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    Airframe Family: Noorduyn Norseman
    Latest Model:Norseman IVW
    Last Military Serial:2456 RCAF
    Construction Number:029
    Last Civil Registration:CF-BTC
    Compressed ID:Noorduyn Norseman IVW sn 2456 RCAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Norseman IVW.

    13 September 1940

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 2456.

    Transferred to No. 3 Training Command.

    29 January 1941

    Category B Crash.
    Accident at St. Hubert, PQ.

    Transferred to Noorduyn, Cartierville, PQ.
    Sent to Noorduyn for repairs.

    Assigned to No. 1 Training Command for storage.

    Transferred to No. 4 Wireless School, Burtch Airfield.


    Photographer: Unknown

    Two Category C accidents at Burtch Airfield, while with this School.

    5 January 1945

    Transferred to Noorduyn.
    Sent to Noorduyn for repairs.

    28 June 1945

    To Reserve Storage.

    8 January 1946

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    To Western Aircraft Ltd, Oshawa, ON.

    February 1946

    To Thunder Bay Airlines, Fort William, ON with new c/r CF-BTC.

    27 January 1948

    To Central Northern Airways, Winnipeg, MB keeping c/r CF-BTC.

    1956

    To Transair Ltd, Saint. James, MB keeping c/r CF-BTC.
    To Transair when Central Northern and Arctic Wings merged to become Transair.

    9 October 1958

    To Northland Fish Ltd, Winnipeg, MB keeping c/r CF-BTC.

    3 September 1959

    To A. W. Laserich, Hay River, NT keeping c/r CF-BTC.

    6 February 1962


    Photographer: Al Gross
    Notes: CF-BTC at Keller Lake NWT in 1962

    27 June 1962

    To Menzies Fish Company, Edmonton, AB keeping c/r CF-BTC.

    25 September 1962

    To A. W. Laserich keeping c/r CF-BTC.

    14 June 1968

    To Cecilie Stevens, Yellowknife, NT keeping c/r CF-BTC.

    7 April 1978

    To C and M Airways, Buffalo Narrows, SK keeping c/r CF-BTC.

    13 July 1978

    To Cecilie Stevens keeping c/r CF-BTC.


    Photographer: Robert Jerome
    Notes: At the Old Edmonton Center Airport

    1982

    To Randair, Fort McMurray, AB keeping c/r CF-BTC.

    1 June 1984

    To Cecilie Palmer, Cold Lake, AB keeping c/r CF-BTC.


    Photographer: Richard McCalder

    21 April 1992

    To David Holosney, Edmonton, AB keeping c/r CF-BTC.

    12 July 1992

    Damaged.
    When clear air turbulence was encountered and an area of fabric separated from the right wing.

    The aircraft was landed safely at Cree Lake, Saskatchewan. Temporary repairs were made by Red Lake Seaplane Service and the aircraft ferried to Red Lake for permanent repair.

    To J. W. Hostetler.

    18 November 1992

    To Jay W Hostetler, Red Lake, ON keeping c/r CF-BTC.

    18 November 1992

    Assigned civil registration: CF-BTC
    Registered to Hostetler.

    1998

    To Western Canada Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, MB.

    Restored.

    2004

    Placed on display.

    28 June 2006

    Civil registration, CF-BTC, cancelled.

    10 October 2007

    To Western Canada Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, MB with new c/r CF-BTC.

    Based at Western Canada Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, MB.
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    To Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada, Winnipeg, MB.
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