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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:CH-124 Sea King
    Last Military Serial:12412 RCAF
    Construction Number:61-253
    Compressed ID:United Aircraft of Canada CH-124 sn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Royal Canadian Air Force

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CH-124 by United Aircraft of Canada.

    18 March 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Navy with s/n 4012.

    14 August 1970

    New serial number assigned: 12412 RCN and operated with the markings: 412

    By September 1978

    Transferred to 423/443 Maritime Helicopter Squadrons, CFB Shearwater, Patricia Bay, BC.
    Operated with markings: 412

    By September 1978

    On board HMCS Preserver.

    1991

    Received Gulf War modifications for Operation Friction. Carried various names during Gulf deployment including Hormuz Harry, Hormuz Humper, and Ka-Blam Saddam.

    By April 1997

    Onboard HMCS Fredericton.

    By 2002

    Markings Applied: Road Runner 12

    20 March 2002


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    1 July 2010

    Took part in flypast for 100th anniversary of Canadian Navy at Halifax.

    Circa October 2011

    On board HMCS Vancouver.

    June 2015

    Onboard HMCS Fredricton.

    From After 2015 to By April 2018

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 12412 and operated with these markings: RCAF-ARC.
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