Lord Sopwith used his own money to build the first 100 Hurricanes before he received an RAF order. Thereby giving Britain 100 more fighters than it would otherwise have possessed and possible saving his country.
the most under rated aircraft as far as what she did during the war.
As a side note ,& some may correct me if I'm wrong but 150sec into the vid I think it's A He111 Being fired on, it's wheels are down I think in the early stages this was a sign of surrender, of course it could have had it's hydraulics shot out, makes you think though.
..... Russians who weren't exactly thrilled. The new H. was only used where it couldn't be exposed to the latest German fighters, like the Middle East, and even its reinvention as a tank buster was short lived when the Typhoon/Tempest appeared, itself a failed fighter project.
Thanks for the responses to my Q's. I thought the Hurricane was the bees' knees when I was about nine because my 1/72 toy had extra guns, fuel tanks and bombs (I knew even then you could only have one option but still glued them all on, as you do). I then had a 1/24 version for Xmas and was disgusted that this version only had normal guns. Subsequent research has since taught me that the H. was actually quite a crap plane and that after the BoB the remaining ones were donated to the (cont.)
what a lovely tribute to my favourite warbird..and a stark reminder of what a bloody awful mess the world was in over 65 years ago. heres to never having to see warfare on that scale ever again! The history books is where it belongs. As i am sure all the brave men and boys! who fought and died with honour on all sides would agree ...
, very under rated ,served in just about every theater of the second world war ,even an axis country ,in the early years often out numbered & yet got very little recognition.
Why did the Hurricane not have better armament? .303 in is the width of a pencil! A single 20mm cannon in each wing would've been far better. And what does the phrase "better gun platform" mean?
8 303 machine guns was a big leap forward for RAF aircraft from what went before, later on the armament was upgraded with the Hurricane Mk IIA Series 1 with a new wing mounting four 20 mm (.79 in) cannons and one variant the Hurricane Mk IIB known as the tank buster was armed with two 40 mm (1.57 in) cannons in a pod under each wing and a single Browning machine gun in each wing loaded with tracers for aiming purposes.
this is all true, but the hurricane was a better gun platform as the machine guns were closer together in the wings than say a spit so the bullets came together in a closer pattern. useful if you could shoot straight! also the aircraft because of its thicker wing was less flighty more forgiving and turned tighter than a spit. also very fast a low levels which is where you would choose to fight as the thicker wing had the advantage over geman machines at low levels.
@jbmilitarycollector What is meant by a good gun platform is that the .303 Brownings were closely grouped together in two batteries of four guns. The Spits guns were spread out across the wing and not as adept at destroying bombers as the Hurri was with it's greater concentration of bullets. The Hurri did not suffer from vibration to the same degree due to the thicker wing when the guns fired. The Hurri has lived in the shadow of the Spitfire for too long, it won the BoB & saved us. RESPECT
jbmilitarycollector I'm affraid you're incorrect about the armament of the Mk II Hurricanes.
Mk IIa - 8x.303 MGs
Mk IIb - 12x.303 MGs
Mk IIc - 4x20mm Cannons
Mk IId - 2x40mm Cannons and 4x.303 MGs (The Mk IIds were converted from the Mk IIb and the 4 .303 MGs were the outboard ones (outboard of the landing lights) that were added to to IIb)
20mm canon were incredibly destructive , had excellent ballistics but were much slower firing / less reliable in service and also caused far more recoil which needed to be taken into account when aiming up!! where as the 8 machine guns had an incredible rate of fire so it was sheer numbers of bullets coming together on target which caused massive destruction. I think that the americans were right to favour their 50cals as a compromise in ballistics /destructive power/ rate of fire/ reliability
It was a good gun platform because it was easy to use the guns in an effective way, because all eight guns where packed together in fours on each wing, close to the wing root it was fairly accurate,it was also very stable making aiming easy, the Spitfire on the other hand had its eight .303's spread along the length of the wing meaning that it was fairly hard to get all guns to bear on a target at close range, this meant that is was not as good a "gun platform" especially as it was less stable.
The Ultimate BOB fighter, the right aeroplane at the right time. Easier to fly; could take more punishment, steadier gun platform, and could out turn a 109 AND a spitfire. And in Combat, its tight turms that saved your bacon. LOVE IT.
Although not widely known, with many more Hurricanes than Spitfires in service with the RAF, the Spitfire being a newer aircraft, it was the Hurricanes that played the greater role in the Battle of Britain. Both aircraft had the fabulous Rolls Royce Merlin engine. The Hurricane's formidable gun platform of 8 Browning machine guns mounted in its wings had a devastating effect on the Luftwaffe.
if only we had more great engineers like this but back in World War 2 planes like the Hurricane the Spitfire the P-47 Thunderbolt P-51 Mustang the dual boom lightning and the Hellcat were some of the many planes that won us that war
I agree I am American but this plane and a lot of other British design aircraft need more praise. The Supermarine Spitfire went over 400 miles per hour and we were still making planes that only went like 300! thats an acievement :)
Lord Sopwith used his own money to build the first 100 Hurricanes before he received an RAF order. Thereby giving Britain 100 more fighters than it would otherwise have possessed and possible saving his country.
binaway 1 month ago
At 4:23 there is a shot of a control Yoke rather than a Joystick.... were these fitted to later Hurricanes??
googleisshittoss 1 year ago
Love the Hurricane,
the most under rated aircraft as far as what she did during the war.
As a side note ,& some may correct me if I'm wrong but 150sec into the vid I think it's A He111 Being fired on, it's wheels are down I think in the early stages this was a sign of surrender, of course it could have had it's hydraulics shot out, makes you think though.
psjdb 1 year ago
@psjdb Surrender all they like...I woulda still filled them with lead all the way down!
googleisshittoss 1 year ago
this is what won the burma war
nkaditya 1 year ago
this is the aircraft that saved our bacon the real workhorse of the raf . r.i.p
markee91 1 year ago
Designed by my Great Uncle (Sir Sidney Camm)
dacosta1972 1 year ago
The unsung hero of the Battle of Britain.
tranvia 1 year ago
Rock you like a hurricane!
Dalarojalist 1 year ago
..... Russians who weren't exactly thrilled. The new H. was only used where it couldn't be exposed to the latest German fighters, like the Middle East, and even its reinvention as a tank buster was short lived when the Typhoon/Tempest appeared, itself a failed fighter project.
dimgwalltameiben 1 year ago
@dimgwalltameiben cant see the russians problem!
the hurri was as good as most of their early war fighters
and rugged enough to operate from their makeshift runways,
As the russian front's air battle's were fought at lower altitudes , the hurri was even closer to a me109 in performance lower down,
It was sent to the desert because Spit production was reserved for home defence first ,
Anyway hurri or tomahawk? small diference
PS the Tempest was one of the greatest WW2 fighters (failed?)
farmerned6 1 year ago
Thanks for the responses to my Q's. I thought the Hurricane was the bees' knees when I was about nine because my 1/72 toy had extra guns, fuel tanks and bombs (I knew even then you could only have one option but still glued them all on, as you do). I then had a 1/24 version for Xmas and was disgusted that this version only had normal guns. Subsequent research has since taught me that the H. was actually quite a crap plane and that after the BoB the remaining ones were donated to the (cont.)
dimgwalltameiben 1 year ago
what a lovely tribute to my favourite warbird..and a stark reminder of what a bloody awful mess the world was in over 65 years ago. heres to never having to see warfare on that scale ever again! The history books is where it belongs. As i am sure all the brave men and boys! who fought and died with honour on all sides would agree ...
aaron681 1 year ago
Great aircraft flown by true heros,the best of the best as are modern RAF pilots ,we owe them all
paulc457 2 years ago
A True Legend of an aircraft
, very under rated ,served in just about every theater of the second world war ,even an axis country ,in the early years often out numbered & yet got very little recognition.
psjdb 2 years ago
Why did the Hurricane not have better armament? .303 in is the width of a pencil! A single 20mm cannon in each wing would've been far better. And what does the phrase "better gun platform" mean?
dimgwalltameiben 2 years ago
8 303 machine guns was a big leap forward for RAF aircraft from what went before, later on the armament was upgraded with the Hurricane Mk IIA Series 1 with a new wing mounting four 20 mm (.79 in) cannons and one variant the Hurricane Mk IIB known as the tank buster was armed with two 40 mm (1.57 in) cannons in a pod under each wing and a single Browning machine gun in each wing loaded with tracers for aiming purposes.
jbmilitarycollector 2 years ago
I think what they mean by a good gun platform is that it was reliable Sturdy and stable and could take a lot of punishment.
jbmilitarycollector 2 years ago
this is all true, but the hurricane was a better gun platform as the machine guns were closer together in the wings than say a spit so the bullets came together in a closer pattern. useful if you could shoot straight! also the aircraft because of its thicker wing was less flighty more forgiving and turned tighter than a spit. also very fast a low levels which is where you would choose to fight as the thicker wing had the advantage over geman machines at low levels.
aaron681 1 year ago
@jbmilitarycollector What is meant by a good gun platform is that the .303 Brownings were closely grouped together in two batteries of four guns. The Spits guns were spread out across the wing and not as adept at destroying bombers as the Hurri was with it's greater concentration of bullets. The Hurri did not suffer from vibration to the same degree due to the thicker wing when the guns fired. The Hurri has lived in the shadow of the Spitfire for too long, it won the BoB & saved us. RESPECT
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 1 year ago
jbmilitarycollector I'm affraid you're incorrect about the armament of the Mk II Hurricanes.
Mk IIa - 8x.303 MGs
Mk IIb - 12x.303 MGs
Mk IIc - 4x20mm Cannons
Mk IId - 2x40mm Cannons and 4x.303 MGs (The Mk IIds were converted from the Mk IIb and the 4 .303 MGs were the outboard ones (outboard of the landing lights) that were added to to IIb)
TopGunSGA 2 years ago
P.S. I was mistaken with the Mk IId, it had 2x40mm Cannons and 2x.303 MGs
TopGunSGA 2 years ago
20mm canon were incredibly destructive , had excellent ballistics but were much slower firing / less reliable in service and also caused far more recoil which needed to be taken into account when aiming up!! where as the 8 machine guns had an incredible rate of fire so it was sheer numbers of bullets coming together on target which caused massive destruction. I think that the americans were right to favour their 50cals as a compromise in ballistics /destructive power/ rate of fire/ reliability
aaron681 1 year ago
It was a good gun platform because it was easy to use the guns in an effective way, because all eight guns where packed together in fours on each wing, close to the wing root it was fairly accurate,it was also very stable making aiming easy, the Spitfire on the other hand had its eight .303's spread along the length of the wing meaning that it was fairly hard to get all guns to bear on a target at close range, this meant that is was not as good a "gun platform" especially as it was less stable.
STRURM249 1 year ago
@dimgwalltameiben When the HH was new, .303 ammo was pretty standard.
ahz123 5 months ago
great tribute to the brave boys who fought in the skys over blighty the music stirs the blood
GOD BLESS EM ALL...!
squeekus 2 years ago
Thank you for the correction.
jbmilitarycollector 2 years ago
Perfect music for this.
snidethun 2 years ago
The Ultimate BOB fighter, the right aeroplane at the right time. Easier to fly; could take more punishment, steadier gun platform, and could out turn a 109 AND a spitfire. And in Combat, its tight turms that saved your bacon. LOVE IT.
radiomodeller 2 years ago
This aircraft was the true hero of the BoB!
I luv the Spitfire mk 1's & 2's but the fact is the Hawker Hurricane was the ultimate machine back then in 1939-1940!!!
jimbob1194 3 years ago
Although not widely known, with many more Hurricanes than Spitfires in service with the RAF, the Spitfire being a newer aircraft, it was the Hurricanes that played the greater role in the Battle of Britain. Both aircraft had the fabulous Rolls Royce Merlin engine. The Hurricane's formidable gun platform of 8 Browning machine guns mounted in its wings had a devastating effect on the Luftwaffe.
rbf100 3 years ago
Thanks jb, nice vid.
tmolet 3 years ago
if only we had more great engineers like this but back in World War 2 planes like the Hurricane the Spitfire the P-47 Thunderbolt P-51 Mustang the dual boom lightning and the Hellcat were some of the many planes that won us that war
cardinalofkings 3 years ago
god damn the Hurricane tore up those German SOBS :) great job I happen to really like British aircraft they are really good.
cardinalofkings 3 years ago
Good tribute! Sydney Camm must be one of Britain's greatest unsung heroes.
911928944 3 years ago 6
Agree with you completely. Many people know of R J Mitchell - how many remember Camm.
My great uncle was shot down and killed flying Hurricanes in France with 85 Squadron in May 1940. He was 21.
mig25pd 3 years ago
nice one mate...It was the Hurri that won us the battle...Sidney Cam rip
thank you for putting it up
jagdpanther1944 3 years ago 5
Excellent Tribute Video.
Looks very simular to the spitfire.
Doesnt get enough praise though.
swbono 3 years ago
I agree I am American but this plane and a lot of other British design aircraft need more praise. The Supermarine Spitfire went over 400 miles per hour and we were still making planes that only went like 300! thats an acievement :)
cardinalofkings 3 years ago 2