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Hawker Hurricane LD564


This image is to illustrate the type only and is not the actual aircraft involved. By Adrian Pingstone. taken with a Nikon D5300 DSLR and Tamron 70-300 lens., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50953113

Belonging to No 439 RCAF. Crashed on 18th March 1944 while in transit from RAF Ayr to RAF Hurn. The Hurricane was seen 7 minutes into the flight flying at 3300ft between two banks of cloud when it nosed over and dived vertically down. No official cause of the crash was ever determined.*

 

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*--Info sourced from https://aircrewremembered.com

 

 

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