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Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 G-HUPWPrice: £9.99 Order Code: FF14 More Info... The Hawker Hurricane was the first
RAF monoplane fighter with an enclosed cockpit and retractable
undercarriage. It was also the first fighter capable of a level speed in
excess of 300 mph and the first eight-gun fighter in service with the RAF.
The first production Hurricane Mk I was delivered in 1937 and nearly 500
were in squadron service by the outbreak of the WWII. During the Battle of
Britain, Hurricanes shot down far more enemy aircraft than the more famous
Spitfire.
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