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Hawker Hurricane of the 1697th Detachment (air delivery service), used to transport service mail between the UK and the troops on the bridgehead in Normandy, 1944.

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We need a picture of the Hurricane delivering beer in wooden barrels to go with this.
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As I recall these were the only Hurricanes to wear the ubiquitous D-day striping.
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What are those motor-bikey things?
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Interesting that the cannon were not removed. I wonder if they were armed.

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The motor bikey things are probably BSA M20 sidevalve singles with a sidecar or maybe Norton 16H sidevalves with sidecars, both 500cc capacities.
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