The Hawker Hurricane.
Motorbooks International, Aston Publications,
by Mason, Francis K.
Motorbooks International, Aston Publications, Quarto, blue boards (hardcover), 256 pp. Bookplate; otherwise, Fine; in a Fine, mylar protected dust jacket. From dust jacket: The Spitfire was a magnificent aeroplane and has rightly been afforded much fame as being a symbol of the RAF’s victory in the Second World War. However that beautiful aerplane only really came into its own after Britain had bought survival and her fortunes had turned for the better. It was the Hurricane on which the RAF depended most to gain that survival and to buy time. The Hurricane flew and fought on far more war fronts than the Spitfire, and fought there first and against far greater odds, odds that aggressor nations always enjoy to begin their military adventures. The miracle of the Hurricane was that, althought its performance was never quite equal to the Spitfire, it was amatch for the enemy while still employing a somewhatoutmoded form of construction. That form of construction was adopted so as to get the Hurricane into massive production when it was wanted most -- when Britain had to halt the Luftwaffe in 1940-41. (Inventory #: 61087bd)