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Hurricane IIb  Z3470 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database] RAFCommands.com

 Hurricane IIb  Z3470


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Block 5, Hawker Aircraft Ltd, RR Merlin XX, 14th Jan 1941 -28th July 1941 More information in: Dr. Colin James Pratt-Hooson's Hurricane Site

Incidents/Accidents

DateAircraftUnitPilot NameLocation
26 Oct 41 Hurricane IIb Z3470 245 Sqdn Plt Offr Brian Leonard George HAWKINS (88874) France
RemarksHenk Welting's Database

National Archives AIR81

Citation Aircraft AIR81 Casualty File Description Link
AIR81/9863Hurricane II Z3470Pilot Officer B L G Hawkins: interned, baled from aircraft, enemy action northern France, Hurricane Z3470, 245 Squadron, 26 November 1941.C16998110

Prisoners of War for Hurricane IIb Z3470

RankName, NumberDetailsDate CapturedUnitPOW NoCamp
Plt OffBrian Leonard George HAWKINS (88874) Hurricane IIb Z3470 1941-10-26245 Sqdn

Other Occupants in Hurricane IIb Z3470

RankName, NumberDetailsDate of LossUnit
Plt OffrBLG HAWKINS (88874) EvaderHurricane IIb Z3470 1941-10-26245 Sqdn

Related Posts in RAF Commands Forum

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245 Squadron codes questionCombat Codes has the codes DX as being carried by Hurricane Mk.Is until 8.41, then by Mk.IIB until January 1943. It also has the codes MR being carried by by Hurricane Mk.IIB from 8.41 to 1.43, then by Typhoons. Fighter Squadrons of the RAF has only MR codes for Hurricane Mk.IIs, from 8.41, and there is nothing in the description of the unit's history to explain this anomaly. Is the Hurricane a Mk.I or Mk.II? If the former, could it have been retained as a hack? Combat codes does quote Z3470 as a Mk.IIB with DX.? as codes. It is not clear to me what the ? is meant to imply, but it may be just that. ....Read More.Graham Boak on 20th March 2012 01:04:04
245 Squadron codes questionHurricane Z3470 was indeed coded ?-DX (as viewed on the port side) and was being flown by F/O Brian Hawkins when he was shot down by flak over Brittany on 26 October 1941. This aircraft was captured largely intact by the Germans. A question mark (?) was used as an extra individual code letter on a number of occasions and not just within 245 sqdn. 32 sqdn famously had a series of them including Spitfire IX MJ730. I have also seen it applied to a Beaufighter. Ian ....Read More.ian94avenge on 21st March 2012 11:01:36


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