Avro Canada CF 100 Canuck 18619 - Malton, ON
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Iron_Giant
N 43° 42.682 W 079° 37.976
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RCAF CF100 Canuck 18619 on display near Wildwood park in Malton, ON.
Waymark Code: WM12X9
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 12/29/2006
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The Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck was the last Canadian designed and built fighter flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force.
This aircraft entered service in 1956 With 433 Squadron. With No. 3 AW(F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ in the early 1960s. Taken on strength by the Canadian Armed Forces on 1 February 1968, but retained RCAF serial number. Became Instructional Airframe A 682. It was struck off strength in 1972, and on display in Malton by 1974.
Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Avro Canada F-100 Canuck Mk5
Tail Number: (S/N): 18619
Construction:: original aircraft
Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Wildwood Park
inside / outside: outside
Other Information::
This is a Mk 5 version.
Access restrictions:
None. Available 24 hours a day.
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Visit Instructions:
Photo of aircraft (required - will be interesting to see if the aircraft is ever repainted or progress if being restored)
Photo of serial number (required unless there is not one or it is a replica)
Photo(s) of any artwork on the aircraft (optional but interesting)
Tell why you are visiting this waymark along with any other interesting facts or personal experiences about the aircraft not already mentioned.