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Serial #: AE977 Construction #: CCF/41H8020 Civilian Registration: G-TWTD N33TF Model(s): Mk. Ib Sea Hurricane Mk. X Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2004 |
History: Built as Hurricane I by Canadian Car & Foundry, Spring 1941. Initially delivered to RAF the tranferred to Royal Navy. - Converted to Sea Hurricane Mk. X by July 1942. - Badly damaged in mid-air collision at RNAS Yeovilton. - Airframe written off and placed in storage. - Recovered from crash site and stored in shed, 1960-1970. Jim Pearce, Shoreham, UKm Sept. 1992. Tony Ditheridge/Hawker Restorations Ltd., Milden, UK, 1994. Tom Wallis & Tony Ditheridge/Hawker Restorations Ltd., Milden, UK, Apr. 21, 1994-2001. - Restoration began in 1994-2000. - Registered as G-TWTD. - First flight June 7, 2000. - Painted in scheme of Gp Capt Douglas Bader, CO, 242 Sqn, circa 1940. - Marked as AE977/LE-D. Tom Friedkin/Chino Warbirds Inc, Chino, CA, Oct. 2001-2004 - Shipped from Southampton to Galveston. - Trucked to Houston, TX for assembly. - Based at Planes Of Fame. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Photo Source(s): BDK. Mark McEwan. |
