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Leslie, SaskatchewanAvro Canada CF-100 Canuck Clunk
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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Harold A Skaarup Web PageCASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (692), RCAF 400 Squadron (90), Canadian Aircraft Losses (53)Canuck Mk. 4B 18367
Served with No. 428 AW(F) Squadron, RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario, in the 1950s. Serving with No. 445 Squadron at time of crash. Crashed into the Villa Saint-Louis Convent, in Hiawatha Park of Orléans Ontario. Flying Officer W.J. Schmidt and Flying Officer K.D. Thomas killed, along with 13 people in convent.
1955-04-13 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1956-06-01 Struck off Strength Struck off, after Category A crash at Ottawa on 15 May 1956. 2019-08-20
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