The Hawker Hurricane Mk I entered service in 1937 as the RAF’s first eight-gun monoplane. During the Battle of Britain Hurricanes were more numerous than Spitfires and shot down over 60% of all German aircraft destroyed.
Following service with No. 607 Squadron during the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain, this Hurricane operated with No. 1 Squadron RCAF on convoy patrols over the Clyde approaches in Scotland during the Battle’s later stages. It forms part of the Museum’s ‘Fighter Four’ display, a unique collection of the four principal single-seat fighters engaged in the Battle of Britain, each a genuine survivor of that conflict.
