Tanker 67 is looking a little faded since its retirement and donation to the museum, but still nice to see even on a cold winter day

Royal Canadian Navy squadron VS 880 flew this tracker (1554) 1959 - 68 off of HCMS Bonaventure, Canada's last aircraft carrier. When the "Bonnie" retired in 1970, the Trackers moved ashore, merging with the Army and Air Force into the Canadian Armed Forces. Stored as 12154, the aircraft was sold to the Province of Saskatchewan in 1975 to fight fires as Tracker 4. Saskatchewan retired the Trackers circa 2014 and most were stored at Abbotsford until scrapped.

400 Mosquito B25 bombers were built in Canada using Packard Merlin engines. KB669 was struck off charge in 1947. It had been delivered too late to see action in World War II. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

880 Squadron anniversary CP-121 Tracker flying past CN Tower, Toronto. DND photo.

DND photo.

DND photo

DND photo

DND photo.

This is the last Tracker to leave the production line at Toronto Downsview Airport for the Royal Canadian Navy, #99. It wore the registration mark "1600" when in the Navy. Was briefly moved to the civilian register as C-FUDQ from April 1996 until cancelled in May 1998, but continued to display 1600 for historical/display purposes. For a long time, this aircraft was displayed in the Canadian Air & Space museum at the Toronto Downsview airport, but when it closed in 2011, the aircraft was stored in a variety of places before finding their new forever home on display at the Edenvale Aerodrome.

Now operated by Amicale Alençonnaise des Avions Anciens (A3A), the Alençon-based association best known for its ownership of four Dassault Flamants, this Firecat made its first flight under French civil registration on 10th October 2023. It is ex F-ZBET, originally USN S2F-1 Tracker BuNo 147559

Ex F-ZBET, registered to Amicale Alençonnaise des Avions Anciens on 10 November 2023.