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Yesterday, as part of my volunteer duties with the Calgary Mosquito Society, I helped prepare the society's other aircraft, a Hurricane Mk. XII, for a move to a restoration facility about 3 hours north of the city. There, it will undergo a restoration to static (but engine running) display back here at the Calgary Aerospace Museum. The history of this particular Hurricane is as follows:
1942 - Built by Canadian Car Foundry, Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario.
Jun 10, 1942 - Noted "This aircraft has been modified before being placed in service".
Jun 23, 1942 - Taken on strength, assigned serial number RCAF 5389.
To No. 4 Training Command, BCATP, Calgary, Alberta and delivered into stored reserve.
Jul 3, 1942 - Assigned to No. 133 (Fighter) Squadron, Lethbridge, Alberta. Aircraft 5389 coded as FN*M
Oct 5, 1942 - No. 133 (F) Squadron transfered to Western Air Command and relocated to RCAF Station Boundary Bay, British Columbia for home defense.
Jul 1, 1943 - Squadron is relocated to Tofino, British Columbia.
Jul 15, 1943 - Suffered a Category 'C' crash at Tofino.
Jul 22, 1943 - To Coates Limited for repairs.
Feb 28, 1944 - Stored reserve with Western Air Command.
Aug 4, 1944 - To No. 2 Training Command, BCATP, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Dec 1, 1944 - To No. 2 Training Command, BCATP, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Feb 12, 1945 - Stored reserve.
Jul 12, 1945 - Available for disposal, airframe total time: 447:30 hours.
Aug 20, 1946 - Struck from service, to War Assets Corporation for sale.
Purchased by a farmer in Southern Saskatchewan.
1962 - Purchased by Lynn Garrison, Calgary, Alberta and transported to Calgary courtesy of Wolton Lumber.
1962 - date unknown - Both Hurricanes stored disassembled in the back of Hangar 4.
1964 - Air Museum of Canada incorporated. Title of the Hurricane was not transfered to the museum.
1964 - An Air Museum of Canada program states, "They (the museum's two Hurricanes) are to be rebuilt by members of the local Ultra Lite aircraft group for display at a later date." The ultralite group was the Calgary Ultra-Lite Aircraft Association.
1964 to 1966 - Stored inside a small building occupied by 403 'City of Calgary' Squadron and used as their Pilot's Room.
Late 1960s - Aircraft relocated to RCAF Station Lincoln Park where a local Air Cadet Squadron attempts a restoration project, starting with the wood work on the fuselage.
1972 - Aircraft sold by Peter Norman (unauthorized by the owner, Lynn Garrison) to the Calgary Centennial Planetarium Association and placed on display at the Centennial Planetarium.
1988 - Stewardship transfered to the Calgary Aerospace Museum. Planned restoration as LE*A, No. 242 RAF Squadron in honour of Calgarian William "Willy" McKnight. No work accomplished.
1990 - Ownership of the City of Calgary's vintage aircraft collection is challenged in court by Lynn Garrison. The courts rule in favour of the City.
2000 - Placed into offsite storage along with a de Havilland Mosquito and Cessna Crane.
2008 - An offer is made to restore the Hurricane in exchange for ownership of the City's Mosquito.
Jul 15, 2010 - The Hurricane and Mosquito are moved to another City-owned warehouse.
Dec 8, 2010 - Community and Protective Services Committee votes to retain ownership of the Hurricane and Mosquito and to search out a local, volunteer-based organization to assume their stewardship.
Feb 14, 2011 - Calgary City Council votes to retain both the Hurricane and Mosquito and to seek out a volunteer group to oversee their restoration.
Dec 21, 2011 - The City of Calgary awards the restoration of RCAF 5389 to the Calgary Mosquito Society.
Below is a series of pictures I took before the truck took off on its journey north.
The larger fuel tanks in the below pic actually belong to a Cessna Crane. The smaller one is the Hurricane's fuselage tank.
1942 - Built by Canadian Car Foundry, Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario.
Jun 10, 1942 - Noted "This aircraft has been modified before being placed in service".
Jun 23, 1942 - Taken on strength, assigned serial number RCAF 5389.
To No. 4 Training Command, BCATP, Calgary, Alberta and delivered into stored reserve.
Jul 3, 1942 - Assigned to No. 133 (Fighter) Squadron, Lethbridge, Alberta. Aircraft 5389 coded as FN*M
Oct 5, 1942 - No. 133 (F) Squadron transfered to Western Air Command and relocated to RCAF Station Boundary Bay, British Columbia for home defense.
Jul 1, 1943 - Squadron is relocated to Tofino, British Columbia.
Jul 15, 1943 - Suffered a Category 'C' crash at Tofino.
Jul 22, 1943 - To Coates Limited for repairs.
Feb 28, 1944 - Stored reserve with Western Air Command.
Aug 4, 1944 - To No. 2 Training Command, BCATP, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Dec 1, 1944 - To No. 2 Training Command, BCATP, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Feb 12, 1945 - Stored reserve.
Jul 12, 1945 - Available for disposal, airframe total time: 447:30 hours.
Aug 20, 1946 - Struck from service, to War Assets Corporation for sale.
Purchased by a farmer in Southern Saskatchewan.
1962 - Purchased by Lynn Garrison, Calgary, Alberta and transported to Calgary courtesy of Wolton Lumber.
1962 - date unknown - Both Hurricanes stored disassembled in the back of Hangar 4.
1964 - Air Museum of Canada incorporated. Title of the Hurricane was not transfered to the museum.
1964 - An Air Museum of Canada program states, "They (the museum's two Hurricanes) are to be rebuilt by members of the local Ultra Lite aircraft group for display at a later date." The ultralite group was the Calgary Ultra-Lite Aircraft Association.
1964 to 1966 - Stored inside a small building occupied by 403 'City of Calgary' Squadron and used as their Pilot's Room.
Late 1960s - Aircraft relocated to RCAF Station Lincoln Park where a local Air Cadet Squadron attempts a restoration project, starting with the wood work on the fuselage.
1972 - Aircraft sold by Peter Norman (unauthorized by the owner, Lynn Garrison) to the Calgary Centennial Planetarium Association and placed on display at the Centennial Planetarium.
1988 - Stewardship transfered to the Calgary Aerospace Museum. Planned restoration as LE*A, No. 242 RAF Squadron in honour of Calgarian William "Willy" McKnight. No work accomplished.
1990 - Ownership of the City of Calgary's vintage aircraft collection is challenged in court by Lynn Garrison. The courts rule in favour of the City.
2000 - Placed into offsite storage along with a de Havilland Mosquito and Cessna Crane.
2008 - An offer is made to restore the Hurricane in exchange for ownership of the City's Mosquito.
Jul 15, 2010 - The Hurricane and Mosquito are moved to another City-owned warehouse.
Dec 8, 2010 - Community and Protective Services Committee votes to retain ownership of the Hurricane and Mosquito and to search out a local, volunteer-based organization to assume their stewardship.
Feb 14, 2011 - Calgary City Council votes to retain both the Hurricane and Mosquito and to seek out a volunteer group to oversee their restoration.
Dec 21, 2011 - The City of Calgary awards the restoration of RCAF 5389 to the Calgary Mosquito Society.
Below is a series of pictures I took before the truck took off on its journey north.
The larger fuel tanks in the below pic actually belong to a Cessna Crane. The smaller one is the Hurricane's fuselage tank.
