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    Airframe Family: Hawker Hurricane
    Latest Model:Hurricane XII
    Last Military Serial:5390 RCAF
    Construction Number:815
    Compressed ID:Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Hurricane XII by Canadian Car and Foundry at Fort William, ON, Canada.

    June 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 5390.

    30 June 1942

    Transferred to No. 133 Fighter Squadron, Lethbridge, AB.

    26 October 1942

    Base of operations changed.
    RCAF Station Boundary Bay, BC.

    7 February 1944

    Crashed.
    Lost at sea on operations off Tofino, BC.

    4 April 1944

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    1988

    To Bob Schneider/RRS Aviation, Hawkins, TX.

    Goodall states this plane was never recovered. Warbirds.fandom says recovered.

    Restored.
    Parts collection of 5 Hurricanes, ex-Canadian farms, acquired from Jack Arnold, Brantford, ON: used to rebuild 2 Hurricanes to display standard at Hawkins, TX.

    1990

    To United States Air Force Museum, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: XR-B, Z3174
    Displayed as RAF Mk.IIb of 71 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

    16 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

    13 August 1998


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    January 2001

    Transported by air.
    Airfreighted to UK for full restoration to airworthy (but not to fly) standard at Earls Colne by Hawker Restoration, Ltd, but not to fly.

    12 August 2002

    Transported by air.
    Returned to the Air Force Museum.

    12 September 2002


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    12 September 2002


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    2004

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    4 December 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Canadian Aircraft Serials Personal Information Resource by Canadian Warplane Heritage
    Warbirds Wiki
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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