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Hurricane Mk1, RAF serial R4118, Squadron code UP-W, UK civil registration G-HUPW, at the PFA Flying for Fun Rally at Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire, England.
The aircraft was delivered new to 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron at Drem, Scotland, on August 17th 1940.
This aircraft flew 49 combat sorties from Croydon, England, destroying 3 enemy aircraft and damaging 2 others. It carries its original markings.


Photographed by Adrian Pingstone on August 20th 2006 and released to the public domain.

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Picture of the day This image was selected as a picture of the day for January 23, 2007. It was captioned as followed:

English: Hawker Hurricane Mk1, RAF serial R4118 aircraft

Français : Hawker Hurricane Mk1, série R4118, chasseur monoplan de la Royal Air Force


English: Hawker Hurricane Mk1, RAF serial R4118 aircraft

Français : Hawker Hurricane Mk1, série R4118, chasseur monoplan de la Royal Air Force

Italiano: Hawker Hurricane Mk1, velivolo RAF serie R4118.

Svenska: Hawker Hurricane Mk. I användes av RAF under andra världskriget.

zh-hans: 英国皇家空军的霍克飓风Mk1式战斗机,编号R4118

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