Warbird Information Exchange

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Great Pics

Interestingly, I saw a reasonable section of this aircraft go to auction recently, not sure of the outcome but it was a surprise to see it up for sale.


Peter

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Peter
ESAD (E-Science and Digitalisation)

Any idea what happened to it after it was sold in 1951?, Was it flown or broken up?

Judging form the pictures, it looks to me like this Mk 1 Hurricane was not painted. Could someone comment as to whether or not this was the case? If it's not painted, then is there some reason behind why it wasn't? This is the first time I've seen a Hurricane picture where it was not painted.

Thanks,
Bill

Overall silver with bright squadron markings was the RAF's normal paint scheme prior to the Munich Crisis of 1938, which let to adoption of camouflage.
MkI Hurricane deliveries predated the camo mandate, and the MkII's started delivery in 1939 after camo was standard. Add wartime secrecy, and the majority of published MkI Hurricanes photos depict the silver scheme.

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Lest Hero-worship raise it's head and cloud our vision, remember that World War II was fought and won by the same sort of twenty-something punks we wouldn't let our daughters date.

It was delivered in RAF camo and then repainted in RAAF foliage green over sky blue and towards the end of the war paint stripped etc..

For info:

Overseas, RAF-serialled Hurricanes were flown by RAAF Nos 3, 450, and 451 Squadrons.

In 1941, the British Government presented a Hawker Hurricane Mk I fitted with tropical equipment to Australia. The RAAF serial A60-1 was allocated, but the Hurricane retained its RAF number, V7476. The aircraft was erected at No 1 Aircraft Depot in August 1941, and joined Central Flying School (CFS) on 6 September 1941, where it was used for familiarisation flights and war-loan demonstrations. In mid-1942, the Hurricane was transferred to No 2 Communication Flight and, while at Laverton, it was used for testing an anti-"G" suit designed by Professor Cotton, of Melbourne University. Between 1943 and 1946, the Hurricane operated mainly with No 1 Communication Unit and Central Flying School, except for a month with No 2 Operational Training Unit.

In 1946, the Hurricane, now in silver finish, was transferred to Point Cook, where it remained in a disposal park until sold on 27 January 1951.

That explains the gun ports being faired over as well.

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Laverton 1944


Point Cook 1946

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Hi All, given that there is some rumour of the ex Russel collection Hurricane being sold here, it would be fantastic to see one painted up in the RAAF green/sky colours & tropical filter as the second last pic shows, a neat addition to the warbird scene here if the rumours are true, best regards, Pete

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Give me a Centaurus over a Merlin any day

Wishful thinking but it would be nice to see a 3 Squadron RAAF western desert scheme

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Will be able to replicate this pic in the not too distant future. Boomerang (2 flyers, three more within 12-16 months), Kittyhawk (four flyers, at least two more on the way), Beaufort about 12 months away and the Hurricane on its way.

Other than the one on the Harvard?
451 Squadron seems to have done well when it had Hurri's, siege of Tobruk even!

Oh yeah forgot that one

Bobby Gibbes DSO DFC & Bar OAM signed some Black Six items for me before he passed away so 3 Sqd has a special place for me

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V7476 has scrapped and disposed of at Point Cook sometime 1950/51

In the 1970's my father was building a homebuilt and we would regularly visit a scrap yard in the hills near Mirboo North in Victoria, close to where we lived at the time, to get fasteners, instruments etc.

I was always fascinated by the esoteric assortment of aircarft parts at this place, Watts props, b24 turrets, lincoln gear legs and heaps of hudson stuff. I bought a lot of hudson cockpit controls and cockpit panels that i subsequently donated to a hudson project.

I also found a fighter windscreen bulletproof panel, which i asked the owner about, i thought it wasfrom a kittyhawk or spitfire, "ten bucks, it comes from a hawker hurricane" he said, i replied saying that we only ever had one hurricane in aus, and that it was scrapped at Point Cook in 1950 (young smart @rse), "yes, that is correct, i bought it for the wheels mainly, but some b@stard knocked them off before i could pick it up" he said.

He salvaged the pnuematic and hydraulic components for use by local farmers to build farm equipment in those post war austerity years. I never saw any major airframe components. The wings were removed to fit it on the truck he said. He passed away several years ago. The place was stripped of a lot of stuff in the early 80's by someone from melbourne, and only a bare reminder of the treasure trove that it was.

It was a bit like the Hughes Coburg lot in many ways, you never knew what you would find around a corner in among the bush and piles of aircarft scrap.

HD

Thanks for posting that HarleyD, shame that those sort's of places are pretty well gone now. Oh to be able to turn the clock back.