Hawker Hurricane
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The Hawker Hurricane was a British single-seat fighter aircraft of World War II, renowned for its crucial role in achieving air superiority during the Battle of Britain.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II aircraft
→
fighter aircraft → monoplane → single-seat aircraft → |
| armament |
12 × 0.303 in machine guns (later variants)
→
4 × 20 mm Hispano cannon (some variants) → 8 × 0.303 in Browning machine guns → bombs (fighter-bomber variants) → rockets (ground-attack variants) → |
| configuration |
low-wing monoplane
→
single-engine → |
| construction |
fabric-covered rear fuselage
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metal-covered wings → mixed construction → |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom → |
| crew | 1 → |
| designer | Sydney Camm → |
| engineModel | Rolls-Royce Merlin → |
| engineType | piston engine → |
| firstFlightDate | 1935-11-06 → |
| height | 13 ft 1 in → |
| introduced | 1937 → |
| landingGear | retractable tailwheel landing gear → |
| length | 32 ft 3 in → |
| manufacturer | Hawker Aircraft → |
| maxSpeed | approximately 340 mph → |
| notableFor |
major contribution to victory in the Battle of Britain
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ruggedness and ease of repair → |
| numberBuilt | over 14,000 → |
| operator |
Belgian Air Force
→
Finnish Air Force → Free French Forces →
surface form: "Free French Air Forces"
Royal Air Force → Royal Australian Air Force → Royal Canadian Air Force → Soviet Air Forces → Yugoslav Royal Air Force → |
| primaryUser | Royal Air Force → |
| productionPeriod | late 1930s to mid-1940s → |
| range | approximately 600 miles → |
| retired | 1961 → |
| role |
fighter
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fighter-bomber → ground-attack aircraft → |
| serviceCeiling | approximately 36,000 ft → |
| status | retired from military service → |
| survivingExamples | preserved in museums and private collections worldwide → |
| usedAs |
naval fighter (Sea Hurricane variant)
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night fighter → |
| usedInBattle | Battle of Britain → |
| usedInConflict | World War II → |
| variant |
Hawker Hurricane
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surface form: "Hurricane Mk I"
Hurricane →
surface form: "Hurricane Mk II"
Hawker Hurricane →
surface form: "Hurricane Mk IIC"
Hurricane →
surface form: "Hurricane Mk IID"
Hawker Hurricane →
surface form: "Hurricane Mk IV"
Hurricane →
surface form: "Sea Hurricane"
|
| wingspan | 40 ft → |
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "No. 111 Squadron RAF"
subject surface form: "No. 111 Squadron RAF"
this entity surface form: "Hawker Hurricane Mk I"
subject surface form: "Sydney Camm"
this entity surface form: "Hurricane Mk I"
this entity surface form: "Hurricane Mk IIC"
this entity surface form: "Hurricane Mk IV"