By: MrBlueSky - 20th January 2007 at 15:26
How about this as a what if – a 109k with a FW190 type hood 😀
There you go…
By: Arabella-Cox - 20th January 2007 at 15:03
Another view….
Fascinating. I’d not seen this before – more of a “Malcolm hood” than a bubble hood, but fascinating nonetheless.
Here’s another view from my collection. Andy Saunders
By: Hurrifan - 19th January 2007 at 23:27
Blimey!!
Fascinating stuff !!! Once again this forum brings all kinds of little known info to the rest of us!!
wonder what improvements/disimprovements to overall performance would have been made?
By: Karsharn - 19th January 2007 at 23:20
How about this as a what if – a 109k with a FW190 type hood 😀
By: BlueRobin - 19th January 2007 at 21:29
Odd that it improves the look of the aircraft immeasurably, whilst the same change makes the Spitfire uglier.
(Other opinions are available)
Moggy
Makes it look more like a
By: DazDaMan - 19th January 2007 at 19:01
Thinking about this thread got me looking in the books – namely “Hurricane Aces 1939-40” by Tony Holmes. There’s a colour plate of the aircraft (No.18 on page 61), and a write-up on the pilot who flew it, Flt Lt A H Boyd, at the back:
Equipped with what is believed to be one of the first ‘blown’ canopies fitted to a Hurricane serving in the frontline, this Gloster-built Mk.I was modified at squadron level sometime after being issued to No.145 Sqn on 22 July 1940. Where the ‘blistered’ hood was manufactured remains a mystery, and although there appears to be no official report as to how effective the modification was, the exploits of P3221’s regular pilot, ‘B’ Flight commander Adrian “Ginger” Boyd speak for themselves – five aircraft confirmed destroyed and a sixth damaged on 8 August, a shared kill on 12 October and yet another victory three days later. Although it cannot be confirmed if Boyd used this machine on any of these sorties, it appears he valued the improved visibility offered by the new canopy so much that he had a new one fabricated and fitted to P3321 after the original (on P3736) was damaged by stray rounds fired by an over-eager Spitfire pilot during an engagement off the Isle of Wight on 12 August. No 145 Sqn lost 26 Hurricanes in 18 days of combat during the Battle of Britain, but P3321 survived with the unit until the latter received Spitfire IIAs in February 1941. Even then it refused to be relegated to second-line duties, being issued to No.1 (RCAF) Sqn (re-numbered No.401 Sqn in March 1941) at Digby, where the fighter wore the codes YO-Q and was fitted with a conventional framed canopy. With the arrival of Hurricane IIAs in May, this battle-weary veteran was finally ‘retired’ into Training Command, being sent to No.56 OTU – it lasted just days in its new role, however, as it was written off in a crash on the 15th of the month.
I had a look for another image of it in there, but I don’t think there is one.
By: WebPilot - 19th January 2007 at 11:28
Fascinating. I’d not seen this before – more of a “Malcolm hood” than a bubble hood, but fascinating nonetheless.
By: Mark12 - 19th January 2007 at 11:27
145 Squadron, Westhampnett, July/Aug 1940. E bay item no:
160072255251. Ends today. I have another image of this aeroplane as well as this one. Andy Saunders
Ebay. So that is where saw it. 🙂
Mark
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160072255251&fromMakeTrack=true
By: Arabella-Cox - 19th January 2007 at 10:59
How about this?
145 Squadron, Westhampnett, July/Aug 1940. E bay item no:
160072255251. Ends today. I have another image of this aeroplane as well as this one. Andy Saunders
By: Mark12 - 19th January 2007 at 09:47
Hmmm… Found this
Hurricane Improved Canopy (Blister) Project
Reduced rear fuselage secondary structure. Intended to increase field of view for intruder operations. Prototype started but discontinued in March 1942. P3899 trials aircraft first flew on 26th October, 1940.
Looking good, I suppose the Typhoon/Tempest put payed to seeing Hurri’s with bubble tops in any numbers…;)
I have seen a photo posted of this within the last week or so. Perhaps Prune, AWF or TOCH.
Mark
By: Moggy C - 19th January 2007 at 08:48
Heres one I Photoshopped a while ago
Odd that it improves the look of the aircraft immeasurably, whilst the same change makes the Spitfire uglier.
(Other opinions are available)
Moggy
By: Dan Johnson - 19th January 2007 at 03:23
This one is close. Post war 2 seat conversion.
By: MrBlueSky - 19th January 2007 at 00:52
Hmmm… Found this
Hurricane Improved Canopy (Blister) Project
Reduced rear fuselage secondary structure. Intended to increase field of view for intruder operations. Prototype started but discontinued in March 1942. P3899 trials aircraft first flew on 26th October, 1940.
Looking good, I suppose the Typhoon/Tempest put payed to seeing Hurri’s with bubble tops in any numbers…;)
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