Hawker Hurricane Mark I

London, Hangar Three/Four Aircraft & Exhibits

The Hawker Hurricane Mk I entered service in 1937 as the RAF's first eight-gun monoplane. During the Battle of Britain Hurricanes were more numerous than Spitfires and shot down over 60% of all German aircraft destroyed.

Following service with No. 607 Squadron during the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain, this Hurricane operated with No. 1 Squadron RCAF on convoy patrols over the Clyde approaches in Scotland during the Battle's later stages. It forms part of the Museum's 'Fighter Four' display, a unique collection of the four principal single-seat fighters engaged in the Battle of Britain, each a genuine survivor of that conflict.

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Object number	72/A/1404
Maker name	Hawker Aircraft Limited, Gloster Aircraft Company Limited
Production date	Jan 1940
Date in use	JAN 1940-MAY 1972
Associated with	20 Maintenance Unit (RAF) 6 Maintenance Unit (RAF) 607 Squadron (RAF) 615 Squadron (RAF) 1 Squadron (RCAF) 15 Maintenance Unit (RAF) 5 Maintenance Unit (RAF) 9 Service Flying Training School (RAF) 8 Service Flying Training School (RAF) 9 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit (RAF) 22 Maintenance Unit (RAF) 52 Maintenance Unit (RAF) Gp Capt Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader 71 Maintenance Unit (RAF)
Associated places	RAF Aston Down RAF Brize Norton Abbeville RAF B50 (Vitry-en-Artois) Croydon RAF Prestwick RAF Wroughton RAF Kemble RAF Hullavington RAF Montrose RAF Silloth Cardiff RAF Stanmore Park RAF Fulbeck RAF Kenley RAF Rufforth RAF Bicester RAF Henlow
Key events	Battle of Britain, 1940 France, Invasion of, 1940

Single engine aircraft with propeller and camouflage pattern, © RAF Museum

Hawker Hurricane on display at Hendon, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

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