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Sabourin, Maurice Raoul (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-November-07

Birth Date: 1919 (age 24)

Son of Dr. Severin Sabourin and Marguerite Sabourin, of Bonnyville, Alberta.

Home: Bonnyville, Alberta

Service
RCAF
Unit
127 Sqn- Squadron
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
R/150674
127 Canadian Squadron, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Hurricane aircraft 5659 was engaged in a dawn patrol when it had engine failure. FS Sabourin's attempts to bail out were unsuccessful and both aircraft and pilot went into the ground from 1,000 feet. The Hurricane crashed and burned in a densely wooded ravine about three miles from the Village of Northwest Cove, Nova Scotia. Within minutes local people arrived at the scene but could do nothing as the aircraft was an inferno. A plaque has been erected in a town about fifeteen miles from Northwest Cove and bears the following inscription, "In Commemoration of the finding of a Miraculous Medal worn by FLT SGT MAURICE R. SABOURIN R.C.A.F. Dartmouth who was killed in an aircraft accident while on duty at N.W. Cove on Sunday Nov 7, 1943. The Medal was miraculously preserved from destruction and was found intact after having been five hours in the fire.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Home
Google MapBonnyville, Alberta
Burial
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Plot 13 Row 1 Grave 3

Hurricane 5659

Hawker Hurricane

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


YouTube Hurricane

Wkikpedia Wikipedia Hurricane

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

Kestrek Publications Hurricane - Kestrel Publications

last update: 2021-12-21 01:11:03

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

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