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Old 10th Oct 2021, 07:44
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Originally Posted by Asturias56
The contribution of the Hurricane has always been underplayed IMHO
Mainly because there are/were many more Spitfires available for films on the subject, so the public perception followed. My father flew Hurricanes in France and the BoB and prefered them for the gun platform and handling, but obviously moved on to Spitfires after. He is on the right in that photo of 32 lounging on the grass in front of a Hurricane.
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