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 5659
Ferried from Fort William to RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, in December 1942 by No. 124 (Ferry) Squadron. Assigned to 129 (F) Sqn. On 30 Mar 43, the a/c suffered a Category "C" accident while taxiing; the a/c struck an ice ridge on the taxiway and the port oleo collapsed causing the a/c to ground loop. Assigned to 127 (F) Sqn. Completely demolished in a crash on 7 Nov 1943. While in formation on a dusk patrol, 20 mi from the station near Aspotogan Settlement, Nova Scotia, the engine had a connecting rod failure and the a/c dove out of control and crashed. The pilot, Flight Sergeant M.R. Sabourin was killed. The wreckage was allocated to No. 4 Repair Depot at Scoudouc, New Brunswick, on 22 Dec 1943 for write off and salvage.1942-12-22 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1943-March-30 Accident: 126 Squadron Loc: Dartmouth Nova Scotia Names: Dennison
1943-03-30 Accident Category C 2022-02-04
1943-November-07 Accident: 127 Squadron Loc: Nw Cove Nova Scotia 28 Mile W Of Base Names: Sabourin
1943-11-07 Accident Category A 2022-02-04
1944-02-04 Struck off Strength written off, reduced to spares and produce 2022-02-04