The Hurricane Pocket Manual collates authentic period sources including pilot's notes and other Air Ministry publications to provide a unique guide to this iconic aircraft.
The Hurricane Pocket Manual collates authentic period sources including pilot's notes and other Air Ministry publications to provide a unique guide to this iconic aircraft.
Dr Martin Robson is a lecturer in defence studies at the University of Exeter. He is the author of several works of military, aviation and naval history including the popular Pocket Manuals on the Spitfire and Lancaster Bomber for Conway as well as the D-Day Kit Bag.
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Introduction Significant Hurricane Variants
I Design and trials Specification F.5/34 Single Seater Fighter, 16 November 1934 Trial of the Hawker Monoplane, F.36/34, no. K-5083, Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Martlesham Heath, April 1936 Specification 15/36, Hawker 'Hurricane' - development, production 20 July 1936 Tests on the Operational Characteristics of Hurricane Aircraft, Sqdn Ldr J. W. Gillan, 21 February 1938
II Pilot Notes Pilot's Notes: Hurricane I Aeroplane Merlin II or III Engine
III Tactical Air Fighting Development Unit, Report No. 31, Tactical Trials with Hurricane Aircraft fitted to carry bombs, 7 August 1941
IV Operations 111 Squadron, Operations Record Book, September 1940 Fighter Command Combat Report, 12 Group, 9 September 1940 Sqdn Ldr Douglas Bader's Flying Log, 7-19 September 1940 Report on the operations of No. 6 Sqdn RAF in the Eastern Desert, June 1942, Hurricane Mark IIDs operating as 'tank-busters'
I Design and trials Specification F.5/34 Single Seater Fighter, 16 November 1934 Trial of the Hawker Monoplane, F.36/34, no. K-5083, Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Martlesham Heath, April 1936 Specification 15/36, Hawker 'Hurricane' - development, production 20 July 1936 Tests on the Operational Characteristics of Hurricane Aircraft, Sqdn Ldr J. W. Gillan, 21 February 1938
II Pilot Notes Pilot's Notes: Hurricane I Aeroplane Merlin II or III Engine
III Tactical Air Fighting Development Unit, Report No. 31, Tactical Trials with Hurricane Aircraft fitted to carry bombs, 7 August 1941
IV Operations 111 Squadron, Operations Record Book, September 1940 Fighter Command Combat Report, 12 Group, 9 September 1940 Sqdn Ldr Douglas Bader's Flying Log, 7-19 September 1940 Report on the operations of No. 6 Sqdn RAF in the Eastern Desert, June 1942, Hurricane Mark IIDs operating as 'tank-busters'
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A fitting book for an immortal aircraft, most enthusiastically recommended ... Packs in more information than books on the subject that are more than twice the size and three times the price Firetrench
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