Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers

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2013): I have moved the web pages to a new server, to permitfuture expansion and some new features. You have reached the new homepage.Please update your bookmarks.goal for these pages is to identify every serial number ever assignedto a Canadian military aircraft, and to track the history of eachaircraft in as much detail as I can. Since starting thesepages Ihave been lucky enough to receivecorrespondence from serial number enthusiasts from around the world,and they have become a major source for the data presentedhere.I'm always in the process of adding this new information to my databaseand these webpages. Check out mychange logeach time you visit, tosee the progress.links in the table below will take you to some purely arbitraryheadings Ihave created. These are intended to make the data moremanageable, and don't necessarily reflect any official groupings ordivisions of serial numbers. Each topic main page includesbrief historical notes,to help explain changes in the numbering systems over the years, and tohelp put the serial numbers in perspective. Pages thatcontainlinks to photographs, or pages that refer to pages with photo links,are marked with I've recently added a list ofaircraft bytype, to help you find all the serials of a single type,which maybe spread over several of the pages listed below. I welcomefeedback you may have on this new feature.If you have a minute to spare, please click on the "view my Guestmap"link on the left, below, and let me know where you are located.updated 11 June 2008Severalearly Canadian military organizations operated aircraft, or wereplanned to. This includes the Canadian Air Corps, the RFC/RAF schoolsin Canada, the Canadian Air Force in the UK, and the Royal CanadianNaval Air Service (RCNAS).updated 17 December 2006Air Board years, 1919 to1927. In this period, the newly formed Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)operated government owned,civil registered aircraft, on a mix of military and civiltasks.Some Air Board registered aircraft remained in use until the middle1930s.updated 5 February 20101928, the RCAF was relievedof most of its civil tasks, and began marking its aircraftnumerical serial numbers. This group extends from this date to theearly part of World War II.updated 5 May 2016Serialnumbers reached 1000 inthe early days of WW II, when aircraft procurement exploded. 9999 wasreached in just another 3 years. Some reserved blocks in this rangenot completely allocated until the 1950s and 60s.updated 8 June 2016 201610000 was reached, massiveprocurement continued in support of the British Commonwealth AirTraining Plan and home defense. Thegeneral series was continued after the war's end, and included the NATOperiod, some RCN aircraft, and the brief lived Canadian Army air arm.updated 12 January 2008AfterWW II, some wartime serialnumbers were reused for new procurement. I have listed these separatelyto avoid confusion (especially my own).updated 9 July 2016Afterthe RCAF was merged intothe Canadian Armed Forces in February 1968, the in-service aircraft(ex Air Force, Army, and Navy) carried a mix of their previous serialnumber styles. To help sort out this mess, the existingaircraft were givennew, "unified" serial numbers over the next few years. Thisnumberingscheme continues in use today fornew procurement.the Canadian Forces have been allowed to start using the name"RCAF" for some of its air components again. These are stillof the integrated Canadian Forces, so for these web pages I willcontinue to use "Canadian Armed Forces" (CAF) or "Canadian Forces" (CF)for current aircraft, andrestrict use of "RCAF" to prior to integration in 1968. I'mtrying to make any sort of a political statement with this, just tryingto keep confusion to a minimum.Forces kept seperate registers for aircraft used as training aids atvarious schools,and with operational units. Most, but notall, ofthese Instructional Airframes had a previous Canadian military serialnumber. This page identifies the previous identity (when oneexisted), and provide details on those airframes with no previousCanadian military serial.updated 21 June 2016Air Board, The Canadian Air Force, and the Royal Canadian Air Force allowned and operated aircraft with RFC and RAF serial numbers, from theirearliest days up to the end of the Second World War.Some of theseaircraft continued to carry RAF style serial numbers after the war wasover, until they were retired or renumbered in the integrated CanadianArmed Forces.Those aircraft known to have been assigned to the RCNAS in 1918 arealso included here. updated 3 March 2013American aircraft, received from the USAAF during and shortly after theWar, and from theUSAF during the Cold War, were operated by the RCAF with their originalAmerican serial numbers. In addition, the Canadian Forcesreceived at least 2 non-flying USN aircraft, that have kept their USserials. The US helicopters leased for use inAfghanistan were operated initially with US serials, see the Canadian Armed Forces pagemore information.Civil registrationsupdated 16 July 2015number of aircraft withCanadian or other civil registrations were owned or leased by theCanadian government, and used by several different military arms, fromthe 1920s up until today.This list also includes civil registered aircraft owned by theDepartment of National Defense and used at civilian flyingclubs, and the aircraft of the Air Cadet League gliderprogram.Note that the civil registeredaircraft operated by the Canadian Air Board are listedseperately.updated 5 February 2007Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) used a wide range of serial number typesduring the years that it operated aircraft. Starting withBritishserialnumbers, then US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics numbers, they also operatedex RCAF aircraft with their original RCAF serial numbers, and finallymarked their own serial numbers. To add to the confusion, theoften marked a three or two digit pennant number on their aircraft,which may or may not have been based on the serial number. Ito explain this in more detail on this page.SPECIAL NOTE FOR RCNAIRCRAFT ENTHUSIASTSThe information on these pages was largely based on the thin publishedliterature available to me up until January 2007. It is farcomplete, and, I now realize, contains several errors.Fortunately, PatrickMartinhas published an extremely detailed and well researched book on theaircraft of the RCN, that covers the topic in far more detail than Iever did. Rather than repeat Pat's efforts here, I will leavethese pages as they are, in order to concentrate on the many other gapsin my web site. The interested reader should get a copy of Pat's book assoon as possible!RCAF's major operational contribution to the Second World War was toprovide personnel to operate RAF owned aircraft, under RAF control, inEurope, North Africa, and the Far East. This is a partiallist ofthe RAF owned aircraft operated by RCAF squadrons during, andshortly after, the War. A few RAF owned aircraft operated byRCAF for test purposes in Canada, and for training in the NATO period,are also listed.transport and utility aircraft were loaned to the RCAF and the RCNduring the construction of the DEW Line in the 1950s. Also,smallnumbers of US military aircraft were loaned to the RCAF for evaluationpurposes. This list is far from complete.updated 12 September 2009A number ofcivil registeredaircraft were operated by several Canadian military arms, without beingowned by, or leased by, the Canadian government. Most ofthesewere operated for evaluation or training purposes, in anticipation oflater purchase of the aircraft. This list, too, is far fromcomplete.from a variety of sources, and may contain all sorts of errors. In thefuture, I will add a complete list of references. For now, some recentInternet references can be found at the links below. I wouldwelcome any corrections or additions you may have. Contact meusing thelink below.

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Listing of serial numbers of aircraft used by Canadian military organizations, including RCAF, RCN, Canadian Army, Canadian Armed Forces, Air Board, and others.

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