Built in 1937. Registered to Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) registered as CF-TCA on 6 Oct 1937. Taken on strength at Camp Borden, ON, first assigned to the Flying Instructors School (FIS) at Borden. Still with FIS at Borden on 10 Jan 1940. Then to Trenton with this FIS on 22 Jan 1940, then back to Borden shortly after. To No. 1 Training Command on 1 Apr 1940. To TCA shop at Malton, ON, 2 Sep 1940 to 26 Mar 1941. To No. 1 Training Command at Trenton when completed. Back to TCA at Malton from 24 Apr to 16 Dec 1941. Noted as on loan, probably operated by TCA during this period. To No. 1 Training Command when loan finished. To No. 3 Training Command on 23 Mar 1942, for use by No. 12 (Comm) Squadron at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, ON. To TCA at Malton for overhaul on 7 Jun 1943. Diverted to TCA shop at Winnipeg for radio installation on 3 Dec 1943. To No. 3 Training Command on 4 Jan 1944. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 Jan 1945. Pending disposal from 21 Sep 1945. Stored at Rockcliffe, ON where it was noted with 550:50 hours of logged time since overhaul. Returned to civil register post war as CF-BTD, sold to Thunder Bay Airlines in Fort William, ON, registered by them on 9 Apr 1946. To Siple Aircraft of Montreal on 6 Jul 1946. Later to US civil register as N79237, operated by Wisconsin Central Airways. To Mid-Sky Company in 1951 and re-registered as N1285. Leased to Midway Airlines. Ground looped in Mexico City in 1952 damaging starboard wing and u/c. Repaired and later became an executive transport with Bankers Life and Casualty of Florida circa 1957. To Great Lakes Airmotive of Willow Run, MI in 1959. Damaged in belly landing at Willow Run in 1961 when it belly-landed on a test flight due to a mechanical failure. To State Airlines in Feb 1962. To Lee R. Koepke in 1962. Registered as N79237. Rebuilt and used for a round the world flight in 1967 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Amelia Earhart’s flight in 1937. Sold to Air Canada on 11 Mar 1968. Donated to Museum of Science and Technology with 10,984 total airframe hours. Now in the Canada Aviation & Space Museum in Rockcliffe, in original TCA markings as CF-TCA. 2022-01-14
   1939-October-23 Taken on Strength Purchased from TCA. 2022-01-14
1944-February-18 Accident: 12 COMM Squadron Loc: Rockliffe Names: Dettmers | Diamond | Faggiolo | Gelfand | Hingston | Leech | Mackey | Sanderson | White
   1946-January-16 Struck off Strength Struck off, later sold 2019-08-20

Ex Trans Canada Airlines CF-TCB, registered to them on 9 October 1937. Taken on strength at Camp Borden, Ontario. To Flying Instructors School at Borden on 23 October 1939. To RCAF Station Trenton with this School on 22 January 1940. To No. 1 Training Command on 1 April 1940. Category D damage at Trenton on 8 May 1940. Loaned to Trans Canada Airlines from 4 October 1940 to 18 December 1941. Back to No. 1 Training Command when loan finished, then to No. 3 Training Command on 23 March 1942. Probably used by No. 12 (Comm) Squadron at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario. To Trans Canada Airlines for overhaul on 10 December 1943. To No. 6 Repair Depot for write off on 5 July 1944, possibly after being damaged in a ground fire. Reported scrapped by RCAF, but also reported as displayed post war in Ottawa. Poss CF-TCC or L12 CF-CCT 2021-10-14
   1939-October-23 Taken on Strength Purchased from TCA 2022-01-14
1940-May-08 Accident: RCAF STN TRENTON, ONT Loc: Trenton Ontario Names: Cunningham
1942-April-15 Accident: Conversion Training Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Simpson
   1944-August-17 Struck off Strength Reported written off and scrapped. 2019-08-20

First imported as CF-BAF, registered to Canadian Airways of Winnipeg on 29 Aug 1936. To Trans Canada Airlines on 28 Aug 1937, one of their first aircraft. Taken on strength at Camp Borden, ON. To Flying Instructors School at Borden on 23 Oct 1939. To RCAF Station Trenton with this School on 22 Jan 1940. To No. 1 Training Command on 1 Apr 1940. To No. 3 Training Command on 1 Aug 1942. Noted on 27 Apr 1944 with 3180:50 total time, 662:20 since overhaul. Transferred from Central Training Establishment account to Western Air Command on 10 Oct 1944, probably with No. 12 (Comm) Squadron at Rockcliffe at this time. To storage on 12 Oct 1944. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 Jan 1945, still in storage. To No. 6 Repair Depot on 25 Jan 1945 for installation of Liquid-O-Meters (a period brand name for a type of fuel quantity / fuel flow gauges). To North West Air Command on 6 Jun 1945. Pending disposal from 12 Mar 1946. Noted while pending disposal with 2,967:45 airframe hours, 1,090:00 hours since overhaul. Struck off and sold. US registered as NC47761 to Taylor Aviation Co. in May 1946. To R. Kashower in May 1946 and used in Ecuador. Re-registered as NC1622 to Texaco in Mar 1947. Re-registered as NC16222 and donated to Purdue Aeronautics Corp on 23 Mar 1949, egistration later changed to N1622. Returned to Canadian civil register as CFHED in 1953, with Matane Air Services Ltd. Damaged on take-off at Matane, QC on 7 Mar 1957. Repaired but badly damaged when it ground-looped at Franquelin, QC on 10 May 1957. No further information and struck off Cdn register in Oct 1967. 2022-01-14
   1939-October-23 Taken on Strength Purchased from TCA 2022-01-14
1943-December-20 Accident: 12 COMM Squadron Loc: Rockcliffe Ontario Names: Dettmers | Gill | Gordon | Land | Miller | Skelhorne
1945-June-01 Accident: RADIO EXP FLIGHT Loc: 6 Repair Depot Names: Nelson
   1946-May-02 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal 2019-08-20

Imported 29 Sep 1936 by Canadian Airways Ltd. of Winnipeg, as CF-AZY. To Trans Canada Airlines, first registered to them on 10 Sep 1937. Taken on strength at Camp Borden, ON. Issued to Flying Instructors School on 23 Oct 1939. to RCAF Station Trenton, ON with this School on 22 Jan 1940. To No. 1 Training Command on 1 Apr 1940. To workshop reserve with No. 6 Repair Depot at Trenton on 27 Mar 1941, when it was noted with 3,830:15 hours logged time, 681:56 hours since overhaul. Back to No. 1 Training Command at Trenton on 28 Mar 1942. To North West Air Command on 2 Jan 1945, transferred from BCATP to Western Air Command on that day. Pending disposal from 12 Mar 1946. Had 4334:30 total airframe hours when struck off. Noted as sold to Thunder Bay Airlines in RCAF records, but their application for registration on 2 May 1946 was not taken up. Later to US register as NC97227 with Hunter C. Moody by 1949. To Pee Wing King Band and registered as N79227. To Harold W. Harbican in 1957. No further data available and fate unknown. 2022-01-14
   1939-October-23 Taken on Strength Purchased from TCA 2022-01-14
1940-September-21 Accident: CENTRAL FLYING SCHOOL TRENTON Loc: Aerodrome Names: Graham | Ingram
   1946-May-02 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal 2019-08-20

Aircraft was built in 1936. Built as a Model 10A. Purchased second hand in the US, had been NC14261, operated by Northwest Airlines from Feb 1935. Civil registration CF-BRD was assigned for ferry flight to Canada. Assigned to Western Air Command. Also used by No. 1 Training Command. Converted to 10B standard by 21 Jul 1943, Wright engines replaced with Pratt & Whitney Wasps. Put into storage with 12,359:55 hrs since new and 242:40 hrs since the last overhaul. Struck off and sold. To Canadian civil register as CF-BYU after being sold, registered to Maritime Central Airways of PEI on 24 Aug 1945. Re-converted to Model 10A. To Trans Gaspesian Air Lines of Gaspe, QC in Nov 1956. Damaged in taxiing incident at Port Menier, QC on 14 Apr 1959. To Air Gaspe in 1962. Sold and returned to the US as N3485 with Seaboard Motors in Jul 1971. Ground-looped on take-off from Corpus Christi, TX on 7 Feb 1972. Probably written-off as no further data and struck off US register as of Jul 1973. 2022-01-14
   1940-June-27 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1941-January-11 Accident: CENTRAL FLYING SCHOOL TRENTON Loc: Trenton Ontario Names: Miscampbell
   1945-March-02 Struck off Strength Struck off, sold 2019-08-20

Built as a Model 10A. Purchased second hand in the US, had been registered as NC14263 to Northwest Airlines. Civil registration CF-BRC used to import the aircraft to Canada. Assigned to RCAF. Used by various Training Commands including No. 1,2 and 4. Also used in Western Air Command. Struck off and sold. To R. Kashower of New York in 1946. To E.L. Taylor in 1947 and registered as NC65179. Operated in Ecuador. To Paramount Aquarium in late 1940s and later reregistered as N65179. To Jaes Air Taxi Service as of Mar 1956 and registered as N156S on 20 Oct 1961. To Mountain Air Lines in 1962/63. To E.P. Lunkin and re-registered as N229M in Feb 1963. To Louisville Flying Services and re-registered as N22911. Sold to LANSA on 15 Sep 1965. Registered as HR-LAB on 18 Mar 1966. Registration was cancelled on 17 Jun 1968 and the a/c was returned to the US as N22911. With Caribbean Helicopters in Jun 1968. To Howard F. Dutton in Jul 1973. Wrecked and written off in a wind storm at Haverhill, MA in May 1974 2022-01-14
   1940-June-27 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1940-December-13 Accident: CENTRAL FLYING SCHOOL TRENTON Loc: Aerodrome Trenton Names: Fisher | Horman | Primeau | Staples | Stephenson
   1946-April-05 Struck off Strength Struck off, sold 2019-08-20

Purchased second hand in the US. Had been registered as NC14244 to Northwest Airlines. Civil registration CF-BRB may have been used to import the aircraft. With No. 13 (OT) Squadron, RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC, May 1941 to Jun 1942. Cat “B” damage on 14 Dec 1944 after crashing at Edmonton, AB while attached to No. 6 Comm Flt. The a/c took off on a routine transport flight of freight and passengers bound for Norman Wells, NWT. The pilot forgot to retract the flaps and the a/c only travelled approximately 3 miles before losing altitude and stalling. The stall could not be recovered and the a/c struck the ground starboard wing first The two pilots and two passengers escaped with minor injuries. The a/c was not repaired and was struck off / scrapped. 2022-01-14
   1940-June-27 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1944-December-14 Accident: 6 COMM FLIGHT Loc: Edmonton Alberta Names: Galigan | Gwynne | Kidd | Worthington
   1945-February-27 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20

Aircraft was built in 1935. Purchased second hand in the US, had been registered as NC14962 to Eastern Airlines. Probably purchased from Chicago & Southern Airlines where it flew as the “City of Springfield”. The civil registration CF-BQW used to import the aircraft to Canada. Assigned to RCAF with Western Air Command. With No. 13 (OT) Squadron, RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC, Oct 1940 to Jun 1942. Used by No. 4 Training Command as of 29 May 1943. To NWAC as of 19 Jan 1944 for use on North West Staging Route. Back to Western Air Command use as of 1 Apr 1944. Put into storage with 12,477:55 hrs since new and 1,717:00 hrs since the last overhaul. Struck off and sold to civil register as CF-BXQ, registered to Maritime Central Airways of PEI on 6 Mar 1945. Converted to 10A and re-engined with Pratt & Whitney Wasps in 1954. To Matane Air Services of Matane, QC on 1 Jun 1956. Exported to
US on 30 Jul 1963 to unknown owner as N8723R. Re-registered to Midwest Airlines at N228M. To Provincetown-Boston Airlines by Jan 1966 and registered as N239PB by 1968. To Franklin J. Lindsey in Jul 1973. Damaged when port u/c collapsed while landing on Conch Bar on Middle Caicos Island on 5 Jul 1974. Flown to Miami for repairs. To John Leibolt in Jun 1977. Registered as N239PB to Old Turkey Inc. of West Palm Beach, Florida on 25 October 1977, this registration cancelled on 18 December 1981.Last reported stored in Fort Lauderdale, FL. May have also been used for illegal activities. Fate unknown. 2022-01-14
   1940-June-27 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
   1944-October-25 Struck off Strength Struck off, sold 2019-08-20

Built in 1936Built in 1936, purchased second hand in the US. Previously registered to J.R. Brinkley as NC16054 before delivery to RCAF. Temporary registration CF-BRS used for delivery to Canada. Assigned to RCAF’s WAC. With No. 13 (OT) Squadron, RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC, from 1 May 1941 to 1942, in a mix of RCAF and pre-war airline markings. Coded "AN*Y". To No. 13 TSD in Vancouver as of 19 Mar 1942. Later with Photo Flight, coded "MK", at Rockcliffe. (The Photo Flight was formed in mid 1942 from the land plane flight of 13 (OT) Squadron, and later become No. 13 (P) Squadron.) Put into storage with 2,653:15 hrs since new and 472:25 hrs since the last overhaul. Struck off and sold. To Maritime Central Airways as CF-BEH but registration not taken up. Sold to the US on 12 Jun 1946, registered to Dayton Airways as NC16054 and later as N16054. To Stream Eze Inc as of Mar 1958. Converted to Model 10A and to Monarch Airways as of Mar 1960. Damaged in a wind storm in AK on 8 Jan 1959. Repaired and leased to Munz Airways. Damaged at Nome, AK on 15 Aug 1960, and apparently never repaired. No further data and fate unknown. 2022-01-14
   1940-July-07 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1944-January-07 Accident: 12 COMM Squadron Loc: Trenton Station Names: Broadley | Bryentom | Diamond | Leech | Moore | Reid | Van Clieaf
   1945-June-07 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20

Aircraft was built in 1936. Built in 1936, purchased second hand in the US. Carried registration NC16024 before delivery to RCAF, and was operated by Chicago Southern Airlines with the name “City of Chicago”. Temporary registration CF-BRL used for delivery to Canada. Assigned to RCAF’s WAC. The a/c suffered a Cat ”B” accident at RCAF Stn Trenton on 11 Oct 1940. Put into storage with 9,413:40 hrs since new and 692:40 hrs since the last overhaul. Struck off and sold. To civil register as CF-BYV after being struck off, registered to Maritime Central Airways on 24 Aug 1945. Converted to Model 10A (P&W Wasp engines) in Apr 1949. To Matane Services on 26 Nov 1956. Sold into the US in 1964, registered as N5705 to Universal Air Leasing Inc as of 29 Nov 1964. Last seen stored in good condition in Fort Lauderdale, FL in Apr 1970. Fate unknown. This US registration was revoked in 1977. 2022-01-14
   1940-July-07 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1940-October-11 Accident: CENTRAL FLYING SCHOOL TRENTON Loc: Trenton Names: Edwards | Newton
   1945-March-02 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20

Acquired second hand, was NC14398 with Braniff Airways as of 15 Jun 1935.. Registered as CFBRE for ferry flight from USA. Assigned to RCAF’s WAC. With No. 13 (OT) Squadron, RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC, from 1 May 1941 / 1942. Later served with No. 166 (T) Sqn at Sea Island, BC and with No. 122 (K) Sqn still on the west coast. Put into storage with 11,251:00 hrs since new and 1,276:50 hrs since the last overhaul. Struck and sold. Back to US registry as NC14938 when sold to an unknown owner. Later N14938 with Lease Air Inc. To California Aviation Activities in CA and reported as crashed there on 8 Dec 1952. 2022-01-14
   1940-August-02 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
   1946-May-02 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20

Acquired second hand with a value of $28,500; originally was NC14942 with Braniff Airways as 16 Jul 1935. Registered as CF-BRF for ferry flight to Canada. To RCAF’s WAC for use on the Northwest Staging Route. Put into storage with 10,715:55 hrs since new and 1,489:30 hrs since the last overhaul. No further data and fate unknown 2022-01-14
   1940-August-02 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
   1946-May-02 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20

Prototype Electra, first flew in 1934. Various registrations during testing and commercial use in the US. Acquired second hand, was NC233Y of Mid-Continent Airlineswhen acquired. Registered as CF-BRG for flight to Canada. Destroyed by fire at RCAF Station Mountain View, Ontario. 2019-09-22
   1940-August-02 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1941-October-14 Accident: CENTRAL FLYING SCHOOL TRENTON Loc: Aerodrome Names: Armstrong | Carte | Faulkes | Young
   1941-November-13 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20

Reported registered as OK-CTB to Bata AS in 1937, flown around the world on a publicity tour. Left Czechoslovakia in early 1939, to UK via Poland and France. Shipped to US in May 1939. Reassembled by Lockheed Aircraft, for sale to Canada. Registered as NC17380 for flight tests in US. Purchased for $42,000. Registered as CF-BTB for ferry flight to Canada. Assigned to RCAF’s WAC. To stored reserve as of 8 May 1942. Back to No 1 Training Command in Trenton as of 13 Aug 1942. To NWAC as of 2 Jan 1945. Back to storage as of 8 Jan 1946. Put into storage with 2,881:55 hrs since new and 139:00 hrs since the last overhaul. Struck off and sold. To civil register as NC79236 with Hunter C. Moody on 2 Jul 1946. and later N79236. To Lyeth Engineering Co. on 3 Feb 1951. To Purdue University in Apr 1951. To Walter R. Crow Inc in Dec 1953. To James Van Heusen and Margaret M. O’Brien as of Aug 1957. Being operated by Price Airlines in 1957, when in forced landed on mud flats in San Francisco Bay due to fuel shortage. Damaged at Mercury, Nevada on 23 May 1962, and originally reported as a total loss. Several subsequent owners during repairs and further restorations but documentation incomplete. Beech D18S engine cowls fitted as of 21 Apr 1964. Registered as N241M circa 1963/64. Operated in the US back in RCAF markings as #7656 as early as 1995. Registered as N241M to Aircraft Guaranty Corp. of Onalaska, TX as of 6 Aug 2009. 2022-01-14
   1940-September-11 Taken on Strength Purchased second hand 2022-01-14
1941-March-21 Accident: RCAF STN TRENTON, ONT Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bull | Lewington
1941-May-22 Accident: RCAF STN Loc: Aerodrome Trenton Ontario Names: Armstrong | Carr
1942-April-01 Accident: CENTRAL FLYING SCHOOL TRENTON Loc: Aerodrome Names: Johnston | Mcnicoll
   1946-May-02 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20

Known Squadron Assignments: ;2;124;125

On US register as NC3138 with Braniff Airlines (recorded in error as NC3128 in some RCAF records). Purchased second hand, reported value $46,500. Temporary registration CF-BSZ issued for ferry flight to Canada. Probably used by No. 2 Training Command communications flights. Operated by No. 124 (Ferry) Squadron when it suffered a Category A crash near McGregor, Manitoba (midway between Winnipeg and Brandon) at 21:00 on 26 January 1942. All 7 on board killed, including pilot Flight Lieutenant W.J. Dyson. To No. 8 Repair Depot at Winnipeg for scrapping. 2019-09-22
   1940-October-21 Taken on Strength No. 2 Training Command 2019-08-20
1942-January-26 Accident: 2 C&F FLIGHT Loc: Near Macgregor Manitoba Names: Bate | Clark | Dyson | Field | Holland | Lane | Thrift
   1942-April-06 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
1942-January-26 KIFA RAF Sergeant J L Clark 2024-02-25
1942-January-26 KIFA RCAF Flight Lieutenant William John Dyson 2021-08-04
1942-January-26 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Frederick Field 2023-06-13
1942-January-26 KIFA RAF Sergeant H M Holland 2021-03-01
1942-January-26 KIFA RAF Sergeant A R Lane 2021-02-28
1942-January-26 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer John Henry Thrift 2023-03-04