Murmansk Hurricane mounted on a pole

have a look at
http://members.madasafish.com/~d_hodgkinson/hawker-guide.htm

Russia – Hurricane IIc – “BM959” Unveiled as a war memorial at Revda, 200 miles from Murmansk in northern Russia on 1st. September 1989. The aircraft had been recovered from a crash site near Lov Ozero on the Kola Peninsula, renovated and placed on a concrete plinth with the inscription “To the Fighting Brotherhood of the Allies in the struggle against Fascism during WWII and in the memory of the pilots who did not return from combat and who died in the tundra, mountains, lakes and swamps of the Russian North”. The lightly damaged but weather-beaten plane was discovered with a Merlin XX engine, four 20mm canon and a tropical filter. The photo is taken from “Warbirds Worldwide” journal 30 of September 1994, which includes the story of the recovery of the aircraft.

I think this restoration started the whole Russian werkrecovery business. There was an article in Aeroplane in the earely nineties showing it on the pole. Shortly afterwards a lot of wrecks were discovered and mostly imported by Jim Pearce in the UK.

Cees

Babelfish:D 😀 .

John.

You think Babelfish makes for funny translations?
Then try this one for a real good laugh: http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/ and choose for the option Swedish chef.:D 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

Back on topic: whats the reg number of the above mentioned Hurri?

Tillerman.

Babelfish:D 😀 .

John.

Mostly original, recovered from a belly landing site in the 90’s. Nice article in WW some years ago.

Dave