Squadron: 133 (F) Sqn (RCAF)
Start Date: 1943-02-04
Completion Date: 1943-02-04
Mission: Operational
Operation: unspecified
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Base: RCAF Station Boundary Bay, British Columbia, Canada
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Squadron Code: FN-L
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Crash City: Canada
Crash Specifics: Pender Island, British Columbia
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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133 Falcon Squadron, RCAF Station Boundary Bay, British Columbia. Canadian-built Hurricane XII (Canadian Car and Foundry) aircraft 5398 FN-L was undergoing a night flying test when it appeared to catch fire and crashed at Pender Island, British Columbia, killing pilot Flying Officer Grover Stewart Sargent, Jr (RCAF)
< p>The Accident Investigation could not fully determine the cause of this accident and the aircraft was almost completely destroyed in the crash
The building of Hurricane 5398 had been funded by civilian funding from the "March of Dimes" and marked as such on the nose of the aircraft
Quietus Last Flight, Accident Proneness in WWII, Wartime Aviation Stories on the Canadian Home Front by Anne Gafiuk, Chapter 14
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