Sea Hurricane (Total: 51, Canadian: 51, Group 0)

Hawker Sea Hurricane

Source: Harold A Skaarup Web Page (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4982739)
Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. XIIA (Serial No. BW850), coded BV-T, No. 126 (Fighter) Squadron, RCAF, patrolling from its base at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, 9 Aug 1942. This Hurricane has been converted to the Mk. XIIA version by Canadian Car and Foundry (CCF). This aircraft retains its eight-gun wing and the tail hook.

While the Sea Hurricane never served in the Royal Canadian Navy, it was, ironically, operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force.  In late 1941, the RCAF found itself without any frontline fighters, having sent its earlier Hawker Hurricanes off to the UK along with 1 (Fighter) Squadron, RCAF, and was having a hard time procuring additional fighters to meet its needs.

For reasons that are still slightly unclear, the RCAF received 50 Sea Hurricanes in 1942.  It is assumed that these aircraft, built in Thunder Bay, Ontario by Canadian Car and Foundry, were to be used as part of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) Merchant Ship Fighting Unit (MSFU) based in Canada, but were diverted to the RCAF.  These Sea Hurricanes were basically a Hurricane Mk. I with a tail-hook, catapult spools, a short blunt de Havilland spinner, and an eight gun wing.   Harold A Skaarup Web Page

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

Sea Hurricane BW835, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW835

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 835

Probably stored at Dartmouth for RN before transfer to RCAF. Category C crash at Chatham, NB on 26 May 1942. Served with No. 126 (F) Squadron at RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS in 1942. Coded "BV*F". Back to Canada Car and Foundry for conversion to Mk. XIIA, 2 June to 9 September 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at Bagotville, Quebec when complete. Category A crash, probably in September 1944.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-April-22 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1942-May-18 Accident: 118 Fighter Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hollaway
1943-May-26 Accident: 4 Repair Depot Loc: Aerodrome Names: Gilbert
1943-November-20 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Bagotville & Chicoutimi Names: Mace | Wadsworth
1943-December-04 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Stanley
1944-January-15 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Allen | Oden
   1944-October-16 Struck off Strength Struck off after crash, see comments 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW836, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW836

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 836

Delivered by RAF pilot from Halifax Pool of the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit. Stored pending transfer to RN at Halifax. Taken on charge by No. 118 (F) Squadron at Dartmouth on 9 December 1941. Back to Canada Car & Foundry 21 June to 5 August 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec when complete. To storage with No. 3 Training Command 26 October 1944. Transferred to No. 1 Air Command 15 January 1945, still stored. Available for disposal from 21 April 1945. Had 734:25 airframe time when struck off.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-09 Taken on Strength for storage 2020-10-27
1944-July-08 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: On Tarmac Names: Masson
   1945-November-06 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW837,

s/n BW837

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 837

Delivered by RAF pilot from Halifax Pool of the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit. Stored pending transfer to RN at Halifax. Taken on charge by No. 118 (F) Squadron at Dartmouth on 9 December 1941. Crashed at Dartmouth on 12 January 1942, originally classified Category C, amended to Category B. Another Category B crash at Dartmouth, with 118 Sdn., on 16 September 1942. Repaired at Canada Car & Foundry at Amhearst, NS, back to Eastern Air Command on 8 December 1942. With No. 123 (Army Cooperation Training) Squadron at RCAF Station Derbert, Nova Scotia when it crashed on 5 January 1943. Text from 439 Sdn web site: "Only hours after its acceptance check, this brand-new Hurricane was written off on the 5 Jan 1942 (sic). Hardly had he become airborne when the engine began to cut out intermittently. The pilot (Flying Officer Prendergast) tried to turn back to the airfield, but as he did so the engine stopped completely and the Hurricane came down in a grove of trees about one mile south of the field. Cutting a swath through 100 yards of spruce trees, the aircraft came to rest with its starboard wing torn off, the propeller wrenched from the engine, the fuselage broken in two behind the cockpit, and the engine twisted to one side." Never converted to Mk. XIIA.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-09 Taken on Strength for storage 2020-10-27
1942-January-12 Accident: 118 Fighter Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Aerodrome Names: Holloway
1942-September-16 Accident: 129 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mason
1943-January-05 Accident: 123 Squadron Loc: Debert Nova Scotia Names: Prendergast
   1943-March-08 Struck off Strength Struck off after crash on 5 January 1943, see comments. 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW838, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW838

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 838

Forced landing after becoming lost and running out of fuel east of Nova Scotia, en route from St. John, NB to Dartmouth, on 27 November 1941. Landed wheels up on a beach 30 miles south west of Halifax, near Liverpool, NS. RCAF records list pilot as Pilot Officer E.T Bradford. This RAF pilot reported as bailed out over sea and never found in "The Hurricats" by R. Barker; RCAF cards may have pilots of BW838 and BW840 switched. Pilot of this aircraft was probably Flight Lieutenant A.S. Linney, RAF, commander of the Halifax Pilot Pool. Aircraft originally classified as Category A, then Category B. One of three Sea Hurricanes that became lost that day while being ferried by RAF pilots from the Halifax Pilot Pool of the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit (see BW839 and BW840). Shortly after this, the remaining Sea Hurricanes were shipped to Dartmouth by rail. Taken on strength at No. 118 (F) Squadron on 9 December 1941. Category B crash on 12 September 1942, south-east of Moncton, NB, while with No. 126 (F) Squadron at Dartmouth. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 26 January 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Completed by 21 June 1943, when it was assigned to No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. To CC&F at Amhearst, NS on 20 December 1943, for repairs. To stored reserve 31 October 1944. Stored post war at Mont Joli, Quebec. Available for disposal there on 27 November 1945. Had 301:15 airframe time when struck off.
last update: 2025-February-05
1941-November-27 Accident: MISC FerryING Loc: Landed On Beach Names: Linney
   1941-December-09 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1942-September-12 Accident: 126 Squadron Loc: Moncton Names: Urquhart
   1946-June-14 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale. 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW839, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW839

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 839

Category B damage from forced landing near Musquoboit, east of Petpeswick, NS at 16:30 on 27 November 1941, after becoming lost en route from St. John, NB to Dartmouth. Pilot was Flying Officer Mitchell, RAF. Came down ten miles from BW 838 . Taken on RCAF strength at No. 118 (F) Squadron at Dartmouth on 9 December 1941. Served with No. 127 (F) Squadron at RCAF Stations Dartmouth, NS and/or Gander Newfoundland. Served with No. 129 (F) Squadron on the east coast, 1942/43. To Canada Car & foundry at Fort William 2 September to 6 October 1943 for conversion to Mk. XIIA. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec when completed. To storage on 26 October 1944. Available for disposal from 21 April 1945. Had 603:55 airframe time when struck off.
last update: 2025-February-05
1941-November-27 Accident: MISC FerryING Loc: East Petpeswick Nova Scotia Names: Mitchell
   1941-December-09 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1945-November-06 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale. 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW840,

s/n BW840

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 840

Lost on 27 November 1941, after becoming lost en route from Saint John, NB to Dartmouth. RAF pilot Pilot Officer E. Bradford never found, presumed to have bailed out over the Atlantic after running out of fuel. RCAF records of this crash appear to be confused with that of BW838 . My version of events is based on the book "The Hurricats" by R. Barker. Taken on strength by No. 118 (F) Squadron on 9 December 1941, for book keeping purposes.
last update: 2025-February-05
1941-November-27 Accident: MISC FerryING Loc: Atlantic Ocean Names: Bradford
   1941-December-09 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1942-March-17 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
1941-November-27 KIFA RAF Pilot Officer E T Bradford 2024-11-16
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW841,

s/n BW841

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 841

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Exchanged for UK built Sea Hurricane V7402, which was received in a damaged condition, probably off a Camship or escort carrier. Assigned to the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit. To Hawker in the UK, probably for update to RAF configuration. Later with the Aircraft & Armament Experimental Establishment, and No. 899 Squadron, FAA. To instructional airframe 4659M in March 1944. Reported recovered on an Ontario farm post war, to Jack Arnold Aviation Museum in Titusville, Florida, under restoration in 2001.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-18 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
   1942-October-16 Ownership Transferred Transferred to UK Air Ministry strength 2019-08-20
   1942-October-16 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW842,

s/n BW842

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 842

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Category B crash at Dartmouth aerodrome on 29 March 1942, reported by No. 118 (F) Squadron. Repaired at No. 4 Repair Depot, back to Eastern Air Command on 2 November 1942. Served with No. 129 (F) Squadron on the east coast, 1942/43. Later with No. 123 (ACT) Squadron, RCAF Station Derbert, NS. Severe damage in crash at Derbert, NS on 16 July 1943 after catastrophic engine failure. Reported on 423 Squadron web site as 842, may be incomplete s/n.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-18 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1942-March-29 Accident: 118 Fighter Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Keech
1943-July-16 Accident: 123 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Hunter
   1943-August-17 Struck off Strength Struck off after crash, see comments 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW843, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW843

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 843

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Category B crash at 12:40 on 18 April 1942, 2 miles south of Stellarton, NS, reported by No. 118 (F) Squadron. To No. 4 Repair Depot at Scoudouc, NB for repairs, back to Eastern Air Command on 9 June 1942. Category C crash at Dartmouth main aerodrome at 16:15 on 20 August 1942, while with No. 126 (F) Squadron. With No. 123 (Army Cooperation Training) Squadron when it crashed on 11 May 1943 at the East Camp, Derbert. No. 4 RD recommended aircraft for salvage, but went to Canada Car & Foundry 27 May 1943 for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Back to Eastern Air Command on 28 August 1943, to No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Crash, at Bagotville, on 1 August 1944, originally classified as Category B, amended to Category A.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-18 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2020-10-27
1942-April-18 Accident: 118 Fighter Squadron Loc: Stellarton Nova Scotia Names: Gedge
1942-August-20 Accident: 126 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Sauve
1943-May-09 Accident: 123 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Allen
1943-October-31 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Alvarez
1943-November-23 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Villiers
1944-April-21 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Mullen
1944-June-14 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Banks
   1944-October-26 Struck off Strength Struck off after crash, scrapped. 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW844, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW844

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 844

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Served with No. 126 (F) Squadron at RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS in 1942. Coded "BV*O". Served with No. 127 (F) Squadron at RCAF Stations Dartmouth, NS and/or Gander Newfoundland, 1942/43. Served with No. 129 (F) Squadron on the east coast, 1942/43. Back to Canada Car & Foundry for conversion to Mk. XIIA 21 June to 21 August 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Bagotville, Quebec when completed. Category A crash there on 8 August 1944.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-18 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1944-August-04 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Saint-Honore Quebec Names: Westfall
   1944-September-06 Struck off Strength Struck off, scrapped. 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW845, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW845

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 845

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. To Canada Car & Foundry at Amhearst on 15 September 1942 for repairs following a Category B crash. Back to CC&F at Fort William on 26 January 1943, originally scheduled for conversion to Hurricane Mk. IIB, but returned to Eastern Air Command as Mk. XIIA on 5 July 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec, where it was destroyed in a crash in late 1943 or early 1944.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-18 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1942-August-07 Accident: 126 Squadron Loc: Rcaf Stnorth Dartmouth Names: Grogan
1942-September-07 Accident: 126 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: West
1943-December-02 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: McLeod
1944-January-24 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Villiers | Wade
   1944-April-20 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares. 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW846, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW846

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 846

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 26 January 1943, originally scheduled for conversion to Hurricane Mk. IIB, but returned to Eastern Air Command as Mk. XIIA on 5 July 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. To stored reserve in November 1944. Available for disposal at Brantford, Ontario on 18 September 1945, with 466:45 airframe time. Was at Dunnville, Ontario when struck off.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-18 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-September-28 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Iago
   1947-June-30 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale. 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW847, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW847

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 847

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 21 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 16 July 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Destroyed in a mid-air with Hurricane 5467 at Lake St. Germain, Quebec on 30 August 1943, killing Pilot Officer Pilot Officer I. C. B. Kenyon, RAF. This aircraft crashed on the shore of the lake. Investigation found the two aircraft were ingaged in an unauthorized low altitude dog fight at the time of the collision.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-18 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-August-30 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Lake St Germain Names: Kenyon | Mansfield
   1944-February-26 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
1943-August-30 KIFA RAF Pilot Officer Gerald John Mansfield 2023-08-04
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW848, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW848

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 848

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 2 September 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 6 October 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Crashed May 1944, originally classified Category B but never repaired.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-18 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1944-January-06 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Harris
1944-April-22 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Arvida Names: Paterson
   1944-June-20 Struck off Strength Struck off after crash 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW849, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW849

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 849

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 21 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 16 July 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Category C crash there on 17 September 1944, apparently never repaired.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-18 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1944-September-16 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: North Of Firing Range Names: Loney
   1944-October-16 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce. 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW850, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW850

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 850

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Served with No. 126 (F) Squadron at RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS in 1942, Category D crash at Dartmouth while with this unit on 8 September 1942. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 28 January 1943, originally scheduled for conversion to Hurricane Mk. IIB, but returned to Eastern Air Command as Mk. XIIA on 21 June 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. To stored reserve 26 October 1944. Available for disposal from 21 April 1945. Had 710:20 airframe time when struck off.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-18 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1942-September-08 Accident: 126 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Thomspon
1942-September-09 Accident: 126 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Thompson
1943-August-12 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Necklen
1944-January-17 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Woodman
   1945-November-06 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War assets Corporation for sale. 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW851, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW851

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 851

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 28 January 1943, originally scheduled for conversion to Hurricane Mk. IIB, but returned to Eastern Air Command as Mk. XIIA on 12 July 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Crashed at Bagotoville 25 November 1943, "damaged beyond further aeronautical value, completely demolished".
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-18 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-November-25 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Howell | Welch
   1944-April-05 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW852, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW852

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 852

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Served with No. 126 (F) Squadron at RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS in 1942/193. Coded "BV*J". Category C crash with this unit, north of Dartmouth, on 23 January 1943. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 21 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 12 July 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Crashed at "Rang St. Martin" (today a street name in Chicoutimi), probably August or September 1943.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-17 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-January-23 Accident: 126 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Scott
1943-August-31 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Jordon
   1943-December-09 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
1943-August-31 KIFA RAF Pilot Officer Philip Morgan Jordan 2023-08-04
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW853, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW853

c/n R30019

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 853

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Served with No. 126 (F) Squadron at RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS in 1942. Coded "BV*L". With No. 127 (F) Squadron when it was in a Category B crash at Dartmouth on 24 July 1942. To Canada Car & Foundry at Amhearst for repairs, 6 August 1942. To CC&F at Fort William on 1 February 1943, originally scheduled for conversion to Hurricane Mk. IIB, but returned to Eastern Air Command as Mk. XIIA on 5 July 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Category B crash on 11 August 1944 at Bagotville, later reclassified as Category A. Remains purchased by A.J. Ditherridge of the UK in 1988. To ADJ Engineering at Milden, Suffolk, UK for restoration 6 October 1989. First flight 1994. To UK civil register post war as G-BRKE, cancelled 22 December 1995. Pieces used to restore BW881. An aircraft identified as 853 reported for sale in 2008.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-17 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1942-July-24 Accident: 127 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Brant
1944-June-14 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Saint-Honore Quebec Names: Bailey
1944-August-01 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: St Gedion Names: Brown
   1944-October-12 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW854,

s/n BW854

c/n R30020?

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 854

Served with No. 126 (F) Squadron at RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS in 1942. Coded "BV*X". With this unit when destroyed in Category A forced landing near Pine Lake, NS, after engine failure during formation practice, on 8 February 1943.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-30 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-February-08 Accident: 126 Squadron Loc: Musquodoboit Harbor Nova Scotia Names: Woollatt
   1943-May-05 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
1943-February-08 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class George Randall Woollatt 2023-02-01
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW855,

s/n BW855

c/n R30021?

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 855

Served with No. 126 (F) Squadron at RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS in 1942. Coded "BV*E". Indefinite loan to British Admiralty from 24 February 1943. Taken on charge by RAF July 1943, as a Sea Hurricane Mk. Ia. To No. 768 Squadron, FAA at Abbotsinch January to August 1944. On ferry flight from Sealand to No. 731 Sdn.. at Easthaven, hit moor in low visibility at dusk, Hepple Whitefield, Northumberland, Category Z damage, 19 August 1944, Lt. P.N. Medd killed.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-30 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
   1944-January-07 Struck off Strength Struck off, permanent transfer to UK Admiralty, after "Financial Adjustment" 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW856, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW856

c/n R30022?

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 856

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 21 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 5 August 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. To stored reserve on 26 October 1944. Available for disposal from 21 April 1945. Had 698:45 airframe time when struck off.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-17 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-August-10 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Scott
1944-January-28 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: St Nazaire Names: Osborne
   1945-November-06 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW857, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW857

c/n R30023?

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 857

Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 21 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 9 August 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Category A crash near Bagotville on 23 November 1943. Instructor T/Flight Sergeant J.C. Dillon, RAAF bailed out after engine failure and fire, aircraft came down near St. Leonard, Quebec. Investigation revealed union nut on scavenge oil line had backed off, resulting in loss of engine oil. No. 1 OTU instructed to "pick up produce and forward repairable spares" to No. 4 Repair Depot on 24 December 1943.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-30 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-August-24 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Wright
1943-November-23 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Shipshaw Names: Dillon
   1944-February-10 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW858, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW858

c/n R30024?

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 858

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 23 October 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 9 September 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Category B crash while with this unit. To CC&F at Amhearst for repairs from 20 December 1943. Completed 7 July 1944, to stored reserve with Eastern Air Command. Stored post war at Dunnville, Ontario. Available for disposal from 5 March 1946.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-17 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-December-07 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Camilleri
   1944-July-03 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets for sale 2020-10-27
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW859, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW859

c/n R30025?

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 859

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Served with No. 126 (F) Squadron at RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS in 1942. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 21 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 16 July 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. RCAF Aircraft Record Card states that on 30 December 1943 "RAF a/c brought right into the H.W.E." (Home War Establishment). To stored reserve on 7 December 1944. Stored post war at Dunnvile, Ontario. Available for disposal there from 5 March 1946.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-30 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-August-10 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Scott
1943-September-22 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Robertson
1943-November-20 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Mid Air Between Bagotville & Chicoutimi Names: Mace | Wadsworth
1943-December-07 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Tullie
1944-March-21 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Saint-Honore Quebec Names: Patterson
   1944-July-03 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale 2020-10-27
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW860, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW860

c/n R30026?

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 860

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 23 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 20 September 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. To stored reserve on 7 December 1944. Stored post war at Dunnville, Ontario. Available for disposal there from 5 March 1946.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-30 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-November-26 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: On Tarmac Names: Jones
1944-March-22 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Barnes
   1944-July-03 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets for disposal 2020-10-27
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW861, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW861

c/n R30027?

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 861

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 2 September 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 12 November 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Burned after crash, summer of 1944.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-30 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1944-May-29 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Steast Anne Quebec Names: Prentice
   1944-July-11 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 530

Sea Hurricane BW862, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW862

c/n R30028

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 862

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Transferred from RAF to Home War Establishment, and back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 23 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 8 September 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Category A crash summer of 1944, during forced landing near Lac St. Jean, Quebec (Lake St. John in contemporary RCAF documents). Incomplete airframe recovered in Quebec junkyard in 1980, by Tex LeVallee , to the LaVallee Cultural and Aeronautical Collection. Later to Ed Zalesky of BC. Fuselage reported stored at Museum of Flight, Langley, BC c.2000. Returned to the Zalesky family by 2008, reported stored in Syrrey, BC. There may be some mixing of pieces between the remains of this aircraft and the remains of 5666 .
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-30 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1944-July-06 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Lac St Jean Names: Mcgibbon
   1944-October-12 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW863, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW863

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 863

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Transferred from RAF to Home War Establishment 30 December 1941. Served with No. 127 (F) Squadron at RCAF Stations Dartmouth, NS and/or Gander Newfoundland, 1942/43. Coded "TF*V". Category C crash at Dartmouth on 3 August 1942. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 21 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 20 August 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. To stored reserve on 26 October 1944. Available for disposal, with No. 1 Air Command, from 15 January 1945. Had 637:10 airframe time when struck off.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1941-December-30 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
   1945-November-06 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW864, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW864

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 864

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 23 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 8 September 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. To stored reserve on 26 October 1944. Available fro disposal, with No. 1 Air Command, from 18 September 1945. Had 478:25 airframe time then. Stored at Brantford, Ontario at that time. At Dunnville, Ontario from June 1947.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-08 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
   1947-June-30 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW865, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW865

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 865

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 21 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 21 August 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Burned after Category A crash, summer of 1944.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-08 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-October-27 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Glithero
1944-May-27 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Laroche Quebec Names: Paterson
   1944-July-11 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW866, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW866

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 866

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. To CC&F at Fort William on 28 January 1943, originally scheduled for conversion to Hurricane Mk. IIB, but returned to Eastern Air Command as Mk. XIIA on 5 July 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. To stored reserve 26 October 1944. Available for disposal from 21 April 1945. Had 748:35 airframe time when struck off.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-05 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
   1945-November-06 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW867, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW867

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 867

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Served with No. 126 (F) Squadron at RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS in 1942. Coded "BV*Z". Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 21 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 22 July 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. To stored reserve 26 October 1944. Available for disposal from 21 April 1945. Had 510:50 airframe time when struck off.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-08 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-October-26 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Angless | Webster
1944-April-08 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Arvida Names: Harrison
   1946-July-12 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW868, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW868

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 868

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 21 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 22 July 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Category B crash while with this unit December 1943. To CC&F at Amhearst for repair, to stored reserve with EAC on 2 October 1944. Stored post war at Mont Joli, Quebec and Mount Pleasant, PEI. Available for disposal from 30 August 1945, when it had 259:20 airframe time.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-08 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-November-25 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Howell | Welch
   1947-June-30 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW869, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW869

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 869

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 21 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 30 September 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. To stored reserve on 7 December 1944. Stored post war at Brantford, Ontario and Dunnville, Ontario. Available for disposal from 17 September 1945, when it had 489:30 airframe time.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-08 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
   1947-June-30 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale. 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW870, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW870

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 870

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 14 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to No. 3 Training Command on 1 September 1943. To No. 1 TC on 7 October 1943. Available for disposal at No. 6 Repair Depot from 22 February 1945, with 388:10 airframe time.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-08 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1945-February-02 Accident: 1 CFS Loc: Aerodrome Names: Henderson
   1946-May-16 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale 2020-10-27
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW871,

s/n BW871

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 871

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. With No. 126 (F) Squadron at RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS when it stalled and spun into Pendant Harbour, NS on 22 July 1942. Pilot Flight Lieutenant C.F. Turner, a Canadian serving in the RAF, was killed.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-08 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1942-July-22 Accident: 126 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Names: Turner
   1942-September-23 Struck off Strength Struck off after crash, see comments 2019-08-20
1942-July-22 KIFA RAF Flight Lieutenant Charles Frederick Turner 2023-02-16
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW872, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW872

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 872

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Loaned by RAF to Home War Establishment on 21 June 1943. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on that day, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 12 July 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Category A crash into Lake St. John, Quebec on 30 July 1944. Pilot Sgt. R.A. Nash, RAFVR blacked out during steep turn during recovery from bombing run over the range on the lake, escaped the aircraft without injury after it crashed into the lake.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-08 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-December-15 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Oden
1944-January-06 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Cummings
1944-March-06 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Air Firing Range Names: Christensen
1944-July-30 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Lake St John Names: Nash
   1944-September-13 Struck off Strength Struck off after crash, see comments 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW873, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW873

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 873

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 21 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 21 August 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Crashed June 1944. Remains to Jack Arnold Aviation Museum in Titusville, Florida in 1988. Being restored, used parts from Hurricanes 5301 and 5381.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-19 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-December-02 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: McLeod
1944-June-20 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Lac St Jean Names: Nettleton
   1944-August-15 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
1944-June-20 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Thomas Gordon Nettleton 2023-01-25
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW874, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW874

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 874

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 23 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 20 September 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Went missing on training flight 15 November 1943, one of four aircraft that became lost in a snow storm, other three returned to base. Sgt. R.W. Bailey killed. Wreckage located in December 1972.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-08 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-November-15 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Unknown Names: Bailey
   1944-February-28 Struck off Strength 2019-08-20
1943-November-15 KIFA RAF Sergeant Raymond Wilfred Bailey 2024-11-04
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW875, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW875

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 875

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 14 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 6 October 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. To stored reserve 26 October 1944. Available for disposal from 21 April 1945. Had 544:10 airframe time when struck off.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-22 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2020-10-27
1943-November-21 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Evans | Lines
   1946-July-12 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW876,

s/n BW876

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 876

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. With No. 126 (F) Squadron when it suffered a Category C crash at Dartmouth airport at 11:50 on 6 October 1942.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-22 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1942-October-06 Accident: 126 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Aerodrome Names: Hamm
1942-November-10 Accident: 126 Squadron Loc: Mcdonald Lake Names: Fawcett
   1943-March-16 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
1942-November-10 KIFA RCAF Sergeant George Humphreys Fawcett 2023-05-03
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW877, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW877

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 877

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Served with No. 129 (F) Squadron on the east coast, 1942/43. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 21 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 20 August 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. To stored reserve on 26 October 1944. Stored post war at Mont Joli, Quebec and Mount Pleasant, PEI. Available for disposal from 30 August 1945. Had 546:40 airframe time when struck off.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-22 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-October-11 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Saint-Honore Quebec Names: Libbey
   1947-June-30 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW878, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW878

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 878

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 21 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 28 August 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. To CC&F at Moncton on 9 November 1943 for repairs following a Category B crash, back to EAC on 13 March 1944, to stored reserve. Stored post war at Dunnville, Ontario. Available for disposal there from 5 March 1946.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-22 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-October-09 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Lamalbaie Quebec Names: Matthews
   1947-July-03 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets for sale 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW879, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW879

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 879

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 23 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 30 September 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Destroyed in mid-air with Hurricane 5647 at Bagotville on 1 April 1944. Pilot Officer W.R. Wood, RAFVR killed. Completely demolished, wreckage buried at crash site.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-22 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1944-April-01 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Laterrere Names: Endersby | Wood
   1944-May-10 Struck off Strength Struck off after crash, see comments 2019-08-20
1944-April-01 KIFA RAF Pilot Officer William Robert Wood 2023-08-12
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW880, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW880

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 880

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 14 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec on 28 December 1943. To No. 4 Repair Depot on 27 January 1944 for installation of VHF radio equipment. To stored reserve on 29 November 1944. Available for disposal from 21 April 1945. Had 208:20 airframe time when struck off.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-22 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1942-October-28 Accident: 126 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Aerodrome Names: Shenk
1943-September-23 Accident: 124 Ferry Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Dow
   1946-July-12 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets for disposal 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW881, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW881

c/n R32007

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 881

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 23 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 20 September 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Category B crash at Chicoutimi, Quebec on 7 September 1944. To No. 9 Repair Depot, apparently never repaired. Remains recovered from Ontario farm c.1988. To UK, for restoration by Hawker Restorations of Milden, Suffolk December 1988 to 1994. Sold to M. Hammond of Eye, Suffolk. To UK civil register post war as G-KAMM on 23 February 1995. Sold to Alpine Deer Group, New Zealand in 1998. To Flying Heritage Collection of Seattle, Washington in 1999. Reported under restoration at Milden in 2002. Marked as RCAF 5429 by 2006. Registered in US as N54FH in 2007.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-22 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1943-December-10 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: NWest Of St Anne Names: Whitehead
1944-September-07 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Chicoutimi Names: Banks
   1944-September-28 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW882, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW882

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 882

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Served with No. 126 (F) Squadron at RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS in 1942. Coded "BV*H". Forced landing a field near Lunenburg, NS after pilot became lost evening of 30 May 1942, Category B damage. To Canada Car & Foundry at Amhearst for repairs. To CC&F at Fort William on 28 January 1943, originally scheduled for conversion to Hurricane Mk. IIB, but returned to Eastern Air Command as Mk. XIIA on 21 June 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Category A crash on 22 May 1944, Sgt. W.A. Swanborough, RAF killed. To No. 9 Repair Depot for scrapping on 26 May 1944.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-28 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1942-May-30 Accident: 126 Squadron Loc: Lunenburg Names: Carruthers
1944-February-13 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Chicoutimi Names: Christensen
1944-May-22 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Grande Baie Quebec Names: Swanborough
   1944-June-28 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
1944-May-20 KIFA RAF Sergeant William Adair Swanborough 2023-08-12
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW883, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW883

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 883

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 2 September 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 7 October 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. To No. 4 Repair Depot for scrapping on 24 March 1944, after crashing into the Saguenay River.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-28 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2020-10-27
1944-March-20 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: St Fulgence Names: Streete
   1944-May-10 Struck off Strength Struck off following crash, see comments 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane BW884, Mk. XIIA

s/n BW884

Canadian Car & Foundry

BW 884

Stored at Dartmouth, as reserve aircraft for the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit of the RAF. With No. 129 (F) Squadron when it crashed at Dartmouth aerodrome at 12:35 on 3 September 1942. Originally classified as Category C, revised to Category B on 15 September 1942, shipped to Canada Car & Foundry for repairs. Back to Eastern Air Command 5 November 1942. Back to Canada Car & Foundry at Fort William on 21 June 1943, for conversion to Mk. XIIA. Returned to Eastern Air Command on 21 August 1943. To No. 3 Training Command on 2 September 1943. To No. 1 (F) Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec from 24 March 1944. To stored reserve on 26 October 1944. Available for disposal from 30 August 1945, when it had 359:20 airframe time and was stored at Mount Pleasant, PEI. Later stored at Mont Joli, Quebec.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-January-28 Taken on Strength No. 118 (F) Squadron 2019-08-20
1942-September-03 Accident: 129 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Wallace
1943-August-28 Accident: PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE Loc: Aerodrome Names: Fraser
   1947-June-30 Struck off Strength Struck off, to War Assets Corporation for sale 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 531

Sea Hurricane R4177, Mk. I

s/n R4177

Gloster Aircraft Co.

R 4177

Built as Hurricane Mk. I, used by 45 Squadron RAF in summer of 1940, before conversion to Sea Hurricane in April 1941. To Merchant Ship Fighter Unit, UK records show it assigned to RCAF on 4 June 1942. Ownership to RCAF, and Eastern Air Command, on 17 April 1943 for scrapping.
last update: 2025-February-05
   1942-April-17 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
   1942-October-28 Repair / Modification Received at No. 4 Repair Depot, Scoudouc, NB 2019-08-20
   1943-April-17 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005: Smith, Castle): 1968 506