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Hurricane P2985 |
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Type : Hurricane Mark : I |
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| 05th September 1940 | Hurricane flown by Pilot Officer Waclaw Lapkowski was attacked and crashed near Gillingham, Kent. Lapkowski was wounded. |
| Pilots and Aircrew who flew : Hurricane I P2985 | ||
| A list of all aircrew from our database who are associated with this aircraft. A profile page is available by clicking their name. | ||
| Name | Info | |
| Lapkowski, Waclaw Click the name above to see a profile of Lapkowski, Waclaw
| Lapkowski, Waclaw Pilot Officer Waclaw Lapkowski from Poland was with No 303 Squadron flying Hurricane's during the Battle of Britain. He was attacked in his Hurricane I (P2985) by a Bf 109 on the 5th of September 1940. He baled out wounded over Gillingham, Kent. He was later promoted to Squadron Leader. | |
| Squadrons for : Hurricane I P2985 | ||
| A list of all squadrons known to have flown Hurricane I P2985. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
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No.303 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 22nd July 1940 Fate : Disbanded 11th November 1946 Polish - Kosciuszko Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.303 Sqn RAF | No.303 Sqn RAF Flew Mustangs from April 1945. | |
| Aircraft type : Hurricane | ||
| A profile page including a list of all art prints for the Hurricane is available by clicking the aircraft name. | ||
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Hurricane 
Manufacturer : Hawker Production Began : 1936 Number Built : 14533 | Hurricane Royal Air Force Fighter, the Hawker Hurricane had a top speed of 320mph, at 18,200 feet and 340mph at 17,500, ceiling of 34,200 and a range of 935 miles. The Hurricane was armed with eight fixed wing mounted .303 browning machine guns in the Mark I and twelve .303 browning's in the MKIIB in the Hurricane MKIIC it had four 20mm cannon. All time classic fighter the Hurricane was designed in 1933-1934, the first prototype flew in June 1936 and a contract for 600 for the Royal Air Force was placed. The first production model flew ion the 12th October 1937 and 111 squadron of the Royal Air Force received the first Hurricanes in January 1938. By the outbreak of World war two the Royal Air Force had 18 operational squadrons of Hurricanes. During the Battle of Britain a total of 1715 Hurricanes took part, (which was more than the rest of the aircraft of the Royal air force put together) and almost 75% of the Victories during the Battle of Britain went to hurricane pilots. The Hawker Hurricane was used in all theatres during World war two, and in many roles. in total 14,533 Hurricanes were built. | |
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Died : 2 / 7 / 1941