RCAF 1600 to 1649

Canadian Military Aircraft
Serial Numbers
RCAF 1600 to 1649
Detailed List

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	Designer	Manufacturer	basic designation	variant or model	name
	company designation	company number
1600	Beechcraft		Expeditor	Mk. 3TM
	D-18S	CA 200
	Used by No. 104 (K) Unit at RCAF Station St.Hubert, PQ.
	first date: 4 July 1952			last date: 19 February 1964
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1601	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5371. Converted to target tug on 22 April 1943.
	first date: 16 February 1940			last date: 16 February 1945
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1602	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I/IT
	Ex RAF N2239. Converted to Mk. IT, with turret, on 6 April 1943.
	first date: 16 February 1940			last date: 4 November 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1603	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF N2246. Category C damage on 20 March 1943, at Mountain View, Ontario.
	first date: 16 February 1940			last date: 1 May 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1604	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF N2158. Serving with No.1 Bombing and Gunnery School at Jarvis, Ontario at time of crash.
	first date: 24 February 1940			last date: 27 October 1942
	Taken on strength			Struck off, after Category A crash on 18 August 1942.
1605	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF N2227. Category B damage on 17 April 1942, at Fingal, Ontario. Probably serving with No.4 Bombing and Gunnery School at that time.
	first date: 16 February 1940			last date: 12 January 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1606	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF N2156. In use at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario in 1942.
	first date: 16 February 1940			last date: 6 November 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1607	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF N2230. In use at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario in 1942.
	first date: 24 February 1940			last date: 1 May 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1608	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5341. In use at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario in 1943.
	first date: 24 February 1940			last date: 26 February 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1609	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5345. In use at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario in 1940.
	first date: 16 March 1940			last date: 6 November 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1610	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5346. In use at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario in 1940.
	first date: 16 March 1940			last date: 18 November 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1611	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5370. In use at Regina, Saskatchewan in 1940, probably with No.
	first date: 6 April 1940			last date: 11 January 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1612	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I / IT
	Ex RAF L5373. Converted to Mk. IT with turret on 1 June 1943.
	first date: 6 April 1940			last date: 17 June 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1613	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5377. In use at Toronto, Ontario in 1940.
	first date: 6 April 1940			last date: 17 January 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1614	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5340. Assigned to No. 2 Training Command (western Canada).
	first date: 2 April 1940			last date: 16 February 1945
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1615	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5344.
	first date: 16 March 1940			last date: 24 April 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1616	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5372. Category C damage at Mossbank, Saskatchewan, date unknown. Probably serving with No. 2 Bombing and Gunnery School at that time.
	first date: 16 March 1940			last date: 26 January 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1617	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I / IT
	Ex RAF L5347. Converted to Mk. IT with turret on 16 September 1943.
	first date: 28 March 1940			last date: 21 April 1945
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1618	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5342. Assigned to No. 2 Training Command, in western Canada.
	first date: 16 March 1940			last date: 11 January 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1619	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5366. Category C damage on 27 May 1940, at Consecon, Ontario.
	first date: 23 March 1940			last date: 11 January 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1620	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5364. Assigned to No. 4 Training Command in western Canada.
	first date: 8 April 1940			last date: 11 January 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1621	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF P2164. Assigned to No. 1 Training Command in Ontario. Later became Instructional Airframe A 250.
	first date: 8 April 1940			last date: 26 January 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1622	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5145. Assigned to No. 4 Training Command in western Canada.
	first date: 11 April 1940			last date: 11 January 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1623	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I / IT
	Ex RAF L5162. Converted to Mk. IT with turret on 10 March 1943.
	first date: 11 April 1940			last date: 4 November 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1624	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF P2170. Assigned to No. 4 Training Command in western Canada.
	first date: 11 April 1940			last date: 11 January 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1625	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5146. Used at No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School at Mont-Joli, PQ, in 1942. Later became Instructional Airframe A 263.
	first date: 11 April 1940			last date: 9 June 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1626	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5157. Category A crash at Simcoe, Ontario on 2 September 1940. May be first RCAF Battle loss.
	first date: 11 April 1940			last date: 29 November 1940
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1627	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I / IT
	Ex RAF L5159. Converted to Mk. IT with turret on 7 June 1942.
	first date: 18 April 1940			last date: 6 March 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1628	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I / IT
	Ex RAF L5148. converted to Mk. IT with turret on 15 December 1942.
	first date: 18 April 1940			last date: 16 February 1945
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1629	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I / IT
	Ex RAFL5155. Converted to Mk. IT with turret on 17 October 1942.
	first date: 18 April 1940			last date: 16 February 1945
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1630	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5153. Category B damage at Trenton on 16 April 1941.
	first date: 18 April 1940			last date: 21 February 1941
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1631	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I / IT
	Ex RAF L5180. Converted to Mk. IT with turret on 7 September 1943.
	first date: 18 April 1940			last date: 7 March 1945
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1632	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5241. Assigned to No. 1 Training Command, Ontario.
	first date: 18 April 1940			last date: 8 November 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1633	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I / IT
	Ex RAF L5376. Converted to Mk. IT with turret on 27 January 1943.
	first date: 18 April 1940			last date: 17 June 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1634	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5154. Category B damage on 23 July 1941, while serving at No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School at Jarvis, Ontario.
	first date: 23 April 1940			last date: 19 November 1941
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1635	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5150. Serving at No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School at Mont-Joli, PQ in 1942. Later became Instructional Airframe A 255.
	first date: 23 April 1940			last date: 15 September 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1636	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5166. Used at No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School at MacDonald, Manitoba in 1943.
	first date: 29 April 1940			last date: 16 February 1945
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1637	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5164. Assigned to No. 4 Training Command in western Canada.
	first date: 29 April 1940			last date: 11 January 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1638	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5481. Used at No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School at Jarvis, Ontario. Later became Instructional Airframe A 249.
	first date: 29 April 1940			last date: 15 October 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1639	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I / IT
	Ex RAF 5480. Used as target tug, carried code "11". Later converted to Mk. IT with turret, on 5 August 1942.
	first date: 29 April 1940			last date: 17 June 1946
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1640	Fairey		Battle
	Ex RAF L5485. Used by No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School, RCAF Station Jarvis, Ontario. Carried code "43". Was serving at No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School at Mont-Joli, PQ, when it suffered Category C damage on 20 March 1942.
	first date: 29 April 1940			last date: 5 July 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1641	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5486. With No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School at Jarvis, Ontario in 1940.
	first date: 29 April 1940			last date: 6 November 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1642	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I / IT
	Ex RAF Convereted to Mk. IT with turret on 4 or 5 December 1942.
	first date: 2 May 1940			last date: L5388.
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1643	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5414. Category B damage on 23 February 1941, while serving at No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School, Jarvis, Ontario.
	first date: 2 May 1940			last date: 18 November 1941
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1644	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5411. Served at No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School at Mont-Joli, PQ.
	first date: 2 May 1940			last date: 11 January 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1645	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5472. Convereted to target tug on 25 April 1942.
	first date: 2 May 1940			last date: 12 January 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1646	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF P2367. Served at No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School at MacDonald, Manitoba in 1941.
	first date: 2 May 1940			last date: 13 February 1945
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1647	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF P2368. Used as a target tug.
	first date: 2 May 1940			last date: 6 November 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off
1648	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5613. Used at No. 9 Bombing and Gunnery School at Mont-Joli, PQ.
	first date: 6 May 1940			last date: 15 December 1943
	Taken on strength			Struck off.
1649	Fairey		Battle	Mk. I
	Ex RAF L5601. Converted to target tug on 6 May 1940, coded "6". Involved in fatal crash at No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School at Fingal, Ontario, on 8 December 1940 (information from plaque on Cenotaph in Fingal). US pilot, F/O L.A. Hood, and crewmen AC2s Bourne and McNally were killed.
	first date: 6 May 1940			last date: 21 April 1944
	Taken on strength			Struck off

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Created 15 July 2005. Updated 15 July 2005.