Hawker Hurricane F.Mk.I

Hawker Hurricane F.Mk.I

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07/07/2007. Remarks by Bernhard Klein: "During WW II, several Hawker Hurricanes were delivered to the Soviet Union, and were subject to numerous modifications, some rather far-going. In one of the modified batches the Hurricanes were equipped with additional post for a rear gunner with a ShKAS machine gun. These aircraft were used for long-range artillery spotting. The gunner was also a spotter to correct the artillery fire. In order to facilitate his task, a port was cut out in the bottom of the aeroplane. Some 20 aircraft were converted that way. They flew in Leningrad, Volkhov, Kalinin Fronts.

Some aircraft were converted for photo reconnaissance. An AFA/I camera was fitted in the fuselage behind the pilot. These machines went to special reconnaissance regiments.


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07/07/2007. Remarks by Bernhard Klein: "During WW II, several Hawker Hurricanes were delivered to the Soviet Union, and were subject to numerous modifications, some rather far-going. In one of the modified batches the Hurricanes were equipped with additional post for a rear gunner with a ShKAS machine gun. These aircraft were used for long-range artillery spotting. The gunner was also a spotter to correct the artillery fire. In order to facilitate his task, a port was cut out in the bottom of the aeroplane. Some 20 aircraft were converted that way. They flew in Leningrad, Volkhov, Kalinin Fronts. Some aircraft were converted for photo reconnaissance. An AFA/I camera was fitted in the fuselage behind the pilot. These machines went to special reconnaissance regiments.