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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-5/C-8/CC-115 Buffalo
    Latest Model:CC-115 Buffalo
    Last Military Serial:115456 CAF
    Construction Number:10
    Latest Owner or Location:No 442 (T and R) Squadron, CFB Comox, BC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CC-115.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 9456.

    By 27 May 1970

    Transferred to No. 429 (Tac T) Squadron.

    27 May 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Canadian Armed Forces with s/n 115456.

    28 October 1975

    Converted to SAR configuration.

    By 1977

    Transferred to No 442 (T and R) Squadron, CFB Comox, BC.
    Operated in a white SAR scheme.

    1977

    Carried out fisheries patrols.

    7 February 1979

    Still in white scheme.

    1981


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at the California International Airshow in Salinas, California.

    22 July 1989

    Displayed at the airshow at Fairford, UK, in yellow SAR scheme.

    1993

    Carried the Skyhawks parachute demonstration team at Bromont, PQ, in yellow SAR scheme.

    1996

    Involved in an incident.
    Diverted to Siksa, Alaska after small fire in cockpit.

    16 May 1997


    Photographer: Ronald van der Valk
    Notes: On the ramp at Victoria International Airport, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

    By July 1999


    Photographer: Unknown

    November 2000

    Visited Penticton, BC in 442 Sdn. markings.
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