3D model
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A procedural model built in Blender from published dimensions, drawings and photographs, painted as R4118, UP-W of No. 605 Squadron in autumn 1940. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · download .glb (1.2 MB)
History
The Hurricane
Sydney Camm’s Hurricane was the RAF’s first monoplane fighter and its first to exceed 300 mph. It first flew in November 1935, and its steel-tube and fabric construction was familiar to the factories and could be repaired on the squadron.
In the Battle of Britain the RAF had more Hurricanes than Spitfires, and Hurricane pilots were credited with most of the RAF’s victories. The type went on to fight in every theatre: as a fighter-bomber, as a tank-buster with 40 mm guns, and at sea from catapult ships and carriers.
More than 14,000 were built in Britain and Canada. Its eight Browning machine guns sat close together in the thick wing, which made it a steady gun platform.
This airframe
Mk I R4118
R4118 was built by Gloster in 1940 and flew 49 sorties as UP-W with No. 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron from Croydon during the Battle of Britain. It later went to India, was rediscovered there in 1982 and returned to the air in 2004.
Where to see one
In the gazetteer
The gazetteer records the Hurricane in 10 UK collections. The airframe modelled here is marked.