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The Hurricane was designed
to Air Ministry Specification F.36/34, the prototype making
it's first flight on November 6th, 1935. Put into production
in 1936, the first production Hurricane I flew in October,
1937.
Although it was no longer in
production when the war ended the Hurricane was still in
service as a first-line aircraft. It served on seventeen
battle fronts - in the British Isles, France, Norway, North
Africa, Sicily, Italy, The Middle East, The Far East,
Russia, in the Battles of the Atlantic, the Mediterranean,
and the Northern Convoys, to mention the most important - as
a fighter, fighter-bomber, an R.P. fighter, a "tank buster",
a catapault fighter, and a carrier fighter. In 1944-45,
equipped with rocket projectiles (R.P.), the Hurricane was
used with great effect against enemy shipping in the
Adriatic, and as a fighter-bomber it served with distinction
in Burma.
Well over 14,000 Hurricanes were
built, the last one being delivered from the Hawker factory
in September, 1944.
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SPECIFICATIONS
Span: 40 ft.
Length: 31 ft. 5 in.
Height: 8 ft. 11 1/2 in.
Weight: 5,658 lbs.
Armament: Eight
0.303-in. Browning Machine Guns
Engine: one 1,030 hp
Rools Royce Merlin IIII
PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed: 340 mph.
21,000 ft.
Range: 460 - 920 miles
Service Ceiling: 40,000
ft.
Additional Information
provided by:
Hawker Hurricane
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