Hurricane Aces, 1941-45
2003
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The Hurricane saw widespread action with Allied forces, as the RAF's first monoplane fighter. This book describes its many feats throughout 1945. It served as a fighter-bomber on the Channel Front, where the American Eagles and Polish units were amongst the Fighter Command squadrons flying the Hurricane, and where some of its highest-scoring aces operated. The Sea Hurricane was the principal fighter deployed by the Fleet Air Arm in the Mediterranean, and Hurricane units continued to operate from bases in India and Ceylon until 1945, following their failure to defend Singapore and Malaya from the Japanese.
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Author
Andrew Thomas
Author · 10 books
Andrew Holmes has worked as Osprey's aerospace editor since 1989, having previously served as an author/photographer for this publishing house. He established the critically acclaimed and hugely popular Aircraft of the Aces series in 1994. Andrew Thomas is one of Britain's most prominent RAF researchers, having published numerous squadron histories. He is presently a serving officer in the RAF. Please refer to Andrew R. Holmes for the American author who writes on aviation security and geopolitics (amongst other topics).
