year until the introduction of the Spitfire Mk IX and Hawker Typhoon started to turn the tide back in favour of the RAF. In fact so concerned by the Fw 190 were the RAF that a number of ideas were considered

consisting of 29 Hawker Hurricane, 19 Supermarine Spitfire, 6 Bristol Blenheim and 2 Boulton Paul Defiant squadrons. It could also call on Nos. 804 and 808 Naval Air Squadrons, the former equipped with

Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane along with the Red Arrows to fly in formation with the visiting Lancaster, however bad weather put paid to this happening. Despite the bad weather, after around

they were able to secure the use of a navalised Hawker Hurricane known as the Sea Hurricane. Eventually in October 1941 permission for a Sea Spitfire was granted, with the first prototype flying on

who had their Hawker Audax replaced with the type in June 1937, and No. 35 Squadron based at RAF Worthy Down in July 1937. Stationed in both the United Kingdom and abroad, where the majority of Wellesleys

21, 464 and 487 Squadron, escorted by fourteen Hawker Typhoons attack Amiens prison in France with the intention of releasing resistance and political prisoners by breaching the prison wall. Whilst the

In the end both aircraft were replaced by the Hawker Sea Fury and only eighteen Seafangs were built, with a number used at the range in Shoeburyness as targets. Back to the top Technical Details

larger numbers and the aircraft's vulnerability to the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire saw the aircraft move to night operations and other roles. One of these roles was as a transport aircraft

Specification P.27/32 for an aircraft to replace the Hawker Hart as a light day bomber. This called for a single-engined two-seater monoplane able to fly 1,000 miles and have a speed of 200 mph whilst

29 Hawker Hurricane 19 Supermarine Spitfire 6 Bristol Blenheim 2 Boulton Paul Defiant With a further two squadrons on loan from the Fleet Air Arm: No. 804 Naval Air Squadron – Gloster Sea Gladiator