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By: 12th October 2017 at 20:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Rather annoyingly i have taken a picture of the Hurricane using my camera phone but i can`t find a way to post it using the forum on my mobile!.
By: 12th October 2017 at 21:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Judging from the completely random nature of the clips used in this type of TV programmes I'd be surprised if the Hurricane in question was from the Battle-of-Britain, Britain.....or even World War Two!
I quite like the narrative of 'Price of Empire' but just have to ignore the 'corresponding' images!
By: 12th October 2017 at 22:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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By: 12th October 2017 at 23:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Could it be OB - 53 OTU?
By: 13th October 2017 at 07:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-It looks like SD-A but with the picture reversed, this would make it a 501 Sqn aircraft.
By: 13th October 2017 at 08:13 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-When it's reversed....
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By: 13th October 2017 at 09:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-There was another sequence of Hurricanes in flight which was clearly reversed.
The footage was very 'illustrative' rather than specific and a lot used in that episode is the same as that in the identically titled episode of The World at War (albeit that there is a degree of inevitability in that).
By: 13th October 2017 at 20:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-It would seem that the footage is reversed and we are indeed seeing a 501 Squadron Hurricane taking off. Unusual size of code letters make it a nice aircraft for the modellers out there.
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By: One of the Few - 12th October 2017 at 19:57
Having just watched the Battle of Britain episode, I noticed in one of the clips, a Hurricane taking off with what appears to be O2-A code letters. Now I know that Keith Park used OK-1 on his personal Hurricane, but the codes on the Hurricane in the clip are new to me. Could it be SD or SO reversed?.