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RAF Hawker Hurricane Mk1 V7497 G-HRLI SD-X P2902 G-ROBT DX-R R4118 G-HUPW UP-W G-HITT P3717 SW-P

1940 RAF Hawker Hurricane Mk1 V7497 G-HRLI SD-X No 501 Squadron

The aircraft has been painted in the colours SD-X No 501 squadron RAuxAF Based at RAF Kenley UK

 

RAF Hawker Hurricane Mk-1 P2902 G-ROBT DX-R

P2902 was operational with 245 Fighter Squadron based at Drem on the East Coast of Scotland.

 

RAF Hawker Hurricane Mk-1 R4118 G-HUPW UP-W 605 Squadron

The only Hurricane from the Battle of Britain still airborne today, Mk1 R4118 is widely regarded as the most historic British aircraft to survive in flying condition from the Second World War.

During the Battle of Britain, it flew 49 sorties from Croydon and shot down five enemy aircraft

 

RAF Hawker Siddeley Hurricane Mk1 G-HITT P3717 SW-P

MkI Hurricane and handed over to the RAF in June 1940 initially flown by Polish Pilot Officer W M C Samolonski with 253 Squadron

 

Battle Britain Airshow

Photo taken at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridgeshire 18th Sept 2021

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Uploaded on June 29, 2022
Taken on September 18, 2021