num_pages: 302
description: This fully illustrated volume examines the legendary RAF fighter with full details on its WWII service and design modifications. The Hawker Hurricane was aeronautical engineer Sidney Camm's masterpiece. The fighter entered Royal Air Force service in 1937 and quickly became one of the most important aircraft in Britain's military arsenalespecially in the first three years of the Second World War. It served in every wartime theatre from Norway and France to the Battle of Britain the defense of Malta the campaigns in the Western Desert the Russian Front and in the Far East where it saw service until the end of hostilities.Martin Derry offers a concise yet informative history of the Hurricane's development operational career and design improvements including many contemporary photographs with detailed captions; a 16-page color illustration section offering profiles and 2-views of 48 separate aircraft; and finally a section prepared by master maker Tony O'Toole listing and illustrating the plastic model kits of the Hurricane available in all scales.
language: English
title: Hawker Hurricane and Sea Hurricane
publisher: Pen & Sword Aviation