A Hurricane Comes Home
Story and Photos By John Chalmers
CAHS Membership Secretary
posted December 2019
CAHS Membership Secretary
posted December 2019
A Canadian-built Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft, a type that excelled in the Battle of Britain, but never had to face combat as all its service was in Canada, has been restored to like-new condition and placed in its new home, the Hangar Flight Museum of Calgary, adjacent to the Calgary International Airport. The aircraft was rescued and restored through the efforts of the Calgary Mosquito Society under the leadership of president Richard de Boer.
Fund raising by the Mosquito Society, and with financial support from the City of Calgary, both the Hurricane and a de Havilland Mosquito fighter bomber have been assured of a solid future. The Mosquito is now under restoration at the Bomber Command Museum of Canada in Nanton, Alberta, where work is continuous in the capable hands of volunteer craftsmen of the Calgary Mosquito Society.