Low Milage? Not this baby !! .... by neiwil
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Duxford Flying Legends 2010, just look at that shadow!!!
Hurricane Mk XIIa 5711 (G-HURI) was built in 1942 by the Canadian Car Foundry as part of their sixth production batch and it joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1943. It is believed to have served with 123 Squadron at Debert before going to 127 and 129 Squadrons at Dartmouth and onto 1 Operational Training Unit at Bagotville.
Struck of charge from the RCAF in 1947 it was purchased by a syndicate in Saskatchewan. It was restored by Paul Mercer in 1985 and made its first post-restoration flight in 1989. Historic Aircraft Collection acquired the Hurricane in 2002; it is still based at Duxford where it is the perfect stablemate for HAC's Spitfire Mk.Vb.
After undergoing an 18 month extensive programme of repairs and maintenance the Hurricane reappeared in an entirely new paint scheme for 2004. G-HURI now flies as 'Z5140' with the code letters HA-C and is in a paint scheme that was worn by a Gloster-built Hurricane IIB, flown with 126 Squadron during the siege of Malta. Z5140 arrived at Malta on June 6th, 1941 during Operation Rocket, having flown off HMS Ark Royal. Whilst it would be expected that the aircraft would be in a tropical paint finish, the Malta squadrons were desperate to receive any aircraft regardless of colour and the first ones were kept in the familiar "Battle of Britain" green and brown scheme.
In September 2005 Hurricane “Z5140” became the first Hurricane to return to the Mediterranean island of Malta since the Second World War. It flew there together with Spitfire BM597 as part of the Merlins Over Malta project.
Spitfire BM597 was the one featured in 'An inanimate object' (For Rob), just prior to this 'countdown'
The reference to the paint scheme is kind of pointless in this mono shot, but trust me it's green and earth.Actually I may repost this alongside the original, you wouldn't believe what I had to 'get rid of'....
Comments (12)
flavia49
stupendous!!
UVDan
Marvelous!
Osper
If you're a cat it's still all shades of grey. ;) Nice shot!
netot
Great shot! And congratulations for LWITG!
fly028
Excelent work Neiwil! This hurry is simply beautiful!!
blinkings
Terrific shot of a great aircraft.
T.Rex
This baby? Oh, I understand - Tailspin was the one who got pregnant, not you! Man, another great black/white 1940s type of photo. And what you had to get rid of - a pesky Fw109, some modern race cars, a dumpster (for all this trash) and a lieutenant Klutz (was it easy to get him into the dumpster?). Whatever you cleaned out, it's not noticeable - great going! Thanks for the history. I wonder - how did they get the plane to England? Crated on a Liberty ship? And how did they fly it to Malta together with the Spitfire in the Merlins Over Malta Project? It's a LONG way from the UK! Also, was it returned to Canada after being purchased by the syndicate in Saskatchewan? If so, how was it transported? This is interesting. Keep 'em coming! :-)
Maxidyne
Words fail me...well almost :) This is the best post of the series so far. I urge everyone looking at this to zoom in, this size doesn't do it justice, full size it's amazing! Well taken mate, a fav and new desktop image!
Froggy
Wonderful instructive and descriptive piece, this, Neil. Duxford is a great place to see masses of vintage aircraft isn't it. I also like the land displays they have too!
auntietk
Another fabulous addition to the series! I'm really loving these. It's the b&w work and the faithful reinactors. Outstanding!
bmac62
Another "ace" of a photo image Neil. You don't have to show me the background...I have a vivid imagination:) This is so well done.
debbielove
Totally droolworthy mate! And, can I just congratulate you on the postwork here.. I KNOW how many and how MANY species of aircraft there where on the back line LOL Outstanding! Now! LOL Jg71.. At the start of WW2, the unit was called Jg71 (are you all following this?), lol Just before the BofB, it changed to the very famous Jg51! And they painted the symbol 'J' on their aircraft.. And so the Legend began..... But obviously AFTER WW2, the very touchy subject of resurrecting Jg51 could not happen, so they got around it by calling it.....yes! Jg71! Which is is in fact 'Jg51' in all but name! So much so, they still carry the 'J' on their Phantoms! lol Go Luftwaffe! Rob