Hawker Hurricane IIC, LF363 / 41H/469290 , Royal Air Force
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Registration: LF363
Construction Number: 41H/469290
Code Number: SD-A
Military Unit: BBMF
Model Hawker Hurricane IIC
Operator: Royal Air Force
Airport: RAF Fairford (FFD / EGVA), UK - England
Airshow: Fairford - RIAT - 2018
Photographer: Ian Mantel
Date Taken: 13/07/2018
Date Submitted: 14/08/2018
Painted with temporary code to commemorate one of "The Few" still alive today. The âSD-Aâ code letters on the starboard side of Hurricane LF363 were the code letters of one of the 501 Squadron Hurricanes flown by Paul Farnes during the Battle of Britain. He flew Hurricane P2760, coded âSD-Aâ, from the official start of the battle on 10th July to 14th September 1940.
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