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Hurricane Mk1, RAF serial R4118, Squadron code UP-W, UK civil registration G-HUPW, at the PFA Flying for Fun Rally at Kemble Airfield, Gloucestershire, England.
The aircraft was delivered new to 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron at Drem, Scotland, on August 17th 1940.
This aircraft flew 49 combat sorties from Croydon, England, destroying 3 enemy aircraft and damaging 2 others. It carries its original markings.


Photographed by Adrian Pingstone on August 20th 2006 and released to the public domain.


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Picture of the day This image was selected as a picture of the day for January 23, 2007. It was captioned as followed:
English: Hawker Hurricane Mk1, RAF serial R4118 aircraft

Česky: Stíhací letoun britského letectva Hawker Hurricane Mk1.
Cymraeg: Hawker Hurricane Mk1, awyren y Llu Awyr Brenhinol.
Deutsch: Hawker Hurricane Mk I. Jagdflugzeug der britischen RAF im zweiten Weltkrieg.
English: Hawker Hurricane Mk1, RAF serial R4118 aircraft
Esperanto: La brita armea aviadilo Hawker Hurricane Mk1 dum la Dua Mondmilito.
Español: Huracán Hawker Mk1, aeronave RAF serial R4118
Suomi: Hawker Hurricane Mk I, joita käytettiin mm. jatkosodassa
Français : Hawker Hurricane Mk1, série R4118, chasseur monoplan de la Royal Air Force
Galego: Hawker Hurricane Mk1 da Royal Air Force
Magyar: Hawker Hurricane Mk1 repülőgép
Italiano: Hawker Hurricane Mk1, velivolo RAF serie R4118.
日本語: イギリス空軍の戦闘機、 ホーカー・ハリケーン Mk1
‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Hawker Hurricane, Jagerfly og jagerbomber
Polski: Myśliwiec Hawker Hurricane Mk1 o numerze R4118, w barwach Royal Air Force
Русский: Самолёт Hawker Hurricane Mk1 (Великобритания)
Svenska: Hawker Hurricane Mk. I användes av RAF under andra världskriget.
Türkçe: Hawker Hurricane Mk1, savaş uçağı
‪中文(简体)‬: 英国皇家空军的 霍克飓风Mk1式战斗机,编号R4118
‪中文(繁體)‬: 英國皇家空軍的 霍克颶風Mk1式戰鬥機,編號R4118

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