Details: Hurricane MkI - 303 (Polish) Sqn RAF František (1,000) 1/48

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HA8601	Corgi	Hurricane MkI - 303 (Polish) Sqn RAF František (1,000) 1/48	£
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	Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series HA8601: Hawker Hurricane Mk.I serial R4175, Sgt. J. František of No.303 (Polish) Sqn., RAF Northolt, Sept 1940. Production of only 1,000 pieces. Josef František was born in Czechoslovakia joining the Air Force in 1934. When Czechoslovakia was given to Germany František fled to Poland, then to France and eventually to England where he was assigned to the No. 303 (Polish) Squadron flying the Hawker Hurricane I. His first victory came on September 2, while his last was on September 30, 1940 when he failed to return. He shot down 17 aircraft and was the highest scoring Allied pilot during the Battle of Britain. Seven of his victories were scored flying R4175. The Hawker Hurricane was the first British single-engine monoplane fighter and the first single wing aircraft with retractable landing gear as well as an enclosed cockpit and 8 machine guns. The Hurricane went into operational service in December 1937 with the RAF 111 Squadron. The Hurricane is usually over looked as a major player in the BoB because of the Spitfire but 80% of the 1,792 German aircraft shot down were because of the Hurricane. There were 14,533 Hurricanes produced in all variants.

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