Hawker Hurricane
The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s-40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was overshadowed in the public consciousness by the Supermarine Spitfire during the Battle of Britain in 1940, but the Hurricane inflicted 60% of the losses sustained by the Luftwaffe in the campaign, and fought in all the major theatres of the Second World War.
Why It Mattered
The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s-40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was overshadowed in the public consciousness by the Supermarine Spitfire during the Battle of Britain in 1940, but the Hurricane inflicted 60% of the losses sustained by the Luftwaffe in the campaign, and fought in all the major theatres of the Second World War.
Design Notes
See sources for design and configuration details.
Operational History
See sources for wartime service and operators.
Afterlife
Surviving airframes are documented in the sources.