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Fragment of Hawker Hurricane fabric mounted in frame of aircraft aluminum

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-1940, In Storage, 1988/0903/C

Fragment of doped fabric taken from fin flash of Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb Z3235 bearing flying sword painted in red on the white section.

vertical red, yellow and black stripes with red winged sword on yellow stripe, Royal Air Force Museum

Aircraft Recognition Chart: Hurricane I, IIA & IIB (Merlin) (No cannon), Sea Hurricane IA & IIB (Merlin) (No cannon), Hurricane IIC (Merlin) (4 cannon)

Library, X004-7761

Ministry of Aircraft Production aircraft recognition chart of a Hawker Hurricane I, IIA & IIB (Merlin) (No cannon), Hawker Sea Hurricane IA & IIB (Merlin) (No cannon) and Hawker Hurricane IIC (Merlin) (4 cannon).

Recognition chart showing images of Hurricane I, IIA & IIB, Hurricane IIC and Sea Hurricane IA, IIB, Crown ©

RAF gun-camera films - attacks on enemy shipping and ground targets, July 1942

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC94/325

Gun camera footage taken from Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft during engagements with German aircraft and attacks on ground targets in Europe and ships in the English Channel and North Sea.

Image pending

Recorded interview with Sergeant Frederick Victor Bashford, 21 February 2018

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-4772

Vic Bashford served as an RAF electrician during the Second World War, including participation in the Battle of France, Battle of Britain and 151 Wing’s deployment to Russia in 1941.

Image pending

Ministry of Aircraft Production Plaque

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1941, In Storage, X004-1354

This plaque was presented to Mrs Willard Kitchen from British Colombia, Canada, to commemorate the purchase of Hurricane Mk IIB ‘Wilmar Vancouver’ which served with Nos. 32 and 615 Squadrons during the Second World War.

Rectangular plaque with inscription in black and red text, © RAF Museum

Hawker Hurricane Mk. IIb aircraft of No. 134 Squadron at Vaenga, 1941 during Operation Benedict

Photographs, In Storage, P031209

In 1941, an unusual RAF mission was launched. Operation Benedict saw No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force, with two squadrons of Hawker Hurricane fighters, deploy to Vaenga in the Northern part of the Soviet Union, inside the Arctic Circle.

An aircraft in the snow in northern Russia, 1941, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset

Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb's of 151 Wing at Vaenga during Operation Benedict, 1941

Photographs, In Storage, P031210

In 1941, an unusual RAF mission was launched. Operation Benedict saw No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force, with two squadrons of Hawker Hurricane fighters, deploy to Vaenga in the Northern part of the Soviet Union, inside the Arctic Circle.

An aircraft flies over a snow covered landscape, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset

A Soviet sentry guards a Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB of No. 134 Squadron at Vaenga during Operation Benedict, 1941

Photographs, In Storage, P031208

In 1941, an unusual RAF mission was launched. Operation Benedict saw No. 151 Wing Royal Air Force, with two squadrons of Hawker Hurricane fighters, deploy to Vaenga in the Northern Soviet Union, inside the Arctic Circle.

A sentry guards an aircraft in the snow. Aircrew walk around it, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset

Hawker Hurricane Mk IIb aircraft of No. 151 Wing at Vaenga during Operation Benedict, 1941

Photographs, In Storage, P031211

In 1941, an unusual RAF mission was launched. Operation Benedict saw No. 151 Wing, Royal Air Force, with two squadrons of Hawker Hurricane fighters, deploy to Vaenga in the Northern Soviet Union, inside the Arctic Circle.

One aircraft flies over another that is on the ground under camouflage netting, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset