Hawker Hurricane IIB
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The Hawker Hurricane was the first fighter monoplane to join the Royal Air Force and the first combat aircraft adopted by that arm capable of exceeding 300 m.p.h. in level flight. The Hurricane shouldered the lion's share of Britain's defense during the " Battle of Britain".
Specifications:
Hawker Hurricane II B
Dimensions:
Wing span: 40 ft. 0 in. (12.19 m)
Length: 32 ft. 3 in. (9.82 m)
Height: 8 ft. 9 in. (2.66 m)
Weights:
Empty: 5,658 lb (2,566 kg)
Operational: 8,470 lb. (3,841 kg) with two 500-lb. bombs.
Performance:
Maximum Speed: 340 m.p.h. (547 km/h) @ 21,000 ft. (6,400 m) clean
320 m.p.h. (514 km/h) @ 19,700 ft. (6,004 m) with two 250-lb. bombs
307 m.p.h. (494 km/h) @ 19,500 ft. (5,943 m) with two 500-lb. bombs
Service Ceiling: 40,000 ft. (12,192 m); clean
33,000 ft. (10,058 m); with 500-lb. bomb load.
Range: 460 miles (740 km) at 178 mph (286 km/h) normal fuel.
920 miles (1,480 km) with two 44 gallon auxiliary tanks.
Powerplant:
One Rolls-Royce Merlin XX twelve-cylinder 60 deg. Vee liquid-cooled engine
rated at 1,280 h.p. (954 kw) @ take-off and
1,850 h.p. (1,379 kw) @ 21,000 ft. (6,400 m).
Armament:
Twelve 0.303-in. browning machine-guns and
two 250-lb. or 500-lb. bombs or eight rocket projectile.
Submarine
Spitire and Hawker Hurricane side by side in flight formation
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