Stewart, Robert Clyde

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Norseman 2486

Norseman Mk. IV 2486

Assigned to No. 1 Training Command, Trenton, Ontario. Transferred 28 January 1942 to No. 3 Training Command, Rockcliffe, Ontario. Category C accident at Windsor Mills, Quebec 11 March 1942. To Noorduyn Aviation for repairs 17 June 1942, returned to No. 3 Training Command 20 July 1942. On 3 February 1943 transferred on loan to RAF Ferry Command, Dorval, Quebec, to be used for rescue work in Newfoundland. Returned to No. 3 Training Command 16 March 1944 and put in Reserve Storage. Re-activated 26 July 1944. On 15 January 1945 transferred to No. 1 Air Command. On 20 August 1946, sent to No. 6 Repair Depot for repairs, returning 26 May 1947. Operated by Central Air Command Communications Flight at Trenton in November 1948. On 30 October 1948 it was sent for repairs and fabric re-covering. Returned to Trenton 27 October 1953 where it served until 4 December 1952. To Royal Norwegian AF at Horten. May have been stationed at Voernes, in storage there around February 8, 1955. On 17 January 1959, given civil registration LN-BIU, C of A No. 506, Reg. No. 477 and placed on loan to Wideroes Flyveselskap. Withdrawn from Air Force service 29 April 1959, and offered for sale with 1051 hours total time. Sold to Wideroes on wheels with engine No.327535 on 9 December 1959. Bought by Varanffly, Kirkens, 20 June 1967. Written off in a crash at Grøttøy 20 November 1971.

1941-05-07 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1942-March-11 Accident: 124 Ferry Squadron Loc: Windsor Mills Aerodrome Names: Miller
1945-June-01 Accident: RADIO EXP FLIGHT Loc: 6 Repair Depot Names: Nelson
1953-04-23 Struck off Strength Struck off, transferred, via Mutual Aid to the Royal Norwegian Air Force, their serial R-AN. 2019-08-20

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Electra 1528

Electra 10A 1528

First imported as CF-BAF, registered to Canadian Airways of Winnipeg on 29 Aug 1936. To Trans Canada Airlines on 28 Aug 1937, one of their first aircraft. Taken on strength at Camp Borden, ON. To Flying Instructors School at Borden on 23 Oct 1939. To RCAF Station Trenton with this School on 22 Jan 1940. To No. 1 Training Command on 1 Apr 1940. To No. 3 Training Command on 1 Aug 1942. Noted on 27 Apr 1944 with 3180:50 total time, 662:20 since overhaul. Transferred from Central Training Establishment account to Western Air Command on 10 Oct 1944, probably with No. 12 (Comm) Squadron at Rockcliffe at this time. To storage on 12 Oct 1944. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 Jan 1945, still in storage. To No. 6 Repair Depot on 25 Jan 1945 for installation of Liquid-O-Meters (a period brand name for a type of fuel quantity / fuel flow gauges). To North West Air Command on 6 Jun 1945. Pending disposal from 12 Mar 1946. Noted while pending disposal with 2,967:45 airframe hours, 1,090:00 hours since overhaul. Struck off and sold. US registered as NC47761 to Taylor Aviation Co. in May 1946. To R. Kashower in May 1946 and used in Ecuador. Re-registered as NC1622 to Texaco in Mar 1947. Re-registered as NC16222 and donated to Purdue Aeronautics Corp on 23 Mar 1949, egistration later changed to N1622. Returned to Canadian civil register as CFHED in 1953, with Matane Air Services Ltd. Damaged on take-off at Matane, QC on 7 Mar 1957. Repaired but badly damaged when it ground-looped at Franquelin, QC on 10 May 1957. No further information and struck off Cdn register in Oct 1967.

1939-10-23 Taken on Strength Purchased from TCA 2022-01-14
1943-December-20 Accident: 12 COMM Squadron Loc: Rockcliffe Ontario Names: Dettmers | Gill | Gordon | Land | Miller | Skelhorne
1945-June-01 Accident: RADIO EXP FLIGHT Loc: 6 Repair Depot Names: Nelson
1946-05-02 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for disposal 2019-08-20