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13801
de Havilland Canada
CC-138
Twin Otter
DHC-6 Series 300
303
first date: 10
November 1971 – Taken on
strength
Delivered
to No. 424 (T&R) Squadron, CFB Trenton, in July 1971.
Loaned to No. 426 Squadron for pilot training. UN duties in Kashmir from 12 January 1972,
replacing 13808 after it was destroyed. Later
with No. 440 Squadron. In storage at Air
Maintenance Development Unit at CFD Mountain View, Ontario when sold. To US civil register as N774A, with Scott
Aircraft Services from December 1994. To
Canadian register as C-FUGP, registered to 491549 Alberta Limited on 15
March 1995. Then to Exxon Mobile Canada as
C-FMOL on 2 March 2001. To Provincial Air
Lines on 28 November 2002. Sold to 171817
Canada Limited, operating as Arctic Sunwest Charters, from 16 June 2003. To North-Wright Airways on 14 November 2003. To Ashe Aircraft Enterprise on 6 October 2004.
last date: 19 July 1994 – Struck off
13802
de Havilland Canada
CC-138
Twin Otter
DHC-6 Series 300
304
first date: 29 July 1971 – Taken on
strength
With No.
440 Squadron in April 1995. Still
operational in 2006, with No. 440 Squadron at Yellowknife, NWT.
13803
de Havilland Canada
CC-138
Twin Otter
DHC-6 Series 300
305
first date: 5 August
1971 – Taken on
strength
With No.
440 Squadron in April 1995. Still
operational in 2006, with No. 440 Squadron at Yellowknife, NWT.
13804
de Havilland Canada
CC-138
Twin Otter
DHC-6 Series 300
306
first date: 1 September 1971 – Taken on
strength
Delivered
to No. 424 (T&R) Squadron, CFB Trenton. With
No. 440 Squadron at CFB Yellowknife, NWT in April 1995.
Still operational in 2006, with No. 440 Squadron at
Yellowknife, NWT.
13805
de Havilland Canada
CC-138
Twin Otter
DHC-6 Series 300
307
first date: 9
September 1971 – Taken on
strength
With
No. 440 Squadron, CFB Namao, Alberta, in 1970s. Used to
drop trainee SARtechs of Course No. 15 at Entrance, Alberta in 1976. Still with this unit in April 1995. Still operational in 2006, with No. 440
Squadron at Yellowknife, NWT.
13806
de Havilland Canada
CC-138
Twin Otter
DHC-6 Series 300
308
first date: 17 September 1971 – Taken on
strength
Operated by
No. 440 Squadron at CFB Namao, Alberta. Withdrawn
from use in August 1994. In storage at Air
Maintenance Development Unit at CFD Mountain View, Ontario when sold. To US register as N776A, registered to Scott
Aircraft Service in December 1994. Later
to Canadian register as C-FTXQ. Registered
to Beau del Leasing on 18 January 1995. To
Ptarmigan Airways on 10 February 1995. To
Bradley Air Services in January 1997. To
Arctic Sunwest Charters on 17 July 2001. Still
there in 2003.
last date: 19 July 1994 – Struck off
13807
de Havilland Canada
CC-138
Twin Otter
DHC-6 Series 300
309
first date: 17
September 1971 – Taken on
strength
With No.
440 Squadron at CFB Namao, Alberta. Used
by crew from reserve unit No. 418 Squadron at time of crash. Was searching for another SAR aircraft
(civilian) that had gone down looking for an overdue light plane. The aircraft flew into the side of a mountain,
killing all on board: pilot Capt. Ted Kates, co-pilot Capt. Wayne
Plumtree and 6 observers. According to
official accident report, the crash was caused by a freak optical
illusion. Color of rocks in mountain
combined with sun angle at the time of the crash to make a large ledge
impossible to see. Crash location 74
kilometres (46.3 miles) west of Calgary, Alberta.
last date: 5 May 1987 – Struck off after being
destroyed in crash on 14 June 1986, see comments.
13808
de Havilland Canada
CC-138
Twin Otter
DHC-6 Series 300
310
first date: 8 July 1971 – Taken on
strength
Delivered
to No. 424 (T&R) Squadron, CFB Trenton. Used
for initial flight crew training at Trenton, with DHC instructor Don
Rogers. Ferried from Trenton to Pakistan
on 24 July to 9 August 1971, via Frobisher, Greenland, Iceland, UK,
Lahr, Rome, Athens, Beirut, Bahrein, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Srinagar. Commenced UN operations on 11 August 1971. Operated in Pakistan for UNMOGIP (UN Military
Observer Group in Pakistan), in UN colours but still displaying CF
serial number. Destroyed on ground, by
bomb from Indian AF Hunter of No. 20 Squadron, IAF at
Islamabad-Chaklala Air Base in Pakistan on 5 December 1971. No casualties reported.
last date: 12 January
1972 – Struck off after being destroyed on 5 December 1971, see
comments
13809
de Havilland Canada
CC-138
Twin Otter
DHC-6 Series 300
382
first date: 7
November 1973 – Taken on
strength
Purchased
as replacement for 13808. With No. 440
Squadron at CFB Namao, Alberta. Leased to
RCMP, through Inter-Cay Financial and Investment Inc. of Toronto, from
13 May 1994. Operated in overall white
finish, carried CF serial number and registration C-FSLR.
Reportedly used in anti-drug surveillance flights. Declared surplus on 19 July 1994.
To KSS Aviation of Papua New Guinea as P2-KSK by December
1994. To US register as N677A, registered
to Scott Aircraft Services same month. To
Canadian register as C-FUGT. To Ashe
Aircraft Enterpirses on 15 March 1995. To
Bradley Air Services on 16 March 1995. To
First Air on 29 January 1999, based at Ottawa, Ontario.
To Unaalik Aviation on 7 June 2002. To
Ken Borek Air on 25 October 2004. Sold to
Maldivian Air Taxi in December 2004, registered as 8Q-MAR.
Ferried to Maldives 14 and 15 November 2004.
last date: 19 July 1994 – Struck off, sold.
This data has come
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future, I will add a complete list of references. For now, some recent
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Created 14 July 2006. Updated 18 August 2007.