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 Fleet Finch II at the Canadian Museum of Flight British Columbia | |
| General information | |
| Type | Trainer |
| Manufacturer | Fleet Aircraft |
| Status | Retired |
| Primary users | Royal Canadian Air Force |
| Number built | 606[1] |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 1939– 1941[1] |
| Introduction date | 1939 |
| First flight | 8 February 1939 |
| Retired | 1947 |
The Fleet Finch (Fleet Model 16) is a two-seat, tandem training biplane produced by Fleet Aircraft of Fort Erie, Ontario. There were a number of variants mainly based on engine variations. Over several years beginning in 1939, a total of 447 Finches were built, nearly all (431) of them for use as elementary trainers in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) during the Second World War.