Hawker Hurricane AE977 was built as a Mk 1 at Fort William, Ontario, Canada, in the spring of 1940. After delivery to the UK by sea in April 1941, it was designated as a Mk X to differentiate it from UK-built versions.
In July 1941, AE977 was issued to the Royal Navy and from August it flew from Yeovilton as a shore-based aircraft with a unit of the Fleet Fighter School, training RN pilots. As a result of its service with the Navy, AE977 is sometimes referred to as a “Sea Hurricane,” but it never received any of the naval carrier modifications and remained a Mk 1/X. In December 1942, it was involved in a mid-air collision with another Hurricane and crashed. AE977 was written off, although the pilot survived.…
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