T he Hawker Hurricane was not as attractive or streamlined as the Spitfire, and it failed to capture the public’s respect in the same way. But the Hurricane was responsible for nearly 60 percent ...

As WW2 began, British Expeditionary Force deployed across the Channel. RAF sent four squadrons of their Hawker Hurricane ...

With that in mind, let’s take a deeper dive into the story of this remarkable airplane and give the Hurricane her proper due. The Hawker Hurricane was manufactured by Hawker Aircraft Ltd ...

In 1940 when the Nazi Germany air force launched its major attack on the United Kingdom, the Hawker Hurricane was there to fend them off. The Hurricane is responsible for incapacitating around 60% ...

The scene is still one of the most evocative in this island's history: dashing young pilots in their fighter planes, defying the odds as they speed across blue summer skies towards the intruder ...

A Hawker Hurricane Mark IIC is on permanent display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in northern Virginia. Dane Penland/NASM During his 38-year career with the ...

State Aviation Museum, Kyiv The UK sent some 3,000 Hurricanes to the Soviet Union during the war against Nazi Germany The Hawker Hurricane was the workhorse of the Battle of Britain - the air ...

But the Hurricane was responsible for nearly 60 percent of the Luftwaffe’s losses during the Battle of Britain. The Hawker Hurricane has never quite gotten the credit it is owed.