commemorative plaque
Report a Mistake- Object Number 20110154-002
- Event 1945-1989 Cold War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made 1983/04/16
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Quebec, Municipality - Montréal
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Documentary artifact
- Department Dress and Insignia
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1983/04/16
- Latest 1983/04/16
- Inscription CF-100 LE PREMIER CHASSEUR-INTERCEPTEUR TOUT TEMPS CONCU ET FRABRIQUE AU CANADA EN SERVICE DE JANVIER 1950 A JUIN 1982 LE CANUCK FUT AFFECTE AU ESCADRILLES 414/EWU, 416, 423 ET 425 A LA BASE DE L’ARC A ST-HUBERT. L’AVION 760 FUT LE DERNIER CF-100 A PRENDRE SON VOL A CETTE BASE LE 28 JUIN 1982. CET APPAREIL, PRESENTE A LA B.F.C. MONTREAL PAR LA 1RE ESCADRE DE RESEVE AERIEENE, LES 401E ER 438E ESCADRILLES FUT DEDIE LE 16 AVRIL 1983 PAR LE MINISTRE DE LA DEFENSE NATIONALE L’HONORABLE J. GILLES LAMONTAGNE, AUX CANADIENS QUI ONT PARTICIPE TANT A LA PRODUCTION ET AU SOUTIEN QU’AU VOL DU CANUCK.; CF-100 THE FIRST CANADIAN DESIGNED AND BUILT ALL WEATHER JET FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR IN SERVICE FROM JANUARY 1950 TO JUNE 1982 THE CANUCK OPERATED OUT OF RCAF STATION ST.HUBERT WITH EWU/414, 416, 423 AND 425 SQUADRONS, AIRCRAFT 760 WAS THE LAST CF-100 TO FLY, ENDING ITS CAREER JUNE 28, 1982, AT THIS BASE. THIS AICRAFT WAS PRESENTED TO C.F.B. MONTREAL BY 1 AIR RESERVE WING, 401 AND 438 SQUADRONS. IT WAS DEDICATED ON APRIL 16, 1983 BY THE HONOURABLE J. GILLES LAMONTAGNE MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENC, THE CANADIAN WHO BUILT, MAINTAINED, AND FLEW THE CANUCK.
- Materials Bronze
- Service Component Canadian Forces
- Person / Institution Associated political figure, Lamontagne, The Honourable Joseph Georges Gilles Claude
- Measurements Length 45.7 cm, Width 76.2 cm, Thickness 1.1 cm