07/15/2006. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This aircraft was built as a Model 10-B equipped with nine-cylinder, single row 325 hp Wright R-975-E3 Whirlwind 9 radial engines, and delivered to a private owner in the US registered NC16054 on September 3, 1936.

With the onset of WW II, Canada began looking for aircraft in the US and this Electra was sold to the Canadian Department of National Defence registered CF-BRS and was subsequently transferred to the RCAF on July 7, 1940. The aircraft served with No. 13 (Operational Training) Squadron based at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, British Columbia, from May 1941 to June 1942.

The aircraft remained in service with the RCAF until struck off charge on June 7, 1945 when it was transferred to the War Assets Corporation which was charged with selling military equipment to civilian companies or individuals.

The first post-war owner was Dayton Airways Incorporated of Dayton, Ohio, USA. The pre-war registration, NC16054, was again assigned to this aircraft. On January 1, 1949, the US registration system was changed and the letter 'C' was deleted and the registration became N16054.

This Electra was sold to Stream Eze, Inc., of South Bend, Indiana, USA, in September 1954; to South Bend Tool and Die Company of South Bend, in March 1955; and it was returned to Stream Eze in March 1958.

The aircraft was converted to a Model 10-A by replacing the Wright R-975 with Pratt & Whitney nine-cylinder, single row 300 hp Pratt & Whitney R-985-SB Wasp Junior radial engines. After conversion, the aircraft was damaged by a wind-storm in Alaska, USA, on January 8, 1959. By March 1960, the aircraft had been sold to Monarch Airways of Dayton.

On August 15, 1960, this Electra was damaged beyond repair at Nome, Alaska."

Read the type remarks on page 5752.