Hawker Hurricane Mk. I 4K Walkaround - Ilmavoimamuseo

[4K UHD] Hawker Hurricane Mk. I (HC-452) - walkaround of a beautifully preserved World War II fighter plane of Finnish Air Force.

Suomen Ilmavoimamuseo / Finnish Air Force Museum
(C) Jukka O. Kauppinen 2023
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The Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter of wood and metal construction. The prototype flew in November 1935 and the first serial production aircraft were completed in October 1937. By the beginning of the Second World War, nearly 500 Hurricanes had been built, although the type was nearing obsolescence. In the Battle of Britain in the late summer and autumn of 1940, the Hurricane was the most numerous fighter in the Royal Air Force and achieved success especially against German bombers.

The Finnish Air Force ordered 12 practically new Hurricane Mk Is in February 1940. Finnish pilots flew the aircraft to Finland from Britain, where they received a short familiarisation training on the type. The route was across the North Sea from Scotland to Norway, and then through Sweden to Finland. Two aircraft were lost on the ferry flights. The remaining aircraft arrived in Finland in early March 1940, too late to see combat in the Winter War.

Lack of spares hampered Hurricane operations from the onset of the Continuation War, and the type saw only limited operational use. In an attempt to obtain spares, the Finns even resorted to scouring the crash sites of downed enemy Hurricanes. Britain delivered almost 3,000 Hurricanes to the Soviet Union under the lend-lease agreement. One of them ‒ a Mk IIA that had force-landed near the front line ‒ was repaired and taken into Finnish service as HC-465.

The importance of the world-renowned Hurricane for Finland was small, mainly due to the small number of aircraft and the chronical spares shortage. Finnish Hurricanes were credited with 5½ victories. Finnish pilots found the Hurricane easy to fly but not very manoeuvrable at low altitudes. Instead, at altitudes of over 4,000 meters, for which the aircraft was designed, the type was very agile. The Hurricane was the first aircraft in the Air Force to exceed 500 kilometres per hour in level flight. With 208 flight hours, the museum’s HC-452 is the highest-time Finnish Hurricane and was credited with 2½ victories. It is also one of the best-preserved wartime fighters in the collection ‒ even the paintwork and fabric covering have survived in their original condition.

Finnish Air Force Museum

Our main exhibition presents Finnish military aviation history from the 1910s to the present day. We are a cooperative museum of the Military Museum. The objects in the permanent exhibition consist mainly of aircraft, engines and air equipment used by the Finnish Air Force. Temporary exhibition are located in different sides of the exhibition hall.
We preserve and restore aircraft used by the Finnish Air Force, preserving as many original parts and paintings as possible.

Suomen Ilmavoimamuseo

Esittelemme suomalaista sotilasilmailuhistoriaa 1910-luvulta nykypäivään saakka. Olemme Sotamuseon yhteistyömuseo. Perusnäyttelyn esineistö koostuu pääasiassa Suomen ilmavoimien käytössä olleista lentokoneista, moottoreista ja lentovarusteista. Eri puolelle näyttelyhallia on sijoitettu myös vaihtuvia näyttelyosia.
Konservoimme ja restauroimme ilmavoimien käyttämiä lentokoneita ja muuta esineistöä. Konservoinnin lähtökohtana on säilyttää esineet mahdollisimman autenttisena ja alkuperäisyyttä kunnioittaen.

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