List of surviving Hawker Hurricanes
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The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War. Replaced by newer designs later on during the Second World War it has not survived as well as its contemporary the Supermarine Spitfire.
Over 14,500 Hurricanes were built and at least 12 survive in airworthy condition worldwide, with other non-flying examples preserved by various air museums.
Belgium
- On display
Canada
- Airworthy
- Hurricane Mk IV KZ321 (registered CF-TPM, previously G-HURY) is the last airworthy Mark IV in existence. Built in the Kingston-upon-Thames factory in 1942, it served with 6 Sqn RAF in Grottaglie, Italy, and other squadrons in Greece and Yugoslavia. Abandoned in Israel in 1947, the aircraft returned to the UK in 1983. It was acquired by the Vintage Wings of Canada Collection, Gatineau, Quebec in 2006.[2][3][4]
- Hurricane Mk XII 5481 (registered C-FDNL) is operated by the Russell Aviation Group, Niagara Falls, Ontario.
- Hurricane Mk XII 5418 is on display but fully operational at the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta.
- On display
Finland
- Stored or under restoration
India
- On display
Malta
- On display
- Hurricane Mk IIa Z3055 was ditched off the coast of Malta on 9 July 1941. It was recovered on 19 July 1995, and restored to static display condition. It is on display at the Malta Aviation Museum, Takali airfield, Malta.[6]
New Zealand
- Airworthy
- Hurricane Mk IIa DR393 (registered ZK-TPL) was originally a Mk I P3351. It was delivered to the RAF, and crashed near Prestwick on 21 July 1940. Rebuilt as Mk IIa DR393 the aircraft was delivered to the Soviet Air Force in May 1941, serving for about two years before again crashing near Murmansk, Russia in 1943. The hulk was eventually restored as a Mk IIc in the UK from 1992 to 1995. It was transferred to New Zealand in 1995, and acquired by the New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum in Wanaka, New Zealand. Its first flight after restoration occurred in Christchurch on 12 January 2000.[7]
Russia
- On display
- Hurricane Mk IIc BM959 is a war memorial at Revda, 200 miles (320 km) from Murmansk in northern Russia.
Serbia
- On display
South Africa
- On display
United Kingdom
- Airworthy
- Hurricane Mk I R4118 (registered G-HUPW) in flyable condition kept in Oxfordshire.
- Hurricane XII Z5140 (registered G-HURI), Canadian-built Hurricane Mk XII painted to represent a Hurricane Mk IIB No. 126 Squadron RAF and operated by the Historic Aircraft Collection, Duxford. Cambridgeshire.[8]
- Sea Hurricane Mk IB Z7015 (registered G-BKTH) operated by Shuttleworth Collection Old Warden, England. Former service with 759 and 880 Naval Air Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm.[8]
- Hurricane Mk IIc PZ865, the last Hurricane built, operated by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire.[8]
- Hurricane Mk IIb BE505 (registered G-HHII), the last flying "Hurribomber", operated by The Hangar 11 Collection from North Weald
- On display
- Hurricane Mk IIa Z2389 on display while under restoration to taxiable condition at Brooklands Museum, Weybridge.[8]
- Hurricane Mk IV KX829 is on display at the Millennium Discovery Centre, Birmingham, painted as P3395 as flown by Flight Lieutenant Arthur Clowes DFM of No. 1 Squadron RAF.[8]
- Hurricane Mk II LF738 is on display at the RAF Museum Cosford, Shropshire.[8]
- Stored or under restoration
- Hurricane IV KZ191 last operated by the Israeli Defence Force, privately owned in Berkshire.[8]
- Hurricane IIB Z5207 (registered G-BYDL), a former Russian aircraft is privately owned and stored in Gloucestershire.[9]
- Hurricane XII (registered G-CBOE), Canadian-built aircraft operated by the RCAF as 5487 and crashed in 1942 is privately owned in Hampshire.[8]
- Hurricane IIb BH238, the wreck of a former Russian aircraft is privately owned and stored on the Isle of Wight.[8]
- Hawker Restorations Limited of Sudbury, Suffolk have three Hurricanes under restoration:
- Hurricane I P2902 (registered G-ROBT), recovered wreck that crashed 31 May 1940 near Dunkirk.[8]
- Hurricane I P7317 (registered G-HITT), a composite based on a former Russian aircraft.[8]
- Hurricane I V7497 (registered G-HRLI), recovered wreck that crashed 28 September 1940 operating with No. 501 Squadron RAF.[8]
- Lost
A Canadian built Hawker Hurricane XIIB was registered as G-HURR. It was destroyed in a fatal accident at the Shoreham air show in 2007.[10]
United States
- Airworthy
- On display
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
- Ellis, Ken (2008). Wrecks and Relics. Manchester: Crecy Publishing. ISBN 9 780859 791342.
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