Ardley, Peter James

Killed in Flying Accident 1954-09-08

Birth Date: 1923-February-04

Born: Marylebone, England

Son of Alice and Peter (deceased) Ardley of Essex, England.

Home: Marylebone, England

Enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment Date: 1947-12-30

Service

RCAF

Unit


Base

RCAF Stn. North Bay, Ontario

Rank

Corporal

Position

Corporal

Service Numbers

12420

Passenger in the aircraft when it crashed at North Bay.Flying Officer R. Bedard 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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