Fairchild Cornell
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Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
In early 1942, an agreement was signed between the Canadian Government and Fairchild Aircraft, which licenced Fleet Aircraft of Fort Erie, Ontario to construct the PT-26 Cornell in Canada. The first 800 Cornells used by the RCAF were supplied from Fairchild, until production commenced at Fort Erie in November 1942. By the end of the war in 1945, 2,853 Cornells had been built by Fleet - 1,565 for the RCAF and 1,288 for the RAF.
PT-26 Cornells were flown at many of the Elementary Flying Training Schools (EFTS) of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, where they replaced the Fleet Finch and the de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane trainers. After the Second World War, many Cornells were sold to the civilian market, but some were retained by the RCAF, where they were finally retired in 1948. CWPHM
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Cornell Cornell III 14552
To No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School on 23 August 1943. Damaged in a crash while with this School on 22 November 1943. To No. 13 Elementary Flying Training School at St. Eugune, Ontario in early 1944. Category A crash on 7 February 1945, near Point Fortune, Quebec. Instructor Flying Officer J.C. Jackman, RCAF and student ALA G. Hunter, FAA killed.1943-08-23 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1943-November-17 Accident: 11 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Charlebois
1944-June-22 Accident: 13 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Perkins | Wigfield
1945-February-07 Accident: 13 Elementary Flying Training School Loc: 4 Mile From Base Names: Hunter | Jackman
1945-03-16 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07