Cessna O-1A 16703 Canadian Armed Forces By the late 1940s

By the late 1940s

based at Martin State Airport

assigned to Continental Army Command (CONARC) as a temporary testbed for tandem landing gear evaluation

assigned to the 104th Fighter Squadron

based at Selfridge Field

Cessna O-1A 16703 Canadian Armed Forces By the late 1940sThese are 1 72 scale decals for Cessna O 1A Bird Dog 16703, operated by the Canadian Armed Forces, equipped with skis for winter operations. Following the unification of Canada's armed forces in 1968, the Royal Canadian Army's Bird Dogs were redesignated under the unified Canadian Armed Forces structure. The O 1A designation reflects the U. S. redesignation of the L 19A under the 1962 tri service naming system, adopted in parallel by Canada. The