Hurricane

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fighter aircraft single-seat monoplane

The Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that played a crucial role for the Royal Air Force during World War II, particularly in the Battle of Britain.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hurricane canonical 1
Hurricane Mk II 1
Hurricane Mk IID 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fighter aircraft ⓘ
single-seat monoplane ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
single-engine ⓘ
airframeFeature enclosed cockpit ⓘ
retractable landing gear ⓘ
armament 12 × 0.303 in machine guns (some variants) ⓘ
4 × 20 mm Hispano cannon (some variants) ⓘ
8 × 0.303 in Browning machine guns (early variants) ⓘ
bombs (fighter-bomber variants) ⓘ
rockets (ground-attack variants) ⓘ
construction mixed metal and fabric ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designer Sydney Camm ⓘ
engineType Rolls-Royce Merlin ⓘ
enteredServiceWith RAF No. 111 Squadron ⓘ
era World War II military aviation ⓘ
firstFlight 1935-11-06 ⓘ
introduced 1937 ⓘ
manufacturer Hawker Aircraft ⓘ
maxSpeed approximately 340 mph (550 km/h) ⓘ
notableFor major contribution to British victory in the Battle of Britain ⓘ
shooting down more enemy aircraft in the Battle of Britain than all other British defenses combined ⓘ
numberBuilt 14000+ ⓘ
operatorType fighter squadrons ⓘ
powerplantConfiguration liquid-cooled V-12 piston engine ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
range approximately 600 mi (965 km) ⓘ
retiredFromRAF 1947 ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
fighter-bomber ⓘ
ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 36,000 ft (11,000 m) ⓘ
status retired from front-line service ⓘ
successor Hawker Typhoon ⓘ
Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ
survivingExamples preserved in museums and private collections worldwide ⓘ
usedBy Finnish Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
usedInConflict Battle of Britain ⓘ
Battle of France ⓘ
Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African Campaign

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

Referenced by (4)

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

Royal Air Force → notableAircraft → Hurricane ⓘ
Hawker Hurricane → variant → Hurricane ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hurricane Mk II
Hawker Hurricane → variant → Hurricane ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hurricane Mk IID
Hawker Hurricane → variant → Hurricane ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea Hurricane