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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-80/P-80/T-33/TO/TV Shooting Star / T2V Sea Star / CT-133 Silver Star / F-94 Starfire
    Latest Model:CT-133 Silver Star
    Last Military Serial:21581 CAF
    Construction Number:T33-581
    Compressed ID:Canadair CT-133 sn 21581 CAF cn T33...
    Latest Owner or Location:Canadian Air and Space Museum, CBW Downsview (formerly), Toronto, Ontario

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CT-133 by Canadair at Montreal, QC.

    14 May 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 133581.

    By 1960

    To No. 2 Advanced Flying School, RCAF Station Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada.

    10 November 1970

    New serial number assigned: 21581 CAF

    Transferred to Comox Base Flight, CAF Comox, Vancouver Island, BC.

    Transferred to No. 429 Composite Squadron.

    By 1980

    Transferred to CFB Cold Lake Base Flight, Cold Lake, AB.
    Operated with markings: COLD LAKE, CANADA

    1980


    Photographer: SMSGT. Dana Nichols (USAF Retire
    Notes: Photo taken at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

    1980


    Photographer: SMSGT. Dana Nichols (USAF Retire
    Notes: Photo taken at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

    By 1995

    Transferred to No. 417 Combat Support Squadron, CFB Cold Lake.

    By 2006

    To Canadian Air and Space Museum, CBW Downsview (formerly), Toronto, ON.
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