Jordan, Philip Morgan

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-08-31

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Birth Date: unkown date

Born:

Home:

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAF

Unit

1 OTU- Operational Training Unit

Base

Bagotville, Quebec, Canada

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J585774

1 OTU, Bagotville, Quebec.

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

This incident involved multiple aircraft:

  1. Sea Hurricane Mk. XIIA Serial: BW852

All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.

Sea Hurricane BW852

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Pilot Officer Jordan, Philip Morgan (RAF)

Killed in Flying Accident
1943-August-31
cemetery unknown

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.
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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

Wikipedia Wikipedia Hawker Hurricane variants

Sea Hurricane BW852

Sea Hurricane Mk. XIIA BW852

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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.

1941-12-17 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
1943-12-09 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20