Good news for all interested in Hawker Hurricane History
There is in edition process a new book
Hurricanes in Foreign Services (Belgium Finnish German Italy Rumanian Soviet Union Yugoslavia - VVKJ and NOVJ) during WW II
it will be realised in March 2001
Size A-4 72 pages with long English insert (6 full A-4 pages) 11 full pages of colour drawings containing 37 colour drawings ~ 120 B&W photos: Belgian - 15 Finnish - 15 Yugoslavian - 15 Rumanian - 13 German - 8 Italian-8 Soviet - 45). All photos with English captions. Many of them are the thirst time published and are very good reproduced.:
Photos
Belgian Hurricanes in services 1939/1940 (big size of reproduced photos) with two photos of ex-RAF Hurricanes interned in Belgium (H-35 and H-39) of 2./I/2 Escadrilla
Finnish Hurricanes form period 1940 till 1944. Some of them in the big size. There will be also photos of 3 captured by Finns Soviet Hurricanes (Z2585 BM959 Z3577) plus Finnish Hurricane Hybrid HC-465 (was mounted from three others captured ).
Yugoslavia. Two photos of Yugoslavian Hurricanes Zmaj captured by German on Zemen airfield 1941 (one full side of Br2347) also Photos from 1940 with two -blade propeller. There are aslo chapter of 351. Squadron RAF (Hurricanes IV) with five photos from 1944 till 1945.
Italy. Photos of four captured by Italians Hurricanes form: 73. Squadron RAF in North Africa from East Africa March 1941 third captured in April 1941 in Yugoslavia (BR2337) and 3 photos of force landed on Comiso airfield Hurricane IIB Z2491 (HA-D) of 126. Squadron RAF.
German. Photos of destroyed Hurricanes during Battle of France 1940 photos of captured one intact Hurricane I during the Battle of Britain used by II/JG51 in August 1940 also photo of V7670 from in North Africa.
Rumania. Photos from Barbarossa campaign Escadrilla 53.
Soviet photos are ~ 45 b&w some of them coming form North Russia (Murmansk 1941/1942) also from 151. Wing RAF next photos are from 78. IAP 2. GIAP interesting photo of captured by Hungarian abandoned by Soviet in July 1942 interesting photos of two-seaters: one as a artillery spotter!!! second with radar installation in the wings!!!.
Colour camouflage
Belgian - 4 paintings: Hurricane I H-22 of Escadrille 2./I/2A 1939/1940
Finnish - 6 paintings: Hurricane I HC 452 of 1./Lentolaivue 30 1941 Hurricane I HC-454 Lentolaivue 26 1943 Hurricane I HC-452 Lentolaivue 30 1941/1942
Yugoslavian - 4 paintings: Hurricane of VVKJ and NOVJ: Hurricane Br2306 VVKJ 1941 Hurricane IV 351. RAF (2 Lovacka Eskadrila Vazduhoplovstva NOVJ) LB 886 IV 1945 NOVJ Hurricane IV 9539 1949
German - 3 paintings: one - Hurricane I Trop V7670 1942 North Africa two Hurricane I II/JG51 Marquise France VIII/ IX 1940
Italian - - 3 paintings: Hurricane - Zmaj I Br2337 IV- IX 1941
Rumanian - 5 paintings: 3 - Hurricane I Escadrila 53 1940 and 2 from VI 1941
Soviet Union - 12 paintings: Hurricane II BW959 1942 Hurricane II "10" major Boris Safonova 78 IAP XII 1941 Northern Fleet Hurricane II "55" major Zimin 485 IAP VI/VII 1942 Hurricane II "white 22" Hurricane II 2899 black night fighter PWO Hurricane IID KX248 246 IAP 1944 Hurricane II 13 ORAE 1942/43 two-seater artillery spotter Hurricane II 1942 Hurricane II V-VI 1942 VVS Northern Fleet Hurricane "5" two-seater trainer 1942
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