RCAF Finches 4700 to 4749
Canadian Military Aircraft
Serial Numbers
RCAF 4700 to 4749
Detailed List
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Manufacturer
basic designation
variant or model
name
company designation
company number
4700
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 26 November 1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 26 September 1941 while
with No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School at London, Ontario.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4701
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 26 November
1940 – Taken on strength
Category B damage on 2 July 1941 while with No.
7 Elementary Flying Training School at London, Ontario.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4702
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 26 November 1940 – Taken on strength
Category B damage on 14 May 1941 while with No.
7 Elementary Flying Training School at London, Ontario.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4703
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 26 November
1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 4 February 1941 while with
No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School at London, Ontario. To civil register as CF-BXJ from 9 May
1944; operated on floats in Labrador 1944 by Labrador Mining &
Exploration Co. Registration
application by F.C. Cryderman of Sudbury, Ontario on 22 December 1945, not
taken up. To E.C. Darling, G. Gibbons
and R. Soper of Englehart, Ontario on 17 August 1947. Damaged beyond repair on 17 August 1947,
when it lost control in a steep turn at low altitude at Englehart. C/n reported as A2837 on civil register.
last date: 27 July 1944 – Struck off
4704
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 26 November 1940 – Taken on strength
Assigned to No. 3
Training Command. Had 2167:00 airframe
time when struck off.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4705
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 26 November
1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 23 April 1942 while with
No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School at Stanley, NS.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4706
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 26 November 1940 – Taken on strength
Category B damage on 12 May 1941 while with No.
7 Elementary Flying Training School at London, Ontario.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4707
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 26 November
1940 – Taken on strength
Category A damage on 29 May 1941 while with No.
7 Elementary Flying Training School at Windsor, Ontario.
last date: 17 October 1941 – Struck off
4708
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
567
first date: 26 November 1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 12 December 1941 while
with No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School at Windsor, Ontario. Classified as instructional airframe A 307
on 23 September 1943. Still airworthy
in 1985, registered as C-GQWE, in full RCAF markings. Listed in Transport Canada database as
“amateur built”, registered to P. Bouthoom of Belmont,
Ontario. (Note: registering the
aircraft as a homebuilt simplifies complying with government maintenance
requirements.)
last date: 30 March 1946 – Struck off
4709
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 26 November
1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 7 March 1942 while with
No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School at Windsor, Ontario.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4710
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 26 November 1940 – Taken on strength
Category A damage on 12 July 1941 while with
No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School at St. Catharines, Ontario.
last date: 17 October 1941 – Struck off
4711
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 26 November
1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 20 August1941 while with
No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School at Mount Hope (Hamilton), Ontario.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4712
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 26 November 1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 20 July 1941 while with
No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School at Mount Hope, Ontario.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4713
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 26 November
1940 – Taken on strength
Category A damage on 11 January 1944 while with
No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School at Windsor Mills, PQ.
last date: 29 February 1944 – Struck off
4714
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 26 November 1940 – Taken on strength
Category A damage on 19 March 1943 at Cap de la
Madelaine, PQ. Probably with No. 11
EFTS at the time.
last date: 5 May 1943 – Struck off
4715
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 12 December
1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 23 July 1941 while with
No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School at Mount Hope, Ontario.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4716
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
600
first date: 12 December 1940 – Taken on strength
Assigned to No. 3 Training Command. Had 811:55 airframe time when struck
off. To civil register as CF-FZP, off
register by 1973.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4717
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 12 December
1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 29 October 1941 while with
No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School at Mount Hope, Ontario.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4718
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 12 December 1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 23 June 1941 while with
the Central Flying School at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario.
last date: 13 February 1945 – Struck off
4719
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 12 December
1940 – Taken on strength
Category A damage on 25 April 1941 while with
No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School at London, Ontario.
last date: 20 October 1941 – Struck off
4720
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 12 December 1940 – Taken on strength
Category A damage on 30 May 1942 while with No.
22 Elementary Flying Training School at Ancienne Lorette, PQ.
last date: 19 August 1942 – Struck off
4721
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 12 December
1940 – Taken on strength
Category B damage on 4 April 1942 while with
No. 22 Elementary Flying Training School at Ancienne Lorette, PQ.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4722
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 16 December 1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 11 September 1941 while
with No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School at Windsor, Ontario.
last date: 20 March 1943 – Struck off
4723
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 16 December
1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 22 January 1941 while with
the Central Flying School at RCAF Station Trenton, Ontario.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4724
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 16 December 1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 12 August 1941 while with
No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School at Stanley, NS.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4725
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 16 December
1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 20 February 1942 while
with No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School at St. Catharines, Ontario. Also with No. 11 EFTS at Cap de Madeline,
PQ. Sold post war in Mexico,
registered as XB-TUJ. Later to US
civil register. Re-imported to Canada,
restored by G. B. Jackson, and donated to the Canadian Museum of Flight, at
Langley, BC, in 1979. Still airworthy
in 2006.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4726
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 16 December 1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 17 May 1942 while with No.
11 Elementary Flying Training School at Cap de Madeleine, PQ.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4727
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 16 December
1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 22 April 1942 while with
No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School at St. Catharines, Ontario.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4728
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 16 December 1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 12 December 1941 while
with No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School at Windsor, Ontario.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4729
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 16 December
1940 – Taken on strength
Category B damage on 19 April 1942 while with
No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School at London, Ontario.
last date: 3 November 1942 – Struck off
4730
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 16 December 1940 – Taken on strength
Category B damage on 3 May 194I while with No.
11 Elementary Flying Training School at Cap de la Madeleine, PQ.
last date: 26 May 1941 – Struck off
4731
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 27 December
1940 – Taken on strength
Category A damage on 20 May 1942 at St Eugene,
Ontario. Probably with No. 13 EFTS at
the time.
last date: 18 November 1942 – Struck off
4732
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 27 December 1940 – Taken on strength
Category B damage on 23 April 1941 while with
No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School at Stanley, NS.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4733
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 16 December
1940 – Taken on strength
Category A damage on 20 March 1941 at Kingston,
Ontario.
last date: 18 October 1941 – Struck off
4734
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 27 December 1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 6 November 1941 while with
No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School at Stanley, NS. Classified as instructional airframe A 321
on 23 September 1943.
last date: 30 March 1946 – Struck off
4735
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
577
first date: 27 December
1940 – Taken on strength
Category B damage on 10 August 1941 while with
No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School at Stanley, NS. To US civil register as NC39621.
last date: 1 December 1943 – Struck off
4736
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 27 December 1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 21 March 1942 while with
No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School at Stanley, NS. Classified as instructional airframe A 189
on 14 October 1942.
last date: 14 October 1942 – Struck off
4737
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 27 December
1940 – Taken on strength
Category A damage on 23 April 1942 while with
No. 11 Elementary Flying Training School at Cap de Madeleine, PQ.
last date: 17 June 1942 – Struck off
4738
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
623
first date: 27 December 1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 19 October 1941 while with
No. 22 Elementary Flying Training School at Ancienne Lorette, PQ. Still airworthy 1976 as CF-FUI. Registered to R. Allen and F. Deveaux of
Lachine, PQ by 1976, cancelled on 19 November 1987. Re-registered as C-FFUI in 1995, to the
Canadian Warplanes Heritage Museum in Hamilton. With the CWHM from 1991, still there in
2006, in full RCAF markings.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4739
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 27 December
1940 – Taken on strength
Assigned to No. 3 Training Command.
last date: 21 October 1943 – Struck off
4740
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
580
first date: 27 December 1940 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 9 June 1941 while with No.
11 Elementary Flying Training School at Cap de Madeleine, PQ. To civil register when sold, as
CF-FZT. Off register by 1972.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4741
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 6 January 1941
– Taken on strength
Category B damage on 14 April 1942 while with
No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School at Stanley, NS.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4742
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 6 January 1941 – Taken on strength
Category A damage on 21 March 1942 while with
No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School at Stanley, NS.
last date: 5 June 1942 – Struck off
4743
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 6 January 1941
– Taken on strength
Category B damage on 24 April 1941 while with
No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School at Stanley, NS.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4744
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 6 January 1941 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 19 April 1941 while with
No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School at Stanley, NS.
last date: 21 October 1943 – Struck off
4745
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 6 January 1941
– Taken on strength
Category C damage on 21 April 1941 while with
No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School at Stanley, NS.
last date: 21 October 1943 – Struck off
4746
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 6 January 1941 – Taken on strength
Assigned to No. 3 Training Command in eastern
Canada. Had 189:05 airframe time when
struck off.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4747
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 6 January 1941
– Taken on strength
Category C damage on 1 December 1941.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4748
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 6 January 1941 – Taken on strength
Category C damage on 31 July 1941 while with
No. 17 Elementary Flying Training School at Stanley, NS.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
4749
Fleet
Finch
Finch
II
Model 16B
first date: 6 January 1941
– Taken on strength
Assigned to No. 3 Training Command. Had 340:00 airframe time when struck off.
last date: 17 October 1944 – Struck off
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Created 14 July 2006. Updated 14 July 2006.