The Hawker Hurricane was not as attractive or streamlined as the Spitfire, and it failed to capture the public’s respect in ...

Before Dunkirk: Hawker Hurricane in the "Phoney War" over France, 1939-1940 Posted: March 19, 2025 | Last updated: March 19, 2025 As WW2 began, British Expeditionary Force deployed across the Channel.

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 ...

Just after midday on the morning of the 7th January 1940 a Mk1 (revised) Hawker Hurricane, No. L2074 of RAF St Athan piloted by Pilot Officer Alan Harry Maguire, crashed into Mynydd William ...