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Hawker hurricane and sea hurricane / Tony O'Toole ; with Martin Derry and Neil Robinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Toole, Tony, author.
- Derry, Martin, author.
- Robinson, Neil, author.
- Series:
- Flight Craft
- Flight craft ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Airplanes--Models.
- Airplanes.
- Hurricane (Fighter plane).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (100 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen and Sword Aviation, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This fully illustrated volume examines the legendary RAF fighter with full details on its WWII service and design modifications. The Hawker Hurricane was aeronautical engineer Sidney Camm's masterpiece. The fighter entered Royal Air Force service in 1937 and quickly became one of the most important aircraft in Britain's military arsenal-especially in the first three years of the Second World War. It served in every wartime theatre, from Norway and France, to the Battle of Britain, the defense of Malta, the campaigns in the Western Desert, the Russian Front, and in the Far East where it saw service until the end of hostilities. Martin Derry offers a concise yet informative history of the Hurricane's development, operational career and design improvements, including many contemporary photographs with detailed captions; a 16-page color illustration section offering profiles and 2-views of 48 separate aircraft; and finally a section prepared by master maker Tony O'Toole, listing and illustrating the plastic model kits of the Hurricane available in all scales.
- Contents:
- Cover; Introduction; Origins; Into Battle; Outclassed; The Middle East; Hurricanesin the Far East; All at Sea; The Hurricane's Last Gasp; Foreign Operators; Hurricane Weapons; Hawker Hurricane Variants; The Hawker Hurricane in Model Form
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 26, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9781473851016
- 1473851017
- 9781473851337
- 1473851335
- OCLC:
- 910845445
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