1/24 Scale Hawker Hurricane Mk I
The old 1/24 scale MPC kit. This kit was originally released in 1973 by Airfix, but was also licensed out to MPC in 1977. Decals by Techmod (Techmod 24018 Hawker Hurricane Mk. I).
This model depicts airplane RF-R/R4175, flown during the Battle of Britain by Czechoslovak Pilot Sgt. Josef František of 303 Polish Squadron, Northolt.
Pilot Sgt. Josef František was an unorthodox airman, combative and generally unruly. He was not inclined to coöperate with authority nor with his peers, preferring instead to break formation and hunt Nazi planes as a 'lone wolf,' rather than fly as a team player. This refusal of discipline would ordinarily not have been tolerated in the RAF, but František, due to his talent as an airman, was able to get away with it. A fearless and superb pilot, he was the top-scoring non-British RAF ace, with 17 confirmed victories.
On October 8, 1940, František crashed while he was on patrol in the airplane depicted by this model, Hurricane RF-R/R4175. The cause of the crash remains unknown.
1/24 Scale Hawker Hurricane Mk I
The old 1/24 scale MPC kit. This kit was originally released in 1973 by Airfix, but was also licensed out to MPC in 1977. Decals by Techmod (Techmod 24018 Hawker Hurricane Mk. I).
This model depicts airplane RF-R/R4175, flown during the Battle of Britain by Czechoslovak Pilot Sgt. Josef František of 303 Polish Squadron, Northolt.
Pilot Sgt. Josef František was an unorthodox airman, combative and generally unruly. He was not inclined to coöperate with authority nor with his peers, preferring instead to break formation and hunt Nazi planes as a 'lone wolf,' rather than fly as a team player. This refusal of discipline would ordinarily not have been tolerated in the RAF, but František, due to his talent as an airman, was able to get away with it. A fearless and superb pilot, he was the top-scoring non-British RAF ace, with 17 confirmed victories.
On October 8, 1940, František crashed while he was on patrol in the airplane depicted by this model, Hurricane RF-R/R4175. The cause of the crash remains unknown.