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No. 23A. Noorduyn Norseman Mk.23B (CF-BDC c/n 10)
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Noorduyn Norseman Mk.23B

02/28/2016. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "This aircraft was sold to Canadian Airways of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and was registered as CF-BDC on May 3, 1937. Canadian Airways merged into Canadian Pacific Airlines (CPAL) in 1941, the aircraft was registered to CPAL and assigned the fleet number 41. On May 19, 1947, it was reregistered to Central Northern Airways, Winnipeg, Manitoba, only a few months later, during a wind storm on August 5, 1947, it was submerged at a dock at Hudson, Ontario. During the salvage attempts it was further damaged and written off, as described by eyewitness Don Starratt, an uncle of our contributor Bob Starratt."

Noorduyn Norseman Mk.23B
(Bob Starratt Collection)
Noorduyn Norseman Mk.23B
(Bob Starratt Collection) Read the type remarks on page 11930.


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