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Image: Hurricane IID 6 Sqn RAF over Western Desert 1942

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Description: A Hawker Hurricane Mark IID (BP188, ‘JV-Z), of ‘B’ Flight, No. 6 Squadron RAF, based at Shandur, Egypt, in flight. Two 40mm Vickers anti-tank cannon are fitted under each wing. These anti-tank aircraft were nicknamed "Flying Can Openers".
Title: Hurricane IID 6 Sqn RAF over Western Desert 1942
Credit: This is photograph CM 4954 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Royal Air Force official photographer
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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