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This is a list of aircraft of the Royal Canadian Navy covering the period up until 1968 when all aircraft operations were transferred to the air section of the newly unified Canadian Forces (now Canadian Forces Maritime Command).

Prior to the Second World War the Royal Canadian Navy did not operate aircraft. The Royal Navy Air Service's Royal Navy Canadian Air Service used Curtiss H.12 flying boats to carry out anti-submarine patrols off the east coast. During the Second World War, Canadian personel manned the carriers HMS Nabob (from 1943 until sunk in 1944) and HMS Puncher (from 1944 until returned to the US in 1946), with their complement of Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based aircraft including Martlet/Wildcat, Hellcats, Sea Hurricanes, Corsairs, Swordfish, Barracudas, Fireflies and Avengers. With the purchase of HMCS Warrior in 1946, and when it proved unsuitable, the purchase of HMCS Magnificent in 1948, the RCN received its first aircraft, operating Fairey Firefly fighter-bombers and Supermarine Seafire fighters loaned from the Royal Navy. These were replaced shortly afterwards with Hawker Sea Fury fighters and Grumman Avenger torpedo bombers.

From the end of war to the 1960s, the RCN operated a variety of fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft. After the Canadian Forces sold off (HMCS Bonaventure) in 1970, Canadian naval vessels operated only helicopters from their decks. The Grumman CP-121 Trackers were transfered to land bases and performed coastal patrols.

Aircraft

Name 1968 CF
designator		 Place of
manufacture		 Primary
role(s)		 Service
period		 #
used		 Notes
Avro Anson Mk.V n/a Canada utility/trainer ?-? 2
Beechcraft Expeditor CT-128 US transport/trainer ?-? ?
Bell HTL-4 & HTL-6 n/a US utility helicopter ?-? 8
Canadair Silver Star CT-133 Canada trainer ?-? 4 ex-RCAF
Consolidated Canso n/a Canada maritime patrol flying boat ?-? 7 built by Canadian-Vickers
de Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth n/a Canada trainer 1948-1950 3
Fairey Albacore n/a UK torpedo bomber 1943-1949 6 transferred to RCN but never flown
Fairey Firefly[1][2] n/a UK fighter-bomber 1947-1954 76 ex-RN on loan
Fairey Swordfish n/a UK torpedo bomber ?-? 22 ex-FAA
Grumman Avenger n/a US torpedo bomber/ASW aircraft 1950-1960 125 ex-USN, extensively modified[3]
Grumman Hellcat n/a US fighter n/a 0 Proposed but not bought
Grumman CS2F Tracker CP-121 Canada ASW aircraft ?-? 99 built by de Havilland Canada
Grumman Wildcat n/a US fighter ?-? 5?
Hawker Sea Fury n/a UK fighter 1948-1957 75 [4][5]
McDonnell F2H Banshee n/a US fighter 1955-1962 39 ex-USN[6]
North American Harvard n/a Canada trainer ?-? 36 ex-RCAF, Built by Noorduyn Aviation and Canadian Car & Foundry
Sikorsky HO4S n/a US Search and Rescue helicopter 1952-? 13 [7]
Sikorsky CHSS-2 Sea King CH-124 Canada ASW helicopter ?-? 41
Supermarine Seafire n/a UK fighter 1946-1954 35 ex-FAA[7]
Supermarine Walrus n/a UK rescue amphibian ?-1947 3 ex-FAA & RAF
Piasecki HUP Retriever n/a US rescue/utility helicopter 1954-1964 3 ex-USN[7]

References

  1. ^ http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/equip/hst/firefly-eng.asp
  2. ^ Griffin, 1969, p.12
  3. ^ Griffin, 1969, p.13
  4. ^ Griffin, 1969, p.14
  5. ^ http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/equip/hst/seafury-eng.asp
  6. ^ Griffin, 1969, p.15
  7. ^ a b c Griffin, 1969, p.17


Bibliography

Posting War Ship Listings: Postwar Canadian Ship Listing 1945–Present

  • Griffin, John A. Canadian Military Aircraft Serials & Photographs 1920 - 1968. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, Publication No. 69-2, 1969.
  • Molson, Ken M. and Harold A. Taylor. Canadian Aircraft Since 1909. Stittsville, Ontario: Canada's Wings, Inc., 1982. ISBN 0-920002-11-0.
  • Walker, R.W.R. Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers url: http://www.rwrwalker.ca/ accessdate: 21 January 2014.
  • Howard, John. [nostomaniac.ca/jh/RCN.pdf Royal Canadian NAVY Aircraft Serial Numbers] accessdate: 21 January 2014.

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