Hurricane

[Readie]

My friend Mal sent me this picture which I thought I would share with you guys.
Cheers
John

 

[glennasher]

Nice pic! Artfully done.

 

[Wurger]

 

[GregP]

Thanks for sharing a great pic.

 

[Gnomey]

Cool shot! Thanks for sharing.

 

[rochie]

what a great picture

 

[davebender]

Nice shot.

What Hurricane version is that?

 

[Airframes]

It's 'Z5140', a 1942 MkXIIa, up for auction last December.
Nice shot - better without what appears to be an 'artificial' prop spin though.

 

[Juha]

Butthe red patches were placed as in IIB wing.

Juha

 

[Airframes]

It's the Canadian-built rough equivalent, and painted to represent a MkIIb, which I believe was based on Malta. I have the auction catalogue with the details, but not to hand at the moment.
Here's a side view of the same aircraft, to show the colour scheme, taken at Duxford a few years ago.

 

[airminded88]

Great picture, noble aircraft.

Magnificently well done!

 

[fastmongrel]

If your on Facebook there is a great page about the Hurricane.

https://www.facebook.com/HawkerHurricane

 

[Wayne Little]

Thats a great Pic, thanks for posting it!

 

[fastmongrel]

Interesting pic from the Facebook Hurricane page . Never seen this one before Hawker Hurricane PR Mark IIB, BM969, of S Flight No. 3 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, based at Dum Dum, India, in flight over West Bengal.

 

[stona]

Completely of topic aside.
Dum Dum is near Calcutta and was the site of an arsenal in the days of the Raj. Original home of the dum-dum bullet
Steve

 

[oldcrowcv63]

Thanks for posting the shot John!