[1]During World War II, children’s alphabet books featured a cute little fighter plane under the letter “H”. “H for Hurricane; Never known to fail” the legend under the picture would read. In real life, the Hurricane wasn’t quite the toy-like object it was depicted to be, although the “never known to fail” tag was quite true.
The real Hawker Hurricane was a deadly object, featuring in most of the British Royal Air Force’s major victories during the war. A fleet of nearly 14,000 was in operation towards the end of the war, during 1944.
Surpri- singly enough, the Hurricane wasn’t considered the most up-to-date of all designs when it was first introduced in the early 1930s. But its simple construction and the ease with which it could be manufactured soon made it favourite among the powers that be. The Hurricane didn’t let down their trust, and served as the principle single-seat night fighter until the end of the war.
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