Hawker Hurricane
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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
Hurricane - Kestrel Publications
CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF Owned (454) RCAF 400 Squadrons (36) Canadian Crewed (377) Canadian Manufactured (1605) Canadian Museum (2)Hurricane Mk. XII 5467
1942-09-12 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1942-September-26 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Aerodrome Names: Bertrand | Blair
1942-November-04 Accident: 130 Squadron Loc: Bagotville Quebec Names: Bohemier
1943-May-07 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Aerodrome Names: Smith
1943-August-30 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Lake St Germain Names: Kenyon | Mansfield
1944-03-21 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
Sea Hurricane BW847
Sea Hurricane Mk. XIIA BW847
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.1941-12-18 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
1944-02-26 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20