Production Mk II series 1 aircraft were intended to be
equipped with the new all metal twelve gun wings but the shortage of Browning
machine guns meant that initial MkII’s retained the battery of eight guns.
No. 111 Squadron (the first
squadron in Fighter Command to receive the
original MkI Hurricane) took delivery of the
first Hurricane MkIIA srs 1’s in September 1940.
Over the next year,
the Hurricane MkII evolved into a versatile
fighter capable of undertaking specialist roles.
New standardised wings allowed the Hurricanes
role to change quickly if required. Indeed, the
Hurricane was the principal fighter for the RAF
in the Far Eastern and Middle Eastern Theatres.
Production began on
the Hurricane MkIIs, which had 1,185 hp Merlin
XX engines and several different armament
variations. The Hurricane MkIIA had eight
machine guns, similar to the original Hurricane
MkI; Version MkIIB carried twelve machine guns;
MkIIC four 20 mm cannons
The wing of the
Mk II was designed to accept under wing fuel
tanks and the attachment point for these was
used to carry a 250lb bomb under each wing. The
range of the 'Hurribomber' as they were
unofficially known was not greatly affected by
the extra weight and operations against enemy
held northern France began in October 1941.
Russia received 200,
330 went to the Royal Air Force, Canada kept
480, and the remainder of the 1,451 built in
Canada were sent to Malta, Egypt, India, Burma,
and Portugal.
All black Hurricanes known as Night Intruders
bombed and strafed targets by moonlight and
flares.These raids by day and night were of
little more than nuisance value but they ensured
that the Luftwaffe maintained a strong fighter
presence in the West when they could have been
deployed on other fronts.
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