Anderson, Duncan Robinson (Flying Officer)

The Hawker Hurricane is a single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s"“1940s that was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). The Hurricane developed through several versions, as bomber-interceptors, fighter-bombers, and ground support aircraft in addition to fighters. Versions designed for the Navy were popularly known as the Sea Hurricane, with modifications enabling their operation from ships. Some were converted to be used as catapult-launched convoy escorts. By the end of production in July 1944, 14,487 Hurricanes had been completed in Britain and Canada.

A major manufacturer of the Hurricane was Canadian Car and Foundry at their factory in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario. The facility's chief engineer, Elsie MacGill, became known as the "Queen of the Hurricanes". The initiative was commercially led rather than governmentally, but was endorsed by the British government; Hawker, having recognized that a major conflict was all but inevitable after the Munich Crisis of 1938, drew up preliminary plans to expand Hurricane production via a new factory in Canada. Under this plan, samples, pattern aircraft, and a complete set of design documents stored on microfilm, were shipped to Canada; the RCAF ordered 20 Hurricanes to equip one fighter squadron and two more were supplied to Canadian Car and Foundry as pattern aircraft but one probably did not arrive. The first Hurricane built at Canadian Car and Foundry was officially produced in February 1940. As a result, Canadian-built Hurricanes were shipped to Britain to participate in events such as the Battle of Britain. Canadian Car and Foundry (CCF) was responsible for the production of 1,451 Hurricanes. Wikipedia and Harold A Skaarup Web Page

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Hurricane 329

Hurricane Mk. I 329

Ex RAF L2023. Arrived at Ottawa via Canadian National Railway. Displayed at the Canadian National Exhibition at Toronto August 1939. To No. 1 (F) Squadron, at RCAF Station St. Hubert, Quebec, on 19 September 1939. Moved with squadron detachment to RCAF Station Dartmouth, NS, 5 November 1939. Category A crash at Dartmouth at 10:30 on 20 November 1939. The a/c was attempting a "go-around" during a landing but stalled while in a steep turn and crashed. The pilot, Flying Officer D.R. Anderson killed. Had 39:50 flying time in aircraft log book at time of crash.

1939-08-09 Taken on Strength RCAF Station 2019-08-20
1939-November-20 Accident: 1 Fighter Loc: Aerodrome Dartmouth Names: Anderson
1939-11-21 Struck off Strength Struck off and reduced to spares, after Category A crash 2019-08-20