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    Airframe Family: Consolidated PBY/OA-10 Catalina / Canso
    Latest Model:Canso A
    Last Military Serial:9781 RCAF
    Compressed ID:Boeing Canada Canso A sn 9781 RCAF
    Latest Owner or Location:No. 5 (BR) Squadron

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Canso A by Boeing Canada at Vancouver, British Columbia.

    30 March 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 9781.

    30 March 1943

    Transferred to Eastern Air Command, Halifax, NS.

    Circa 1943

    Transferred to No. 116 (BR) Squadron, NS.
    Operated with markings: M

    Transferred to No. 5 (BR) Squadron.


    Photographer: Malaynny Howly via R L Ward via EBay

    February 1944

    Crashed.
    Broke up and sank off Labrador.

    27 March 1944

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