My tribute to the Hawker Hurricane.

I have used a mixture of old and new footage with lots of gun camera action. The Hurricane was designed by Sir Sydney Camm. It was made with a braced steel tube construction, with wooden frames and fabric covering. It was not as good as the best fighters of the times but it could take a lot of punishment and was reliable and easy to produce in quantity. The RAF placed it's first orders in 1936, so it was largely in place for the beginning of WWII. This was the main reason why it bore the brunt of the fighting in the Battle of Britain from Aug-Oct., 1940. Due to the differences in abilities between it and the Spitfire, the Hurricane was given the task of attacking German bombers, while the Spitfires went after the Bf109s and 110s. Three major variants were made during the war including naval varieties. It fought in all of the theatres. It performed well as an interceptor, fighter-bomber, night fighter and ground attack craft. A total of 14,233 were built.

For anybody that's interested in 20th century military and home front collecting have a look at my web site to see my collection.There are also more videos plus speeches and news broadcasts of the 20th century. Plus veteran recording. And don't miss the veterans section look for the poppy.
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• britain
• bombing
• hurricane

[dimgwalltameiben]

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?

[jbmilitarycollector]

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]

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.

[squeekus]

great tribute to the brave boys who fought in the skys over blighty the music stirs the blood

GOD BLESS EM ALL...!

[jbmilitarycollector]

Thank you for the correction.

[911928944]

Good tribute! Sydney Camm must be one of Britain's greatest unsung heroes.

[jagdpanther1944]

nice one mate...It was the Hurri that won us the battle...Sidney Cam rip

thank you for putting it up

[binaway]

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.

[ahz123]

@dimgwalltameiben When the HH was new, .303 ammo was pretty standard.

[googleisshittoss]

At 4:23 there is a shot of a control Yoke rather than a Joystick.... were these fitted to later Hurricanes??

[googleisshittoss]

@psjdb Surrender all they like...I woulda still filled them with lead all the way down!

[psjdb]

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.

[nkaditya]

this is what won the burma war

[markee91]

this is the aircraft that saved our bacon the real workhorse of the raf . r.i.p

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@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

[dacosta1972]

Designed by my Great Uncle (Sir Sidney Camm)

[farmerned6]

@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?)