Автор: Tony Holmes
Название: Hurricane Aces 1939-40
Издательство: Osprey
Серия: Aircraft of the Aces 018
Год: 1998
Формат: pdf, rar
Качество: хорошее
Размер: 28.4 mb
Язык: английский
Страниц: 128
Изображения: черно-белые,цветные фото, цветные вставки The Hawker Hurricane was the RAF's first monoplane fighter, and it dragged the air force into a position where it could defend Britain in its "hour of need".
Prior to the Battle of Britain, a number of squadrons equipped with the fighter had seen action in the "Phoney War", and then during the disastrous campaign in France. Pilots like "Cobber" Kain had achieved impressive score in the face of overwhelming Luftwaffe forces, and althoug the RAF lost no less than 386 Hurricanes during the Blitzkrieg, it gave many pilots valuable experience. Hawker fighters outnumbered Spitfires during the Battle of Britain by three to one, and downed far mpre aircraft. Overseas, a handful of pilots put up stiff resistance against Germany's Italian ally in Libiya and Egypt, and also over Malta.

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