west of the wireless station at Bay Bulls, Newfoundland (south of St. John's).  Pilot bailed out at 1,000 feet after engine failure, landed safely in woods.

 

last date: 2 February 1943 - Written off, after Category A crash on 16 October 1942.

1360

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I

 

 

first date: 28 January 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG332.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  Served with No. 125 (F) Squadron on the East Coast, 1942.  Category A crash at 16:40 on 27 August 1942 at Hopehall, Newfoundland.  Stalled and spun while returning from practice attacks on Canadian Artillery site at Cape Spear.  Was low flying back to base at time of crash.  Pilot Sgt. D.B. Ruggles of Kenora, Ontario was killed.

 

last date: 6 October 1942 - Written off, reduced to spares and produce

1361

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 28 January 1942 - Taken on charge

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG312.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  To Canada Car & Foundry for conversion to Mk. XIIA, 6 May to 20 August 1943.  To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ when completed.  Assigned to No. 4 Repair Depot at RCAF Station Scoudouc, NB on 10 November 1943, following Category A crash near Bagotville.  Wreckage buried at crash site.

 

last date: 10 February 1944 - Struck off

1362

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 28 January 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG310.  Delivered to stored reserve.  Tested on skiis at CC&F factory from 27 April 1942.  Back to Eastern Air Command on 16 May 1942.  To Canada Car & Foundry for conversion to Mk. XIIA, 21 June to 5 August 1943.  To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ when completed.  Category A crash at Bagotville on 8 March 1944.  Serviceable parts recovered, forwarded to No. 4 Repair Depot at Scoudouc, NB.

 

last date: 9 May 1944 - Struck off, after Category A crash

1363

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 5 February 1940? - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG309.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  Served with No. 125 (F) Squadron on the East Coast, 1942/1943.  To Canada Car & Foundry for conversion to Mk. XIIA, 21 June to 16 July 1943.  Category B damage at Rockcliffe on 29 July 1943 while with No. 124 (Ferry) Squadron, while ferrying from Fort William back to Eastern Air Command.  To CC&F at Amherst, NS for repairs, completed 8 March 1944.  To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ when complete.  To stored reserve 29 November 1944.  Available for disposal from 1 October 1945 (or 1946?).  Stored post war by No. 6 Repair Depot at Dunnville, PQ.

 

last date: 3 July 1947 - Struck off

1364

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I

 

 

first date: 5 February 1940? - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG305.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  Serving with No. 125 (F) Squadron at RCAF Station Torbay, Newfoundland when it crashed into Bauline Bay, Newfoundland at 16:55 on 27 September 1942.  Pilot bailed out due to fumes in cockpit from glycol leak, landed in bay.

 

last date: 7 December 1942 - Written off, after Category A crash

1365

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 5 February 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG311.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  To Canada Car & Foundry for conversion to Mk. XIIA, 2 September to 12 November 1943.  To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ when completed.  To stored reserve on 26 October 1944.  Available for disposal on 18 September 1945, stored at No. 4 REMU at Brantford, Ontario.  Had 498:35 airframe time on that date.  Assigned to No. 6 Repair Depot at Dunnville when struck off.

 

last date: 30 June 1947 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale

1366

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 11 February 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG306.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  Served with No. 128 (F) Squadron at RCAF Stations Sydney, NS and/or Torbay, Newfoundland, 1942/43.  To Canada Car & Foundry for conversion to Mk. XIIA, 2 September to 12 November 1943.  To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ when completed.  To stored reserve with No. 3 Training Command on 17 November 1944.  Stored post war at Dunnville, Ontario.  Available for disposal there from 5 March 1946.

 

last date: 3 July 1947 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale

1367

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 11 February 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG307.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  To Canada Car & Foundry for conversion to Mk. XIIA, 26 July to 9 September 1943.  To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ when completed.  To stored reserve on 17 November 1944.  Available for disposal from 21 April 1945.  Had 490:40 airframe time when struck off.

 

last date: 12 July 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale

1368

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I

 

 

first date: 11 February 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG294.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  Crashed 6 miles south east of  Sydney, NS aerodrome at 16:30 on 6 August 1942.  Originally classified as Category B, changed to Category A.  Internal glycol leak caused engine to seize and catch fire.  Pilot bailed out, landed safely near Birch Grove, NS.

 

last date: 6 October 1942 - Written off, reduced to spares and produce

1369

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 11 February 1942 - Taken on charge

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG327.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  Serving with No. 127 (F) Squadron when it received Category B damage at Gander aerodrome, Newfoundland at 11:15 on 13 July 1942.  Repaired, returned to Eastern Air Command in May 1943.  To Canada Car & Foundry for conversion to Mk. XIIA, 26 July to 2 September 1943.  To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ when completed.  To stored reserve on 26 October 1944.  Available for disposal from 21 April 1945.  Had 641:30 airframe time on that date.

 

last date: 12 July 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale

1370

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 19 February 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG330.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  Serving with No. 127 (F) Squadron when it received Category C damage at Gander, Newfoundland on 27 October 1942.  To Canada Car & Foundry for conversion to Mk. XIIA, 6 May to 20 August 1943.  To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ when completed.  To stored reserve on 26 October 1944.  Available for disposal from 21 April 1945.  Had 722:20 airframe time on that date.

 

last date: 6 November 1945 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal

1371

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 11 February 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG308.  Delivered to stored reserve, first issued on 30 April 1942.  Category B crash on 29 June 1943 while with No. 128 (F) Squadron at Sydney, NS.  To No. 4 Repair Depot at Scoudouc, NB on 22 June 1943.  Transferred to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 6 July 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA.  Returned to Eastern Air Command on 30 August 1943.  Serving with No. 1 Operational Training Unit, RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec when it crashed on 11 August 1944, Category A.

 

last date: 29 September 1944 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce

1372

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 11 February 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG304.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued no 30 April 1942.  Category C accident at Sydney, NS on 4 February 1943(?) while with No. 128 (F) Squadron.  To Canada Car & Foundry 2 September to 18 November 1943 for conversion to Mk. XIIA.  To No. 1 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec when complete.  Allocated to No. 9 Repair Depot on 18 July 1944 for scrapping after Category A crash.

 

last date: 12 October 1944 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce

1373

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 11 February 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG326.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  To Canada Car & Foundry from 2 September to 18 November 1943 for conversion to Mk. XIIA.  To No. 1 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec when completed.  To stored reserve on 17 November 1944.  Available for disposal from 21 April 1945.  Had 480:55 airframe time when struck off.

 

last date: 12 July 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale.

1374

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 11 February 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG287.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  Category C crash on the runway at RCAF Station Sydney, NS at 13:35 on 1 July 1942.  To Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William 2 September to 18 November 1943 for conversion to Mk. XIIA.  To No. 1 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec when completed.  Assigned to No. 9 Repair Depot for salvage on 22 April 1944, following a Category A crash.

 

last date: 6 September 1944 - Struck off

1375

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 11 February 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG295.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  Served with No. 125 (F) Squadron on the East Coast, 1942/1943.  Category B crash at RCAF Station Sydney, NS at 10:30 on 18 January 1943.  Part of a two ship element, crashed on takeoff, Record Card states "error in judgment of pilot.   No investigation required."  To Canada Car & Foundry for repairs and conversion to Mk. XIIA 30 January to 12 July 1943.  To No. 1 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec when completed.  Category A crash while at No. 1 OTU on 1 October 1944.

 

last date: 27 October 1944 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce

1376

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 11 February 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG296.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  To Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William 21 June to 5 August 1943 for conversion to Mk. XIIA.  To No. 1 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec when completed.  To stored reserve with No. 3 Training Command on 26 October 1944.  Available for disposal from 21 April 1945.  Had 649:20 airframe time when struck off.

 

last date: 12 July 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale.

1377

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 19 February 1942 - Taken on charge

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG293.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  To Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William 3 July to 20 September 1943 for conversion to Mk. XIIA.  To No. 4 Repair Depot at Scoudouc on 27 January 1944, for installation of VHF radio.  To No. 1 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec on 31 February 1944.  To stored reserve with No. 3 Training Command on 29 November 1944.  Available for disposal at Dunnville, Ontario from 5 March 1946.

 

last date: 3 July 1947 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale.

1378

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 19 February 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG299.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  To Canada Car & Foundry 21 June to 19 August 1943 for conversion to Mk. XIIA.  To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ when completed.    Category A crash on 21 September 1943 at Port Alfred.  Allocated to No. 9 Repair Depot at St. Johns for scrapping.

 

last date: 26 February 1944 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce

1379

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 19 February 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG302 (also reported as AG310).  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  Served with No. 128 (F) Squadron at RCAF Stations Sydney, NS and/or Torbay, Newfoundland, 1942/43.  Category C crash at Sydney, possibly on 17 March 1943.  To Canada Car & Foundry 2 September to 18 November 1943 for conversion to Mk. XIIA.  To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ when completed.  To stored reserve on 26 October 1944.  Available for disposal from 21 April 1945.  Had 517:55 airframe time on that date.

 

last date: 12 July 1946 - Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale

1380

Hawker

Canada Car & Foundry, Fort William

Hurricane

Mk. I / XIIA

 

 

first date: 19 February 1942 - Taken on strength

 

Diverted from RAF contract, was RAF Mk. I AG300.  Delivered to stored reserve, issued on 30 April 1942.  To Canada Car & Foundry at Amherst for repairs on 5 August 1942.  To Fort William from 1 February 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA.  Back to Eastern Air Command 21 June 1943, for No. 1 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec.  To No. 9 Repair Depot for scrapping on 10 August 1943, following Category A crash at Gedeon(?), Quebec.

 

last date: 26 February 1944 - Struck off, reduced to spares and produce

1381

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

5956

 

 

 

 

first date: 7 March 1944 - Taken on strength

 

Ex USAAF C-45B serial number 43-35536.  Category A crash on 19 April 1957, at Armstrong, Ontario.

 

last date: 2 May 1957 - Struck off after crash, see comments.

1382

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

6138

 

 

 

 

first date: 10 March 1944 - Taken on strength

 

Ex USAAF C-45B serial number 43-35627.  Used by No. 167 (Comm) Squadron, RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS, 1944.  Used post war by Flight Training School at RCAF Station Centralia, Ontario.

 

last date: 30 November 1949 - Struck off (after crash?)

1383

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

6250

 

 

 

 

first date: 20 April 1944 - Taken on strength

 

Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35683.  Used by No. 167 (Comm) Squadron, RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS, 1944.  Used by No. 12 Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, at end of war.  To No. 435 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Edmonton, Alberta, 20 August 1946, with 2120 airframe hours.  To French Air Force, their serial number 35683.  In France, relegated to gate guard at Chateaud by 1972. Moved 5 November 1986 to RSA Museum at Brienne-le-Chateau, France.

 

last date: 19 March 1962 - To French Air Force, under Mutual Aid program.

1384

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

6298

 

 

 

 

first date: 5 May 1944 - Taken on strength

 

Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35707.  Operated by No. 166 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Sea Island, 1944.  Served with No. 122 (K) Squadron, west coast.  Transported recovered Japanese balloon bomb from Patricia Bay to Winnipeg, 12 March 1945 while with this unit.  With Air Transport Command in April 1949, when it visited London, Ontario.

 

last date: 19 March 1962 - To French Air Force, under Mutual Aid program.

1385

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

6405

 

 

 

 

first date: 23 May 1944 - Taken on charge

 

Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35769.  Used by AFCS, Washington, DC.  (This was a senior RCAF officer serving in Washington.)  Category A crash on 26 November 1944.

 

last date: 24 April 1945? - Written off after crash

1386

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

6403

 

 

 

 

first date: 22 May 1944 - Taken on strength

 

Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35768.  Operated by No. 166 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Sea Island, 1944.  Served with No. 122 (K) Squadron, west coast.  Served with No. 401 (Auxiliary) Squadron at St. Hubert, PQ, c.1958 to 1965.  To civil register when sold, as CF-CPA.  Registration cancelled in 1983, only owner was La Cie De Photo Aerienne, Quebec City.

 

last date: 8 April 1965 - Struck off, to Crown Assets Disposal Corporation for sale.

1387

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

6596

 

 

 

 

first date: 13 June 1944 - Taken on strength

 

Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35850.  Served with No. 12 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, post war.  Visited Washington, DC on 19 May 1945.  Later assigned to Training Command at RCAF Station Gimli, Manitoba, probably with No. 1 Advanced Flying School in the 1950s.  To civil register when sold, as CF-SIF, later C-FSIF.  Owners included L. M. and R. M. Ruelling in the 1970s, Warbirds Holdings 1982 to 1985, and Stan Reynolds Sales Ltd. from 17 September 1992.  Reported at Reynolds Aviation Museum, Wetaskiwin, Alberta.

 

last date: 8 April 1965 - Struck off, to Crown Assets Disposal Corporation for sale.

1388

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. II/3T

 

 

D-18S

6602

 

 

 

 

first date: 15 June 1944 - Taken on strength

 

Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 43-35854.  Operated by No. 12 (Comm) Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, as a Mk. II, immediately after war.  Visited Winnipeg, Manitoba on 12 December 1946 while with this unit.  Later to No. 424 (Auxiliary) Squadron at Hamilton, Ontario.  To civil register when sold, as CF-RWW.  No longer registered by 1976.

 

last date: 18 January 1965 - Struck off, to Crown Assets Disposal Corporation for sale.

1389

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

7125

 

 

 

 

first date: 18 August 1944 - Taken on strength

 

Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-47193.  Served with No. 12 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, post war.  Also reported as based at Montreal with this unit?  Classified as Instructional Airframe on 10 February 1947, numbered A 548.

 

last date: 27 April 1954 - Struck off, to Crown Assets Disposal Corporation for sale.

1390

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

7155

 

 

 

 

first date: 19 August 1944 - Taken on strength

 

Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-47213.  Nosed over on landing, 20 February 1947, still marked in RAF roundels.  See photo in "Sixty Years" by Milberry.

 

last date: 19 March 1962 - To France, under Mutual Aid Program.

1391

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

7158

 

 

 

 

first date: 18 August 1944 - Taken on strength

 

Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-47215.

 

last date: 19 March 1962 - To France, under Mutual Aid Program.

1392

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

7159

 

 

 

 

first date: 22 August 1944 - Taken on strength

 

Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-47216.  Used at No. 1 Advanced Training School at Canadian Joint Air Training Centre, Rivers Camp, Manitoba, in early 1960s.  Reported destroyed in crash, date unknown.  Also reported as available for disposal from 9 October 1964, sold to US register as N506PA, in Griffin's latest book.  Registered to C.G. Wentworth of Paso Robles, CA from 21 January 1998, as a UC-45F.

 

last date: 10 September 1968 - Struck off, sold.

1393

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

7164

 

 

 

 

first date: 22 August 1944 - Taken on charge

 

Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-47219.  Used at RCAF Station Centralia, Ontario after the war.  Crashed 29 May 1951 in a farm field near Centralia.  Farmer W. Koele received George Cross for removing wounded from burning wreckage.

 

last date: 8 June 1951 - Written off,  after crash, see comments

1394

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

7831

 

 

 

 

first date: 19 October 1944 - Taken on strength

 

Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-47425.  Used by base flight at RCAF Station Whitehorse, Yukon.

 

last date: 23 June 1947 - To War Assets for disposal.

1395

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

7816

 

 

 

 

first date: 19 October 1944 - Taken on strength

 

Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-47413.

 

last date: 2 October 1951 - Category A crash at RCAF Station Centralia, Ontario.

1396

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

7835

 

 

 

 

first date: 21 October 1944 - Taken on strength

 

Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-47428.  Used by No. 418 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Edmonton and / or Namao, Alberta, dates unknown.  Served with No. 443 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Sea Island (Vancouver), late 1950s to early 1960s.  To civil register when sold, as CF-RVL, later as C-FRVL.  Owner from 1971 was Rusty Meyers Flying Service of Fort Frances, Ontario.  Last Certificate of Registration issued 14 June 1991.

 

last date: 5 November 1964 - Struck off, to Crown Assets Disposal Corporation for sale

1397

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

7811

 

 

 

 

first date: 24 October 1944 - Taken on strength

 

Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-47409.  Used by No. 1 Advanced Flying School, Rivers Camp, Manitoba in early 1960s.  Also with No. 418 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Edmonton and / or Namao, Alberta.  To civil register as CF-SBD, no longer registered by 1976.

 

last date: 13 January 1965 - Struck off, later sold.

1398

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

7841

 

 

 

 

first date: 28 October 1944 - Taken on strength

 

Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-47433.  Passed through Winnipeg, on medevac flight to Rochester, Minn., on 18 November 1946.  Used by base flight at RCAF Station St. Jean, PQ, dates unknown.  Available for disposal from 30 April 1965.  To US civil register as N6368.

 

last date: 10 September 1968 - Struck off, sold.

1399

Beechcraft

 

Expeditor

Mk. 3T

 

 

D-18S

7980

 

 

 

 

first date: 5 December 1944 - Taken on strength

 

Ex USAAF C-45F serial number 44-47572.  Used post war by No. 418 (Auxiliary) Squadron, Alberta.  To Laval Institute of Technology as training aid after being struck off.

 

last date: 6 July 1961 - Struck off.



This data has come from a variety of sources, and may contain all sorts of errors. In the future, I will add a complete list of references. For now, some recent Internet references can be found at the links below.  I would welcome any corrections or additions you may have. Contact me using the link below.

To main page to RCAF 4 digit main page
to top of this page
contact me Canadian Military Aircraft links Serial Number Links About the Author  The Project
© 2005, 2006 by R. W. R. Walker      All rights reserved under the copyright laws.
This is an amateur site - please don't rely on any of this data for anything important!
Created 18 June 2005. Updated 18 December 2006.