Bedard, Roy Charles

Killed in Flying Accident 1954-09-08

Birth Date: 1921-April-30

Born: Sudbury, Ontario

Son of Edward Charles and Lila (ne Hislop) of Lachute, Quebec.

Home: Sudbury, Ontario

Enlistment: Ottawa, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1942-04-17

Service

RCAF

Unit

3 (AW) OTU- Operational Training Unit

Base

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

200109

Cpl P. Ardley also killed.

Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Clunk

(RCAF Photo) Avro CF-100 Canuck Mk. 4B (Serial No. 18330), and (Serial No. 18364), No. 423 Squadron, based at No. 2 (F) Wing, RCAF Station Grostenquin, France, 9 Oct 1962.
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The Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck (affectionately known as the "Clunk") was a Canadian jet interceptor/fighter in service during the Cold War both in NATO bases in Europe and as part of NORAD. The CF-100 was the only Canadian-designed fighter to enter mass production, serving primarily with the RCAF and the Canadian Armed Forces, and also in small numbers in Belgium. For its day, the CF-100 featured a short takeoff run and high climb rate, making it well suited to its role as an interceptor.

Production consisted of 5 pre-production CF-100 Mk. 2 aircraft, 74 machine gun armed CF-100 Mk. 3 aircraft, 280 CF-100 Mk. 4 aircraft armed with both machine guns and rocket pods, and 331 CF-100 Mk. 5 aircraft armed only with rocket pods.Harold Skaarup web page




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