William Arthur Walker

Killed in Action 1944-March-12

Pilot Officer William Arthur Walker RCAF

Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Son of Frederick Walker and of Annie Walker (nee Drew); husband of Dorothy Walker, of Dundas, Ontario.

Home: Dundas, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

28 (AC) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Quicquid Agas Age Whatsoever you may do, do

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot Officer

Service Numbers

J/88227
Prev: R/103204

Home

Dundas, Ontario

Memorial Location

Singapore War Memorial
Column 444

28 Squadron (Quicquid Agas Age). Hurricane aircraft HV 475 was on a photo reconnaissance operation when it was shot down by two Japanese Zero fighter aircraft six miles east of Tiddim, Burma . Pilot Officer Walker bailed out but did not survive.

From rafcommands website:"Shot down TIDDIM by two ARMY 01 aircraft. TAC/R over Fort White area when they were jumped out of the sun by two O1s. W/O S A Watt warned Walker but it was too late. Ground reports mention that a Hurricane Pilot baled out and two enemy aircraft collided in aire. Two army patrols went out and found one of the ac. AT0945 hours over RU2292 . Walker hit at close range but bailed out".

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Hurricane serial: HV475

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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