Table of Contents
Griffin Books
4. Instructional Register 479-492
5. Royal Canadian Navy Serials 493-495
6. British Military Serials 497-592
7. United States Army/AirForce Serials 593-597
8. United States Navy Serials 599-603
9. Canadian Civil Registration 605-607
10. Previous and Subsequent Canadian Civil Registrations 609-637
Chapter 5
ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY SERIALS
The Royal Canadian Navy did not develop a register or serial system of their own but rather chose to retain the serials applied to aircraft by the service of origin. When new aircraft were purchased to their specific order they occasionally bore the manufacturer's number adopted as a serial, a practice used to number some helicopters.
The exception to these practices was the allocation of serials to Canadian-produced naval aircraft. The de Havil- land-produced Trackers, and the Sea King helicopters produced by United Aircraft of Canada Ltd., both had blocks assigned which overlaid RCAF serials but only the latter were issued by the RCAF. Trackers were numbered in the 1500 series and the Sea Kings in the 4000 series.
The remaining RCN aircraft bore either their original British serials, USN, or USAF serials or adaptations of the manufacturer's number used as a serial. JA Griffin et al 1968
| Pg | Serial | Type | Manuf | C/N | TOS | SOS | Reg | Base | Acc | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 495 | 300 | Bell HTL 4 | 300 | 1951-08-13 | 1965-10-27 | 01/01/0001 00:00:00 | ||||
| 495 | 301 | Bell HTL 4 | 301 | 1951-08-13 | 1967-04-22 | CF-VTQ | 01/01/0001 00:00:00 | |||
| 495 | 302 | Bell HTL 4 | 302 | 1951-08-13 | 1958-11-03 | Cat A 07/12/1957 00:00:00 | ||||
| 495 | 1329 | Bell HTL 13 | 1329 | 1962-05-02 | 1967-04-22 | CF-VTR | 01/01/0001 00:00:00 | |||
| 495 | 1387 | Bell HTL 6 | 1387 | 1955-06-28 | 0000-00-00 | 01/01/0001 00:00:00 | ||||
| 495 | 1388 | Bell HTL 6 | 1388 | 1955-06-28 | 1967-04-22 | CF-VTS | 01/01/0001 00:00:00 | |||
| 495 | 1452 | Bell HTL 6 | 1452 | 1955-11-18 | 1958-11-03 | 01/01/0001 00:00:00 | ||||
| 495 | 5088 | DH Tiger Moth | 5088 | 1941-07-29 | 1945-02-08 | 01/01/0001 00:00:00 | Re purchase � ex RCAF. Likely scrapped or reduced to spares (CAHS) | |||
| 495 | 8865 | DH Tiger Moth | 8865 | 1942-05-14 | 1945-07-27 | CF-IVO | 01/01/0001 00:00:00 | Re purchase � ex RCAF. Purchased and flown by Father John MacGillivray. Donated 1964 to EAA Air Museum, Hales Corners, Wisconsin | ||
| 495 | 5014 | DH Tiger Moth | 5014 | 1941-06-16 | 1945-08-20 | 01/01/0001 00:00:00 | Re purchase � ex RCAF. CAHS states SOS 1.3.50. Acquired Sept 1955 by Quebec Soaring Club. Crashed DBR August 1957 |