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Defence of the Capital by Gerald Coulson. High over London, Hurricanes of 85 Squadron engage Me109s in an intense dogfight during the heavy fighting of August 1940. |
Tribute to Bob Stanford Tuck by Ivan Berryman. Shown here stalking a marauding German bomber in Hurricane V6555 DA-T of No.257 Sqn, Bob Stanford Tuck was one of Britain's greatest Aces of the war, claiming 29 victories before being shot down and taken prisoner early in 1942. |
Front Line Hurricanes by Robert Taylor. Based at a temporary formed airfield at Lille Marc, Hurricanes of No. 87 Squadron - showing the strains of battle - taxi in from a skirmish during heavy fighting in the Battle of France, May 1940. |
32 Squadron Hurricanes - Battle of Britain by Graeme Lothian. (P) Pete Brothers in GZ-L leads Hurricanes of No.32 Squadron on patrol during the Battle of Britain. |
Height and Sun by Robert Taylor. If you had the height, you controlled the battle. If you came out of the sun, the enemy could not see you. If you held your fire until you were very close, you seldom missed. These three basic rules contributed to the prowess in aerial combat of some of the most successful fighter pilots in history and seldom were they more valuable than when outnumbered. Between July and October 1940 the brave young pilots of RAF Fighter Command were under intense pressure from the constant attacks of the Luftwaffe and the Hawker Hurricane was the machine of the Battle of Britain, accounting for 80 percent of Allied victories. In this painting, Hurricanes of 32 Sqn climb high into the morning sky, gaining Height and Sun in an attempt to take the advantage over the onslaught of enemy fighters - August, 1940. This image captures the surreal calmness above the clouds, belying the fury of action and ultimate sacrifices made in those crisp blue skies. |
Winter Combat by Richard Taylor. The Hurricane was the RAF's first fighter capable of flying at over 300mph and proved to be one of the most rugged fighters in the history of combat aviation. Hurricanes fought with distinction in the Battle of France and, during the Battle of Britain, shot down more enemy aircraft than its famous counterpart, the Spitfire. Richard Taylor's superb painting hints at the bitter fighting that lies ahead. A few months ago they had been fighting for their lives during the Battle of Britain but for now the snow-clad tranquility of an English winter brings a brief, but welcome, relief for the Mk.1 Hurricane pilots of 87 Squadron. |
Fastest Victory by Robert Taylor Taking his Hurricane off from Speke, a raiding JU88 crossed the airfield in front of Denys Gillam, who promptly shot it down. It was the fastest air victory of the war, and probably of all time. |
Byron Duckenfield by Brian Bateman. (P) A No.501 Sqn Hurricane pilot during the Battle of Britain, Byron Duckenfield later took command of No.615 Squadron, taking them to Burma where his Hurricane was shot down. Once captured by the Japanese, he spent more than two years in Rangoon jail. |
Close Combat by Ivan Berryman. Whilst flying with A Flight of 85 Squadron on 30th July 1940, Geoffrey Allard encountered a pair of Messerschmitt Bf.110s about 40 miles from the coast, apparently patrolling near a convoy. After Squadron Leader Townsend, flying Red 1, had made two unsuccessful attacks, Allard closed to 150 yards and began to fire continuously, eventually closing to just 25 yards, whereupon the starboard engine of the Bf.110 began to disintegrate. This was just one of eight victories that Allard claimed during the Battle of Britain to add to a previous eight that he had scored flying Hurricanes during the Battle of France. |
Return From Combat by Simon Smith. Two 85 squadron Hurricanes returning to base after a battle over the skies of southern England in the summer of 1940. |
At the Setting of the Sun by Simon Atack. A scene played out daily by Fighter Command squadrons throughout the defining air battles fought in the summer of 1940. Mk I Hurricanes of 249 Squadron are seen returning to North Weald after heavy action over London during the culmination of the Battle of Britain in September of that year. It is evening, and the squadron has been operational since first light. Most of the pilots have flown four missions on this day, and they will be in the air again tomorrow at dawn. And so it will go till the battle is won. In this quite beautiful painting, Simon Atack shows Tom Neils Hurricane in the foreground. He has suffered battle damage but, as so often with the trusty Hurricane, his steed will carry him safely home to fight again. |
No.615 Sqn Hurricane over Burma by Brian Bateman. (P) Hurricane Mk.IIc of 615 Squadron during late 1942 on a sortie over the Burmese jungle. |
Hurricane Scramble by Michael Turner. Hurricanes of 85 Sqn. scramble from Merville, France, in May 1940. |
Relief Hurricane by Graham Cooke. Hawker Hurricane QO-F of No.3 Sqn. |
Hurricane Aces 1939-40. The Hawker Hurricane was the RAFs first monoplane fighter, and it dragged the air force into a position where it could defend Britain in its hour of need. Prior to the Battle of Britain, a number of squadrons equipped with the fighter had seen action firstly in the Phoney War, and then during the disastrous campaign in France. Pilots like Cobber Kain had achieved impressive scores in the face of overwhelming Luftwaffe forces, and although the RAF lost no less than 386 Hurricanes during the Blitzkrieg, it gave many pilots valuable experience. Hawker fighters outnumbered Spitfires during the Battle of Britain by three to one, and downed far more aircraft. Overseas, a handful of pilots put up stiff resistance against Germanys Italian ally in Libya and Egypt, and also over Malta. |
Hurricane Aces 1941-45. The Hurricane saw widespread action with Allied forces, as the RAFs first monoplane fighter. This book describes its many feats throughout 1945. It served as a fighter-bomber on the Channel Front, where the American Eagles and Polish units were amongst the Fighter Command squadrons flying the Hurricane, and where some of its highest-scoring aces operated. The Sea Hurricane was the principal fighter deployed by the Fleet Air Arm in the Mediterranean, and Hurricane units continued to operate from bases in India and Ceylon until 1945, following their failure to defend Singapore and Malaya from the Japanese. |
The Story of the Hurricane. Its eight wing-mounted Colt-Brownings spitting flame, the Hawker Hurricane swooped to dispatch over two thirds of all enemy aircraft destroyed in the Battle of Britain. Courageous squadron commander Douglas Bader, 14 - kill her Cobber Kain, Ginger Lacey - the top Battle of Britain ace with 18 victims - and many other RAF pilots owed their reputations and their lives to this toughest mount of all. The Hurricane was outnumbered but never outclassed, designed to hit the enemy hard, absorb tremendous punishment yet live to fight another day. Featuring colour footage of the last surviving aircraft, alongside original combat film, this is the definitive documentary of a fighter plane that truly changed the course of history. |
The Fly Past by Robin Smith. Hurricane MK1 of 85 Sqdn, Debden. |
The Other Few by Roy Cross. A pair of 238 Squadron Hawker Hurricane fighters at the height of the Battle of Britain patrol the southern counties. The Hurricane is sometimes overlooked for its important role in the Battle of Britain. During the Battle 238 Squadron losses would be 17, the third highest for Royal Air Force squadrons which participated in the Battle of Britain. |
Hurricane Poster by P Oliver. No text for this item |
Holding the Fort by Ivan Berryman. Together with its more glamorous contemporary the Spitfire, the Hawker Hurricane has become one of the best known fighter aircraft in aviations war torn history. In this picture, two Hurricanes of No.501 Sqn are shown on a coastal sweep at the height of the Battle of Britain. |
Hurricane Royal Air Force Fighter, the Hawker Hurricane had a top speed of 320mph, at 18,200 feet and 340mph at 17,500, ceiling of 34,200 and a range of 935 miles. The Hurricane was armed with eight fixed wing mounted .303 browning machine guns in the Mark I and twelve .303 browning's in the MKIIB in the Hurricane MKIIC it had four 20mm cannon. All time classic fighter the Hurricane was designed in 1933-1934, the first prototype flew in June 1936 and a contract for 600 for the Royal Air Force was placed. The first production model flew ion the 12th October 1937 and 111 squadron of the Royal Air Force received the first Hurricanes in January 1938. By the outbreak of World war two the Royal Air Force had 18 operational squadrons of Hurricanes. During the Battle of Britain a total of 1715 Hurricanes took part, (which was more than the rest of the aircraft of the Royal air force put together) and almost 75% of the Victories during the Battle of Britain went to hurricane pilots. The Hawker Hurricane was used in all theatres during World war two, and in many roles. in total 14,533 Hurricanes were built. |
| Top Aces for : Hurricane | |
| A list of all Aces from our database who are known to have flown this aircraft. | |
| Name | Victories |
| Bob Braham | 29.00 |
| Robert Stanford-Tuck | 29.00 |
| Frank Carey | 28.00 |
| James Lacey | 28.00 |
| Billy Drake | 24.50 |
| Geoffrey Allard | 23.80 |
| William Vale | 22.00 |
| Archie McKellar | 21.00 |
| F Higginson | 15.00 |
| Peter Brothers | 15.00 |
| Bob Doe | 15.00 |
| Manfred Czernin | 13.00 |
| Owen Tracey | 6.00 |
| Keith Lawrence | 5.00 |
| John Stafford | 5.00 |
| James Lindsay | 7.00 |
| Kenneth Lee | 7.00 |
| Ken Mackenzie | 8.00 |
| Bob Foster | 7.00 |
| Tom Neil | 14.00 |
| Joseph Risso | 11.00 |
| Paul Farnes | 8.00 |
| George Westlake | 11.00 |
| Wilf Sizer | 7.00 |
| Alan Page | 12.50 |
| Charles Palliser | 7.50 |
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