By: Jagan - 7th November 2001 at 16:16
RE: Indian Hurricane – Serial No
Snoopy,
With ref to the Hurricane having Indian Serial Numbers.. Indian Serial Numbers have come into vogue only after independence i.e. 15th Aug 47, I dont think the IAF had its own serail numbers before that. Even as late as Oct Nov 1947, IAF operated tempests under thier original serial numbers (the MW and PR series)
Now all accounts i read mention that the Hurricane was retired in 1945 and few if any units may have had Hurri’s on thier strenght in 1946. I dont know what the situation might have been in 1947. so iMHO no Hurricane was on the inventory of the IAF as on Aug 1947. All units by that time flying Spitfires and Tempests. so I dont know the origin of AB832.
regards
Jagan
By: Snoopy - 7th November 2001 at 14:17
RE: Indian Hurricane – Serial No
As Mick says, AB 832 is probably not the original serial. Francis Mason’s “The Hawker Hurricane” (Crecy, 2001) has an Appendix which attempts to list “all Hurricanes built and converted”, but I couldn’t spot an AB series of numbers at all, and hardly any 832s. The nearest number I found (stretching it a bit, and assuming weathering and mis-reading) was LB 852, which was a Mk IV which served with No 42 Squadron in India in 1944.
Jagan, could AB 832 have been an IAF serial?
Snoopy
By: Snoopy - 7th November 2001 at 09:02
Was this Hurricane really a BoB vet?
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>Peter Vacher paid £27,000 for a
>BoB veteran!
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Gents:
While I’m always pleased to hear about a South Asia connection, can someone confirm that this India-retired Hurricane was in fact a BoB veteran? I know nothing about this particular aircraft (apologies; but I haven’t even seen the Flypast write-up on it); but AFAIK the Hurricanes that served in India were mostly cannon-armed Mk IIBs, IICs and IVs; plus some Canadian-built examples. Would these have been in service during the BoB?
If it *was* a BoB vet, wow … !
Snoopy
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