The Battle of Britain which took place in the Autumn of 1940 could have led to an early end to the Second World War if ...
Harold Ridley successfully implanted the world’s first artificial intraocular lens.
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Hurricane or Spitfire? Which was Britain’s Best WWII Fighter?An interesting question to ponder is: Which was the better warbird flown by those “so few” in “Their Finest Hour”: the Supermarine Spitfire or the Hawker Hurricane? The Spitfire should be ...
The company primarily manufactured railway boxcars but now the Allies) needed Hawker Hurricane airplanes and quickly. The daunting task fell to Elsie MacGill. The 35-year-old Canadian was one of ...
Photo: Squadron Leader Douglas Bader, the renowned fighter ace, and fellow pilots study a caricature of Hitler painted on a Hawker Hurricane in October 1940. (IWM CH 1412) Mo Mowlam analyses the ...
With all due love and respect to the Spitfire (including my personal experience sitting in the cockpit of one), the numbers don’t lie. Winner: Hawker Hurricane.
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