Completed Belgian Hawker Hurricane
Aug 17, 2017 18:44:33 GMT -5
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Post by 1961redlegs on Aug 17, 2017 18:44:33 GMT -5
My latest completion is a Hawker Hurricane Mk.I assigned to the Military Aviation Component of the Belgian Armed Forces in 1940.
In the late 1930s, Belgium, facing down the potential of an attack from Hitler's Germany, purchased 20 British Hawker Hurricanes with a contract to build an additional 80.
The Hurricane was a mix of old and new technology, a continuation in some ways of biplane construction, but also proved ahead of its time in others. Though slightly obsolete in 1940, the venerable mainstay of the Royal Air Force proved a match for anything in the Luftwaffe. The Belgians needed such equipment.
By the time the Germans invaded in May 1940 the Belgians had only eleven or so ready for action, assigned to Escadrille (Squadron) 2 and unfortunately all of these were lost on the ground due to bombing and strafing attacks. Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg all fell by summer of that year.
That left England all alone, and in a position of grave peril. But in that moment of danger, Britain, through the fortitude and courage of its people, gave Hitler his first battlefield defeat. A defeat that led to the downfall of him and his misbegotten regime.
This is a straight box-stock build of the new Airfix kit, I had a great deal of fun with this one. This kit's another home run by Airfix, it really went together well.
In the late 1930s, Belgium, facing down the potential of an attack from Hitler's Germany, purchased 20 British Hawker Hurricanes with a contract to build an additional 80.
The Hurricane was a mix of old and new technology, a continuation in some ways of biplane construction, but also proved ahead of its time in others. Though slightly obsolete in 1940, the venerable mainstay of the Royal Air Force proved a match for anything in the Luftwaffe. The Belgians needed such equipment.
By the time the Germans invaded in May 1940 the Belgians had only eleven or so ready for action, assigned to Escadrille (Squadron) 2 and unfortunately all of these were lost on the ground due to bombing and strafing attacks. Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg all fell by summer of that year.
That left England all alone, and in a position of grave peril. But in that moment of danger, Britain, through the fortitude and courage of its people, gave Hitler his first battlefield defeat. A defeat that led to the downfall of him and his misbegotten regime.
This is a straight box-stock build of the new Airfix kit, I had a great deal of fun with this one. This kit's another home run by Airfix, it really went together well.
