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Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers RCAF 551 to 600 Detailed List |
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basic designation |
variant or model |
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company designation |
company number |
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551 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2263 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-1-LO, serial number
42-55873. To Eastern Air Command in
1943. Operated by No. 164 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Moncton, 1943 to 1945.
To civil register as CF-FQW, later to US register as N62H. |
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first date: 30 November
1942 |
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last date: 16 December 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off, later sold |
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552 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2267 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-1-LO, serial number
42-55877. To Western Air Command in
1943. Detached to Rivers Camp,
Manitoba, 1943, for paratroop training.
Made first paratroop drop in Canada at Rivers on 4 May 1943, 10
paratroopers. Operated by No. 164 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Moncton, dates unknown. To civil register when sold, as CF-FKV,
later N64H. |
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first date: 23 January
1943 |
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last date: 16 December 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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553 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2300 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-5-LO, serial number
42-55895. To Western Air Command, at
RCAF Station Edmonton spring of 1943, for use on North West Staging
Route. Later to No. 165 (T) Squadron,
RCAF Station Sea Island, BC. Operated
by No. 164 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Moncton, dates unknown. |
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first date: 21 January
1943 |
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last date: 5 October 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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554 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2320 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-5-LO, serial number
42-55905. To Eastern Air Command in
1943. Operated by No. 164 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Moncton, 1943.
No. 168 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, in 1944. |
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first date: 26 January
1943 |
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last date: 3 October 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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555 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2363 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-5-LO, serial number
42-55926. Operated by No. 168 (HT)
Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, c.1943. Nicknamed "Muggs" while with this
squadron. Operated by No. 164 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Moncton, c.1943 to 1945. Also with No. 165 (T) Squadron, RCAF
Station Sea Island, BC, during this period. |
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first date: 24 February
1943 |
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last date: 12 December 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off. |
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556 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2364 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-5-LO, serial number
42-55927. To civil register as CF-FUL. |
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first date: 24 February
1943 |
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last date: 3 October 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off, later sold |
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557 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2377 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-5-LO, serial number 42-55940. To No. 164 (T) Squadron at RCAF Station
Moncton, NB in 1943. |
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first date: 5 March 1943 |
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last date: 27 March 1944 |
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Taken on strength |
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Written off after crash, details unknown |
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558 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2379 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-5-LO, serial number
42-55942. To Eastern Air Command in
1943. Also operated by No. 165 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Sea Island, BC, dates unknown. |
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first date: 11 March 1943 |
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last date: 6 November 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off |
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559 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2484 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-5-LO, serial number
42-56011. Operated by No. 168 (HT)
Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, c.1943. Also with no. 164 (T) Squadron at RCAF
Station Moncton, NB in 1943. Operated
by No. 165 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Sea Island, BC, c.1943 to 1945. Sold, to US civil register as N66H. |
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first date: 17 June 1943 |
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last date: c.1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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struck off, later sold |
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560 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2486 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-5-LO, serial number
42-56013. Operated by No. 168 (HT)
Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, c.1943. Operated by No. 165 (T) Squadron, RCAF
Station Sea Island, BC, c.1943 to 1945.
Sold, to civil register as CF-FQV. |
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first date: 17 June 1943 |
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last date: 6 November 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off, later sold |
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561 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2469 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-5-LO, serial number
42-55996. To Eastern Air Command in 1943. To civil register as NC29218. |
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first date: c.1943 |
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last date: 3 October 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off, later sold |
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562 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2470 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-5-LO, serial number
42-55997. To No. 165 (T) Squadron at
RCAF Station Sea Island, BC in 1943.
Later to civil register as N1245V. |
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first date: c.1943 |
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last date: 6 November 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off, later sold. |
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563 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2485 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-5-LO, serial number
42-56012. To No. 1 Air Command in
1945. |
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first date: 22 June 1943 |
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last date: 14 April 1945 |
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Taken on strength |
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Written off after accident, details unknown. |
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564 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2595 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-5-LO, serial number
43-16435. Operated by No. 168 (HT)
Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, c.1943. Operated by No. 164 (T) Squadron, RCAF
Station Moncton, 1943 to 1945. To US
civil register as N63H. |
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first date: 13 October
1943 |
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last date: 21 November 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off, later sold |
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565 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2596 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-5-LO, serial number
43-16436. Operated by No. 164 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Moncton, 1943 to 1945.
Also with No. 165 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Sea Island, BC, during
this period. To US civil register as
N9982H. |
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first date: 13 October
1943 |
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last date: 3 September 1947 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off, later sold. |
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566 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2600 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-5-LO, serial number
43-16440. Operated by No. 164 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Moncton, 1943 to 1945.
Also with No. 165 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station Sea Island, BC, during
this period. To US civil register as
N1251V. |
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first date: 14 October1943 |
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last date: 21 November 1946 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off, later sold. |
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567 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2598 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-5-LO, serial number
43-16438. Operated by No. 12 (Comm)
Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario.
Highly polished exterior, and carried Air Marshall's pennant on
nose. Carried Chief of Air Staff from
Rockcliffe on western tour October 1946.
Arrived at Winnipeg 12 October 1946, to Calgary 13 October 1946. Carried VIPs on hunting trip, Winnipeg to
Dauphin, Manitoba later that month.
When surplused sold from Lockheed as N68H. Converted by Howard Aero Corp to a Howard
250, registered N250LC. Sold to Ingram
Co. as N637E in 1967. In 1968
reregistered as N6371C. In 1981
donated to Confederate Air Force.
Crashed 3 October, 2004 during takeoff at Midland IAP, TX enroute to
Boulder, CO and sustained major damage.
One of five occupants sustained minor injuries. |
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first date: 15 October
1943 |
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last date: 9 February 1948 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off, returned to Lockheed for sale. |
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568 |
Lockheed |
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Lodestar |
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Model L-18-56 |
18-2599 |
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Ex USAAF C-60A-5-LO, serial number
43-16439. Operated by No. 165 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Sea Island, BC, c.1943 to 1945. Photograph, date unknown, shows code
"J" carried. |
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first date: 15 October
1943 |
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last date: 14 March 1947 |
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Taken on strength |
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Struck off. |
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570 |
Consolidated |
Convair, Fort Worth, Texas |
Liberator |
GR
Mk. VIT |
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Ex USAAF B-24J-65-CF s/n 44-10586. GR Mk. VIT designation was unofficial. Operated by No. 168 (HT) Squadron, RCAF
Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, 13 September 1944 to 1946, coded "QE". Received spartan passanger interior in fall
of 1944. Stored at Derbert, NS, from 1
April 1946. Reported with No. 412 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station
Rockcliffe, Ontario, 1946 or 1947. |
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first date: 30 June 1944 |
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last date: 4 July 1946 |
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Delivered direct to No. 4 Repair Depot for
conversion to transport. |
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Sold by War Assets. |
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571 |
Consolidated |
Convair, Fort Worth, Texas |
Liberator |
GR
Mk. VIT |
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Ex USAAF B-24J-65-CF s/n 44-10589. GR Mk. VIT designation was unofficial. To 168 (HT) Squadron, RCAF Station
Rockcliffe, Ontario, on 21 October 1944.
Stored at Debert, NS, from 6 June 1946, coded "QF". With No. 412 (T) Squadron, RCAF Station
Rockcliffe, Ontario, 1947. |
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first date: 30 June 1944 |
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last date: 7 July 1947 |
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Delivered direct to No. 4 Repair Depot for
conversion to transport. |
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Sold by War Assets. |
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572 |
Consolidated |
Convair, Fort Worth, Texas |
Liberator |
GR
Mk. VIT |
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Ex USAAF B-24J-65-CF s/n 44-10587. GR Mk. VIT designation was unofficial. To 168 (T) Squadron, 22 February 1945,
coded "QG". Port main
undercarriage collapsed on landing ar Rockcliffe on 3 July 1945. Stored from 1 August 1946. Reported with No. 412 (T) Squadron, RCAF
Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, 1947. |
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first date: 30 June 1944 |
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last date: 27 March 1947 |
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Delivered direct to No. 4 Repair Depot for
conversion to transport. |
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Sold by War Assets. |
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573 |
Consolidated |
Convair, Fort Worth, Texas |
Liberator |
GR
Mk. VIT |
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Ex USAAF B-24J-65-CF s/n 44-10588. GR Mk. VIT designation was unofficial. To No. 168 (HT) Squadron, RCAF Station
Rockcliffe, Ontario, on 21 November 1944, coded "QH". Stored at Debert, NS, from 6 July
1946. With No. 412 (T) Squadron, RCAF
Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, 1947. |
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first date: 30 June 1944 |
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last date: 7 July 1947 |
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Delivered direct to No. 4 Repair Depot for
conversion to transport. |
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Sold by War Assets. |
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574 |
Consolidated |
Convair, Fort Worth, Texas |
Liberator |
GR
Mk. VIT |
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Ex USAAF B-24J-65-CF s/n 44-10583. GR Mk. VIT designation was unofficial. Operated by No. 168 (HT) Squadron, RCAF
Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, 30 August 1944 to 1946, coded
"QJ". Received VIP interior,
extra side door, galley, toilet, and highly polished exterior. Flew Canadian Prime Minister to first UN
meeting in San Fransisco, June 1945.
To No. 12 (T) Squadron spring of 1946.
Carried Governor General and family in March 1946, and to Winnipeg in
September 1946. With No. 412 (T)
Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, 1947/1948. Carried General H. D. G. Crerar on tour of
the far east, summer of 1947. Visited
Hawaii, Johnston Island, Kwajalein, Tokyo, and Nanking. One of the first RCAF aircraft to display
the maple leaf roundel. Stored at
Trenton in 1948. |
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first date: 30 July 1944 |
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last date: 8 June 1948 |
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Delivered direct to No. 4 Repair Depot for
conversion to transport. |
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Sold by War Assets. |
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575 |
Consolidated |
Convair, Fort Worth, Texas |
Liberator |
GR
Mk. VIT |
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Ex USAAF B-24J-65-CF s/n 44-10592. GR Mk. VIT designation was unofficial. Operated by No. 168 (HT) Squadron, RCAF
Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, from 27 July 1944, coded "QK". To No. 4 Repair Depot for transport
conversion, 28 September 1944, then back to 168 Sdn on 15 February 1945. Flew this squadron's 500th trans-Atlantic
crossing, early 1945. Flew this
squadron's 636th and last trans-Atlantic mail run, returning to Rockcliffe on
3 March 1946. Stored at Debert, NS,
from 6 June 1946. |
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first date: 4 July 1944 |
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last date: 7 July 1947 |
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taken on strength |
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sold by War Assets |
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576 |
Consolidated |
Convair, Fort Worth, Texas |
Liberator |
GR
Mk. VIT |
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Ex USAAF B-24J-65-CF s/n 44-10593. GR Mk. VIT designation was unofficial. Operated by No. 168 (HT) Squadron, RCAF
Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, 28 September 1944 to 1946, coded "QL". Briefly carried RAF style code
"OLQL", possibly for operations into the UK. Stored at Debert, NS, from 6 June 1946. |
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first date: 4 July 1944 |
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last date: 7 July 1947 |
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Delivered direct to No. 4 Repair Depot for
conversion to transport. |
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sold by War Assets |
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577 |
Consolidated |
Convair, Fort Worth, Texas |
Liberator |
GR
Mk. VIT |
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Ex USAAF B-24J-65-CF s/n 44-10590. GR Mk. VIT designation was unofficial. Operated by No. 168 (HT) Squadron, RCAF
Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, 5 March 1945 to 1946, coded "QM". Stored at Debert, NS, from 6 June 1946. |
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first date: 4 July 1944 |
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last date: 7 July 1947 |
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Delivered direct to No. 4 Repair Depot for
conversion to transport. |
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sold by War Assets |
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578 |
Consolidated |
Convair, Fort Worth, Texas |
Liberator |
GR
Mk. VIT |
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Ex USAAF B-24J-65-CF s/n 44-10581. GR Mk. VIT designation was unofficial. To No. 168 (HT) Squadron, RCAF Station
Rockcliffe, Ontario, 27 July 1944, coded "QN". To No. 4 Repair Depot, RCAF Station
Scoudouc, NB, for conversion to
transport, 29 August 1944. Back to 168
Sdn. 25 November 1944. Stored at
Debert, NS, from 6 June 1946. |
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first date: 4 July 1944 |
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last date: 7 July 1947 |
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taken on strength |
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sold by War Assets |
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579 |
Consolidated |
Convair, Fort Worth, Texas |
Liberator |
GR
Mk. VIT |
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Ex USAAF B-24J-65-CF s/n 44-10585. GR Mk. VIT designation was unofficial. To No. 168 (HT) Squadron, RCAF Station
Rockcliffe, Ontario, 27 July 1944, coded "QO". Unpopular with squadron, due to lower
performance. To No. 4 Repair Depot for
conversion to transport, 13 September 1944.
Back to 168 Sdn. 22 December 1944.
Stored at Debert, NS, from 6 June 1946. |
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first date: 4 July 1944 |
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last date: 7 July 1947 |
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taken on strength |
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sold by War Assets |
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586 |
Consolidated |
Convair, San Diego, California |
Liberator |
Mk.
III/V |
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Ex USAAF B-24D-65-CO s/n 42-40526, ex RAF
BZ732. Also known as G.R. Mk.
V/Can. At RCAF Station Dorval, PQ, for
crew training on 14 April 1943. Coded
“A” of No. 10 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron at Gander, Newfoundland, to
this station on 22 April 1943. On 19
September 1943, flown by Flight
Lieutenant R.F. Fisher and crew, sank U-341 at 58-40N 25-30W. The aircraft
was returning to Gander from Iceland after escorting Prime Minister Winston
Churchill in HMS Renown from the Quebec Conference. Aircraft was one of 3 detached to RCAF
Station Goose Bay at this time. On 26
October 1943, flown by Flight Lieutenant R.M. Aldwinkle and crew, attacked
u-boat at 50-49N 41-0W after an hour-long engagement. The aircraft had been
on convoy escort when the U-boat was sighted. Initially believed to have sank
U-420, this attack is now believed to have damaged U-91. This was Eastern Air Command's sixth, and
last, kill. |
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first date: 15 April 1943 |
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last date: 18 January 1944 |
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Taken on strength |
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crashed in Labrador, also reported as 18
February 1944, while returning from transport flight to Iceland, in support
of 162 Squadron. |
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587 |
Consolidated |
Convair, San Diego, California |
Liberator |
Mk.
III/V |
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Ex USAAF B-24D-70-CO s/n 42-405543, ex RAF
BZ729. Also known as G.R. Mk.
V/Can. Used by No. 10 (BR) Squadron,
RCAF Stations Gander or Torbay, Newfoundland, April 1943 to 1945. Coded "B". Attacked U-420 on 3 July 1943, damaging it
and forcing it to return to Germany.
First attack by Liberator of this squadron. To No. 4 Repair Depot 1 May 1945. To Western Air Command, for storage, 11
August 1945. |
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first date: 21 April 1943 |
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last date: 7 November 1946 |
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taken on strength |
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sold by War Assests |
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588 |
Consolidated |
Convair, San Diego, California |
Liberator |
Mk.
III/V |
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Ex USAAF B-24D-60-CO s/n 42-40460, ex RAF
BZ733. Also known as G.R. Mk.
V/Can. Used by No. 10 (BR) Squadron,
RCAF Stations Gander or Torbay, Newfoundland, April 1943 to 1945. Coded "C". To Western Air Command, for storage, 20
September 1945. |
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first date: 21 April 1943 |
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last date: 7 November 1946 |
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taken on strength |
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Sold by War Assets (date of sale also reported
as 14 August 1946). |
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589 |
Consolidated |
Convair, San Diego, California |
Liberator |
Mk.
III/V |
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Ex USAAF B-24D-60-CO s/n 42-40447, ex RAF
BZ725. Also known as G.R. Mk.
V/Can. Coded “D” of No. 10 (Bomber
Reconnaissance) Squadron at Gander, Newfoundland, April to September 1943. |
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first date: 27 April 1943 |
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last date: 19 March 1944 |
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taken on strength |
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Struck off, after crashing in Gander Lake,
Labrador, shortly after take off on 4 September 1943. 4 fatalaties. |
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590 |
Consolidated |
Convair, San Diego, California |
Liberator |
Mk.
III/V |
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Ex USAAF B-24D-60-CO s/n 42-40452, ex RAF
BZ728. Also known as G.R. Mk.
V/Can. Operated by No. 10 (BR)
Squadron, RCAF Station Gander, Newfoundland, April 1943 to June 1944. Coded "G". |
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first date: 27 April 1943 |
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last date: 4 June 1944 |
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taken on strength |
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Destroyed in hanger fire at Gander. Not struck off until 31 May 1945. |
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591 |
Consolidated |
Convair, San Diego, California |
Liberator |
Mk.
III/V |
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Ex USAAF B-24D-60-CO s/n 42-40451, ex RAF
BZ727. Also known as G.R. Mk. V/Can. Operated by No. 10 (BR) Squadron, RCAF
Station Gander, Newfoundland, from April 1943. Coded "K". To Western Air Command, for storage, 13
August 1945. |
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first date: 27 April 1943 |
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last date: 25 August 1947 |
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taken on strength |
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Struck off, later sold by War Assets. |
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592 |
Consolidated |
Convair, San Diego, California |
Liberator |
Mk.
III/V |
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Ex USAAF B-24D-60-CO s/n 42-40471, ex RAF
BZ737. Also known as G.R. Mk.
V/Can. Operated by No. 10 (BR)
Squadron, RCAF Station Gander, Newfoundland, from April 1943. Coded "F". Category B damage on 27 July 1943. To Scotland January 1944 for first RCAF
installation of Leigh Light. Fired
on by RCN vessel during night patrol on 2 May 1944, not hit. Made squadron's 22nd and last attack on
u-boat on 26 March 1945. To Western
Air Command for storage, 13 August 1945.
Still with 10 Sdn. For disbandment parade on 15 August 1945. |
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first date: 27 April 1943 |
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last date: 7 October 1946 |
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taken on strength |
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sold by War Assets |
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593 |
Consolidated |
Convair, San Diego, California |
Liberator |
Mk.
III/V |
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Ex USAAF B-24D-60-CO s/n 42-40470, ex RAF
BZ736. Also known as G.R. Mk.
V/Can. Used by No. 10 (BR) Squadron,
RCAF Stations Gander or Torbay, Newfoundland, May 1943 to 1945. Coded
"J". To Western Air
Command for storage, 13 August 1945. |
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first date: 30 April 1943 |
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last date: 7 October 1946 |
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taken on strength |
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sold by War Assets |
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594 |
Consolidated |
Convair, San Diego, California |
Liberator |
Mk.
III/V |
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Ex USAAF B-24D-60-CO s/n 42-40450, ex RAF
BZ739. Also known as G.R. Mk. V/Can. Operated by No. 10 (BR) Squadron, RCAF
Station Gander, Newfoundland, from May 1943.
Coded "P". Tests with
first RCAF homing torpedos over Gander Lake, spring of 1943. Attacked 2 u-boats on 23 September 1943,
while carrying AVM A. E. Godfrey. The
AVM manned a side gun, and thus became the most senior RCAF officer to ever
directly engage the enemy. In bare
metal finish, and with Leigh Light, by winter of 1944/45. |
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first date: 30 April 1943 |
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last date: 13 February 1945 |
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taken on strength |
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Crashed at Gander while landing in blowing
snow, struck off next day. |
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595 |
Consolidated |
Convair, San Diego, California |
Liberator |
Mk.
III/V |
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Ex USAAF B-24D-60-CO s/n 42-40469, ex RAF
BZ735. Also known as G.R. Mk.
V/Can. Operated by No. 10 (BR)
Squadron, RCAF Station Gander, Newfoundland, from May 1943. Coded "X". Attacked and damaged 2 submarines on 22
September 1943, U-377 and 402. |
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first date: 30 April 1943 |
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last date: 6 July 1945 |
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taken on strength |
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Lost at sea off coast of Newfoundland, while
searching for downed pilot. One
fatality. Struck off on 23 July 1945. |
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596 |
Consolidated |
Convair, San Diego, California |
Liberator |
Mk.
III/V |
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Ex USAAF B-24D-60-CO s/n 42-404466, ex RAF
BZ747. Also known as G.R. Mk.
V/Can. Operated by No. 10 (BR)
Squadron, RCAF Station Gander, Newfoundland, from May 1943. Coded "Y". Attacked submarine on 23 September
1943. First squadron aircraft stripped
to bare metal finish, May 1944.
Attempted attack on u-boat, 24 September 1944. Bombs hung up. To No. 4 Repair Depot for repairs of
Category C damage, 18 January 1945.
Stored at Moncton from September 1945. |
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first date: 30 April 1943 |
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last date: 8 October 1946 |
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taken on strength |
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sold by War Assets |
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597 |
Consolidated |
Convair, San Diego, California |
Liberator |
Mk.
III/V |
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Ex USAAF B-24D-40-CO s/n 42-40231, ex RAF
BZ738. Also known as G.R. Mk.
V/Can. Operated by No. 10 (BR)
Squadron, RCAF Station Gander, Newfoundland, from May 1943. Coded "L". Attacked and damaged U-270 on 22 September
1943. Damaged by flak during this
engagement, returned to base on 3 engines. |
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first date: 5 May 1943 |
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last date: 4 June 1944 |
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taken on strength |
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Destroyed in hanger fire at Gander. Apparently not struck off books until 31
May 1945. |
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598 |
Consolidated |
Convair, San Diego, California |
Liberator |
Mk.
III/V |
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Ex USAAF B-24D-70-CO s/n 42-40560, ex RAF
BZ756. Also known as G.R. Mk.
V/Can. Had retractable ASV radar under
centre fuselage. Operated by No. 10
(BR) Squadron, RCAF Station Gander, Newfoundland, from May 1943. Coded "Q". Made squadron's last u-boat attack against
a surfaced u-boat when U-845 was engaged on 14 February 1944. Submarine was damaged, forced to return to
base. Named "Queenie" by the
end of the war. To bare metal finish,
winter of 1944/45. To Western Air
Command, for storage, 20 September 1945. |
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first date: 26 May 1943 |
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last date: 7 October 1946 |
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taken on strength |
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sold by War Assets |
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599 |
Consolidated |
Convair, San Diego, California |
Liberator |
Mk.
III/V |
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Ex USAAF B-24D-60-CO s/n 42-40461, ex RAF
BZ734. Also known as G.R. Mk.
V/Can. Used by No. 10 (BR) Squadron,
RCAF Stations Gander or Torbay, Newfoundland, May 1943 to 1945. Coded "R". Flew this squadron's last war time mission,
escort of Convoy ONS50, from Torbay, on 26 May 1945. To Western Air Command, for storage, 13
August 1945. |
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first date: 29 May 1943 |
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last date: 14 August 1946 |
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taken on strength |
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sold by War Assets |
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600 |
Consolidated |
Convair, San Diego, California |
Liberator |
Mk.
III/V |
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1634 |
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Ex USAAF B-24D-70-CO s/n 42-40557, ex RAF
BZ755. Also known as G.R. Mk.
V/Can. Had retractable ASV radar under
centre fuselage. Operated by No. 10
(BR) Squadron, RCAF Station Gander, Newfoundland, from June 1943. Coded "N". Strafed unknown u-boat on night of 22/23
September 1943. Named
"Nannette" by the end of the war.
To North West Air Command 10 January 1946. Used for some post war training
exercises. Stored from 2 October 1946. Remains reportedly purchased by Yesterday's
Air Force of Chino, California in 1971.
Nose noted August 2003 at Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, VA |
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first date: 4 June 1943 |
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last date: 14 August 1947 |
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taken on strength |
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Sold by War Assets. |
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