McIntaggart, Russell George (Warrant Officer 2nd Class)

Killed in Action 1943-July-31

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Russell George McIntaggart RCAF

Birth Date: 1915-January-19

Born:

Home: Penetanguishene, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

20 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Facta Non Verba Deeds not words

Base

Rank

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Position

Warrant Officer 2nd Class

Service Numbers

R/80922

Home
Google MapPenetanguishene, Ontario
Temporary Burial
Google MapWarrant Officer Class Ii Pilot Mclntaggart Was Buried With Full Military Honours In The Sewri Cemetery At Bombay

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapKirkee War Cemetery
7 E 2

W/O McIntaggart was serving with 20 Squadron (Facta Non Verba), out of Kalyan airfield, NE of Bombay (now Mumbai) India . He lost his life when Hurricane aircraft KW 749 struck a hillside in bad weather near Khandala, India, en route to Poona (now Pune). The crash appears to have been near Khandala

McIntaggart had previously been involved in an aircraft accident. On 3 February 1943 he was operating with #28 Squadron RAF in an army co-operation role, when returning from a Tac recce flight, his aircraft (Hurricane BW912) was diverted to Bawli Bazar, Burma. On landing he hit a soft spot on the aerodrome and the aircraft overturned. The aircraft was later repaired. And lost with another pilot.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.findagrave.com

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Hurricane serial: KW749

Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc.
Source BBMF

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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