Yorkshire Air Museum ‘Hurricane’ honours French night-fighter hero

Elvington’s Yorkshire Air Museum (YAM) has repainted its full-scale Hawker Hurricane replica into a night-fighter scheme to honour Lt Col Yves Mahé, a French pilot that served with 253 Squadron.The aircraft it represents, piloted by Mahé, shot down a German bomber attacking York on April 29, 1942. The quick reactions of the 23-year-old Frenchman were recognised by the City of York, which named him a ‘Citizen of Honour’, raising the Lorraine Cross flag on the Mansion House in salute. There