Hawker Hurricane

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World War II aircraft fighter aircraft monoplane single-seat aircraft

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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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Hawker Hurricane canonical 49
Hawker Sea Hurricane 2
Hawker Hurricane (as later monoplane fighter successor in RAF service) 1

Statements (58)

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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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) ⓘ
night fighter ⓘ
usedInBattle Battle of Britain ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
variant Hawker Hurricane self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hurricane Mk I

Hurricane ⓘ
surface form: Hurricane Mk II

Hawker Hurricane self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hurricane Mk IIC

Hurricane ⓘ
surface form: Hurricane Mk IID

Hawker Hurricane self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hurricane Mk IV

Hurricane ⓘ
surface form: Sea Hurricane
wingspan 40 ft ⓘ

Referenced by (61)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Britain → primaryBritishFighterAircraft → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Hawker Hurricane → variant → Hawker Hurricane self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hurricane Mk I
Hawker Hurricane → variant → Hawker Hurricane self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hurricane Mk IIC
Hawker Hurricane → variant → Hawker Hurricane self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hurricane Mk IV
Rolls-Royce Merlin → notableAircraftPowered → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Hawker Aircraft → notableProduct → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Hawker Aircraft → designed → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Sydney Camm → notableWork → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Sydney Camm → designed → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Yugoslav Royal Air Force → usedAircraft → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Royal Air Force Fighter Command → primaryAircraftType → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
RAF No. 111 Squadron → aircraftOperated → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 111 Squadron RAF
RAF No. 111 Squadron → notableAircraftType → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 111 Squadron RAF
this entity surface form: Hawker Hurricane Mk I
No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron → operatedAircraft → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
No. 12 Group RAF → usedAircraftType → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
No. 13 Group RAF → typeOfAircraftOperated → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Hawker Siddeley → notableProduct → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Camm → notableWork → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
subject surface form: Sydney Camm
Camm → designed → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
subject surface form: Sydney Camm
Hawker Fury → successor → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Jadwiga Piłsudska → aircraftFlown → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
No. 10 Group RAF → usedEquipment → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
No. 11 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
No. 29 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
No. 3 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
No. 1 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum → hasNotableAircraft → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
No. 111 Squadron → aircraftOperated → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 111 Squadron RAF
No. 56 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
No. 30 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
HMS Indomitable → aircraftOperated → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hawker Sea Hurricane
RF → appliedTo → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hawker Hurricane fighters
RAF Coltishall → aircraftStationed → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
RAF Leconfield → hostsAircraft → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hawker Hurricane (historical)
No. 486 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
No. 488 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF → operatedAircraft → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hawker Hurricane (for training and conversion)
RAF North Weald → hostedAircraftType → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
RAF Drem → aircraftOperated → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
No. 3 Squadron RAAF → aircraftTypeOperated → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Fairey Fulmar → successor → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hawker Sea Hurricane
RAF Speke → stationedAircraftType → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
No. 79 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
No. 81 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Fury Mk I → successor → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hawker Hurricane (as later monoplane fighter successor in RAF service)
No. 208 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
United Kingdom in World War II → usedWeapon → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Fighter Command → usedEquipment → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Canadian Car and Foundry → notableProduct → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hawker Hurricane (under licence)
Battle of Britain (film) → usesAircraftType → Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Britain