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Rose Valley, SaskatchewanHawker 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
Wikipedia Hurricane
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 5433
Delivered to EAC, for use at No. 1 (F) OTU at RCAF Stn Bagotville, QC. On 1 Dec 1942, two a/c were on a formation training mission with cross-over turns when a third a/c suddenly joined the formation. In the ensuing confusion #5433 cut off the tail of #5626. #5626 fell into an inverted spin and its pilot bailed out successfully. #5433 was however badly damaged and its pilot may have been attempting a force landing when it went into a sudden dive and crashed. Pilot Officer D.R. Lorimer was killed. Wreckage to No. 4 Repair Depot at Scoudouc, NB for scrapping on 4 Dec 1942.1942-08-19 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1942-December-01 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Saint-Honore Quebec Names: Corrigan | Lorimer
1943-04-03 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
Hurricane 5626
Hurricane Mk. XII 5626
With No. 1 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Bagotville, Quebec. Category A crash at 20:00 on 1 December 1942 at St. Honore Aerodrome in Quebec. Two a/c were on a formation training mission with cross-over turns when a third a/c suddenly joined the formation. In the ensuing confusion, #5433 cut off the tail of #5626. #5626 fell into an inverted spin and its pilot bailed out successfully. However, #5433 was badly damaged and its pilot may have been attempting a force landing when it went into a sudden dive and crashed. Pilot Officer D.R. Lorimer was killed. The wreckage of #5626 was allocated to No. 4 Repair Depot at Scoudouc, New Brunswick, for scrapping on 4 December 1942.1942-11-18 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1942-December-01 Accident: 1 Operational Training Unit Loc: Saint-Honore Quebec Names: Corrigan | Lorimer
1942-12-01 Accident Category A 2022-02-01
1943-04-03 Struck off Strength reduced to spares and produce 2022-02-01
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