VACB
December 31, 2012 at 8:15 pm

CCF Hurricane RCAF 5631

Happy New Year to all!

Does anyone have a picture of Hurricane RCAF 5631 please?

I understand that it was based at RCAF Station Bagotville, PQ, with 1 OTU and crashed at St Fulgence on 16th April 1944, killing the pilot.

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Michael

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By: VACB - 7th January 2013 at 20:42

Thanks for the additional information Walshlee.

I have a couple of artefacts from this particular aircraft and I’d like to collect some more details for a display.

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By: walshlee - 5th January 2013 at 16:40

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Michael,

I know that the pilot (name?) bailed out of 5631 and it crashed 2 miles east of St. Fulgence while flying with No. 1 OTU. Cannot find the name of the pilot.

If you want the crash report here is the file that can be copied by the Nat Archives of Canada:

Record Group 24, National Defence, Series E-1-b, Microfilm Reel C-5932
File: 1100-56-31

Finding photos of these aircraft is nearly impossible due to the large number of aircraft at the school, cameras were really not permitted to photograph aircraft and what photos the DND does have in Ottawa are locked away in the Nat Archives for now until they are proper indexed.

I have been searching for years for a photo of Hurricane 5624 while with No. 1 OTU and before it went missing in May 1943.

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By: VACB - 1st January 2013 at 21:43

Thanks Duggy – much appreciated.

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By: Duggy - 1st January 2013 at 02:16

If no luck here, try this website.
Link – http://ascalecanadian.blogspot.ca/search/label/Hurricane
They have some colour shots of 5625.