When Sidney Camm's masterpiece, the Hawker Hurricane, entered RAF
service in late 1937 it quickly became one of the most important
aircraft in Britain's military arsenal, especially in the first three
years of the Second World War. This title covers the history of this
iconic design, from the prototype and the initial production variants'
entry in to RAF service, through its development and use, first as a day
fighter, and then night fighter, intruder, fighter-bomber,
catapult-launched and then carrier-based fighter, and eventually
dedicated ground attack machine.
The Hurricane served in every wartime theater, from Norway and France,
the Battle of Britain, the defense of Malta, to the campaigns in the
Western Desert and the Mediterranean, on the Russian Front and in the
Far East where it saw service until the end of hostilities.
Split into three primary sections, this volume 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 featuring 48
separate aircraft (in profiles and 2-views); and finally a section
prepared by that well-known and established doyen of model makers, Tony
O'Toole, listing and illustrating the plastic model kits produced of the
Hurricane in all scales.
As with the other books in the Flight Craft series, whilst published
primarily with the scale aircraft modeler in mind, it is hoped that
those readers who might perhaps describe themselves as 'occasional'
modelers - if indeed they model at all - may also find that this
colorful and informative work offers something to provoke their
interests too.
