Hawker Aircraft Company Limited

Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 L1584 111 Sqn RAF Circa July 1938

(Airfix 1/72 A02067)

111 was the first sqn to receive the new Hurricanes in late' 37, L1584 was later converted to Mk.2 and transferred to 615 Sqn, where she and her pilot were sadly lost off Dover July '40. 

Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 VY-G 85 Sqn RAF, France May 1940

(Airfix A01010)

No S/N appears to have been painted on this aircraft and no records exist online?

Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 L1679 / JX-G 1 Sqn RAF, Vassincourt, France 1940. Flown by F/O Paul Richey

(Airfix A01010A)

 L1679 did not survive the war, badly damaged during a crash-landing at Mezieres on 10th May she was destroyed on the ground 4 days later. A Full size replica can be seen at Tangmere museum. F/O Richey did survive reaching the Rank of W/C and authoring a book "Fighter Pilot", sadly passi

Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 V7421, W-20 760 NAS, RNAS Yeovilton, June '42, 

(Arma Hobby 70022)

Contradictory information suggests V7421 was assigned to 74 Sqn and was shot down near Cambrai, France on 22 May 1940 with the loss of her pilot Sergeant R.H. Nelson, I can find no images to support either claim?

Hawker Hurricane Mk.I, P3576 GN-A 249 Sqn RAF Boscombe Down, August 1940, F/Lieutenant James Brindley Nicolson VC.

(Airfix A50129)

Awarded VC for action of 16th Aug '40 (The only VC awarded to Fighter Command Pilot during WW2) sadly W/C Nicholson was lost on operations, May 2nd '45 in Bay of Bengal

Coming Soon : Hawker Hurricane Mk.I, V7234 SD-A 501 Sqn, RAF Gravesend August 1940,

(Arma Hobby 70019)

On 24th August 1940 Sgt Pilot Antoni Glowacki was credited with 5 kills in one day flying V7234