Aircraft Photo of G-HHII / BE505 | Hawker Hurricane Mk2B | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #407307
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-HHII
Alternate Serial:BE505
Military Code:XP-L
Aircraft Original Type:Hawker Hurricane
Aircraft Generic Type:Hawker Hurricane/Sea Hurricane
Aircraft Version:Hawker Hurricane Mk2B
Licence-built by:CCF
C/n (msn):CCF/R20023
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Pegs / Mauritius
Location
City / Airport:OostwoldMap
Country:Netherlands
Airport Codes:ICAO: EHOW   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Oostwold Airshow 2015
 
Photo Date:25 May 2015
Photo by:Kas van Zonneveld
Photo ID: 407307
Photo Comment

Built as a Hurricane I. Ex AG287 for the RAF, but not delivered. To the RCAF instead as 1374. Crashed on the runway at RCAF Station Sydney, NS in July 1942. Converted to a Hurricane XIIA. Again crashed, but details now known. It left the RCAF fleer in 1944. To a private owner between 1970 - 1979. Underwent restoration between 2005 and 2009. It carries the markings of a Manston based MkIIb, operated by the 174 (Mauritius) Squadron in the spring of 1942. First post-restoration flight in January 2009.

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