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 5487
To EAC, for 127 (F) Sqn in Gander, NF. On 22/23 Nov 1942, while practicing night ops, the a/c entered a spin at 8,000 ft. The pilot was unable to recover the spin and bailed out but was killed. Flight Sergeant A.R. Taylor perished in the accident. Cat "A" crash. Wreckage to No. 19 Sub-Repair Depot at Gander NF on 26 Nov 1942 for write off.. Reported restored in UK by Classic Aero Engineering, registered as G-CBOE. Flew again 2015 Coded AG244 (see https://warbirdtails.net/2017/11/15/hawker-hurricane-airworthy-survivors-part-2-rest-of-the-world/1942-10-16 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1942-November-22 Accident: 127 Squadron Loc: Indian Bay Pond Newfoundland Names: Taylor
1943-03-22 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20
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