Hawker Hurricane sub collection - current project (1 Viewer)

Excellent Santiago! Love that night fighter one

Many thanks Wildcat.

There are more uncommon Hurricane Mk I to come.

Cheers
Santiago

Hello to all

The latest batch of four Hurricanes is done. Here are two group pictures and the individuals ones.




Hurricane Mk I W9266 - 274 Sqn - Gerawla, Egypt - 25/05/1941 flew by the Anglo-Argentine pilot F/L Dudley Honor DFC.











Hurricane Mk I P3818 - 3 Sqn - Benina - Mar-41













Hurricane Mk X AG244 - Central Flying School, RRAF, Based at Norton Air Base, Rhodesia - 1945











Hurricane Mk I V7476 - Point Cook - 1946











Two out of three schemes camouflage of the V7476




These are the latest 4 Hurricane Mk I which we are going to include in this series. After these 4 Hurricane we will move on to the Mk II version.

Hurricane Mk I L1711 – 1 SAAF Sqn - Waterkloof Air Station – March 1939
Hurricane Mk I PO/X P2632 – 46 Sqn - HMS Gloriosus – May 1940
Hurricane Mk I ¿¿?? - ¿¿?? - Fuka, Egypt – May 1941 (with the cannons on the upper surface of the wings)
Hurricane Mk I HILLSON SLIP WING F.H. 40 – Boscombe Down 1943.

Kind regards
Santiago

My word some fantastic work there Santiago.

Many thanks Heinz

Please observe the following detail as regard the F/L Dudley Honor's Hurricane. The nickname of her wife was "BOO" and that is why this Hurricane had that name painted on the fuselage. Dudley himself confirmed this issue during an interview with Claudio Meunier (author of the book "Alas de Trueno"). The size and color are only our interpretation since these facts were not confirmed.

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Santiago

Hi to all

As I explained before all the information related with the Anglo-Argentine pilots that we have came from the book "Wings of thunder". This book deals with the histories of Argentine Volunteer Aircrews in the RAF and RCAF during the Second World War.

Now that Claudio Meunier (author of that book) kindly gave me the permission to post here some paragraphs of his book, I am able to share with you the following as regard the Hurricane Mk I W9266 flew by F/L Dudley Honor DFC.

Reference: "Wings of thunder" (authors Claudio Meunier and Oscar Rimondi), chapter 7 "Quilmeño",

In 25 May 1941 Honor accredited in this machine a SM-79 and a JU 52 over Maleme, Creta.

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In the afternoon of the 25 May, the air raid sirens sound at the aerodrome of Maleme. The German were witness to a brave and spectacular attack. Two Hurricane from the RAF appeared flying low over the aerodrome firing as they went, flying at full speed. One of the Hurricane burst into flame having been hit by the flak, but kept on flying, the other went on safety. This was one flown by F/L Honor…………..
"F/L Hugh Down and I left the base at Sidi Banani in experimental long range Hurricane on May 24 to go over and ground strafe Maleme aerodrome…… As we crossed over the mountains there were so many enemy aircraft in the sky that I was undecided of whether to have a craft at the one in the air or to carry at my original orders….I decided to attack at the two aircrafts that were landing. I thought they were probably full of the troops and equipment…..I opened fired at two thousand yards and continued firing as I approached the aerodrome. ….. As I passed over the northern Boundary of the aerodrome the anti aerial guns opened up…… I think I passed the barrier before the shells actually burst. The second Hurricane apparently ran into the flak screen. I did not see F/L Hugh Down again.

I pulled up to the line of the transport airplanes head on. I managed to get up to the same height as the leading airplane. It was a Italian SM79. I gave it a very short burst at dead range. It burst into flame and went straight down into the sea. I carried a straight on and had a crack at the second Ju52. I saw him as he turned over on his back and hit the water. Suddenly there was a series of explosion and my control was gone. A Me110 had attached me from underneath and behind…………… I was not able to outturn the attack because my elevator was badly damage…………. The Me 110 must have used up all his ammunitions without hitting me again because he sheered off. ………….. A Me 109F then took up the fight……… After about 5 minutes one of the Me109F burst hit me in the engine. There was a terrible band and an awful smell of cordite in the cockpit…. I steered straight ahead to make a landing on the water at high speed (120 M/h)….. I went down to forty feet before I realized what was happening. I opened the hood which luckily had not jammed. I was wearing a German Mae West captured in the Battle of Britain from the rear gunner of a Ju 87 Stuka destroyed by my squadron… The German Mae West inflates automatically. If I had been wearing the old British Mae West I might have been drowned because in my breathless state I would not probably have been able to blow in it……………..

……The Greek told us that a flying boat had landed on the water. They had signaled SOS as he passed. This raised my hopes again. What I had thought was an aircraft taking off was, in fact, a second Sunderland landing. I took over the flash lamp from the Greeks and signaled, in Morse; RAF here.
"Swim for it", a voice shouted.
"I can't " I shouted back. "I'm done".
I could not swim because my arms were raw.………..

On boarding the Sunderland, I was told that it was only by the merest chance that it had landed at the very spot. It had come out from Egypt to take off General Weston and his staff from Sphakia. The crew were watching the coast for signals and had landed at the wrong place, misled by the SOS from the Greeks. I directed them down the coast to Sphokia. We taxied on the water the whole way.
There were took on General Weston and his staff. They were absolutely exhausted. The wireless operator of the Sunderland gave me a packed of Woodbines. They tasted sweeter than any cigarettes I had ever smoked. I gave one to the general and sat smoking the others while I had six cups of tea. We arrived at Alexandria just before dawn. After breakfast next morning
I managed to borrow a plane and flew back to the desert-without shaving. There, I rejoined my Squadron"………….
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I hope you enjoy it.

Kind regards
Santiago

Bl**dy nice work mate!

Hi

Finally four more Hurricane are finished by my father. Here are the pictures:


1) Hurricane HILLSON SLIP WING F.H. 40 Boscombe Down 1943.











2) Hurricane Mk I ¿¿?? - ¿¿?? - Fuka, Egypt May 1941

Reference: Updates Oddities 4 publication / Article wrote by Ian K. Baker













3) Hurricane Mk I L1711 1 SAAF Sqn - Waterkloof Air Station March 1939













4) Hurricane Mk I PO/X P2632 46 Sqn - HMS Gloriosus May 1940 flew by 'Bing Cross'.

This Hurricane is not finished. We are waiting for the decals (letters PO-X).
As far as we know the Hurricane Mk I PO-X - P2632 (Cross' aircraft) is the only one with confirmed codes/serial that landed on Glorious on the return.
Reference: Two articles made by Bengt Stangvik via Kjetil Åkra.












The next batch of Hurricane will include the followings aircrafts:

Hurricane Mk IIA ?? ?? - Cyrenaicam Notrh africa - 1941
Hurricane Mk IIA V7480 Flight Refuelling ltd facility at Staverton - 1942 – Used for towed experiments.
Hurricane Mk IIA K / Z4575 - 1423 Sqn - Reykjavik - 1941
Hurricane Mk IIA Z2515 - A&AEE - January 1941 Used for high altitude and lubricant trials.

Kind regards
Santiago

Hello

My father has finished the lastest 4 Hurricane. Here are the pictures of them.

30) Hurricane Mk IIA V7480 - Flight Refuelling ltd facility at Staverton – 1942
This Hurricane was a Mk I but as per Air Britain records she was converted to Mk.IIA/makers/RAE, stuck off charge 30/11/45. (Thanks to Graham Boak).
She had Mk I tail wheel. The scheme was abandoned because the engine became too cold to restart reliably.










Reference: The Hawker Hurricane by R. Manson.


31) Hurricane Mk IIA Z2515 - A&AEE, Boscombe Down – Early 1941
Used for high altitude and lubricant trials.








32) Hurricane Mk IIA K - Z4575 – 1423 "unofficially called Air Defence Iceland" - Reykjavik, Iceland - Autunm/ Winter 1941
1423 fighter flight came into being on the 10th of June 1941 when six aircraft arrived. They were Mk.II´s Z4575, Z4607, Z4617, Z4631, Z4639 and (Mk.I) Z4702. Pilots and Officers were from 98 squadron and the flight was under administrative control of 98 squadron. Later, or on the 26th of July, four more Hurricanes arrived. They were Z4037, Z4045, Z4048 and Z4049. That made a total of 10 Hurricanes for 1423 fighter flight.
Two were supposed to be based at Kaldadarnes on readiness, and six were to be on readiness in Reykjavik. Two were to act as spares. 1423 fighter flight was disbanded in Descember 1941, and the remaining Hurricanes were shipped to the UK on the 22nd of December. (Reference Mr. Ragnar Ragnarsson. Via Sigurjon).










33) Hurricane Mk IIA - ??? - Cyrenaica, North Africa - 1941










With these 4 Hurricane done the number now is 33. Here is a photo.



The next batch of 4 Hurricane will include these ones:

Hurricane Mk II Z2326 - A&AEE Boscombe Down – 1941
Hurricane Mk II Z2415 - A&AEE Boscombe Down – September 1942
Hurricane Mk II Z2697 – 56 Sqn - North Weald - May1941
Hurricane Mk II US/W Z2767 – 56 Sqn – Duxford – May 1941

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Santiago Hrubisko

Amazing work!! 8)

Santiago - awesome work! You know I'm a big fan of your Spitfire collection and this is shaping up to be just as impressive.

Can I ask a question? Where do you get those "P for prototype" decals? I have a Spit Floatplane in my stash that I'm going to do sooner or later but the yellow in the decals is way to bright. The RAF roundels I have plenty of, but I desperately need a "P".

Cheers!

great collection Santiago

Fantastic work my friend! No matter how much I look at Hurricane's I never grow tired of their lines.

Cheers.

Damn fine work!

Agree with Wayne - that's a heck of a collection!

Many thanks guys. I really appreciate your comments.

Santiago - awesome work! You know I'm a big fan of your Spitfire collection and this is shaping up to be just as impressive.

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Many thanks. That is the idea. We have at least 10 others Spitfire to add.

The Hurricane collection will be the sencond large series among the others.
So far we have selected 103 Hurricane. I think that the final number will be around 105.

I asked my father about the yellow "P".
We have a couple of decals sheet. The Joe's models have a good one as wll as the zotz decals.
You can try here:
fantasy Printshop Decals

There are 5 others Hurricane almost ready to paint. They will be :
1) Hurricane Mk IIA Z2326 - A&AEE - September 1941 -
2) Hurricane Mk IIA Z2697 - 56 Sqn - North Weald - 11/05/1941
3) Hurricane Mk IIA US/W Z2767 - 56 Sqn - Duxford - 26/05/1941
4) Hurricane Mk IIA Z2415 - A&AEE - feb-42 .
5) Hurricane Mk IIB SAM Z3353 - Night Figther Unit - Wittering.

Cheers
Santiago

Thanks Santiago - I have found the yellow "P" I needed from Fantasy Print Shop, via ebay.

most amazing collection but I fail to see the Hurricane MKXII that was armed with depth charges from 128 Sqn RCAF based in Torbay Newfoundland in 1943 1944

Thanks Santiago - I have found the yellow "P" I needed from Fantasy Print Shop, via ebay.

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Your welcome 8)

most amazing collection but I fail to see the Hurricane MKXII that was armed with depth charges from 128 Sqn RCAF based in Torbay Newfoundland in 1943 1944

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I have never heard about it. If you can share with us the information I would love to include it

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Santiago

diamant said:

Your welcome 8)


I have never heard about it. If you can share with us the information I would love to include it

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Santiago

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The following link indicates 128 sqn in Torbay (St Johns Newfoundland) but then I found this pic which says 125 sqn in Torbay the depth charges are are 250lbs
Aircraft of World War II - Warbird Forums
No. 125 Squadron, Canadian Air Force

No. 128 Squadron , Canadian Air Force