• 52-6086 USAF #1248. L20 No: 249. Command AF-3. Delivered 05-Feb-1953. Built as L-20A and re-designated U-6A in 1962.
• 52-6086 Stored at MASDC Davis Monthan AFB., AZ., from 24-Feb-1964 until 27-Oct-1964.
• N769 US Department of Interior, Fish & Wildlife Services. Transferred from USAF 27-Oct-1964.
• N7691 Details unknown.
• CF-UWJ Newfoundland Air Transport Ltd., Corner Brook, NL. Circa Feb-1968 until canx prior to the Certificate of Airworthiness renewal dated 06-May-1972.
• CF-UWJ Newfoundland & Labrador Air Transport Ltd., Corner Brook, NL. Regd prior to Certificate of Airworthiness renewal dated 06-May-1972. Canx prior to Certificate of Airworthiness renewal dated 15-Dec-1977,
Accident: On a small lake close to South Brook, NL. 50°10’N 57°05’W. 15-Sep-1974. The aircraft capsized during an attempted take off. Pilot and two passengers uninjured. Substantial damage caused to the aircraft.
• CF-UWJ Wentzell’s Flying Services, Corner Brook, NL. Regd prior to Certificate of Airworthiness renewal dated 15-Dec-1977. Canx prior to Certificate of Airworthiness renewal dated 15-Dec-1978.
• C-FUWJ Straits Air Ltd., Springdale, NL. Regd prior to Certificate of Airworthiness renewal dated 15-Dec-1978. Canx 12-May-1983.
• C-FUWJ Ashuanipi Aviation Ltd., Little Wabush Lake / Labrador City, NL. Regd 08-May-1984. Canx 17-Jul-1997.
• C-FUWJ Air Saguenay (1980) Inc., Chicoutimi, QC. Regd 17-Jul-1997. Canx 18-Sep-1997.
• C-FUWJ Ashuanipi Aviation Ltd., Jonquière, QC. Regd 18-Sep-1997 Canx 07-Jun-2004.
• C-FUWJ Labrador Air Safari (1984) Inc., Jonquière, QC. Regd 07-Jun-2004. Canx 09-Mar-2010.
• C-FUWJ Air Saguenay (1980) Inc., Jonquière, QC. Based Baie-Comeau, QC. Regd .09-Mar-2010.
To be updated shortly.
USAF History
52-6086 was made available to the 6600th Air Depot AMO (Air Material Overseas) unit of the USAF at Downsview on 13-Jan-1953, and accepted 21-Jan-1953. It was assigned to the Air Defence Command and delivered to Stewart AFB., NY., and the 4700th Air Base Group on 05-Feb-1953 where it remained until passed across to the 9th Liaison Squadron on the same base on 15-Apr-1953. This allocation lasted until 08-Sep-1953 after which it passed to 4708th Defence Wing at Selfridge AFB., MI., and then across to the 575th Air Defence Group at the same location on 03-Jun-1953.
From here it transferred to Yuma, AZ., on 07-Mar-1954 and was allocated to the 4750th Training Group (Air Defense) and then to the 4750th Air Defence Wing on 01-Sep-1954. A very brief re-assignment between 25-Jan-1955 and 03-Feb-1955 saw it with the Tactical Air Command at George AFB., CA attached to the 479th Fighter-Day Wing before returning to its previous unit at Yuma where it stayed until 03-Jun-1959 with a period of maintenance back in Canada at the de Havilland facility in Downsview, ON., during 1956.
After Yuma, a change of scene saw it move with its unit to MacDill AFB., near Tampa, FL. However the unit was de-activated in June 1960 and the aircraft moved to join the 665th Radar Squadron at Calumet, near Phoenix, MI on 15-Jul-1960 remaining until 24-Feb-1964 when it went into storage with the 2704th Aircraft Storage and Disposal Group at Davis Monthan AFB., AZ., after which it passed onto the Civilian register on 27-Oct-1964.
