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General Background

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.

Specifications :

Manufacturer :	Hawker Industries
Country :	UK
First Year of Service :	1937
Production:	14,583
Crew:	1
Dimensions
Length :	31.4 ft (9.57 m)
Wingspan:	39.99 ft (12.19 m)
Height:	13.12 ft (4.0 m)
Weight:
Empty:	4,982 lb (2,260 kg)
Maximum Takeoff:	6,446 lb (2,924 kg)
Performance:
Power plant:	1 x Rolls-Royce Merlin III 12-cylinder Liquid-cooled Producing 1,030 hp
2 Bladed Propeller
Later Production Power plant:	3,164 x Merlin III producing 1,029 hp with a Three-Blade Propeller
Maximum Speed :	318 mph (511 kmh / 276 kts)
Maximum Range :	460 miles (740 km)
Service Ceiling :	35,991 ft (10,970 m)
Rate of Climb :	2,520 ft/min (768 m/min)
Armament :
Early Production :	Hard points – 2
	Machine Guns – 8 x 7.7 mm Colt-Browning in Wings
Later production :	Machine Guns – 8 or 12 x 7.7 mm Colt-Browning in Wings
	Hispano Canons – 4 x 20 mm in the Wings
Optional:	Bombs Under-Wings
	2 x 250 lb
	or
	500 lb
	8 x Unguided Rockets Under-Wings
	2 x 40 mm Canons Under-Wings