Hawker Hurricane facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hurricane
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

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.

Images for kids

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

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

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  Hurricane production line, 1942

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  Trainee aircraft fitters working on instructional partly-assembled Hurricanes, circa 1939–1940

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

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

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  Yugoslavian Hurricane Mk. IV

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

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

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  Hurricane I of 1 Squadron being refuelled at Vassincourt, France

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  Mechanics servicing the engine of a Hurricane I of 501 Squadron at No. 1 Repair Centre, Reims, Champagne, France

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  Hurricane I of 1 Squadron flown by Plt Off A.V. Clowes.

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  303 squadron pilots. L-R: F/O Ferić, F/Lt Lt Kent, F/O Grzeszczak, P/O Radomski, P/O Zumbach, P/O Łokuciewski, F/O Henneberg, Sgt Rogowski, Sgt Szaposznikow (in 1940).

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  Groundcrew refuelling a Hurricane Mk I of 32 Squadron, RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, London, August 1940

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  Wartime colour photo of Hurricane IIC BE500 flown by Sqn Ldr Denis Smallwood of 87 Squadron in the RDM2 ("Special Night") scheme and used on intruder operations 1941–1942.

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  Maintenance work being carried out on a Hurricane of 274 Squadron during the siege of Tobruk

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  Hurricane Mark IIB of No. 81 Squadron RAF at Murmansk-Vaenga airfield, Russia

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  Hurricane V7476 sent to Australia in May 1941, arriving in August, was the only Hurricane based in Australia during the Second World War. The tropicalised Vokes air filter, which was fitted to many types operating in the Pacific, is visible under the nose.

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  Sea Hurricane Mk IB in formation, December 1941

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  Mk Is in France with original two-bladed Watts propellers
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  Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB Z5140

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  Hurricane Mk IIC BD867 of 3 Squadron RAF, 1942

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  A Hurricane IID of 6 Squadron, showing the Vokes tropical filter and RAF desert camouflage in 1942.

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  Hurricane Mk IV, armed with RP-3 rockets

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  Preserved Sea Hurricane of the Fleet Air Arm.

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  Hawker Hurricane Mk IVRP with Yugoslav Air Force markings, Museum of Aviation in Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

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  The last of the 14,583 Hurricanes built, s/n PZ865. A Mk IIc version, originally known as "The Last of the Many" and owned by Hawker, this aircraft is now flown by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.

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  A Hawker Hurricane on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian Institution

See also

In Spanish: Hawker Hurricane para niños