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Hurricane

The Hawker Hurricane was the first British single-engine fighter and the first single wing aircraft with retractable landing gear as well as an enclosed cockpit and 8 machine guns. The Hurricane went into operational service in December 1937 with the RAF 111 Squadron. The Hurricane is usually over looked as a major player in the BoB because of the Spitfire but 80% of the 1,792 German aircraft shot down were because of the Hurricane. There were 14,533 Hurricanes produced in all variants.

Hawker Hurricane Mk.I R4175, Sgt. J. Frantisek, No.303 (Polish) Sqn., RAF Northolt, Sept 1940

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Hawker Hurricane Mk.I Flying Officer W.L. McKnight, No 242 Sqn., RAF Coltishall, Dec 1940

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Hawker Hurricane Mk.I GN-A, F/L J B Nicolson, 249 Sqn., England 1940

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Hawker Hurricane Mk.I GN-F, Plt Off Tom Neil,, 249 Sqn., England 1940

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Hawker Hurricane Mk.I RF-A, Flg Off Z K Henneberg, 303 "Polish Sqn", Northolt, Sept 1940

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Hawker Hurricane I LE-D, flown by Sqn Ldr Douglas Bader, No 242 Sqn., Coltishall, Sept 1940

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Hawker Hurricane I SD-F, Sqn. Ldr James "Ginger" Lacey, No. 501 Sqn., Gravesend, Sept 1940

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Hawker Hurricane Mk.I P3854 of 85 Sqd RAF, flown by Squadron Leader Peter Townsend, 1940 "Battle of Britain"

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Hawker Hurricane Mk.I V6665 of 303 "Polish" Squadron, flown by Ft. Lt. John Kent, Northolt, Sept 1940

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Hawker Hurricane Mk.I V6555 of 257 Sqn., flown by S/LDR. Stanford Tuck, RAF, North Weald, Oct 1940

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Hurricane Mk.I, P3143, Sgt. B. Fürst, 310. Sqn., Duxford, September 1940

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Hawker Hurricane IIc “Operation Jubilee” BN320/FT-A, No. 43 Squadron, 19th August 1942

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Hawker Hurricane MK. Ia V7419, S/Ldr Marmaduke Thomas St. John Pattle, No 33 Sqn., RAF, Greece, March - April 1941

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Hawker Hurricane MK. Ia V7101, F/Lt George Burges, No. 69 Squadron, RAF, Malta, May-June 1941

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Hurricane IIc "The Last of the Many!" PZ865, 1944

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Hawker Hurricane IIc PZ865, BBMF, 2016

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Hawker Hurricane IIc "Night Reaper" JX-E/PZ865, BBMF

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Hawker Hurricane IIc BE581, F/Lt Karel M Kuttelwascher, No.1 Sqn., Tangmere 1942

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Hawker Hurricane IIc BD983, S/L James MacLachlan, No.1 Sqn., Northolt from November 1941 to June 1942

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Hawker Hurricane IIc "Night Reaper" JX-E/BE581, No.1 Sqn., 1942

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