Aircraft of the Canadian Forces RCAF From April 1924
************************************************************************************************ Taken on Strength Struck off Strength Quantity Airbus A320 1996 5 Airspeed Horsa 1948 1959 3 Airspeed Oxford 1939 1947 1425 Armstrong Whitworth Atlas 1927 1942 16 Armstrong Whitworth Siskin 1926 1942 12 Auster AOP/6 1948 1958 42 Avro 504K/N 1920 1934 155 Avro 552 Viper 1924 1928 14 Avro 611 Avian 1929 1945 29 Avro 621 Tutor 1931 1945 7 Avro 626 1937 1945 12 Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck 1951 1981 692 Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow 1958 1959 5 Avro Anson 1940 1954 4413 Avro Canada Lancaster X/MP 1944 1965 229 Avro Lincoln B MkXV 1946 1948 3 Avro Wright 1925 1930 1 Barkley-Grow T8P-1 1939 1941 1 Beech 18 Expeditor MK 3 1941 1968 394 Beech CT-13A Musketeer 1971 1981 25 Beech CT-13A Sundowner 1981 1994 25 Beech T-34 Mentor 1954 1956 25 Bell 47 1948 1965 9 Bell CH-139 Jet Ranger 1981 14 Bell CH-136 Kiowa 1971 1994 74 Bell CH-118 Huey 1968 1994 10 Bell CH-135 Twin Huey 1971 1994 50 Bell CH-146 Griffon 1994 99 Bellanca CH-300 1929 1944 13 Blackburn Shark 1936 1944 26 Boeing 247 1940 1942 8 Boeing CC-137 B707 1970 1994 7 Boeing B-17 1943 1946 6 Boeing B-47B 1956 1959 1 Boeing CH-113/113A 1963 18 Boeing CH-47C Chinook 1974 1992 8 Brewster Bermuda 1943 1946 3 Bristol Blenheim 1941 1945 1 Bristol Bolingbroke 1939 1947 626 Bristol Beaufort 1941 1945 15 Bristol Fighter 1920 1922 2 Bristol 170 Freighter 1952 1967 6 Burguss-Dunne 1914 1915 1 Canadair C-5 1950 1967 1 Canadair CX-84 1969 1971 3 Canadair F-86 Sabre 1950 1970 1184 Canadair CP-107 Argus 1957 1982 33 Canadair Challenger 1983 19 16 Canadair CF-104 Starfighter 1961 1984 200 Canadair T-33 Silver Star 1953 656 Canadair CF-5 1968 1992 190 Canadair North Star 1947 1965 24 Canadair C-114 Tutor 1963 190 Canadair Cosmopolitan 1960 1996 13 Canadair Yukon 1959 1971 12 Canadair Vickers Vancouver 1929 1940 6 Canadair Vickers Vanessa 1927 1927 1 Canadair Vickers Varuna 1926 1930 8 Canadair Vickers Vedette 1925 1941 44 Canadair Vickers Velos 1927 1928 1 Canadair Vickers Vigil 1928 1930 1 Canadair Vickers Vista 1927 1931 1 Cessna 182 1961 1973 10 Cessna L-19 Bird dog 1954 1973 25 Cessna T-50 Crane 1941 1949 826 Consolidated B-24 Liberator 1943 1948 148 Consolidate Canso 1941 1962 224 Consolidated Catalina 1941 1946 30 Consolidated Courier 1928 1941 3 Curtis H-16 1922 1924 2 Curtis HS-2L 1920 1928 30 Curtis JN-4 Cdn 1920 1923 10 Curtis P-40 Warhawk 1941 1946 147 Curtis Seamew 1943 1944 82 Curtis Reid Rambler 1929 1944 9 Dassault Falcon 1967 1992 7 de Havilland DH-4 1920 1928 12 de Havilland DH-9 1920 1929 12 de Havilland DH-60 Moth 1929 1948 91 de Havilland DH-75 Hawk Moth 1929 1935 3 de Havilland DH-80 Puss moth 1931 1944 19 de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth 1938 1947 1546 de Havilland DH-83 Fox Moth 1941 1945 1 de Havilland DH-90 Dragonfly 1940 1945 6 de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito 1943 1951 444 de Havilland DH-100 Vampire 1946 1958 86 de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk 1948 1971 100 de Havilland DHC-3 Otter 1953 1982 69 de Havilland DHC-4 Caribou 1960 1971 9 de Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo 1967 15 de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 1971 8 de Havilland DHC-7 Dash 7 1979 1981 2 de Havilland DHC-8 Dash 8 1981 6 de Havilland Comet Mk I 1953 1965 2 de Havilland Sea Hornet 1948 1948 1 Douglas MO-2B 1927 1930 1 Douglas Boston 1941 1945 3 Douglas C-47 Dakota 1943 1992 169 Douglas Digby 1939 1946 20 EH CH-149 Cormorant 2001 15 Fairchild Argus 1940 1945 2 Fairchild 71 1929 1946 34 Fairchild Flying Boxcar 1952 1967 35 Fairchild FC-2/51 1927 1938 27 Fairchild KR-34 1930 1936 1 Fairchild Cornell 1942 1948 1558 Fairey IIIC 1920 1930 2 Fairey Albacore 1943 1949 6 Fairey Battle 1939 1946 740 Fairey Firefly 1947 1954 1 Felixstowe F.3 1921 1923 11 Fleet 50 Freighter 1942 1944 2 Fleet Fawn 1931 1947 51 Fleet Finch 16 1939 1947 431 Fleet Fort 800 1941 1945 101 Fokker Super Universal 1929 1929 1 Ford Trimotor 1929 1937 1 General Aircraft Hotspur 1942 1945 22 Gloster Meteor 1945 1948 3 Grumman Albatross 1960 1970 10 Grumman Goblin 1940 1942 15 Grumman Goose 1938 1956 31 Grumman CP-121 Tracker 1956 1994 101 Handley Page Halifax 1945 1947 5 Handley Page Hampden 1941 1944 96 Handley Page Harrow 1940 1941 2 Hawker Audax 1933 1943 6 Hawker Hart 1937 1943 3 Hawker Hind 1942 1943 4 Hawker Hurricane 1939 1948 503 Hawker Sea Fury FB-II (RCN) 1948 1948 1 Hawker Tempest 1946 1947 1 Hawker Tomtit 1930 1943 2 Hiller UH-12 1961 1972 27 Keystone Puffer 1927 1934 2 Lockheed 10 1939 1946 15 Lockheed 12 Vega 1940 1945 10 Lockheed C-130 Hercules 1960 36 Lockheed CF-104D Starfighter 1963 1984 39 Lockheed CP-140 Aurora 1980 18 Lockheed CP-140A Arcturus 1984 2 Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune 1955 1968 25 Lockheed T-33 1951 1966 31 Lockheed Hudson 1939 1948 247 Lockheed Lodestar 1943 1948 18 Lockheed Ventura 1942 1957 286 Martin Baltimore 1942 1942 1 Martinsyde F.6 1922 1925 1 McDonnell CF-101Voodoo 1961 1984 132 McDonnell Douglas CF-18Hornet 1982 137 Noordyn Norseman WYC-64 1940 1957 100 North American B-25D Mitchell 1942 1962 164 North American P-51D Mustang 1947 1961 130 North American Harvard 1939 1965 2258 North American Yale 1940 1946 119 Northrop Delta 1936 1945 20 Northrop Nomad 1940 1945 32 Percival Prentice 1948 1948 1 Pitcairn Mailwing 1928 1932 1 Schweizer TG-3A 1946 1949 2 SE 5A 1920 1929 12 Sikorsky S-51/H-5 1947 1965 7 Sikorsky S-55/H-19 1957 1966 15 Sikorsky S-58/H-34 1955 1971 6 Sikorsky S-61/CH-124 Sea King 1961 41 Sopwith Camel 1924 1929 10 Sopwith Snipe 1919 1923 3 Stearman PT-17 1942 1943 301 Stinson HW-75 1940 1946 25 Supermarine Spitfire 1940 1950 8 Supermarine Stranraer 1938 1946 40 Supermarine Walrus 1943 1947 8 Vertol H-21 1954 1968 20 Vickers Viking 1923 1931 8 ? FF Jun 22 1945- PC1949 Waco AQC-6 1942 1942 1 Waco CG-15A 1946 1950 1 Waco PG-2A 1946 1947 1 Waco Hadrian 1944 1955 32 Westland Lysander 1939 1946 329 Westland Wapiti 1930 1944 25
Aircraft not on strength with RCAF, 1st Canadian Air Division, but flown by RCAF 1st CAD Pilots
Short Sunderland RAF Boulton Paul Defiant RAF Hawker Typhoon RAF Saro Lerwick RAF Boeing CIM-1B Bomarc USAF Vickers Wellington RAF Armstrong Whitworth Whitley RAF Short Stirling RAF Avro Manchester RAF Avro Lancaster RAF Raytheon Harvard II Bombardier BAE Hawk 115 Bombardier Slingby Firefly Bombardier Raytheon Kingair Bombardier
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Lockheed CP-140 Aurora P-3 Orion Canadair CP-107 Argus Brittania derivitive fuselage/wing only Lockheed CP-140A Arcturus P-3 Orion Canadair CC106 Yukon Brittania Airbus Polaris A-310 Douglas North Star DC-4
• CIM-10 Bomarc
• CL-13 Sabre
• CF-100 Canuck
• CF-101 Voodoo
• CF-104 Starfighter • CF-105 Arrow
• CC-106 Yukon
• CP-107 Argus
• CC-108 Caribou
• CC-109 Cosmopolitan
• CSR-110 Albatross
• CT-111 Firefly
• CH-112 Nomad
• CH-113 Labrador
• CT-114 Tutor
• CC-115 Buffalo
• CF-116 Freedom Fighter
• CC-117 Falcon
• CH-118 Iroquois
• CC-119 Flying Boxcar
• CO-119 Bird Dog
• CO-119 L-82
• CT-120 Chipmunk
• CP-121 Tracker
• CP-122 Neptune
• CSR-123 Otter
• CH-124 Sea King
• CH-125
• CH-126
• CH-127
• CT-128 Expeditor
• CC-129 Dakota
• CC-130 Hercules
• CX-131 Dynavert
• CC-132 Dash 7
• CT-133 Silver Star • CT-134 Musketeer
• CH-135 Twin Huey
• CH-136 Kiowa
• CC-137 Husky
• CC-138 Twin Otter
• CH-139 Jet Ranger
• CP-140 Aurora
• CT-142 Dash 8
• CH-143 BK-117
• CC-144 Challenger
• CT-145 Super Kingair
• CH-146 Griffon
• CH-47D Chinook
• CH-148 Cyclone
• CH-149 Cormorant
• CC-150 Polaris
• CT-155 Hawk
• CT-156 Harvard II
• CC-177 Globemaster III