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Hawker Hurricane Mark IIc

Aircraft & Exhibits, MAR 1944-FEB 1984, Cosford, Hangar Two, 1995/1004/A

The Hawker Hurricane Mk I entered service in 1937 as the RAF's first eight-gun monoplane. During the Battle of Britain, Hurricanes shot down approximately 60% of enemy aircraft – more than all the other air and ground defences combined.

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

Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant John Oliver Lancaster, 30 July 2014

Film & Sound, In Storage, X005-6786

Recorded interview with John Oliver "Jo" Lancaster, who served as a pilot in Wellington and Lancaster aircraft and was the first to use a Martin-Baker ejection seat in an emergency.

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Royal Air Force At Home Wellesbourne Mountford September 17 1955 programme

Library, In Storage, X008-8389

Souvenir programme for the Battle of Britain Week Royal Air Force at Home, Saturday September 17 1955, Wellesbourne Mountford. Proceeds divided between Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund and Royal Air Forces Association

Cream page blue text. Blue dots depicting sea or air and cream map of the UK and Ireland with two blue aircraft superimposed, Royal Air Force Museum