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Serial #: AE977 Construction #: CCF/41H8020 Civilian Registration: G-TWTD N33TF |
Model(s): Hurricane Mk. Ib Sea Hurricane Mk. X Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2004 |
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 September 1992.
Tony Ditheridge/Hawker Restorations Ltd., Milden, UK, 1994.
Tom Wallis & Tony Ditheridge/Hawker Restorations Ltd., Milden, UK, April 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. |
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