Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Clunk
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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
CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF Owned (692) RCAF 400 Squadrons (121) Canadian Crewed (55) Canadian Manufactured (1) Canadian Museum (2)Canuck Mk. 5 18562
Both wings separated during London, Ontario air show on 8 June 1957. Flying Officer L.E.V. Sparrow and Flying Officer D.A. Sheffield killed. Operated by No. 433 Squadron, from RCAF Station North Bay, Ontario at time of crash. Post crash film analysis suggests aircraft pulled 7+ g, limit for weight and altitude was 4.74 g.1956-08-20 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1957-07-12 Struck off Strength Struck off after crash, see comments. 2019-08-20