Maj. Gen. John A. Samford's Statement on "Flying Saucers", Pentagon, Washington, DC, 07/31/19528/29/2021
" I... Fort William Foundry, [now Thunder Bay, ON, Canada], that built the ‘Hawker Hurricane’ first in 1938, and then it was soon refurbished by the renowned head Managing Engineer woman, Elsie MacGill, so it was able to fly in any weather. It certainly surprised the Germans, initially, seeing this new plane along with the Spitfire coming out of nowhere. They shot rounds at these first time seen Hawkers, but were dumbfounded, as why with bullets didn’t down most of them. When the German pilots flew back sooner than usual to the French base, they were frightened, telling their commanders of this other fighter, that knocked down some bombers and fighters, but were amazed why hardly a one was shot down, so plans had to change. The reason was that the body of the initial Hawker was made of canvas, like the WWI planes, so the German fighter bullets went right through. Ultimately, the Hawker, by 1941, had the least amount of downs, had shot down more German planes. It could fly tight loops, first, then fly as fast as any fighter and also go higher up with the new engine added by 1940. Have you seen the short film “Rosie’s of the North” by a film maker friend of mine, Kelly Saxberg. She was able to interview the women that worked at that famous Foundry. There’s only a few people alive that had taken part as a pilot or worker at CanCar Foundry. Here is a short video of CanCar built 'Hawker Hurricane' at an air show. http://youtu.be/fVAiQX7wINw (Thanks to Vesa Peltonen, Quora Digest)
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