CCF (Hawker) Hurricane Mk.XII (s/n: 814) RCAF 5389

Here is the paint scheme and the character shapes and sizing for Hurricane 5389. Colours shown are not representative of the actual 'Dark Earth, Dark Green and Underside Sky'.

Hurricane 5389 Paint Guide. Hurricane 5389 Character Guide

• 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 transferred 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.

• March 12, 1945 - Flown by 170 Ferry Squadron to #8 Repair Depot, Winnipeg, MB for installation of one gun and a radio.

• March 14, 1945 - Flown to No. 23 EFTS, Yorkton, SK to intercept and shoot down Japanese fire balloons.

• June 26, 1945 - Withdrawn from service and flown to #3 Surplus Equipment Holding Unit, Swift Current, SK for storage pending sale.

• 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 transferred 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 transferred 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.

• Oct 27, 2012 - Moved to Historic Aviation Services in Wetaskiwin, AB to begin its restoration.

  
  

  Information courtesy of:
  Calgary Aerospace Museum
  Jack Currie
  Lynn Garrison
  S. Kostenuk & J. Griffin, RCAF Squadrons and Aircraft
  Bill Ody, Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers