Page 1 of 2 - Hawker Hurricane - posted in TNFs Archive: There's a fascinating thread running currently on the Supermarine - as opposed to Triumph - Spitfire, so I hope I will be excused for presenting a look at the Spitfire's illustrious older sister, the Hawker Hurricane? Bonhams has been instructed to offer the Historic Aircraft Collection's Mk 12 for sale by auction at Mercedes-Benz World, Brooklands, early in December, so I have been investigating the machine's attrib...

“Hawker Hurricane”

Hurricane Mk.IIC in version high-speed mail plane - loading packages with the press, 1944

Hawker Hurricane

Page 1 of 2 - Hawker Hurricane - posted in TNFs Archive: There's a fascinating thread running currently on the Supermarine - as opposed to Triumph - Spitfire, so I hope I will be excused for presenting a look at the Spitfire's illustrious older sister, the Hawker Hurricane? Bonhams has been instructed to offer the Historic Aircraft Collection's Mk 12 for sale by auction at Mercedes-Benz World, Brooklands, early in December, so I have been investigating the machine's attrib...

Hawker Hurricane HC-452 at The Finnish Aviation

Operating from RAF Middle Wallop at 14.00hrs on 30 September 1940, P/O Robert A "Bob" Kings bailed out near Shaftesbury after a mid-air collision with P/O Vernon C Simmonds, both of No 238 Squadron RAF, during a routine patrol. The 25-year-old pilot was injured in a heavy landing as a result of a damaged parachute, which had ripped on the tail of Hurricane Mk I VK-D. He was admitted to hospital and rejoined on 15 November.

Operating from RAF Middle Wallop at 14.00hrs on 30 September 1940, P/O Robert A "Bob" Kings bailed out near Shaftesbury after a mid-air collision with P/O Vernon C Simmonds, both of No 238 Squadron RAF, during a routine patrol. The 25-year-old pilot was injured in a heavy landing as a result of a damaged parachute, which had ripped on the tail of Hurricane Mk I VK-D. He was admitted to hospital and rejoined on 15 November.

#ClippedOnIssuu from Aah bo the bob 2nd ed

The Hawker Hurricane IID, showing one of the two 40mm Vickers ‘S’ anti-tank guns. This aircraft was serving in North Africa, as can be seen in the desert uniform

Hurricane Mk I YB-F lies overturned in France in 1940. No 17 Squadron RAF flew from Le Mans from 8 June 1940 under the command of S/L Cedric W Williams. Prior to retreating from Dinard 9 days later to Jersey and Guernsey where they operated for 2 days over the Cherbourg peninsular before moving on to RAF Debden on 19 June, the pilots found some abandoned motorcycles and raced them around the Circuit de la Sarthe.

Blueprint Hawker Hurricane

Warbirds — british-eevee: Cockpit of a Hawker Hurricane Mk...