Hawker hurricane

Macdonald Aircraft Monographs

by Francis K. Mason

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Fine, 263pp. D/j not price-clipped. Condition virtually as new. Revised Ed.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1962

Reviews

[Robert Hepple · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an extensively revised and expanded 1987 edition of Mason’s work on the Hawker Hurricane, further updated in 1990 with a Foreword by the RAF Museum in a special edition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain in which the Hawker Hurricane played such a prominent role. The text comprises fifteen chapters covering the development, operational history and postwar history of the aircraft, followed by four appendices covering some technical details, including a comprehensive listing of Hurricane production with rudimentary details of each aircraft. The book is well illustrated with properly captioned black and white photographs. There are also two small colour sections – the first contains seven excellent colour photographs, five of which are Charles Brown images supplied by the RAF Museum. The second colour section contains a small amount of colour profile artwork, and whilst the colour details are vague the detail about stencils is impressive. In fact, details of Hurricane camouflage are hazy throughout – not surprising as this is an area usually covered by specialist publications. The development and operational history details on which the book does focus are excellent, and I found myself surprised on a number of occasions. The evidence of phony ‘presentation’ aircraft at Hawkers Langley facility was a bit of a shock. The text itself is reassuringly analytical in style, unlike the apologetic propaganda style adopted in some Hurricane histories. An excellent book, and sure to be of interest to Hurricane enthusiasts.

[Dirk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Essentially the proto version of the book that keeps beings published and further improved every ten year. This is the 1962 edition.