4 August
On This Day, 1944: On 4 August 1944, Squadron Leader Ian Bazalgette saved crewmen after a V-1 marking raid, earning a posthumous…
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Hawker Hurricane
Hawker Aircraft Ltd
Fighter AircraftThe Hawker Hurricane was the RAF’s first modern monoplane fighter and one of the decisive aircraft of 1940. Overshadowed in popular memory by the Spitfire, it nevertheless carried much of the burden in the Battle of Britain and remained an adaptable wartime workhorse.
View aircraft → Entered service 1937
Retired 1947
Max speed 316 mph (509 km/h)
Ceiling 34,500 ft (10,516 m)
Range 585 mi (941 km)
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