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Bureau #: 53638
Construction #:
  3700
Civil Registration:
  CF-KCL
  C-FKCL
Model(s):
  TBM-3S
  AS Mk. 3
Name: None
Status: Restoration
Last info: 1999
   History:
Delivered to RCAF as 53638.
- BOC: Aug. 19, 1952.
- SOC: July 5, 1960.
Skyway Air Services, Langley, BC, 1961-1969.
- Registered as CF-KCL.
- Flew as tanker #609.
Conair Aviation Ltd, Abbotsford, BC, 1969-1977.
- Flew as tanker #609. (See image below)
Forest Protection Ltd, Fredericton, NB, 1977-1978.
- Registered as C-FKCL.
- Crashed after striking water, sank, Oromcoto Lake, NB.
Allan Rubin/International Vintage Aircraft, Hamilton, Ontario, 1986-1993.
- Arrived disassembled, Markham, Ontario, 1986.
- Under restoration to fly, Markham, Ontario, 1992-1993.
Jack Kosko, 1999.
- Restoration to airworthy, MD.

Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
 Photo Source(s):
Geoff Davidson.
Unknown.