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“Most of the Hurricane X’s were initially sent to
Britain, but some were later tropicalized and
used in India. After many requests from the
Canadian Government, 30 of these aircraft were

also released for use in Canada. These were

followed by a batch of 400 Mk XII’s built
specifically for the RCAF, and 50 Hurricane XIIA’s, Service Charges
originally intended as Sea Hurricanes for the
NAV CANADA recovers its costs through customer service
Fleet Air Arm, but subsequently released for
service in Canada. Other Mk XI’s and Mk XII’s charges invoiced to airlines and other aircraft operators.
The Company’s customer service charges are set out in the
were shipped on the infamous Arctic convoys to
Customer Guide to Charges. A link to the Guide is provided
Northern Russia as part of the some 3,000
Hurricanes supplied to the Soviet Union between on the right.
1941 and 1944. In all, between January 1940, When introducing or revising customer service charges, a
when the prototype flew, and June 1943, when number of service charges documents are produced. Notices
the last Hurricane left the plant at Fort William, and Details documents present information on proposed
1,451 aircraft of various marks were built, changes to NAV CANADA customer service charges.
representing some 10 percent of all Hurricanes Announcement documents set out the changes the
produced and almost half of the Canadian Car Company has proceeded with following consultation on
and Foundry Company’s total production during proposed changes. A link to these documents is provided
the war years.” below.

At the time of writing David Kemp was an If you wish to subscribe to our mailing list for Notices,
Associate Professor of Geography at Lakehead Details and Announcements, you can do so through the
University, Thunder Bay, Ontario following link:

Manufacturer: Canadian Car & Foundry Ltd.
Thunder Bay (formerly Fort William)

Number produced: 1,451 (All Marks) Period 1940
For information please contact:
– 1942
NAV CANADA Customer Service
Following the end of Hurricane production the
plant built 835 Curtiss Helldiver Dive-Bombers 77 Metcalfe Street Ottawa,
ON K1P 5L6
SBW’s from 1943 – 45 It was a much modified
Tel.: 800-876-4693 Fax: 877-663-6656
single-engined dive-bomber capable of carrying a
1,000 pound bomb load. It was an aircraft that E-mail: service@navcanada.ca
no pilot particularly cared for.

During the period of 1951 – 1955 the plant
produced 555 Harvard 4’s for the RCAF, USAF
and the West German Air Force. The last
complete aircraft built at the plant was the Beech
Mentor 45 Basic Military trainer of which 125
were constructed during 1954-55. Twenty-five
aircraft went to the RCAF with the balance going
to the USAF.
The Canadian Car & Foundry Plant at Thunder
Bay is now owned by Bombardier and currently
produces railway rolling stock, subway cars and
streetcars.
Edited / Adapted by CAHS Toronto Chapter