AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: HURRICANE MARK I (HAWKER) - Hurricane Mark I, L1669, at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, in 1939, shortly before being shipped to Sudan for tropical trials. L1669 was the first Hurricane to be fitted with a tropical air filter and after evaluation by No. 80 Squadron RAF, flew operationally with No. 274 Squadron RAF in Egypt, with whom it became known as Collies battleship. It finally crashed on undershooting a landing at Amriya on 30 September 1940 Royal Air Force, Aeroplane and Armament Experimenta
AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: HURRICANE MARK I (HAWKER) - Hurricane Mark I, L1669, at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, in 1939, shortly before being shipped to Sudan for tropical trials. L1669 was the first Hurricane to be fitted with a tropical air filter and after evaluation by No. 80 Squadron RAF, flew operationally with No. 274 Squadron RAF in Egypt, with whom it became known as Collies battleship. It finally crashed on undershooting a landing at Amriya on 30 September 1940 Royal Air Force, Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Royal Air Force, 27 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment, Sqdn, 80
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