Hurricane Mk XII 133 RCAF Squadron s/n 5389

[Alex Smart]

Hello,
From the CAHS Summer 1967 Journal article by Ingwald Wikene.

No. 133 (Fighter ) Squadron
Formed at Lethbridge, Alberta, on 3 June 1942, with Hurricanes and Harvards, by the end of the month, No.133 had 24 Hurricanes on strength. It moved to Boundary Bay, B.C. on 5 October 1942, to Tofino on Vancouver Island on 1 July 1943 and then to Sea Island on 10 March 1944. On 11 March the squadron began converting to the Kittyhawk and on the 12th transferred 15 Hurricanes to No. 135 Squadron.Code letters for No. 133 Squadron were FN
Some of the serials were -
Mk. XII's
In the list of 23 a/c is 5389 (M).

No. 135 ( Fighter ) Squadron
part quote :
Some time during March 1944, their Hurricanes were placed in storage and the personnel moved to Patricia Bay, B.C., on the 12th after picking up No. 133 Squadrons aircraft at Sea Island. They used these aircraft for about two months and then began converting to the Kittyhawk during the 6th to 10th of May.Aircraft No.135 received from No.133 in March 1944 -
Mk. XII's
5389 (M) is not in the list of 17 aircraft .

Alex