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Hurricane Aces 1941-45

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Aircraft of the Aces - World War II - Allies & Independents

MSRP old price: $22.95


Product Info

Title
Hurricane Aces 1941-45
Publisher
Category
Author
Andrew Thomas
Publish Year
2003
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.5x9.5x.3"
NKG Part #
2147394118
MFG. Part #
OSPACE057
Type
Softcover
Series
ACE57

Description

The Hurricane saw widespread action with Allied forces, as the RAF's first monoplane fighter. This book describes its many feats throughout 1945. It served as a fighter-bomber on the Channel Front, where the American Eagles and Polish units were amongst the Fighter Command squadrons flying the Hurricane, and where some of its highest-scoring aces operated. The Sea Hurricane was the principal fighter deployed by the Fleet Air Arm in the Mediterranean, and Hurricane units continued to operate from bases in India and Ceylon until 1945, following their failure to defend Singapore and Malaya from the Japanese.