HA8614 Hobbymaster Hawker Hurricane MK. Ia V7101, F/Lt George Burges, No. 69 Squadron, RAF, Malta, May-June 1941

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Hobbymaster 1/48th scale HA8614 Hawker Hurricane MK. Ia V7101, F/Lt George Burges, No. 69 Squadron, RAF, Malta, May-June 1941. Buy now online at Flying Tigers.

The Hawker Hurricane was the first British single-engine fighter and the first single wing aircraft with retractable landing gear as well as an enclosed cockpit and 8 machine guns. The Hurricane went into operational service in December 1937 with the RAF 111 Squadron. The Hurricane is usually over looked as a major player in the BoB because of the Spitfire but 80% of the 1,792 German aircraft shot down were because of the Hurricane. There were 14,533 Hurricanes produced in all variants.

RRP £96.00