Hawker Hurricane

The Hawker Hurricane is a famous British military aircraft of World War II. This was the main fighter used by the RAF during the Battle of Britain. It was later outclassed by the Supermarine Spitfire. Sea Hurricane was a navalized variant, used by Fleet Air Arm.

Hurricane
File:Hurricane mk1 r4118 fairford arp.jpg
Hurricane Mk I (R4118), which fought in the Battle of Britain
Role	Fighter
National origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	Hawker Aircraft
Designer	Sydney Camm
First flight	6 November 1935
Introduction	25 December 1937
Primary users	Royal Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force
Produced	1937–1944
Number built	14,583
Variants	Hawker Hurricane variants

Hawker Hurricane Media

• Hurricane mockup.jpg

  An early mock-up for the Hurricane's fuselage, showing side fuselage-mounted synchronised machine gun, like earlier British biplane fighters.

• Hawker Hurricane before maiden flight 1935.jpg

  K5083, the prototype, photographed before its first flight in November 1935

• Women assembling Hawker Hurricanes 1942.jpg

  Hurricane production line, 1942

• Royal Air Force Training Command, 1939-1940. C851.jpg

  Trainee aircraft fitters working on instructional Hurricanes 1939–1940

• Hawker Hurricanes at Lille-Seclin - Royal Air Force 1939-1945 Fighter Command C460.jpg

  Mk.I in France, November 1939, showing original fabric-covered outer wing and two-bladed propeller

• Hurricane in planform arp.jpg

  Underside view of R4118, a preserved Hurricane from the Battle of Britain

• Yugoslavian Hurricane Mk. IV

• Hawker Hurricane at Lille-Seclin - Royal Air Force - France 1939-1940 C1512.jpg

  Personnel of 85 Squadron next to a Hurricane I, Lille, Seclin, France, on 10 May 1940

• Hurricane I 46 Squadron.jpg

  Hurricane Mk.I of the 46 Squadron during the Norwegian campaign, May 1940. This aircraft was abandoned in Norway.

• C 001234Hurricane1Sqn1940.jpg

  Hurricane I of 1 Squadron being refuelled at Vassincourt, France