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    Airframe Family: Hawker Hurricane
    Latest Model:Hurricane XII
    Last Military Serial:5662 RCAF
    Construction Number:1087
    Compressed ID:Canadian Car and Foundry Hurricane...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

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

    28 January 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 5662.

    28 January 1943

    Transferred to Eastern Air Command.

    Transferred to Labrador.

    25 September 1943

    Crashed.
    Crashed at Carter Basin, Newfoundland, but the wreckage not recovered.

    25 September 1943

    To No. 4 Repair Depot.
    The was a paperwork transfer to facilitate the write off of the airframe.

    25 November 1943

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

    Circa 1972

    Recovered.
    The hulk was removed from a swamp near Goose Bay, Labrador.

    By 1972

    To Duane Egli, Fabens, TX.
    Obtained by Mr. Egli as a restoration project. This was part of a deal that saw both s/n 5708 and 5662 traded to Mr. Egli for a Champion Citrabria.

    1972

    Transported by ground.
    Moved to Texas.

    From By 1988 to By 1991

    To Len Tanner, New Baintree, CT.
    Obtained as a restoration project.

    To RRS Aviation/Robert Schneider, Hawkins, TX.

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 5664, DT A
    This was a composite restoration with apparently 5662 providing the basis of the restoration with components contributed from five other airframe hulks also obtained from Canada.

    From By 2000 to By 2006

    To Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, TX.

    April 2006

    To David C. Tallichet, MARC, Chino CA.

    2006

    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: DT A, V6864
    Displayed in the markings of the Royal Air Force, 257 Squadron, in 1940.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    23 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ, USA.

    20 January 2020


    Photographer: Richard Talley
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Canadian Military Aircraft - Serials and Photographs by J. A. Griffin
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers by Brian Walker
    Pima Air and Space Museum
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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