Geoffrey Sinclair
Staff Sergeant
- 905
- Sep 30, 2021
W/Cdr Kirk's report was not in the MSFU ORB extract I was sent.
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They were first generation, well used.Reading that ORB, three pilots had been sent to collect three Hurricanes, serial no's provided.
That same afternoon, at 5pm, a first trial launch, which can only be from the catapult was made and was unsuccessful. Just a guess but would you risk a Hurricane on a first test, perhaps a dummy glider of some description is tested, and in this case, failed either through a lack of power or no power at all.
Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIb (Serial No. Z3424), coded AE-H, No. 402 Squadron, RCAF, flown by Sgt David W. Jenkin, shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf 109, near St. Omer, France, 27 Aug 1941.Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIb (Serial No. Z3424), coded AE-H, No. 402 Squadron, RCAF, flown by Sgt David W. Jenkin, shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf 109, near St. Omer, France, 27 Aug 1941.
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While it was the first test of the catapult setup on an actual CAM ship it was not the first test of the equipment.Reading that ORB, three pilots had been sent to collect three Hurricanes, serial no's provided.
That same afternoon, at 5pm, a first trial launch, which can only be from the catapult was made and was unsuccessful. Just a guess but would you risk a Hurricane on a first test, perhaps a dummy glider of some description is tested, and in this case, failed either through a lack of power or no power at all.
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