WWII RCAF Aircraft Photo Hawker Hurricane 313 Formerly RAF L1762 1939 for Sale

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WWII RCAF Aircraft Photo Hawker Hurricane 313 Formerly RAF L1762 1939 For Sale

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WWII RCAF Aircraft Photo Hawker Hurricane 313 Formerly RAF L1762 1939:
$15.00

This is an original period print showing Hawker Hurricane serial \'313\' of the Royal Canadian Air Force.Some history of this particular airframe:
\"Formerly RAF L1762, this aircraft was one of 600 ordered under Air Ministry Contract No. 527112/36 of June 3, 1936. It was produced under Hawker Works Order 3054 (for a batch of 50 aircraft, RAF s/n L1748 to L1797) under s/n L1762, but under Works Order 6243, it was shipped to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and became one of the 20 aircraft delivered to the RCAF (s/n 310 to 329).It arrived with a Watts wooden two-blade fixed-pitch propeller and was taken on charge with s/n 313 on March 2, 1939. It was used for training by A Flight, No. 1 (F) Squadron at Vancouver Airport, which later was renamed RCAF Station Sea Island, and where probably the photo was taken, looking north towards The Lions mountain range north of Vancouver.When No. 1 (F) Squadron went to the UK in early 1940, they took 10 of these Hurricanes with them, including 313, which was coded \'YO-L\' at that time. It later passed back to the RAF, but retained the RCAF three-digit serial. It was operated by No. 6 (later No. 56) OTU, RAF, in late 1940 - early 1941, and it became an instructional airframe in 1943.\" are approximately 2.5 x 3.75 inches.Feel free to \'Make an Offer\'...
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