RAF007-01-C
Consignment
This is a Consignment sale piece we are offering. It comes with its original box and is in like-new condition.
King & Country's RAF007-01 Hawker Hurricane, SDN of 501 Squadron Markings
“SDN” of 501 Squadron “County of Gloucester” markings.
It's 1940, France had fallen, most of Western Europe was in German hands and the might of Hitler’s Luftwaffe was to descend on a lonely, beleaguered Britain fighting for its life. Hitler knew that if he was to successfully invade the little island Kingdom he had to smash the Hurricanes and Spitfires of the Royal Air Force first. The fate of democracy and what was left of the Free World hung, for those few short months, in the balance.
All that stood between the Nazis and their all-too-real threat of world domination was a relative handful of young fighter pilots and just over 50 squadrons of Hawker Hurricanes and Supermarine Spitfires. The Hurricane, one of the two most famous British aircraft that won the Battle of Britain, carried eight .303 machine guns and could absorb an amazing amount of punishment. Twice as many Hurricanes fought in the Battle than Spitfires and although slower than the enemy 109 it was still very popular with its pilots.