Video footage of Hawker Hurricanes around the world

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Elmsett Airfield Whatfield Rd Ipswich in the Uk you'll find Hawker Restorations.

As you can see Hurricane 501 V7497 is close to flight. The Hurricanes wings have been made in house and are an engineering marvel.

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Ray Holmes

The search is on to find the crash site, and retrieve the surviving archaeology of the 1940 Battle of Britain Hawker Hurricane which crashed into Central London after disabling a Luftwaffe Dornier. First-hand account from the modest true Hero Hurricane Pilot, Sergeant Pilot Ray Holmes, and other surviving Battle of Britain Veterans.

Map:

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Hurricane and Douglas Bader

In July 1940, Squadron Leader Douglas Bader and his ragtag squadron of Canadian fighter pilots go into battle against Hitler's mighty Luftwaffe. The outcome of the Battle of Britain will determine the future of the free world. But Bader is also fighting his own personal battle. Just eight years earlier, a catastrophic flying accident cost him both of his legs. Never one to accept defeat, Bader - equipped with prosthetic legs - beats all the odds to become Britain's most celebrated air ace. Bader, who was immortalised in the film Reach For The Sky, used bold but controversial tactics. He and his men helped to turn the tide in the crucial Battle of Britain. This is his remarkable story.

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WW2 - Air Vice Marshall Sir Keith Park a New Zealander :-

Video time minute 4:02 -Footage within programme of actor Trevor Howard playing Park in the 'Battle of Britain' film with his Hurricane.

Sir Keith Park was Air Vice Marshal of the Royal Air Force 11 Group Fighter Command the squadrons which bore the brunt of the Battle of Britain.

Sir Keith Park led from the front, overseeing every sortie and scramble, pioneering fighter Command and Control. He had left no doubt in the mind of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding, that he was up to the task, after having commanded the RAF forces protecting the Dunkirk evacuation.

 

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Sadly within weeks of winning the Battle of Britain, a secret cable was formed to manoeuvre Dowding and Park from office, their victory was overshadowed, and they did not receive proper honours.

Dowding and Park should be mentioned in the same breath as Churchill, Montgomery and Patton, and this memorial should encourage people to find out more about their amazing achievements.

 

 

Clive James, in his Point of View Radio 4 programme, informs about the unveiling of the Keith Park statue on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in November 2009. He also describes what had to happen in the strategy to ensure Britain's success in the campaign.

 

 

 

 

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Not the time period 1930 -1940 however a current day simulation. 

Hurricanes around the world - present day 2018 - via 'Air Combat Group' people play on computers a simulated game over the White Cliffs of Dover UK.

 

Watch - Video time 22:41 a Hurricane try's to makes a landing  ( then crashes ) with the starboard wing missing and showing the rib construction !   

 

 

 

 

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Back in real time - Published on 24 Jun 2017.

Mr Dee's video of the Sea Hurricane taxi by at the Shuttleworth Collection which is at Old Warden Bedfordshire UK.

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We near lost a Hawker Hurricane in the second world war to this gentleman Franz Von Werra a prisoner of war in the UK.

Actor Hardy Kruger not only appeared in the 'Flight of the Phoenix' but in this obscure link to add to the history about the Hawker Hurricane.

In this trailer to the film we see at video time 2:22 him trying to escape in a Hurricane in the film - ' The One That Got Away '

This is the dramatic true story of Franz Von Werra, the only German prisoner-of-war in Britain to escape and return to his homeland. During the Battle of Britain, his plane is hit and it plunges down onto British soil. Even though the pilot is captured, he is extremely confident and focused on his plan: to escape and return home against all the odds. Starring Hardy Kruger, who was a real-life prisoner of war, as von Werra in his first UK production.

 

The airfield is RAF Hucknall.

 

June 2009

A Hurricane taxing at Rolls Royce Huckle Nottinghamshire UK, where years before Franz tried to make his escape.

 

 

 

For some fictional history this is when the actor Hardy Kruger makes 'Model Aeroplanes and Full Size Flying' meet, in the above mentioned film - The Flight of the Phoenix - 1965 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Mark Kettle 1 on 28/02/2018 21:43:04:

The Hillson FH.40 Slip Wing Hawker Hurricane

Despite the less than spectacular results of flight and jettison tests, there was just enough promise left in the project for the Air Ministry to grant Hillson the use of a somewhat clapped out former Royal Canadian Air Force Hawker Hurricane I to test the concept out further on a full-sized aircraft before committing to further design. The result was the Hillson FH.40, a Hawker Hurricane with a massive and identical second wing propped on slender N-struts high above the fuselage. I was not able to find any report that suggested that the biplane Hurricane ever attempted to jettison its wing, but it seems the project had changed to more of a study of how an extra wing might benefit a Hurricane for ferry flights and getting off the ground with heavier loads than as a possible slip-wing defensive fighter.

The strange aircraft was tested at RAF Sealand during May 1943, and at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at RAF Boscombe Down from September 1943. The upper wing was not released in flight before the program was terminated due to poor performance.

In 2008, I added a second wing to a 1/12 scale Hurricane and completed the Boscombe Down flight program by finally jettisoning a top wing in flight. Best not to ask how the flight went though as the decision to jettison was forced early on in the flight in an attempt to recover from one of those hand launches that is always destined to end in tears...

The model did actually survive with only minor damage but I've never got round to another attempt - perhaps I'll give it a go again now this has reminded me!

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Cosby Leicestershire UK 2009.

 

Peter Vacher's Hawker Hurricane Mk1 R4118 landing at Cosby, Leicestershire on the morning of The Victory Show, 5th September 2009

 

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Amazing Martin that you tried to copy what they were trying to do full size. Do you have any pictures?

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Video by Chris Yates - Published on 13 Jul 2015

 

For the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain on the 11th of July 2015 Peter Teichman flew his Hawker Hurricane BE505 over the Wing Commanders School at Tonbridge in Kent. Director Robin Gibson

This is a great video of a hugely important aeroplane, the Hawker Hurricane, which destroyed more enemy aircraft during the Battle Of Britain than the more famous Spitfire. However, it does nothing to describe the dedication to duty, the aggressive spirit for which James Nicolson was awarded the Victoria Cross. James Nicolson was unfortunate enough to have been shot down by an enemy aircraft. However, he did not go down unavenged! While his Hurricane was burning, he remained in the cockpit long enough to bring the Enemy Aircraft into his sights and he shot it down in flames! His partially burned tunic can be seen in the Tangmere Aviation Museum, Chichester.

 

 

 

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Posted by Mark Kettle 1 on 02/03/2018 11:04:59:

Amazing Martin that you tried to copy what they were trying to do full size. Do you have any pictures?

It wasn't too impressive - just a very ratty combat Hurricane donated by a fellow club member (echoes of the original?) to which I attached a Hellcat wing hacked into an approximate shape and mounted on some wooden struts with a servo operated release mechanism.

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[Mark Kettle 1]

Martin what do you think of my copy 'n' paste video history on the Hurricane?

Edited By Mark Kettle 1 on 02/03/2018 11:34:10

[Martin Harris - Moderator]

Looks like an excellent resource, Mark.

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As a Resource that was my aim Martin, with the PSSA mass build Hurricane starting.

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Hurricane Heritage

Published on 14 Jan 2016

 

RAF pilot Dave Harvey talks about the importance of the last surviving Battle of Britain Hurricane, Hawker Hurricane Mk1 R4118, now owned by Hurricane Heritage and housed at the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire.

For more information visit : **LINK**

 

 

 

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Tinus le Roux

Published on 10 Oct 2011

Stewart "Bomb" Finney was a ww2 Hurricane/Spitfire fighter pilot and saw service in the Western Desert with SAAF 1 squadron. This interview was done at his Cape Town house in September 2011.

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ChampionFX video

Rare footage of various RAF operations, Hurricanes appear at video time 4:51.

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After a practice for an airshow known as the Flying Heritage Collection SkyFair, this Hawker Hurricane from the Flying Heritage Collection touched down on runway 16R, nearly sustained a prop strike, and lost its right main tire, resulting in quite a bit of smoke and sparks.

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Hawker Sea Hurricane Z7015 At Old Warden Flying Proms 2015

Always a highlight at any Old Warden Air Show, Z7015 doesn't disappoint here in the late evening sun....

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Hurricanes in Russia.

No 81 Sqdn RAF Hurricanes in USSR (Russia) in 1941, coded F_ for RAF ground crews and numbers for Soviets, based at Vaenga September-November 1941. Squadron then moved back to UK, than to North Africa in 1942 with Spitfires, to Burma in 1943 and Ceylon 1944. Spitfires were replaced by Thunderbolts in June 1945 (by renaming No 123 Squadron as No 81 Squadron).

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Hawker Hurricane

Of 14,583 Hurricanes made, currently 11 survive in airworthy condition worldwide.

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New Zealand

The history of the past re-lived via a mock up.

Full size (static) replicas of a WW2 Hawker Hurricane fighter, and a german Junkers Ju.87 Stuka dive bomber were displayed at the Classic Fighters 2003 airshow held at Omaka Aerodrome n Blenheim (New Zealand) at Easter 2003. The Stuka was a 'new build' for the show, but the Hawker Hurricane has some significant history .... it is one of the replica aircraft originally built for the 1969 movie The Battle of Britain. It is believed that this aircraft was used during the movie for shots involving Hurricanes taxying. The replica was brought to New Zealand sometime after the show, and was displayed for a time at the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland. Sometime after that it ended up on a farm in the South Island. In 2001 the Marlborough Warbirds Association bought the remains of the aircraft, and enthusiast Ron Flintoft was the project manager and lead worker in the team that restored this replica to its former glory.

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Northolt London UK

The new fighting 'planes of the Royal Air Force, the Hawker "Hurricanes" are on show to the press at Northolt. General shots of warming up, take off and in flight. Close ups of pilots and of Flt Lt Orlebar who is in charge of the station.

Map of area:

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The story of the Hurricane begins during World War I, when Sopwith Aviation Co. designed and produced biplanes (airplanes with both upper and lower wings). Its most successful model was the Camel, which shot down more enemy aircraft than any other British fighter. These planes usually had wooden frames covered by canvas and were not very aerodynamic.

Sopwith Aviation shut down after the war, but its premises (hangers, field, and a skating rink-turned-production-center) came under the control of a new organization: Hawker Engineering Co. It was run and named after a former student of the Sopwith flight school, Harry Hawker.

In the 1920’s, Hawker Engineering Company focused mainly on production of motorcycles, with a little work on airplane design. When Sydney Camm joined the design team, the company really began to advance in innovation. His first work was on improving biplanes, including introducing metal framing. The new planes were ordered in large numbers, at which point the company name became Hawker Aircraft Limited. What had started out as a humble airfield with a collection of equally modest buildings became the powerhouse for the Battle of Britain.

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
In 1933, the Hawker design staff decided to respond to a challenge from the Air Ministry to all UK manufacturers. The challenge was to design a new frontline fighter for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Sydney Camm and company made a big leap in giving this new design only one set of wings, rather than the traditional biplane design. In order for the monoplane to work, the wing had to be thick, with a thickness at each point proportional to the distance from leading edge to trailing edge of the wing at that point. (This is called the chord.)

Commemorative service for the life and genius of Hawker's Chief Designer