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CH-149 Cormorant

in canada Canadian Armed Forces


Del'd: 15 - 2001 to present


   
   




History of this Model in this Organisation:

EH.101 Merlin is the Canada’s new search and rescue helicopter which will replace the CH-113 Labrador.
The first unit to receive Cormorant will be 442 Transport & Rescue Squadron at 19 Wing in Comox, British Columbia. This base will host five helicopters that will form the Operational Training Unit and the remaining ten aircraft will be divided between 413 Squadron at 14 Wing in Greenwood, Nova Scotia, 424 Squadron at 8 Wing in Trenton, Ontario and 103 Squadron at 9 Wing in Gander, Newfoundland
Canada has become the first third-party customer to use the Medium Support Helicopter Aircrew Training Facility (MSHATF) at RAF Benson for training personnel which includes state-of-the-art british Mk3  flight simulators

Units with this Model in this Organisation:

YearsUnitsbold : Current Base of the Unit
? to ?424 squadron
? to ?442 squadron
? to ?413 squadron
? to ?103 squadron

Roles of this Model in this Organisation:

Roles
search and rescue (sar)




Construction Numbers of this Model in this Organisation: Help Us    

C/NModBuiltID     In this OrganisationIn other Org

    50054 2000     149901: CSH01/511001. f/f 31may00. d/d CFB Comox 03May02
    50058 2001     149902: CSH02/511002. d/d CFB Comox 7feb02
    50071     149903: CSH03/511003.  d/d CAF 08jul02
    50076 2001     149904: CSH04/511004. d/d 20oct01
    50080 2001     149905: CSH05/511005. d/d 20oct01
    50086 2002     149906: CSH06/511006
    50090 2002     149907: CSH07/511007
    50098     149908: CSH08/511008. d/d CFB Gander 8jul02
    50102 2002     149909: CSH09/511009. d/d 24aug02
    50112 2002     149910: CSH10/511010
    50119 2002     149911: CSH11/511011
    50124 2003     149912: CSH12/511012
    50130 2003     149913: CSH13/511013
    50134 2003     149914: CSH14/511014. Crashed into the sea of Nova Scotia 13jul06, 3 fatalities
    50132 2003     149915: CSH15/511015
    15 C/N found in this Organisation




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