This aircraft was built in 1937 as a light bomber for the RAF. In 1938 it was one of 19 Hinds delivered to the Royal Afghan Air Force. It served with the RAAF into the 1940s and was an instructional airframe in the 1950s.
This helicopter began service in the Royal Canadian Navy in June 1955. It was used by RCN Helicopter Squadron HU-21 for pilot training and utility tasks for the fleet. After working in various locations, this helo was transferred to the museum in 1966.
This helicopter manufactured as a H-25A for the US Army was modified in 1954 as a HUP-3 for the RCN, where it served until 1964. It was purchased by the Canadian War Museum in 1965 and restored by Boeing Canada between May 1981 and November 1982.
Labrador #301, the first to enter service with the Canadian Forces and the last to retire, was delivered to the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in July, 2004 and marked the retirement from active service of the illustrious Labrador fleet.
The Canada Aviation and Space Museum’s MiG-15bis is a Polish-built version known as the Lim-2. Built in late 1954 by WSK in Mielec, the aircraft served with various units of the Polish Air Force before it was acquired from a Polish private collector.
This AV-8A, broadly equivalent to the RAF's Harrier GR.3, entered Marine Corps service in 1973. Over the years, it served three attack squadrons: VMA-231, 513 and 542. VMA-231’s insignia, the Ace of Spades, is visible below the cockpit.
This particular airplane operated in Canada with the RCAF and the Canadian Forces from August 1958 until October 1979 when it was flown to the museum for preservation.
This CF-5A, built in 1970, was based at several locations across Canada between periods of storage but served most frequently at Cold Lake. Transferred by the Canadian Forces to the museum in 1997. It retained the Warsaw Pact “aggressor” markings.
This aircraft completed US Air Force service (as 57-0334) in April 1959, and was stored until 1971 when it began operations with the Canadian Forces. At the end of active duty in 1984, the aircraft was transferred to the museum.