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Were cannon equipped Hurricanes ever used as nightfighters ?





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"Dave Kearton" wrote in message ...
"Marta" wrote in message
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Were cannon equipped Hurricanes ever used as nightfighters ?





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I think they were in the Far East, and they enjoyed limited success in Europe as Intruders.

PJM

They were used as nightfighters in company with Havocs with a large
search-light in the nose. Interesting nightflying ;-)
A stop-gap until enough radar-equipped Beaufighters and Mosquitos were
available.

Marta wrote:

It's a Hurricane in the colours of a Polish RAF Squadron!

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"Alf Blume" alfblume(at)hotmail(dot)com wrote in message
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| They were used as nightfighters in company with Havocs with a large
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| A stop-gap until enough radar-equipped Beaufighters and Mosquitos were
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Hi Alf,



I'm aware of the Turbinlite program, however I'd always thought it involved
..303 armed Hurricanes, painted as in the model.



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A few Mk IIc's were used as nightfighters, and were painted black at least
on the upper side - not sure about the lower side, but a lot of planes were
all over black.

This model is a Mk IIc so the paint should be correct.
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Marta

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A few Mk IIc's were used as nightfighters, and were painted black at
least on the upper side - not sure about the lower side, but a lot
of planes were all over black.

This model is a Mk IIc so the paint should be correct.
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Marta



You've spurred me to get off my fat arse and Google for a clue.


http://perso.orange.fr/christophe.arribat/stofhuri.html


Thanks, learning every day.



Great models BTW.




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