The 439 Aircraft Registry Page 9

*The Aircraft Registry* *Canadair Built F-86 Sabres* *Canadian Built F-86's Mark VI* *For additional information on the Sabre visit the thisisme.ca.* This is a preliminary work as I hope to cross link this listing with excerpts from the Squadron's war diaries and other pages found on this website. The list of 439 Sabres tail numbers was compiled by and is provided by Canadian author John Bradley. Used with permission and appreciation.
*Mark II Sabres*
*19112*	*Engine cut-out and the aircraft crashed into The Wash on 8 July 1952.* Pilot, F/O Al Seitz ejected safely. Author and Sabre historian Duncan Curtis informs me that the loss of 19112 was down to a flameout at 30,000 feet in a 4-ship formation. Seitz was no.3. A number of relight attempts were unsuccessful and the pilot noted throttle restriction; failure of the main fuel system was the obscure cause, but the restriction points to other likely culprits. You can see more of Ducan's research on his website by clicking here
*19114*
*19128*
*19137*	*F/O Tracy was killed when his aircraft crashed near Loughborough, England due to fuel exhaustion 0n 16 December 1953.*
*19138*
*19139*
*19140*
*19142*
*19150*
*19151*
*19155*	*Landed short of North Luffenham due to engine trouble on 8 April 1954 with* F/O LJ Elphick at the controls.
*19157*
*19158*
*19159*
*19613*
*19164*
*19166*	*F/O Fowler damaged the tail pipe on aircraft 19166 during a heavy landing on the 28th Aug 1953*
*19168*	Resides in Greece at Tatoi AB, base museum as '19210', ex-Ikarus Tech School (arr there by 09Apr96), ex-Sedes AB by .92, ex-Thessaloniki/Mikra AB, decoy. Source Duncan's F-86 Sabre Webpage.
*19172*
*19174*
*19175*
*19180*
*19187*	*Crashed into the sea on 1 July 1952 due to fuel exhaustion.* Author and Sabre historian Duncan Curtis informs me that 19187 was abandoned 10 miles East of Flamborough Head, but no trace of pilot or aircraft was found; the pilot was blamed for allowing fuel to become critically low before calling an emergency. It is thought that he may have inadvertently flown a reciprocal heading away from base during the homing exercise. Source Duncan's F-86 Sabre Webpage.
*19188*
*19190*	Now resides in Turkey at Etimesgut AB, museum by May98. Source Duncan's F-86 Sabre Webpage.
*19191*	F/O Bedard and F/O Wilkinson were involved in a collision on Friday (27 March 1953) during take-off, causing extensive damage to aircraft 19191 and minor damage to aircraft 19196.
*19192*
*19193*	F/O Joseph Jean Raymond Bédard age 25 and a native of (Malton) Ottawa, Ontario was killed when his Canadian F-86 Mark II Sabre Serial Number 19193 crashed during a training exercise on the 23 June, 1953 near Boston, in the county of Lincolnshire, England.
*19194*
*19195*	*Aug 9 - 23 Minor damage caused to 19195 when F/O Cheesman forced to land with the nose wheel in the up position.*
*19196*	F/O Bedard and F/O Wilkinson were involved in a collision on Friday (27 March 1953) during take-off, causing extensive damage to aircraft 19191 and minor damage to aircraft 19196.
*19198*
*19199*
*19202*
*19203*
*19204*
*19205*
*19206*	*Crash-landed at Uplands on 3 March 1952 due to a flame-out.*
*19208*
*19211*
*19228*
*19235*	Resides in Greece at Tanagra AB 'FU-235', previously reported as '52235' noted Mar98. Source Duncan's F-86 Sabre Webpage.
*19238*
*19240*	*Right landing gear collapsed at Uplands on 12 December 1952*
*19406*
*19430*
**19439 - IG439***
*19441*
*Mark V Sabres*
*23010*
*23011*
*23015*
*23023*
*23034*	Believed to be overhauled and converted to drone configuration at a plant in Moncton, Canada, which was run by David McEwen. After modification, the Sabres were then dismantled and trucked in crates to Mojave for flight testing. Source Duncan's F-86 Sabre Webpage.
*23037*
*23043*
*23131*
*23133*	Believed to be overhauled and converted to drone configuration N96120 at a plant in Moncton, Canada, (Sep 1976) which was run by David McEwen. After modification, the Sabres were then dismantled and trucked in crates to Mojave for flight testing. Crashed at White Sands NM 18May78 after control malfunction. Source Duncan's F-86 Sabre Webpage.
*23165*
*23171*
*23173*
*23182*
*23183*
*23188*
*23192*
*23202*	Believed to be overhauled and converted to drone configuration N55911 at a plant in Moncton, Canada, (Feb 1980) which was run by David McEwen. After modification, the Sabres were then dismantled and trucked in crates to Mojave for flight testing. Shot down by ADATS 11Apr84. Source Duncan's F-86 Sabre Webpage.
*23203*
*23217*
*23219*
**23220 - IG220***
*23223*
*23229*
*23257*	Now resides at CFB Trenton, Ont, CFB Museum, ex-Trenton AMDU gate guard, Golden Hawks colours, previously on flight line circa .1981 in natural metal colours. Source Duncan's F-86 Sabre Webpage.
*23311*
*23321*	Built by Canadair 1954 as construction number 1111. Taken onto RCAF strength on 2 July 1954, flying for the first time on 25 August 1954, Once in service gained the fuselage code 'IG-321' and painted in the squadron's 'Sabre Tooth Tiger' tail markings. With the arrival of Sabre 6s from June 1956, 23321 was retired in 1957 and was ferried to Scottish Aviation's overhaul facility; it was struck off RCAF charge on 8 August 1957. Transferred to the Luftwaffe on 3 May 1958 as1. Staffel code 'BB-131',. Circa May 1958 was transferred to 3./WS10 and re-coded 'BB-237'. Transferred to Dornier on 21 March 1962. used as various monuments and as fire/rescue trainer. In 2003 what was left of the aircraft was sold to a private collector in the Netherlands and briefly moved to Baarlo. In 2004 Thomas Heldt purchased it and his first task was to move it back to Germany, where restoration could begin. It is still undergoing restoration. Source Duncan's F-86 Sabre Webpage. To see the story of the restoration see Canadair Sabre 5 Restoration on Germany
*23329*
*23331*
*23332*
*23336*	*Crashed in Luxembourg due to fuel exhaustion on 11 May 1955.* F/O FB Davis ejected succesfully.
*23337*
*23344*
**23347 - IG347***	Believed to be overhauled and converted as a target tug N93FS at a plant in Moncton, Canada, (Feb 1982) which was run by David McEwen. After modification, the Sabres were then dismantled and trucked in crates to Mojave for flight testing. Lost off Okinawa (PACAF). Source Duncan's F-86 Sabre Webpage.
*23348*
*23350*
*23351*
*23352*	Believed to be overhauled and converted to drone configuration N98270 at a plant in Moncton, Canada, (Nov 1977) which was run by David McEwen. After modification, the Sabres were then dismantled and trucked in crates to Mojave for flight testing. Lost after autopilot malfunctioned on Patriot mission 06Nov82. Source Duncan's Sabre Site.
*23353*
*23355*	Now resides in Halifax, NS . Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum by .96, ex-CFB Chatham in Golden Hawks colours. Source Duncan's Sabre Site.
*23357*
*23358*
*23359*
*23360*	crashed on landing at Marville with F/O SR Easson at the controls.***
*Mark VI Sabres*
**23371 - IG371***
*23382*
*23389*
*23416*
*23419*	*Crashed in Marville on 16 May 1963 with pilot* F/O ML McKibbon at the controls.
*23429*
*23432*
**23451 - RCAF451***
*23452*
*23469*
*23496*	*Crashed at Marville after a flame out on an overshoot on 28 August 1956. The pilot,* *F/O MT Tillotson* *was killed after an unsuccessful ejection.*
*23503*
**23512 - RCAF512***
*23513*
*23517*
*23521*
**23522 IG522***
*23538*
*23545*
*23547*
*23548*
*23549*
*23554*
**23558 - RCAF558***
*23560*
*23561*	*Crashed about 3 miles North of the base at Marville after the controls froze on 27 February 1958. Pilot* F/O JL Olson ejected safely.
*23570*
*23572*
*23573*
*23579*
*23580*	*Crashed 2 miles from Marville on 17 July 1959*
*23581*	*Crashed after the engine exploded on 4 February 1957.* F/O FP Luettger ejected safely.
*23584*	**Crashed at Marville after the aircraft stalled on approach on 1 April 1957 with F/O Tidball at the controls**
*23587*
*23589*
*23594*
*23599*
**23604 - IG604***
*23605*	Now resides at CFB Bagotville by Sep99 as '19454/AQ-454', ex-Winnipeg, Heritage Park by Sep96, ex-CFB Sollingen gate guard, Germany, c/n 1605, ex-Koln. Source Duncan's Sabre Site.
*23606*
*23612*
**23618 IG618***
*23619*	Pilot F/O RW Hallworth *ejected safely after a mid-air collision with Sabre 23515, 421 Squadron, near Zwiebrucken on 8 April 1960*
**23625 - RCAF625***
*23629*
*23633*
**23639 - IG639***
*23645*
**23652 - IG652***
**23653 - IG653***
**23661 - IG661***
*23662*
*23666*
*23674*
**23695 - RCAF695***
*23704 - IG704*
**23734 - IG734***
*23745*
**23754 - IG754 also RCAF754**
**23756 - IG756***	*Crashed near Cjalon-sur-Marn after the controls seized on 2 February 1961.* Pilot F/O RW Hallworth *ejected safely.*
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