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    Airframe Family: Consolidated Fleet 1/2/3/4/5/6/7 Fawn/8/10/11/14/16 Finch/21/PT-6/N2Y
    Latest Model:Finch II
    Last Military Serial:4725 RCAF
    Construction Number:542
    Last Civil Registration:C-GBJS
    Compressed ID:Fleet Finch II sn 4725 RCAF cn 542...
    Latest Owner or Location:The Canadian Museum of Flight, Langley, British Columbia

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    Dates

    Event

    By 1940

    Constructed as a Finch II by Fleet.
    Fleet Aircraft of Canada Ltd. in Fort Erie, Ontario

    From December 1940 to October 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 4725.

    Transferred to No. 9 EFTS, Saint. Catherines, ON.

    Transferred to No. 11 EFTS, Cap de Madeline, QC.

    To Barry Jackson.

    14 March 1975

    To D R Boice, Farmington, NM with new c/r N16BP.

    27 April 1976

    Civil registration, N16BP, cancelled.

    18 June 1981

    To Canadian Museum of Flight Association, Langley, BC with new c/r C-GBJS.

    Operated by The Canadian Museum of Flight, Langley, BC.
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    10 October 2003

    Assigned civil registration: C-GBJS (16B, 542)

    10 October 2003

    To unknown owner with c/r C-GBJS.

    12 August 2005


    Photographer: John W. Olafson
    Notes: at the 2005 Abbotsford Air Show

    7 May 2006


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Minus wings at the Canadian Aviation Museum, Langley, BC
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