I think this is a new series. Ive watched a few previous shows and not seen them before.

Classic Ollie, you’ve done it again. 😀

What about the biplane in The Mummy that the chap who played Colonel Crittenden in Hogans Heroes flew?

An interesting aside to this discussion, while looking at Hurrucane stuff on the net I found that the notoious Wikipedia claims this:

” New Zealand squadrons within the Royal Air Force, No. 486 Squadron RNZAF and No. 488 Squadron RNZAF used the type, the latter handing its remaining Hurricanes over to the Royal New Zealand Air Force following the fall of Singapore, where some apparently ended their days as airfield decoys.”

What a laugh. The squadron members who escaped that debacle had enough trouble shipping themselves home, without the extra hassle of bringing back any surviving planes (if there were any).The Hurricanes used as airfield decoys in NZ were all dummies built by the Public Works Department. Amazing how information can get so misconstrued.

No, I did state RAF

I agree with you that PR aircraft were still fighting – they were contributing to the war effort, so they were fighting

I see your point about the Malaya/Singapore theatres. Tricky one. I’d tend to think they are probably the same theatre, same front but different campaigns.

Interesting about bomber escorts, cheers.

Were the Hurricanes excluisively used with the Bostons that were fitted with the huge lights? Or did other night fighters also do this?

I wonder if more Hurricanes were used than any oher ex-front line fighter by Training Command at Fighter O.T.U.’s too. Does anyone know the figures? Do the early Spitfires beat them in numbers?

Don’t forget the Hurricanes made good night fighters too. Another area they did well where some other fighters failed.

Hurricanes served on both sides of the Pacific campaign – 488 Squadron at least flew them against the Japanese from Malaya, and on the other side of the Pacific there were squadrons of them defending Canada.

They were very active in North Africa both as fighters and ground attack, and well into the war. Also there at least, and probably elsewhere, they took on the role of weather aircraft I believe, along with Gladiators.

Don’t forget the catapult Hurricanes onboard merchant ships too.