Trumpeter 02417 Hawker Hurricane II D Trop  [TP02417]

The Hawker Hurricane is a British fighter design from 1930s. Some 14,000 Hurricane and water Hurricane fighters and fighter-bombers were built by the finish of 1944? August 1940 brought what has become the Hurricane's shining moment ever: The Battle of Britain. RAF Hurricanes accounted for more enemy aircraft kills than all other defenses combined, including all aircraft and ground defenses. Later within the war, the Hurricane served ingeniously in North Africa, Burma, Malta, and just about any other theater where the RAF participated. The Hurricane underwent numerous customizations during its life, resulting in numerous major variants, such as the Mk IA, with interchangeable wings housing eight 7.7mm (0.303in) guns;the Mk IIC, with a Merlin XX motor; the Mk IID, a tankbuster with two 40mm anti-tank firearms plus two 7.7mm firearms. Throughout the war, Hurricanes were offered to Egypt, Finland, Asia, the Irish? Persia, Turkey plus the USSR Air Corps, ,.

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