Hurricane part 2
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Camouflaged Finnish Hurricane HC452 "2" September 1941
Catapult Hurricane on Merchant Ship MAC
Col. Loren Hillsinger and Hurricane V6844
Early Hurricane Mk I serial L1599 1939
ex Soviet Hurricane Z3577 April 1942
Finnish Hurricane 1941
Finnish Hurricane of the Lentolaivue 10 1941
Flight Lieutenant John Lonsdale
Front three quarter view of a Hurricane IV serial LB774 1943
Greek Hurricane North Africa March 1942
Hawker Hurricane 488 Sqn Kallang
Hawker Hurricane Mk II Z2326
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB BE581 JX-E of No 1 Squadron RAF
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC in flight
Head on view of a Hurricane IV LB774 1943
Hurricane 179 Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO
Hurricane 180th Fighter Aviation Regiment 1942
Hurricane 3 Squadron RAF
Hurricane 3 Squadron RAF 2
Hurricane 3 Squadron RAF 3
Hurricane 3 Squadron taxiing 1942
Hurricane 78th Fighter Aviation Regiment
Hurricane at Palembang
Hurricane BG827 30 Sqn P/O ‘Jimmy’ Whalen Ceylon August 1942
Hurricane BM899 488 Sqn Singapore 1942
Hurricane CBI
Hurricane CFS Rhodesia 45
Hurricane II 1423 Flight Kaldarnes Iceland 1941
Hurricane II 3 Sqn
Hurricane II 3 Sqn 1941
Hurricane II 3 Sqn October 1941
Hurricane II HW792 Bari 1944
Hurricane IIb 134 Sqn Murmansk 2
Hurricane IIb 151 Wing and SB bomber Wyenga 1941
Hurricane IIb Z5236 GO-31 151 Wing Russia
Hurricane IIc "Hellzapoppin" 11 Sqn Sinthe
Hurricane IIc and FO Bates RCAF 30 Sqn Ceylon 11 July 1943
Hurricane LD993 60 Sqn
Hurricane Mk I 1940/1941
Hurricane Mk I code YB-L Z5628 of No. 17 Squadron RAF on the ground
Hurricane Mk I coded KW-E of No 615 Squadron landing at Northolt in 1940
Hurricane Mk I VY-X P3118 of 85 Sqn RAF prepares for night mission 1941
Hurricane Mk II BN156 of No. 208 Squadron RAF
Hurricane Mk IIB GH-27 of No 134 Squadron RAF
Hurricane Mk IIB Z5227 FE-53 of No 81 Squadron RAF Vaenga, Russia, September 1941
Hurricane Mk IIc on the ground
Hurricane Mk IIE BE492 of No. 402 Squadron RCAF with 250lb bombs
Hurricane Mk IV LB774 1943
Hurricane Mk IVD KZ193 at Boscombe Down in November 1943.
Hurricane Mk V prototype NL255 1944
Hurricane Mk V prototype NL255 1944 2
Hurricane Mk V Prototype NL255 1944 3
Hurricane MK X AG122
Hurricane Mk XII BE485 AE W of No. 402 Squadron RCAF in flight
Hurricane Mk. IIb 81 Sqn
Hurricane pilot F/Lt Johnny Kent 303 Sqn 1940
Hurricane pilots of 80 Squadron at Eleusis, Greece, early 1941.
Hurricane propeller change
Hurricane XII 127 Sqn RCAF Gander Airfield 16 December 1942
Hurricane Z5226 "37" of 151 Wing
Hurricanes of No. 3 Squadron RAF March 1942
Iranian Hurricane Mk.IIC
Jan Zumbach 303 Sqn September 1940
kapteeni Kalaja of Lentolaivue 10
Landing gear maintenance, No. 401 Squadron RAF, July 1941
No. 71 Eagle Squadron Hurricanes make a low pass over a XR-K at Kirton-in-Lindsey in 1941
Pilots 249 Squadron Malta Sgts Branch, Parker and Owen 1941
RCAF PO Don McEachern with Hurricane IIc HV432 Burma
Rear view of a Hurricane IV serial LB774 1943
Russian Hurricanes Lend-Lease
S/Ldr G.A. Butler of 11 Squadron RAF Sinthe, Burma 1945
Sea Hurricane 4
Sea Hurricane coded 7-F aboard British aircraft carrier
Sea Hurricane crashed on Carrier
Sea Hurricane Mk IA serial Z4852 April 1943
sea Hurricane Mk IIC NF717
Sea Hurricane V7438 Y1-C of the 759 Squadron, landing at Yeovilton 1943
Sgt Josef Frantisek 303 Sqn RAF 1940
Sitting on Burger’s knees, Quirk took off again and flew back to base on May 16th, 1941
Soviet Hawker Hurricane with winter camo
Soviet Hurricane "White" 46
Soviet Hurricane of 1sqn, 609 IAP Summer 1942
Squadron Leader Aitken of No. 3 Squadron RAF
Squadron Leader Billy Drake with his Hurricane of 128 Squadron at Hastings, Sierra Leone, West Africa winter 1941-42.
The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter that was used by the RAF and many other countries before and during World War II.
Wings
- Type: Low-wing cantilever monoplane with a parallel chord and thickness center-section and tapering outer sections.
- Structure:
- Centre-section: Constructed in one piece with girder spars, tubular strut drag bracing, and non-stressed metal covering.
- Outer wings: Pin-jointed to the center-section, featuring two spars with double webs at inboard ends and single webs towards the tips. The gun-bay is diagonally braced, with a fully stressed-skin type construction outboard, reinforced by two light auxiliary spars, flanged plate ribs, and lateral stringers. Covered with flush-riveted stressed-metal skin, especially on the leading-edge.
- Control Surfaces: Fabric-covered ailerons and hydraulically-operated split flaps between the ailerons and fuselage.
Fuselage
- Construction: Rigidly-braced rectangular structure of steel and aluminum-alloy square-ended tubing, assembled with flat-plate fittings and hollow rivets. The structure is faired to an oval section, with the forward part covered by detachable metal panels and the aft part by fabric over light wooden formers.
Tail Unit
- Type: Cantilever monoplane type.
- Components:
- Fin: Attached to the fuselage by two fin-posts.
- Tailplane: Fixed with adjustable trimming-tabs in each aerodynamically-balanced elevator.
- Rudder: Aerodynamically and statically balanced. All parts have an all-metal framework and are covered with fabric.
Landing Gear
- Type: Retractable type.
- Configuration: Two Vickers shock-absorber struts, hinged at the ends of the center-section front spar, retract inward and slightly backward via Dowty hydraulic rams. The wheels are retracted between spars. A back strut slides on a guide at right angles to the wing span. Features Dunlop wheels and pneumatic brakes. Non-retractable tail-wheel unit by Dowty or Lockheed.
Power Plant
- Engine: Rolls-Royce Merlin twelve-cylinder Vee liquid-cooled engine.
- Propeller: Rotol or de Havilland three-blade constant-speed airscrew.
- Fuel System: Main tanks located in the center-section between spars with an additional gravity tank in the fuselage, protected by self-sealing rubber. Ducted radiator under the fuselage below the cockpit. Oil tank situated in the leading edge of the center-section on the port side, with the oil-cooler integrated into the main radiator.
Accommodation
- Cockpit: Enclosed, situated over the wing with a sliding canopy and a quick-release mechanism for emergency exit. An additional emergency escape panel is located on the side of the fuselage between the upper longeron and the canopy. The cockpit is equipped with front and rear armor protection and a bullet-proof windshield.
Armament and Equipment
- Armament Options:
- Eight Browning .303 in. machine guns
- Twelve Browning .303 in. machine guns
- Four 20 mm Hispano cannons
- Two 40 mm guns with two .303 in. machine guns
- All armament configurations are wing-mounted.
- Ordnance: Wing racks for two 250 or 500 lb. bombs, auxiliary fuel tanks, or rails for eight rocket projectiles.
- Equipment: Includes night-flying equipment, landing lights in the leading-edge of outer wing sections, navigation lights, oxygen equipment, and radio.
Dimensions
- Span: 40 ft. (12.2 m)
- Length: 32 ft. 3 in. (9.84 m)
- Height: 13 ft. 1.5 in. (4 m)
- Wing Area: 257.5 sq. ft. (23.92 sq. m)
- Track: 7 ft. 10 in. (2.38 m)