Hawker Hurricane
Role: FIGTHER | Period: WORLD WAR 2 | Nation: UNITED KINGDOM
Category: Fighter, Naval fighter, Night fighter, Fighter-bomber, Reconnaissance aircraft
Crew: 1
Engine: One reciprocating (piston) engine
Manufacturer: Hawker Aircraft
Number built: More than 14,400
First flight: 6 November 1935
Introduction: 25 December 1937
Retired:
Main variants
- Hawker F.36/34 – Prototype
- Hurricane Mk I – First production version
- Hurricane Mk IIA – Production version
- Hurricane Mk IIB – Production version
- Hurricane Mk IIB Trop. – Modified version for use in North Africa Hurricane Mk IIC – Production version
- Hurricane Mk IID – Production version
- Hurricane Mk IV – Fighter-bomber version
- Hurricane Mk X / XII / XIIA – Canadian-built variant
- Sea Hurricane Mk IA – Hurricane Mk I modified to naval fighter
- Sea Hurricane Mk IB – Hurricane Mk I modified to naval fighter
- Sea Hurricane Mk IC – Hurricane Mk I modified to naval fighter
- Sea Hurricane Mk IIC – Hurricane Mk IIC modified to naval fighter
Operational service
- World War 2 (1939-1945) – European Theater – Western Front
- World War 2 (1939-1945) – Mediterranean and Middle East War Theater
- World War 2 (1939-1945) – European Theater – Eastern Front
CONTENT
Gallery
Hawker Hurricane - Books
Hawker Hurricane - Model Kits
Source: This article uses material from the Wikipedia article “Hawker Hurricane”, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. [Title Image] – San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, modified. [Image 1] – San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. [Image 2] – Press Agency photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped. [Image 3] – Priest, L C (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped. [Image 4] – Daventry B J (Mr), Royal Air Force official photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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