Force operated 79 aircraft from 1940 to 1953 103 Search and Rescue Squadron Royal Canadian Navy operated 21 aircraft from 1943 to 1957 Air Surveillance Service operated one aircraft in 1948 Cuban Air Force received one aircraft in 1951 Czechoslovakian Air Force operated Norseman postwar under designation K-73. Egyptian Air Force operated two aircraft from 1948 to 1960 Honduran Air Force operated two aircraft from 1945 to 1961 Indonesian Air Force received one aircraft in 1950 Israeli Air Force operated 17 aircraft from 1948 to 1954 Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force operated one aircraft from 1948 to 1950 Royal Norwegian Air Force operated 22 aircraft from 1945 to 1959 Philippine Air Force operated two aircraft from 1946 to 1952 Swedish Air Force operated three aircraft from 1949 to 1959 Royal Air Force United States Army Air Corps United States Army Air Forces United States Air Force United States Navy purchased three Norsemans in 1945 (under designation JA-1) to support Antarctic expeditions like Operation Highjump. Specifications (Norseman Mark V) See also References Notes Bibliography Grant, Robert S. Noorduyn Norseman: Red Lake, Ontario, Canada, Norseman Capital of the World. Red Lake, Ontario: Norseman Floatplane Festival, 2007. (booklet) Mathisrud, Nils. Norwegian Wings #1: Noorduyn Norseman Mk. IV & Mk. VI. Oslo: FlyGloster Publishing, 2007. . Milberry, Larry. Aviation in Canada. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1979. . Munson, Kenneth. Bombers, Patrol and Transport Aircraft 1939-1945. London: Blandford Press, 1969. . External links Norduyn website (company name altered) Archived Noorduyn Norseman website Unofficial Noorduyn Norseman website Archived historical website, maintained by Julie Boddy, great-granddaughter of Robert B.C. Noorduyn 1930s Canadian civil utility aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft High-wing aircraft Norseman Aircraft first flown in 1935