and working alongside the Hawker Hurricane, would find success in the ground attack role. A number were also converted to two-seater trainers. As the attempts to improve the P-40 had still left its

Competition would be fierce as Blackburn, Hawker, Vickers and Westland would all submit designs alongside Fairey. Fairey's submission would be designed by Marcel Lobelle and was known as the Fairey

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

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

29 Hawker Hurricane 18 Supermarine Spitfire 6 Bristol Blenheim 2 Boulton Paul Defiant 1 Gloster Gladiator With a further two squadrons on loan from the Fleet Air Arm: No. 804 Naval Air Squadron

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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

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

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