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Now that's a real photo. A sturdy aircraft was the hurricane.Well Wayne, here is a picture of a damaged Hurri without movie magic
(the same kind of damage)
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Wayne.
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Well Wayne, here is a picture of a damaged Hurri without movie magic
(the same kind of damage)
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Superb picture Guy. As Wayne says, that was some sturdy aircraft and a wonderful fighter. Man oh man I would not want to be sat in a lumbering 111 with one of these babies on my tail :salute::
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I have always been a Hurricane fan. One of the things I liked about it, and the early Spits, was the 8 machine gun armament, which always seemed to me to be a really 'outside the box' concept for it's time. Coming out of the 30's where aircraft armament still was 2 or 4 guns for the most part, the 8 gun concept was ahead of it's time. I know the .303 caliber was rifle caliber, but it was not unusual for it's time and 8 .303 caliber guns were perfectly capable of throwing enough lead to get the job done. Heavier calibers and cannons soon took over as main armament, but it was the 8 .303 guns in the Hurri's and Spits that won the BoB. -- Al
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Yep, less punch than the ME109's but it still got the job done! When you see some of the shot down Luftwaffe aircraft they are often riddled from end to end with what looks like hundreds of hits , but they are down none the less.
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A view of the First Aid area of an air raid shelter in the basement of a London drapery store. One Air Raid Precautions (ARP) warden checks first aid supplies whilst two others bandage the ankle of an injured civilian. This photograph was taken in November 1940.
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Flight-Lieutenant P S Turner of No. 242 Squadron RAF, rests on the tail elevator of his Hawker Hurricane Mark I, after landing at Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, (No. 242 Squadron were based at Coltishall, Norfolk at this time). Turner, a Canadian citizen, was a successful fighter pilot over France and during the Battle of Britain in 1940, destroying ten enemy aircraft.
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Here in the UK today we had the Budget spending plans unveiled in Parliament . Among the big announcements , more money for defence/Benefit cuts etc there were much smaller but worthwhile announcements including the government announcing that it will be paying to restore the Battle of Britain bunker in Uxbridge to be fully restored and returned to the condition it was during this history changing battle. This is good news and as soon as I find more info will post here.
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Heroes in waiting. RAF pilots spent long periods on stand by as they awaited the next German air raid. Although they often flew themselves into exhaustion Dowding's system allowed them 48 hours leave every three weeks where possible and rotated squadrons when this was precatical. This helped to keep morale up . The Germans did not have such a rotation system , this caused great stress in Luftwaffe crew who often flew missions for many days on end and add a detrimental effect on their morale.
Looks like RAF Hawkinge..... am I right
