View Full Version : Stolen Hurricane flies into history books
chromate
4th Jun 2003, 22:12
Two amateur historians have uncovered the story of an audacious spy, who infiltrated the RAF in the middle of World War II and escaped back to Germany in a stolen RAF Hurricane.
Here's the link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2962494.stm
Detrimento Sumus
5th Jun 2003, 03:09
:{ Yes it's true, and I'm told that it landed next to a double-decker bus on the moon that was driven by Elvis, and is still there to this day.
moggie
5th Jun 2003, 06:09
This story has been around a long time and appears to have a ring of truth to it.
Gainesy
5th Jun 2003, 15:37
True story. Long, well researched, feature in Aeroplane Monthly last month
Rattus
7th Jun 2003, 08:29
After escaping from The Hayes at Swanwick in 1940, Franz von Werra was sitting in a Hurricane at Hucknall, and had persuaded someone to plug in a trolley-acc, when he was arrested.
All he wanted was transport, but I think I am correct in saying that it was test aircraft with a new and relatively secret mark of Merlin.
Another 30 seconds and he would probably have got away with it. As it was, he eventually got back to Germany after jumping a train in Canada, swimming across the border and seeking asylum in Septicland.