G-HHII
Hawker Hurricane IIB
Baujahr / Built in:

1942

Pilot oder Besitzer / Pilot or owner:

Peter Teichman

Stationiert in / Stationed in:

North Weald, Essex, UK

Motor / Engine:

Rolls Royce Merlin 29
Leistung / Performance:

547 km/h
Abmessungen / Measurement:

12.19 m wingspan

Max. Abfluggewicht / Max. takeoff weight:

3900Kg

Weitere Informationen / More information

The history of Hurricane G-HHII begins at the Canadian Car & Foundry Company factory in 1942 as construction number: CCF/R20023. CCF produced some 1,451 Hurricanes under license in the early years of World War II. On completion this Hurricane joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served as a home based fighter for the duration of the war. At the end of her military service she was refurbished to 'as new' condition and then sold off to the private sector, as were most surviving RCAF Hurricanes at that time. Many became much needed 'hardware stores' donating their parts to keep the tractors and machinery running on the many enormous farms of the Canadian prairie. Our aircraft was lucky and remained substantially whole, re-discovered by Tony Ditheridge in Canada in the 1990's with most of her major components intact. Returning to the UK, restoration work began in earnest in 2005 at Hawker Restorations facility in Suffolk. The comprehensive restoration was completed in January 2009 and saw this rare Hurricane rolled out in her fighter-bomber configuration resplendent in the markings of BE505, a Manston based Mk IIB operated by 174 (Mauritius) Squadron in spring, 1942. Her first post-restoration flight took place from North Weald on January 27, 2009.