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Bureau #: 69327
Construction #:
  2066
Civil Registration(s):
  CF-KCG
Model(s):
  TBM-3S
Name: None
Status: Display
Last info: 2003
   History:
Delivered to RCN as 69327.
- BOC: Sept. 27, 1950.
- SOC: July 5, 1960.
Skyway Air Services, Langley, BC, 1961-1969.
- Registered as CF-KCG.
- Flew as tanker #615.
Convair Aviation Ltd, Abbotsford, BC, 1969-1977.
- Flew as tanker #615.
- Damaged in forced landing near Sussex, NB, May 29, 1975.
Forest Protection Ltd, Fredericton, NB, 1977.
- Acquired damaged airframe. Doug Arnold/Warbirds Of GB Ltd, Blackbushe, 1977.
Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK, 1977-2003.
- Restored for static display, 1977-1997.
- Displayed as 69327/X3.
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):
Tony Chambers Photography.