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    Airframe Family: Consolidated PBY/OA-10 Catalina / Canso
    Latest Model:Canso
    Last Military Serial:9830 RCAF
    Construction Number:CV-264
    Last Civil Registration:N983CF
    Compressed ID:Consolidated Canso sn 9830 RCAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Collings Foundation Inc, Stow, MA

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    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as a Canso.

    From 31 July 1943 to 26 September 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 9830.

    From 1965 to 1973

    To Department of Transport, Quebec QUE with new c/r CF-PQK.

    From 1973 to 1994

    To Government of Quebec, Quebec City QUE with new c/r C-FPQK.

    1973

    Operated as fire service #712.

    August 1983


    Photographer: Regent Dansereau / Eric Bannwarth Collection
    Notes: At Trenton AFB

    From 1 June 1994 to 2016

    To Fondation Aerovision Quebec, Saint-Hubert, QC keeping c/r C-FPQK.

    1 June 1994

    In the inventory of Fondation Aerovision Quebec (Quebec Air and Space Museum), Saint Hubert, Montreal, QC.
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    17 June 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Hamilton International Airshow at Mount Hope, Ontario.

    17 June 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Hamilton International Airshow at Mount Hope, Ontario.

    17 June 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Hamilton International Airshow at Mount Hope, Ontario.

    23 March 2017

    To Collings Foundation, CCT of 1979 B-17 Series Llc PBY Series, Stow, MA with new c/r N983CF.

    7 November 2020

    To unknown owner with c/r N983CF.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Stow, MA.

    8 February 2021

    To Tiger Flyers Llc, Stow, MA keeping c/r N983CF.

    24 March 2023

    To Collings Foundation Inc, Stow, MA keeping c/r N983CF.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     World Military Out of Service 2008 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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