4215 x 3372 px | 35,7 x 28,5 cm | 14,1 x 11,2 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
2 agosto 2015
Ubicazione:
Old Warden Airfield, Bedfordshire, UK
Altre informazioni:
The Hawker Hurricane was designed by Sydney Cam in 1934. A prototype was flown on the 6th November 1935. The first squadron to equip with Hurricanes was no.111 at Northolt in December 1937 and by the outbreak of war, 32 squadrons were flying the type. The Hurricane was the first monoplane fighter to be equipped with eight .303 machine guns and able to fly over 300 mph in level flight in RAF service. This Hurricane1B is owned by the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire. It has recently been restored by the Shuttleworth collection, and the Imperial War Museum at Duxford. The Sea Hurricane was converted from a standard Hurricane which is why it hasn't got folding wings. They were operated from aircraft carriers and were fitted with arrester hooks, They were useful for engaging FW200 Condors that guided U-boats to the allied convoys in the north Atlantic and Mediterranean and did, on occasion, also attack U-boats.
