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Hawker Hurricane Mark I
Aircraft & Exhibits, JAN 1940-MAY 1972, London, Hangar Three/Four, 72/A/1404
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.
Recording of an interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton, 30 December 1977
Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/32
Interview with Wing Commander R D Pexton who served as a pilot in the RAF before and during the Second World War, flying Spitfires, Gladiators, Hurricanes, Stirlings and Lancasters.
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- 615 Squadron (RAF)
- 607 Squadron (RAF) [2]
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- 10 Operational Training Unit (RAF) [1]
- 107 Maintenance Unit (RAF) [1]
- 111 Squadron (RAF) [1]
- 134 Squadron (RAF) [1]
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- Battle of Britain, 1940 [3]
- France, Invasion of, 1940
- Atomic raids on Japan, 1945 [1]
- Dynamo, 1940 [1]
- Germany, Bombing of, 1939-1945 [1]
- Phoney War 1939-1940 [1]