Originally Posted by
oxenos
And they had been left there, in crates, as surplus to requirements, by Glorious, when she left the Med for home waters.
Apparently they were 'uncrated twice' before becoming the defence element. The Hurricanes had to fly in from Africa to do the donkey work until the Spitfires arrived later.
Sydneys finest, did what it said on the tin without the glamour, many built in the same factory that had built the Glad.