Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIC single seat, low wing monoplane ground attack fighter; enclosed cockpit; steel tube fuselage with aircraft spruce forms and fabric, aluminum cowling, stressed skin aluminum wings and horizontal stablizer, fabric covered aluminum rudder and control surfaces; grey green camoflage top surface paint scheme with dove grey underside; red and blue national roundel on upper wing surface and red, white, and blue roundel lower wing surface; red, white, blue, and yellow roundel fuselage sides; red, white and blue tail flash; Rolls-Royce Merlin XX, liquid cooled V-12, 1,280 horsepower engine; Armament, 4: 20mm Hispano cannons. Created by Eric Long and Mark Avino Date Created 10/05/2015 Source Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Cockpits Book Photography , NASM Acc. 2016-0002 Keywords Aircraft; Aviation; Fighters; Military; World War II Rights and Restrictions CC0
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