Lockheed C-130 Hercules CC-130
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(Source RCAF Web Page)
CC-130 Hercules - Kestrel Publications
CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF Owned (62) RCAF 400 Squadrons (61) Canadian Crewed (60) Canadian Museum (2)Hercules CC-130H 130329
USAF serial 73-1589 issued for book keeping, no record of it actually being marked externally (does appear on serial plate). Delivered to 435 Squadron on 26 September 1974. Later served with 436 (T) Squadron. Flew this squadron's first operational LAPES mission on 8 April 1982, when it delivered 64 drums of fuel near Eureka, NWT. Crashed and destroyed during LAPES demonstration at CFB Namao, Alberta on 16 November 1982. Crashed when load jammed in aircraft, with chute deployed. 7 fatalities, including Sgt. D.G. Buchan, Sgt. J.R. Gionet, Capt. T.C. Harper, and Capt. R.F. Lovell of 435 Squadron, and Capt. J.M. Smith; and Master Corporal L.D. Smith of 436 Squadron.1974-10-16 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1983-06-28 Struck off Strength Struck off after crash, see comments. 2019-08-20